Advice for a complicated setup?

[Voodoobrew]

yea, 3d printers are so slow...and i'm not allowed to have it on when everyone is asleep cause they seem like a fire hazard. I kinda want to get one of those round exploding ball fire extinguishers for the thing but never have.

[louielc]

Just an update. Making some good progress, i decided to go with the Brazin ALL TIme Low for the time being ( couldnt find the V3 Toyzuki), I currently have the Transmission, dig and most of the suspension figured out, waiting on some more parts though. I would post pics but im not allowed yet, or havent been able to figure out how. I had to 3D print some ball ends to get the wraith suspension links to fit right. Its been fun so far though.

[louielc]

I also have to fabricate and figure out how to to work the locking portal axles off of one servo. I have some ideas but need to test them.

[Steve g]

You need a 3rd party host for pics. Or you can use tapatalk on a cell phone.
I'm looking forward to some pics of this build

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[louielc]

Didnt realize taptalk let's you upload. Here are some quick pics. Have to clean up my build area

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[louielc]

It lives. Not fully finished yet and I'm sure it will continue to evolve. I went with a 4 link front with servo on the axle steering. I'm waiting on the micro servos for the portal locks but the dig unit works awesome.

Still have to clean up the wiring and I want to move the battery to the front, but probably need to fabricate something for that.

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[louielc]

Little update. Okay so pretty much done, I moved the battery to the front, installed some braces and got the remote portals and dig working. I have to say, I finally understand the crawling thing. Just playing in the back yard with some small rocks, it was alot of fun. Just have to mount the crappy body I have for now and mess around.

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[GTSLOW]

Ars you running an ATL chassis backwards?

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[louielc]

No i was, i also posted some pics on the Brazin scale Forum and they told me i had it backwards at first. The last pics are the chassis the correct way now.

[GTSLOW]

Originally Posted by louielc

No i was, i also posted some pics on the Brazin scale Forum and they told me i had it backwards at first. The last pics are the chassis the correct way now.

Aah gotcha. Mine is setup the opposite because the steering servo plate matches the shape of the frame rails. I guess it can run in both directions.

Either way congrats on the ATL! She's coming along well. I've also got one but it only has a rear locker. I run a spool up front. I tried to keep mine simple and light. RTR with a 1550 3S I'm at 5.8lbs.

P.s. mine out crawled two Toyzuki V2s a few weeks ago. Dont tell white trash...



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[louielc]

Nice that looks great, yeah i had it the other way and it seemed to be working fine. I would have never known to be honest. Im very happy with the ATL honestly. Im sure the Toyzuki is great also but i couldnt even get them to accept me to the facebook group, so i gave up.

[GTSLOW]

Originally Posted by louielc

Nice that looks great, yeah i had it the other way and it seemed to be working fine. I would have never known to be honest. Im very happy with the ATL honestly. Im sure the Toyzuki is great also but i couldnt even get them to accept me to the facebook group, so i gave up.

I ran a V1 for a year before switching to the V2 and running that for two years. The only thing I miss from the V2 was the angled skid. With the ATL you sort of need to relearn driving over spots where you would potentially high center and now need to throttle/bump over. Otherwise the climbing and off camber driving is significantly better in the ATL than the Toyzuki.

I've also grown to love my rear locker. There's be quite a few situations when attempting climbs the rig wanted to flip back. By simple unlocking the rear end, that tire that keeps catching traction no longer has power, which allows the front end to do it's job.


*edit* I see it now. You flipped everything now between posts #66 and #67. We are running everything the same. lol sorry about that.