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03-20-2006, 08:14 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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If you are going to X brace the shock standoffs, why not do the same for the upper links at the same time? Box it off and make it all solid. I love the design btw. You can really take that idea in many directions. |
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03-31-2006, 07:02 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: columbus
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I changed a couple of things: -Built an x brace to put the lower links into double shear. -replaced the servo switch with a conector (switch broke) -moved the lower links to change the motor angle (motor was hitting rocks)   |
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03-31-2006, 07:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: VARCOR
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Unbelievable! That is awesome. Great job, I like different
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03-31-2006, 08:24 PM
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| MODERATOR™  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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Nice job! That should help with servo protection too. I noticed the servos making some contact with some rocks in the video. Feel any stiffer? |
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03-31-2006, 08:53 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Cool, it looked like it worked pretty well before. Can't wait to see it now!  |
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04-01-2006, 11:49 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Somewhere in Sweden
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Good job! We want some actionpics now!  |
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04-01-2006, 02:31 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: columbus
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I don't have a body for it yet, unless I use my 15 or so year old double dare body  I think I am going to get the dodge dakota body that parma sells because that is the kind of real truck I have.
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04-01-2006, 09:35 PM
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| Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington state
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Thats really cool  So was this project just to see if you could.. Or do you think that there is a significant performance gain from running this type of steering? Obviously you are only running one servo for 4 wheel steering, inversely though, it is like twice the size of standard servos.. I'm impressed though! Whos little yellow mobile is that in the video? Any photos with the lid off? And the last song on your video.. who is that? It sounded just a tad too generic to be Cradle of Filth.. ;) _bR3T7 |
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04-01-2006, 09:47 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: fresno
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great ride, but your crazy for useing all that bike cable for steering  your probly not a pot head i would know  |
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04-01-2006, 10:16 PM
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I see upon closer look that it uses 2 x Giant scale servos.. so my previous questions... but more.. ;) And I have to defend all the booty-ghetto-barn fab.. ;) I prefer G-Fab as its call-sign, and it is the essence of this hobby for me. I am not quite as gifted apparently as some people, but I make all my stuff myself with sh!tty tools and poor lighting... But the bottom line is that my vehicles are straight Gangsta!! G-Fab!! (and yes I know EeePee's original comment was most likely a joke, as is mine!:P) Nah man, Pot-heads come up with crazy ideas all the time, they just usually lack the ambition to get it done.. sort of like me.. but I don't smoke pot.. I just don't have any money! :P _bR3T7 Last edited by clodbrett; 04-01-2006 at 10:22 PM. |
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04-08-2006, 09:10 PM
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04-08-2006, 09:24 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: columbus
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here are my favorites    |
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04-08-2006, 09:25 PM
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04-08-2006, 09:26 PM
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04-08-2006, 09:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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Peel some of the decals off that thing and lose the "roll" bar and that would be a cool body! |
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04-08-2006, 10:08 PM
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04-09-2006, 10:27 AM
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Was I ever not drinking beer? Yeah that truck has really shown me it has some potential. The X braces are definately doing what they should. The steering works, there's no question about that. Skidplate looks like poop though. And that body is awesome. Real life crunching sounds! |
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04-09-2006, 04:23 PM
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the super glue thats holding it together is working pretty good. | |
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04-09-2006, 04:39 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NOrthern Cali
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did any water get onto your batt?What happened?My battery is EXACTLY like yours,but Im a little scared of water getting onto it.Thanks! P.S.-Looks good! +1 on the stickers,though=) |
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04-09-2006, 06:44 PM
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The water was not deep enough to get to reach batteries. I really don't know what will happen if the batteries go under. I am sure it is not good for them, but I bet they will not be affected. I am not going to test that theory just for the sake of testing though. The body I am using came with my Double Dare that I recieved back in the 80's. The stickers are from the racing products that I used for my carpet rc 10 and rc10l cars. I still am going to buy the parma Dakota body from Tower when I put in my next order. http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXDA47&P=7 | |
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