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04-05-2019, 02:14 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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|  Re: My Gen 8
I like the new wrap! Not sure on the angled grill, though I guess the servo location is kind of the limiting factor. Its pretty funny how the weight of bodies can be deceiving, I just weighed my Scorcher hard body and its less than many of my lexan bodies. How did the Bomber and Scout ii bodies compare (I'm assuming you weighed them)? |
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04-05-2019, 02:31 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8 Quote:
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04-05-2019, 02:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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04-06-2019, 07:08 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8
Broke 2 more Portal gears yesterday. Hopefully they are planning on making an upgrade steel machined part.  Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk    Last edited by mgputer; 04-06-2019 at 07:16 AM. |
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04-06-2019, 11:54 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Humboldt county
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| Re: My Gen 8
Dang that sucks, and thats the Gen 8 not the 7 right? Did that happen while turning or what? I wonder if the housing is deflecting and causing this or if its the gears |
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04-06-2019, 12:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8 Quote:
I just think either the pin is weak so it breaks and then blows up the cup or the cup is poor material. The Traxxas has almost the identical gear and it's sintered so they should be able to make it work. One time was a half throttle wheel hop. I thought that the steering had something to do with it so I turned the end points so it only steered about 75%. I figured I shouldn't break one but I broke 2. Upgraded the portal housings. Have some more aluminum parts coming for both. Also the steel trans gears.  Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk | |
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04-07-2019, 11:44 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8
A little more work on the final product panels.   Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk  Last edited by mgputer; 04-07-2019 at 01:13 PM. |
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04-07-2019, 11:51 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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| Re: My Gen 8
Sweet! What the new 1.9 Wraith wish’s it could be!👍🏼 If you don’t mind, could you get a weight of the body and cage? |
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04-07-2019, 01:42 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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Couple more updates. Have the hood ready to go.   Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk | |
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04-07-2019, 07:44 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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Just about ready for paint. Turned out pretty good.  Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk |
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04-07-2019, 09:20 PM
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| Slow is the new Fast   Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Winterpeg
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Nice to see you keeping up the wild creativity over there mg!
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04-08-2019, 04:42 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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04-08-2019, 06:41 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Strawberry
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| Re: My Gen 8
any pics on how you mounted the bomber cage to the gen8 chassis???
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04-08-2019, 07:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8
Little more progress. It's coming along pretty good.    Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk |
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04-08-2019, 07:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8 Quote:
The front I drilled a hole in the chassis and cage and screwed the cage to the chassis. I made some close outs for the center on my printer and then screwed it to the chassis and cage.     Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk | |
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04-09-2019, 08:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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Worked on the grill a bit and put the stickers on.  Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk |
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04-13-2019, 06:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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Reworked the interior. The buggy style just wasn't doing it for me.   Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk |
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04-13-2019, 07:24 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8
Put the stock bumper on for now so I have a place to mount the winch.    Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk |
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04-13-2019, 07:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Merrill, WI
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| Re: My Gen 8
Also the stock tires work really well except certain situations so I did a little trimming and they're even better.  Sent from my Vivo XI+ using Tapatalk |
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04-13-2019, 10:55 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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| Re: My Gen 8
Body turned out great! 👍🏼
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