RC4WDs New Micro Crawler

[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by spoo76

I actually wondered the same thing when i saw this come out. Haha. I'd assume it's a bit bigger

Wheel base is the same. Grill looks the same. Everything is the same as mine except the doors and the windshield.

Its funny, Back in 2002 (ish) I bought a hard plastic D90 1/10 body from a guy in Hong Kong. It was taken off of a toy-grade RC toy. There were only a few in the states - really rare. Now the exact same 1/10 D90 bodies are commonly available through RC4WD.

Similarly, my little 1/18 D90 body was a taken of of a rare toy. I wonder if Mike at RC4WD found the same source in China that made the toy for my 1/18 D90 and acquired the molds like they did for the big D90.

Could be.....

[Clingman]

Originally Posted by Shape_Shifter

They finally did this. I wonder how similar the body is to mine?

I think it's bigger. The body is actually made of several pieces that have been glued/fused together. It is very well-made. They must have spent a fortune on molds.

Edit, now that I look at it, they might be pretty darn close. Nice build

[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by Clingman

I think it's bigger. The body is actually made of several pieces that have been glued/fused together. It is very well-made. They must have spent a fortune on molds.

Edit, now that I look at it, they might be pretty darn close. Nice build

Thanks. Yeah, like I said the wheelbase is the same as mine.

Do me a favor and post a pic of the rear door and the gas cap on yours if you can. Those were different on the two 1/10th D90 bodies.


Of course my chassis was one of a kind...

[Joshs4x4toyz]

Is your body the same as these first couple ones? Where can you get them? thanks and yes yours is killer. Nice work
1/18 CNC Axle DIY Chassis (D90&G55)

[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by Joshs4x4toyz

Is your body the same as these first couple ones? Where can you get them? thanks and yes yours is killer. Nice work
1/18 CNC Axle DIY Chassis (D90&G55)

Thanks. Most of those bodies are metal diecast. Really nice looking but very top heavy. I bought one of those 1/18 chassis from Sam. He said he could get a toy D90 body that fit his chassis but he said the detail wasn't very good so I turned him down. In fact the toy he has was what he based one of his chassis dimensions on.

I just rembered I still have one of the rare toy bodies like I used but its a D90 pickup.

This is the same wheelbase as my D90, and the Galende II.

[Dextroyer]

For now I just removed those stiff pen springs from the shocks and mounted up my Boggers. Gonna get to painting the body next.

[crawler will]

So ive been working all weekend on improving this rig and was adamant on making a divirced motor setup work and heres what i came up with. i used the brass parts from a few of those small gear reduced motors, i had some lying around so i thought id pull them apart and give it ago. there was some filling and drilling involved so i pretty much had to destroy any chance of reverting back to the original setup if it didnt work out but im confident it will work
have yet to test run it as i need to make a shaft to complete the drivetrain.
Tell me what you think

[Clingman]

Props Will. That took some cojones. What is the ratio for the divorced gearbox?

[crawler will]

Originally Posted by Clingman

Props Will. That took some cojones. What is the ratio for the divorced gearbox?

Cheers well i spun the input shaft 8 times and the output shaft did one revolution so wouldn't that give a ratio of 8:1?? sorry i don't know much about gear ratios

[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by crawler will

Cheers well i spun the input shaft 8 times and the output shaft did one revolution so wouldn't that give a ratio of 8:1?? sorry i don't know much about gear ratios

Yes, that's now an 8:1 transfer case.

[cutlaSS]

killer start crawler_will, what trans is that?

Originally Posted by crawler will

So ive been working all weekend on improving this rig and was adamant on making a divirced motor setup work and heres what i came up with. i used the brass parts from a few of those small gear reduced motors, i had some lying around so i thought id pull them apart and give it ago. there was some filling and drilling involved so i pretty much had to destroy any chance of reverting back to the original setup if it didnt work out but im confident it will work
have yet to test run it as i need to make a shaft to complete the drivetrain.
Tell me what you think

[crawler will]

Thanks, its the stock trans that ive taken the motor off and modified so i can use a separate motor one that will hopefully provide plenty of torque

[cutlaSS]

Compared my 1/20 Baywatch Yota body and she go for one "Hawaiian style" truck. Shoots, I haven't even had time to make a adapter to charge the battery.

Originally Posted by 808DA6

Hmmmm. This should fit the Lindberg 1:20 model bodies nicely.

[cutlaSS]

I see you used the stock transfer case, what transmission is the on the divorced motor? I don't have stuff laying around to tinker with so I ordered a Losi micro crawler trans.

Originally Posted by crawler will

Thanks, its the stock trans that ive taken the motor off and modified so i can use a separate motor one that will hopefully provide plenty of torque

[crawler will]

Originally Posted by cutlaSS

I see you used the stock transfer case, what transmission is the on the divorced motor? I don't have stuff laying around to tinker with so I ordered a Losi micro crawler trans.

oh sorry its from a losi trail trekker

[Terrordactyl]

Still no luck with getting a danally predator motor in mine. The mounting holes seem identically spaced compared between the two motors but are off just enough so using one bolt to mount it is the only option, and no matter how tight I got it you could still easily rotate the motor. Even the shafts seem to be different sizes (thicker shaft on the predator (that's what she said)) so I couldn't use my 9t pinion from my predator motor. Grrrrr...
I have noticed a little more torque out of the stock motor after running it for a bit though


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[spoo76]

Someone in the facebook group seems to have found a compatible motor.
You have to be a member of the group to view the post.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1494...5411896696545/

this post compares the RC4WD with "SAms's" 1/18 chassis and axle kit that was available for a limited run. Using the Newbright TJ body
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1494...4805726757162/

[808 tundra]

Originally Posted by cutlaSS

Compared my 1/20 Baywatch Yota body and she go for one "Hawaiian style" truck. Shoots, I haven't even had time to make a adapter to charge the battery.

Cheeeee! I'm sold now gonna pickup one ASAP

[Clingman]

Spoo, can you paste that info here?

[TownsendTdi]

https://youtu.be/RwPw2Ke5XqE

https://youtu.be/nnKeIczAebo

Quick video of redcat sumo crawler tranny swap.