tell me what you think

[gumby092778]

this is my first try at building my own from the ground up i think its ok but what do you guys think ?



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[JRmudmanXJ]

Either shorten the wb or get a bigger body. Also try to limit down the flex

[BrockGrimes]

Looks good
I'd also shorten the links and move the shocks closer down the link toward the axle.

I ran the stock tires for a bit, no foams and they'll wrap around a rock
check it:http://home.san.rr.com/cosmiccreeper

I run the 1:6 nylint tires for fun/looks, but do my real crawling with proline giant tracs.

[Kamikaze]

lower it about 2.5" and run a wb in the 16'' to 17'' range. And get some new tires.

[TwistedXT]

good starting point.. heres what your going to hear alot of

lower the chassis

limit the flex a little

get different tires

awsome start!!!

[Going Up!]

lower it, and shorten the WB, then I think it will be pretty much set!

[bigflex]

needs to be lowered and new rubber when you can swing it but it looks ok to me! everyone keeps saying shorten the wb but I run right at 18" wb and 5.5" belly clearance and I love it! I have a few buddies that drive stick chassis's and I wear them out at every gtg we have! what is you wb at anyway? I would think anywhere from 16-18 would be good any more than 18 and you will start having major breakover angle problems!

[gumby092778]

w b is just under 18 and it has 6 inches under its belly this was my first try at making links

[mjh]

Brock said everything I had to suggest
But I would get t-maxx addapters and run 40 series with moabs but thats just persanal prefrance
Nice start though now just to dial it in

[bigflex]

Originally Posted by gumby092778

w b is just under 18 and it has 6 inches under its belly this was my first try at making links

if you move your shocks out to the axle a little more on the links you should be able to get it down about a half inch and be right at 18" wb! I have run alot of different setups and my 18"wb 5.5" gc on moabs seems to be the best setup of all the ones I have done! I kill the sticks my buddies run! But you know what they say everything is bigger in TEXAS!
heres a pic for reference

[gumby092778]

ok so i got every thing but my steering kit and had to play with it i set it where i wanted it to go did ok till i broke the front hub and axel tube i think it was cracked but now i know it is new ones on the way but i put a novak evx esc in it is that an ok one to use ?

[DaViolentOne]

EVX isn't bad... I run one in my Gecko... But I use an RX pack with it... The BEC on the EVX is kinda weaky even for a single servo.. It'll work one servo but it won't have full potential... I like full power to my servo... Without an RX pack, you can get decent runtimes, too, with it when yer crawlin'... I can go at least 45 mins to an hour on the EVX alone... Well over an hour with an RX pack... That's also with stock motors and RCGuy 8t pinions...

[gumby092778]

rx pack ???

[DaViolentOne]

Originally Posted by gumby092778

rx pack ???

Receiver pack.. A 5 cell hump pack of 2/3A cells... It's a Venom 1100MaH pack... Mostly used in nitro RC's but in this case, as a servo/receiver power supply instead of gettin' the power from the BEC on the ESC...