11-06-2013, 03:49 AM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Australia
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| AusRods first Super
Hi guys, I am fairly new to RC crawling having bought my first crawler early this year. being an engineer I don't care for aesthetics and aim solely for performance perfection although am rather inexperienced in the crawler scene so any advice and ideas are much appreciated. I have recently purchased a pair of RC4wd super bully axles and will be trying to design and build as much of the crawler as possible from scratch based around these axles. I am currently working on a chassis and not having much background in super's i would appreciate anyone's feedback and tips for improvement. AusRod |
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11-06-2013, 01:53 PM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Pittsburgh
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| Re: AusRods first Super
I am new to the super crawler world also, but it looks like a pretty good design to me. Look around on here in the superclass forum and see the style and type of chassis people are running. I am not saying copy a chassis but use them for ideas to build a chassis. But it looks good I'd like to see a build thread on it when you start building. Did you get the lightweight super bully? I got the normal super bully axles and I really wish that I would of got the lightweight super bully, the normal ones are crazy heavy Last edited by tweak6; 11-06-2013 at 01:56 PM. Reason: forgot something |
11-06-2013, 07:55 PM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia
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Where abouts in Australia are you from?
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11-06-2013, 08:41 PM | #4 |
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Wollongong
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11-06-2013, 10:04 PM | #5 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia
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Very nice. There's a few guys in Newcastle with supers. I have one and live in singleton. I'm using the bully platform and have modded the gearboxes. I love supers there so much fun to drive, just wish there was more around for comps |
12-14-2013, 06:22 PM | #6 |
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01-01-2014, 01:06 AM | #7 |
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01-01-2014, 02:10 AM | #8 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Queensland!
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What did you make the links out of? Looks good by the way.
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01-01-2014, 03:17 AM | #9 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Australia
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just 6mm Aluminium rod, I might try some Ti when i get a setup I like
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01-02-2014, 12:45 PM | #10 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Goin broke losing weight.....
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Looking pretty good. Couple of suggestions: get a clocking jig for axle tubes, you want front knuckles angled back or atleast parallel to ground, and rears parallel to ground. Otherwise your steering will be real wonky Lose those shocks, they aren't good at all. |
01-03-2014, 01:17 PM | #11 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sumter
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He's gonna need to shorten the uppers. The clocking jig won't offer that much correction.
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01-03-2014, 02:16 PM | #12 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Goin broke losing weight.....
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I figured that was a given lol
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01-04-2014, 12:40 AM | #13 |
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That photo was from first trial fit of the links, i drilled the axle housing and clocked them 30deg. I need to change the servo mount as it keeps getting caught up. More steering angle would also be better.
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