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12-10-2010, 03:48 PM
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| Old guy   Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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|  Tracer Bully Ricky style
Ever sence I seen the Burg Tracer I wanted to build something along that line. Here it is. Sorry, the pups got out of the scaler.  Here it is from the top . It starts out the same width as the link mounts on the axle and tappers back.  Here's how it looks from the back.  And a pic from the front, I've got a body mount on it already. You can see the link/shock mounts on the chassis, this is how I'm mounting the chassis to the axle.  |
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12-10-2010, 03:50 PM
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| Old guy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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Here's the servo and the rear body mount.  |
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12-10-2010, 03:57 PM
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| Old guy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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Mounted up the servo. This is the same steering set up I've been running for a while, but I left off the upper link mount sence it isn't needed.      |
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12-10-2010, 04:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Castle Rock, WA
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Looking good. Very original.
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12-10-2010, 04:12 PM
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| Old guy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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I got it all done and going to run it tomorrow at the NWARC comp. The electronics fit in with ease and the battery is as far forward and as low as it can get.    Bodied up.    Got to have a flex shot right. I'll let yall know how she does tomorrow.   |
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12-10-2010, 05:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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I give it a 10
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12-10-2010, 07:07 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Where freedom is earned.
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|  I'm impressed, Love that GC! Hope to hear good news on it's maiden voyage. I think you've got a great weight bias with everything forward. Are you running much weight in the front wheels?
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12-10-2010, 07:11 PM
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| MODERHATER™   Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado
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Good to see more and more people actually thinking and building! I like it!  |
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12-10-2010, 08:23 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Gabriel, Crawlerfornia.
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Mad skills man.Sick design!
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12-10-2010, 08:35 PM
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| 0 0   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: FT. Thomas
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Thats awesome. Just from the looks it looks like it would go over anything |
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12-10-2010, 09:08 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: siloam springs, home of the Mid West Challenge 2010
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Good job Rick. You never cease to amaze me..
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12-10-2010, 09:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chandler, AZ
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Very different, interested to see how it performs. |
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12-10-2010, 10:34 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Very innovative, I'll take a chassis. lol Good work, subscribed |
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12-11-2010, 09:36 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah.
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Now that is cool Ricky. I will be waiting to see how it works for you. |
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12-11-2010, 11:27 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: bend
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very nice
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12-11-2010, 02:01 PM
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| Old guy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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Thanks alot guys. Well for it's 1st time out I'm happy. I got to work my links a little. I got some torque twist . and I'm a little soft on the shocks. Manning thinks maybe shorten up the links , I think he may be right. I can always shorten them but can't make them longer.  It's the 1st time I've made a comp chassis and it's not a flop. It's worth working on to me. Got a couple of things to work out. |
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12-11-2010, 02:03 PM
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| 0 0 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: FT. Thomas
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12-11-2010, 02:08 PM
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| Old guy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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Just a little, it would lift some on a side hill or when turning up hill. Sometimes just on a climb.
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12-11-2010, 02:17 PM
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| 0 0 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: FT. Thomas
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So not really torque twist it would just drive under itself? | |
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12-11-2010, 03:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: ...the burning end of the rope.
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Ricky,,the rig looks really good man,,Kudos to you on it...try spreading the upper rear links to change your high point roll center for the lifting problem.
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