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09-12-2009, 01:45 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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|  My first stab at a super!
So I got a Clod for free from a guy from work, he even gave me the knuckles and axle tubes! I put in some lockers and I'm patiently waiting for TTR to get the CVD's back in stock but its going together until then. I have some 50t motors but I'm waiting on themotor mounts and 8 tooth pinions. I also have a sidewinderI'm going to use until the Mamba Max Pro comes out. What do you guys think so far? |
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09-12-2009, 03:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lutz
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Looks pretty good to me  Pretty sweet knuckles and axle tubes he gave ya! I wish i had a friend at work like that lol
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09-12-2009, 06:24 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: LeMars, Iowa
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Holy crap, I need to quit my job and go to work with you! |
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09-12-2009, 06:49 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Strugglin
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Want to sell it  |
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09-12-2009, 07:18 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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Nope, not yet. Come to think of it, out of the 23 years of RC I have never sold anything! I just wish I had kept all my old stuff in working condition, not take it all apart and lose all the parts!  |
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09-24-2009, 08:53 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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Heres an update. Its almost finished, just waiting on some bullet plugs and I'll be good to go. GC center at rest = 5" GC center full lift = 7" WB = 18" Width = 15" |
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09-30-2009, 05:31 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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So I took out my super for the first time today and it didnt take long to find some flaws. First - The shocks need a better way to mount to the links so I ordered some delrin rod and TLT shock mounts. I also ordered some airplane gear doos brackets that look like they might work on my current links. Second - The servo mounts rotate on the axle braces so I reworked it a little and its much more solid now. I took the axle braces off but if I break a gearcase I'll just replace them with aluminum. Other then that it crawled awesome! I went up my stairs like they were flat, and the few stones I have in my yard that give my Cliff Climber a workout were a joke! |
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10-02-2009, 10:38 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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Does anybody have any other tips or pointers they can give me by looking at my pictures? I think I have it pretty good now but I still need some TTR cvd's. If you have any kicking around let me know! I was also thinking of doing 35T motors instead to get a little more wheel speed, the 50T's are a little slow for me. How are the 35's in a super?
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10-02-2009, 12:22 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Looks like a good start, welcome to the world of Supers. Personally I think 15" is a bit wide, I run my super at just under 13" wide. It is plenty stable and is more maneuvorable. What battery are you running? I use 45T motors and 9t front/8t rear pinions in my super and on 11.1V 3S LiPo it has pretty good wheelspeed. Not a ton but it's got some bump to it. I am going to try 4S once I get my new Torquemaster ESC in. Going to 35T motors and switching to 6t pinions is a good setup. Check out joe's championship super. |
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10-03-2009, 05:51 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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I would go a little narrower but I'm limited by my wheels right now. I wish new wheels and tires weren't so much money! Right now I'm running a 3s 2200mah lipo, I'm going to stick with the 3s but I'm thinking of picking up something in the 5000 range for longer run times. |
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10-08-2009, 07:15 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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After blowing through 2 heavy duty servo servo arms it 10 minutes of crawling I realized plastic is not going to cut it at all! I ordered some aluminum but I don't think my servos are going to last much longer. This is getting very expensive  |
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10-08-2009, 08:25 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Camp Hill
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Yeah but it looks way cool!
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10-20-2009, 09:56 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Weston
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So I bought some airplane geardoor brackets that work perfect for shock mounts on the links but after a couple minutes my front servo casing cracked and it fell off! HAHA one thing after another with the thing  . I ordered a new front servo JR DS8711 and some servo clamps. Hopefully this will be it for a while.
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