A little to much lacquer thinner build...

[CM9000]

More pictures. Rear shaft does not telescope as rear suspension cycles. Could be my uppers are to long or my worm angle is to high. Im not going to change the length of the rear upper links just yet.

Waiting on my chassis braces/ shock mounts to come tomorrow.





Titanium shaft










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[xkill]

That looks awesome!
So the shaft was supposed to slide only on that shaft on the skid?
If so the angle on the axle pinion does look a bit to sharp...
But why not a more conventional shaft?
Just want to see this thing on the rocks!!!

[Almighty Malach]

I know you probably did moa on the front axle for weight bias, but did you consider moa on the rear axle to avoid torque twist? Even with the 25:1 reduction you'll still get some torque twist with the bigger tires and heavier car.

[CM9000]

Originally Posted by xkill

That looks awesome!

Thanks bud. I like it a lot.

Originally Posted by xkill

So the shaft was supposed to slide only on that shaft on the skid?

Yes. It's a shaft from a Tamiya TXT-1.

Originally Posted by xkill

If so the angle on the axle pinion does look a bit to sharp...

I agree with you. It might change if I have issues.

Originally Posted by xkill

But why not a more conventional shaft?

I don't know how to respond to that, other than laugh and think "have you looked at the rest of the rig?"

Originally Posted by xkill

Just want to see this thing on the rocks!!!

I'm excited to get it on some rocks for sure.

Originally Posted by Almighty Malach

I know you probably did moa on the front axle for weight bias, but did you consider moa on the rear axle to avoid torque twist? Even with the 25:1 reduction you'll still get some torque twist with the bigger tires and heavier car.

I've never had torque twist on a losi. But we will see with this rig. I kinda jumped into this head first with no other plans but to finish it and drive it the way I had imagined. It will be interesting to see what the rear does though.

I have future plans to build/ maybe start a class for "super shafty" locally.

[xkill]

Originally Posted by CM9000

I don't know how to respond to that, other than laugh and think "have you looked at the rest of the rig?"

Yes, for sure you didn't go the "easy way" on this one....
But the concept and weigh on the front idea looks great, at least on paper.


For the shaft I would look in to something else...
Being a worm most of the reduction is on the axle so I think an SDI shaft would work just fine for you.
Simple and light.

[CM9000]

Ill measure it out when I get time in the am.

It might be the same weight.

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[CM9000]

The shocks are mounted, body is mounted but not fully trimmed, braces are on the chassis, and speed controls are on their way. Next order of business is to shorten the upper links, finalize the driveshaft, smash the electronics, put the link sliders on, get 2 futaba A700's and hit the rocks! Picture of the roller will be posted later tonight or tomorrow morning. Cant believe how stable this thing feels...

[TheLetterJ]

About those A700's... they've only recently caught my attention, but at $160, they seem worth a shot, that is, if those ones are even legit? Have you run them on anything before? I'd like to know how they compare to the 2290 if you've got experience with both.

[CM9000]

Originally Posted by TheLetterJ

About those A700's... they've only recently caught my attention, but at $160, they seem worth a shot, that is, if those ones are even legit? Have you run them on anything before? I'd like to know how they compare to the 2290 if you've got experience with both.

160???? wtf where? sign me up. that's 20 less than what I would pay at the hobby shop.

I know the A700's have over 1000oz per in of torque at 7.4 volts. I have not run them. But I will be. For that much torque, I probably wont run any other servo on any of my rigs.

[TheLetterJ]

You be the judge: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...a+a700&_sop=15

[CM9000]

Coming from Taiwan, I can believe that price. I will still be ordering mine through the lhs though. I am on a time crunch here lol.

[CM9000]

Body bottons are designed but not printed yet.

More pics as a roller. Body is in final trim.











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[Nova's Ark]

That looks sweet. Nice build. I am very curious to see how it performs for you. What is the RTR weight?

[CM9000]

I weighed it with both motors, unmatched servos, microx esc's, and a 1050 3s from tattu.. Just under 8lbs.

I might be running to much knuckle weight in the front. All 4 wheels together weigh in at 2 lbs 1.2 oz. Upper and lower links 3 oz.

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[Almighty Malach]

That rear u joint angle is scary. Any way to roll it down a little flatter?

[CM9000]

Originally Posted by Almighty Malach

That rear u joint angle is scary. Any way to roll it down a little flatter?

Yeah. I had Erik cut a little longer thread on all of the links so i could cut a smidge down if needed. Rear and front uppers are getting cut down a bit today. 6mm total on rears and the fronts ill just eyeball.

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[CM9000]

I think this is going to work well. I had programmed and calibrated both speed controls before decasing them. This MT4 is really nice!

Anyways.. Just a weight check before i start shaving away at fins and cut some posts down. They might be ready to put in tomorrow, we shall see.

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[CM9000]

With the inclusion of 8 zipties and some foam spacers, this is the new weight of the speed controls setup.

Pretty neat post reduction. If these esc's work well for the super, it might be all i ever use on losi's again. I could actually run 6s lol.





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[Tgreer]

Such an epic build!

[CM9000]

Thank you sir.

A few pictures of it with the bottons installed and on the rocks. This is by the hobby shop. I took the truck in to see what my battery options were. I ended up picking out a 450mah 4s tattu battery. Only 3 of them left in the whole chain of stores, so im taking all 3 lol.

A 450mah 4s should get me through one course if i dont screw up too much.