N00B in Crawling, hows my rig?

[Hi-Po Stomper]

hey guys, im Chris i live in Washington. ive been into rc awhile but just recently got pulled into crawling, i made a trade to get the rig i have now, its used but its beautiful. i dont know much about the crawler mods and etc. but this is what i do know...
-55turn integy motor
-XL-5 esc
-hi torque servo with aluminum horn
-store bought chassis
-the rig is Axial based
-and a Li-Po cut-off.
you tell me what i didnt list, and what do ya'll think of her!? i'd love to hear all yours guys thoughts on it, good or bad. thanks everyone and i love the site!

[peyton.]

photobucket site maintenance?
so cant see em?


use the [img] code to post pics
not direct link

it will look like this

[Hi-Po Stomper]

Sorry and thank you, never used a forum so im definetally a noob! when i do insert image it just shows a box with a red "X" on my screen, heres one, maybe its because of some of my settings?

[Hi-Po Stomper]

OH DUH an image code, sorry its late here :-P

[peyton.]

there ya go!

it looks good!!!
im not to fond of the chassis though??

im working on my own tuber chassis,
should have some pics up soon!!!

[Hi-Po Stomper]

awesome dude i cant wait to see. my uncle runs and operates solo, a welding business straight axle swaps, exo-cages and 4x4 stuff etc.. and he makes his own tuber chassis's for his crawlers and his super. so im gonna be going to his shop and have to help me build a more "like-able" chassis, this one was store bought and sadly already on when i got the crawler, its ugly as hell

[peyton.]

Originally Posted by Hi-Po Stomper

awesome dude i cant wait to see. my uncle runs and operates solo, a welding business straight axle swaps, exo-cages and 4x4 stuff etc.. and he makes his own tuber chassis's for his crawlers and his super. so im gonna be going to his shop and have to help me build a more "like-able" chassis, this one was store bought and sadly already on when i got the crawler, its ugly as hell

thats not good to not like your baby!!!!

parts that you dont like on it just chop off and make your own!

for example, the bumper, make a more rounded one,
i dont like skinny chassis, like the warthog, ugly as s#@t!!!!

i will have some pics up in a little of what im doing, and then going to chop up.
its a little more scale ''looking''.
but hopefully will look better.

[Hi-Po Stomper]

hahaha i didnt say i didnt love my baby i just think its an ugly duckling. and YES a Warthog, thats the ugly name i was looking for when i could'nt figure out what this chassis looked like. as far as the front bumped i decided to try to make it a scale looking "push bumper", same in the rear. i want to give it the crawler buggy look when you see the chassis.a crawler buggy look as in a 1:1 scale buggy:-P

[peyton.]

here is trosts rig, he has a chassis he made but im going to change it in several ways, the front end, how squarish it looks up top, and anything else i find.

[Hi-Po Stomper]

wow that is really nice bro! yeah i see exactly what your gonna change, it looks kinda like one of those Rhino's or the little lifted golfcarts you would drive on a farm

[peyton.]

Originally Posted by Hi-Po Stomper

hahaha i didnt say i didnt love my baby i just think its an ugly duckling. and YES a Warthog, thats the ugly name i was looking for when i could'nt figure out what this chassis looked like. as far as the front bumped i decided to try to make it a scale looking "push bumper", same in the rear. i want to give it the crawler buggy look when you see the chassis.a crawler buggy look as in a 1:1 scale buggy:-P

you said your going to make a new one, does that mean your getting rid of the whole tuber and chassis or just the tuber, or vica versa???

[peyton.]

Originally Posted by Hi-Po Stomper

wow that is really nice bro! yeah i see exactly what your gonna change, it looks kinda like one of those Rhino's or the little lifted golfcarts you would drive on a farm

yeah, i could just get rid of the front pannel and make a new shock tower thing, (just went brain dead forgot the name?)

[Hi-Po Stomper]

well im not sure, if i can figure out what im gonna do tube-wise, and if it will go with the chassis then ill keep it. at this point im takin it day by day

[peyton.]

Originally Posted by Hi-Po Stomper

well im not sure, if i can figure out what im gonna do tube-wise, and if it will go with the chassis then ill keep it. at this point im takin it day by day

right now i have a tuber and a stock chassis that i am working on, i will have pics up soon,

i am looking for doofy lookin tuber chassis and tubers in chassis that i can fix and make em look cool.

[Hi-Po Stomper]

hell ill mail ya mine when i get it off, if you want it?

[peyton.]

Originally Posted by Hi-Po Stomper

hell ill mail ya mine when i get it off, if you want it?

heck yeah i want it!!!

tuber and chassis??

[Hi-Po Stomper]

if thats the tube part on top and the chassis on the bottom? then yeah, got anything to send over here, maybe even the deal out?

[peyton.]

Originally Posted by Hi-Po Stomper

if thats the tube part on top and the chassis on the bottom? then yeah, got anything to send over here, maybe even the deal out?

hmmm, i have my stock chassis and strc skid plate?
not to even but thats all i got??
oh and my stock rubbers??

[Hi-Po Stomper]

yeah thats cool. send me a pic sometime so i know what they look like, yeah i dont have any other crawler parts so real soon im gonna get on building that new chassis/tuber and see how it goes

[peyton.]

here is the tuber, it was made just wide for it, not my rig but im helping make it look and mount better, just need to cut it down on the sides and make some brackets for the shocks, wishbone, links, and skid plate, need some more tube to make it go down lower to the skid plate area, and need to make the brackets.