Client Build: Creeper Clone

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Originally Posted by donny8594

Since I will not be live testing this clone I have no input on whether parallel or pinched is better on the rocks.


you built it you need to run it hot before the customer gets it. just so the customer knows there are no week points.

The only run this one gets is on the stand or in the house. He's going to receive a scratch free perfectly clean rig. I've got my nearly identical rig to bash and look for problems with. If anything his rig is built to higher tolerances and with a more critical eye than mine.

But in general I agree with that principle...I just cannot put it into practice this time.

Here's a video of me mounting tires on the cut down rims using my world renown tire press lmao.

[donny8594]

you do good work man. i cant wait to see you get your hands on a scaler.

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Originally Posted by donny8594

you do good work man. i cant wait to see you get your hands on a scaler.

LMAO that's the deep end there...where madness lies in wait. Building a scale garage that has a scale garage that has a scale garage? I would need a microscope.

I do love scale vehicles of any type. Brings out the child in me instantly. Meaning I will definitely break it playing with it..

Thanks man.

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I will definitely break it playing with it..

Thanks man.[/QUOTE]

build it, break it, blame the driver, blame the part, look at it on the bench for an hour. then make it better, both the driver and the rig. thats my favorite part of the hobby.

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By building almost every part and reconfiguring it over and over I have gained much more knowledge of what is possible than if I just got something and kept it the way I got it that's for sure.

I turned my attentions to the shell and got it cut and mounted. There were some compromises, but I am going to let it sit for a day before doing any more cutting.

Have a look.

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After letting the whole build stew for a day and a half as I handled various other projects over the weekend I put in a productive day and got the body cut to it's final shape, started on the waterproofing of the electronics and created a crash cab for the chassis if my client wants to try his hand at crawling bare back. The cab was a lot of work but I think it adds some character to the otherwise overly symmetrical look of the vehicle.

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Everything is everything. It's alive. All systems go. Which makes me a happy camper.

Got a video uploading but here's some pictures in the meanwhile.






To catch up from the last update: waterproofing complete, battery attached with velcro, BEC attached with velcro, BEC programmed to 6VDC output via Castle Link, Red wire on ESC 3 pin pulled and insulated with heat shrink, BEC plugged into RX, to power the servos and RX, wiring lashed, new AHZ aluminnum servo horns installed, system test on stand.

Next up shell work and LED wiring madness.

[donny8594]

nice build bud. somebodys gonna be happy when that rig gets delivered.

what do you have in mind for the paint scheme?

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It's going to be pretty out there. Camo colors under M2D Camo Hydroprint with matte clear coat on top.

[donny8594]

you lost me after camo.

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[iDC5]

how r u waterproofing the esc?

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Originally Posted by iDC5

how r u waterproofing the esc?

It's already pretty well WPed from the factory. The important bits are sealed in a box under the heat sink. All I did was seal the exposed PCB and lead ends with super glue. Easy win. Works good too.

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Thing is pretty sweet. Makes me want to get some new motors and diffs for mine.

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I am confuzedled. The red and amber LEDs have the positive lead on the big part inside...which is opposite of what I am expecting. The white ones are positive on the small bit. Which is normal. I wonder why?

Still in the prepping stage. Soldered 33 ohm 1 watt flame proof resistors on the postive leg of the white bulbs and 22 ohms on the rest so they will run within spec tapping into the 6VDC output of the BEC. Using a Y cable and an extension to make a start to the loom.

Everything has to be loomed parallel so no simple way to make it happen...lots of solder connections etc. And I am not risking the shell to a slip of the iron or a splat of solder so I gotta get all the lengths just right and do it up on the bench.

Fun fun fun.

Pics later...

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And so it begins...