My Clod project with Articulated Steering
 

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Pretty neat, can't wait to see the real thing!

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real good idea. know start building you a front end loader with what you got their.:mrgreen:

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Well it’s almost a roller. Shock towers and battery placement are next.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1120083.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1120082.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1120084.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1120085.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1120087.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1120086.jpg

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So I got the shock towers done, the ESC is in place (under the servo box in the back), and I stuffed a reconfigured 7 cell pack inside the front frame. I will be borrowing the receiver from my MAXX and it will go on top of the upper front chassis plate. I was hoping to test the servo box by this update, but the mounting hub is threaded for a 5-40 screw. I cannot find them anywhere locally, so I am going to try to order some before I retap the hub for 6-32.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1160084.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1160085.jpg

I know some of you have been thinking about the body. Well I have one laying around that I want to experiment with first before I try to make something. I will be cutting the bed off and moving it back about an inch or two. The cab will stay about where it is in the photo. Yes there will be a gap, and it will probably take some getting use to, but I still want this to look like a truck. And if it were a tractor or loader body there would be a gap between the front and back body sections as well.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...e/P1160086.jpg

Oh, I’m sorry for those of you that like to see photos during fabrication, but once I get in my groove I don’t even think about it.

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ahug, was hopping you were doing a front end loader suck"thumbsup". but nice build. can't wait to see what your going to do with the pick up body.

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Thats pretty damn cool, very clever for sure! I'm with spyder, front end loader!

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It's ALIVE

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...0120190944.jpg

So I finnished the wiring today, got the screws for the hub connection, and took the first test drive. The steering is a little slow from lock to lock, but it's not a racer and full lock steering is super tight. Over all I am pleased to report that the only suprise I had today was the fact that I need to reverse both channels on my transmitter (the video was taken with both channels going the wrong way).

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Man imagine with also front and rear steer in the second pic it looks like you could make it happen it would be y
The most tightest turning clod here. Lol

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pretty damn good inovation but....how on earth do you plan on runnin any body now?

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Thanks for bumping this thread up! Pretty cool idea here! I would love to see it in action

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Any videos of it running? I was thinking similar but with a big 1/4 scale servo in the middle.

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Wow, nice looking rig, love the engineering. Why didn't you go with a cantilever suspension setup, wouldn't that give you more articulation?

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very nice work any plans on upgrading to metal gears.