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05-19-2009, 08:43 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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|  It's time! The Dorkstar DS-2
The DS-1 is pretty beat up, and has been relatively unchanged for 2 years. It's time to build a new Super! Retiring the old girl:  I'm starting with a few fun parts: - The Real Dogman's Super Delrin Hi-clearance links - Vanquish 40 Series Narrows - Refurbished Clod axles from the DS-1, with new gearbox halves - All aluminum will get anodized black - RC4wd 40 series X-locks to try out - Totally new Tube chassis. This one will be 2" or so at the skid, and boatside out to 3.5" wide at the middle, then back to narrow up top. It'll be 4" tall, and quite long. I want to the shocks to mount to the axles, since I don't want to mount them to the delrin links... I bolted the old axles to the rules at 17.8" WB. (Knowing me I'd build it at 18" and it'd be over!) I'll redo the axles once the tuber is all built.  I aligned the center link mounts to keep everything square, and found a proper piece of delrin for the skid.   Cut out the skid:  Braced the sides with steel, which the rest of the truck will be built from. A Maxamp 4200 35C waterproof 11.1v Lipo will make it fly.  The boatsides:   Fast forward a bit!    Coming up next- the axle teardown and rebuild, wheels and tires, body, paint, electronics..etc.etc.etc..! Thanks for looking! |
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05-19-2009, 08:49 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Canada, eh.
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Geez Ryan, you didn't give yourself much of a break after Scale Nats, did you  ?You know I'll be watching this one! |
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05-19-2009, 08:54 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tumwater
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Love all the delrin on the bottom, the boatsides, the long profile, etc, etc, etc.  |
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05-20-2009, 06:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Yes yes, it is.
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sweet! i cant wait to see how this turns out... |
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05-21-2009, 08:28 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: JERSEY BOONDOCKS
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Lookin pretty awesome!! It's got a nice "Evil Hearse" look to it. What upper link mounts are those? |
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05-21-2009, 10:53 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tempe, AZ
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Man this is looking sweet....you keeping the droop set up I take it?
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05-21-2009, 11:09 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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wow ryan, I love it, can;t wait to see it next month at GR. |
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05-21-2009, 07:15 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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05-21-2009, 07:15 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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05-21-2009, 07:50 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Aloha State....Aurite!
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WOW........looks like a beast!!
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05-21-2009, 09:42 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: bronx
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nice looking built kinda reminds me of a school bus |
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05-22-2009, 12:51 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Yes yes, it is.
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how did you mount you lower links?
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05-22-2009, 03:22 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Haunted Forest
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Thanks! More work: All the aluminum off the truck:  And now all back from the Anodizer, BLACK!  Rebuilt the axles and inspected everything.  Had the chassis Nickel Coated:  Links and Shocks mounted to the axles, not each other:  Rings Anodized Blue:  How she sits before panels, electronics and final finishing:   |
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05-22-2009, 03:46 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Totally tits!
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05-22-2009, 03:59 PM
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| Release your anger..  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North American Union
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You've done another excellent job rbgerrish. BTW it makes the DS1 look like a piece of crap now.  |
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05-22-2009, 04:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Looking pretty bad ass! Can't wait to hear your impressions on those tires. |
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05-22-2009, 06:48 PM
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| WOOPOOW!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Dang man, that thing is such a beast. Ive never seen a super run in person, wonder how it will do? |
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05-22-2009, 06:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Atlanta
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Holy WOW!  |
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05-22-2009, 09:51 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2009 Location: Welderville just south of benchviseland
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That is sick! Can't wait to see it in action. More of an incentive to finish my tuber....lol.
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05-22-2009, 11:00 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: FOUR 8 OH
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Tits McGee! That is one seriously bad ass super. This image alone makes me want to build one. |
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