Custom R/C Trohy truck

[tonylivestoday]

this is looking really good! keep the pics coming!

[dunerdude69]

Any sugggestins welcomed and any on the rear travel

[Esteban86K5]

Originally Posted by dunerdude69

Any sugggestins welcomed and any on the rear travel

What do you need or want to know?

[dunerdude69]

how to build a axle like some of the emaxx crawlers

[Esteban86K5]

Here is how I built mine a few years ago. It's solid rod and fender washers all welded together. I drilled and tapped the ends to fit the e-maxx knuckles. Pretty easy actually.

[dunerdude69]

i want to make them more of a tube like like real trophy trucks

[sheedy126]

brazing is done at a higher temp and is alot stronger im 180 pounds and can stand on it

now that's pretty strong.

if only i could braze like that lol

[dunerdude69]

if you look closely my brazes were pretty bad but got better as i did the truck

[sheedy126]

i wasnt looking too closely, but was sure surprised it held up to your weight

[redlineryno]

Originally Posted by dunerdude69

i want to make them more of a tube like like real trophy trucks

if you wanted a tube couldnt you have made those support links more horizontal and put like a sheath of thin aluminium or even maybe styrene. like a skin around it. then you coulda built up on top of that and made a diff housing that looks like a real enclosed diff. those half shafts would be able to accomidate that.

[Esteban86K5]

Are you thinking more like this?

[dunerdude69]

yes except a little smaller going to use rustler drivshafts to use a 12mm hex

[Esteban86K5]

Perhaps made of aluminum? Are you going for just a solid axle or something that looks real? The tube work would be easy, but if you want something scale looking, it's gonna be harder.

[dunerdude69]

that looks sick might do that where did you get the axle tubes

[ae racer]

i think that the last few pics that he posted are some that he found online....i know that he made the red axled ones in his first post but the others ive never seen.

[C*H*U*D]

Originally Posted by ae racer

i think that the last few pics that he posted are some that he found online....i know that he made the red axled ones in his first post but the others ive never seen.

That last aluminum axle belongs to CruiserKB and his 1/6th scale rock racer build:

1/6 scale rock racer

[dunerdude69]

will copper solder to aluminum

[Esteban86K5]

Originally Posted by dunerdude69

will copper solder to aluminum

You can solder aluminum to copper but it's hard to braze. What are you planning?

[dunerdude69]

i have some copper tube and 1/8 sheet alum maybe i can make the axle like that

[sheedy126]

Are you finished yet???

LOL just kidding.

looking forward to the finished product of this thing.