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10-08-2005, 03:18 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver
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|  1st Crawler Buildup Pics
Done. NN chassis @ 14"wb, shaved and trimmed Clod axles w/ full bearings, Tmaxx hard anodized shocks 60wt oil, lathe motors @ 0° timing, 11t front 10t rear pinions, lexan motor guards, Hitec aircraft raido, Electron 6 receiver, Hitec 645mg servos, narrowed Pede rears, 2.2 moabs, 3k mah battery, 1500 mah 6v receiver pack, Tekin Titan esc, HPI rubicon body. now it needs to get dirty. enjoy.         |
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10-08-2005, 04:16 PM
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| I joined the Band! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: torrington
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Wow thats thing is sick.. I wanna see that thing crawl.. Get a movie up   I really like that thing.. -nate |
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10-08-2005, 04:45 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver
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i just checked the CG, and its dead center below the chassis skidplate. i can balance it on the tip of a pair of scissors, hehehe.. woOt!
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10-08-2005, 06:02 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY
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dang thats nice. get pics of it in action
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10-08-2005, 07:25 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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Looks real good! Too bad its too long to be in the 2.2 class rules. The body looks nice with the 14" wheel base.
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10-08-2005, 07:43 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver
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If i want to compete i'll have to fab some shorter links. i didn't really build it for competition, but it would be a nice option if i did get the comp bug.
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10-08-2005, 07:47 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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Well, you should bring it to the next CO comp anyway, and run in the supers. See how you do. you could probably even throw some larger tires on when you run the comp.
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10-15-2005, 12:41 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver
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Performed better than I expected. Run times were great, well over an hour. My Rx pack (small 1200mah 5cell) died before the main pack. Run times otherwise should be around 1.5 to 2 hours. First on my t-do list is behind-the-axle steering. The steering rods got hung up quite a few times. Most of these rocks are probably too big for a 2.2, but that just made it more challenging. It also made for a handful of tipovers so the body is pretty scratched and beat up now. I think it looks much better! Short video clips will be posted shortly...      |
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10-15-2005, 12:43 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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The rocks look like the right size. You just need more driving practice. Every truck drives different, and you just have to adjust for what yours does. After a while you'll notice the same rocks that were once hard for you to do are no longer a challenge.
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10-15-2005, 12:53 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver
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True. However, this is only about 1% of the rocks here. I should have taken a full spread shot. Its a huge boulder patch cemented into concrete, most of the rocks are human sized or larger.. these were the small ones! I may go there again tomorrow, I'll take a spread shot.
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10-15-2005, 07:01 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Green River Kentucky
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I love the truck man good job I cant wait till you post the video.
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10-16-2005, 05:32 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver
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Here's a few more. Vids are now up. They are HERE PWT, this is the rock field I was talkin about... its (guessing) about 150ft long, and about 20 feet deep. there are more on the shoreline of the river where I'm standing. Its basically a small kayak park behind a three story REI building.. Theres more rocks on the opposite side of the water. More down to my left. There's an infinite number of lines across this crap.     |
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10-16-2005, 06:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the G-Train!!!!!
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|  I wish I had that here |
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10-16-2005, 08:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Centennial, CO
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Bigd, yup, I know that spot. Its the under the bridge location. Here's a pic of bader, bender, and my TLT all doing follow the leader at that locale, at 12-12.5" of wheelbase a piece (from the rccrawler homepage):  There's some fun lines there. Seriously, not dissing you or the truck, but as you drive and tinker more you're going to see that the huge obstacles are the only tough ones. some more ideas here: http://www.rccrawler.com/badgerswild...re/index3.html Last edited by Plays_with_Toys; 10-16-2005 at 08:33 PM. |
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10-16-2005, 09:28 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Denver
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Those pics are great, looks like you guys had a blast! I'm loving this thing, I'd like to get it within a 12.5" wb sooner or later for comp rules. I haven't found a rock there yet that I couldn't top, just gotta find the right approach.
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10-17-2005, 12:28 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nanakuli
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wow that thing looks awesome !!!
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10-17-2005, 01:20 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mililani, Hawaii
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| Wow I wish that we had rocks like that here. |
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10-27-2005, 10:57 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: USA
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is that lit up at night? |
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10-28-2005, 11:45 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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nice!!
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10-28-2005, 12:30 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: woods cross utah
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i bet you could lose the rx pack. when i made my super into a 2.2 i plugged my 5995tg into the rx normally and even with a duratrash esc it has no problems with the small tires
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