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02-24-2009, 02:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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|  *** Stormin2u's 2009 AKRCC "Ares" Comp Truck ****
AKRCC "Ares" Chassis TLT Axles ~ All the goodies Losi XXX-T 100mm shocks Axial Transmission VF Dig Mamba Max ESC 11.1 Elite Lipo ~ CheapBatteryPacks.com 35 Turn Warrior ~ JP Custom RC Hitec Servos DX3R Radio Got my "Ares" chassis from "Mr. AKRCC" himself Rocky Tooyak in the mail today. It was carefully packaged and contained the skid, chassis side plates, cross members, hardware and a really nicely done very complex AKRCC decal shown in the zip lock.  The skid features a machined center on the bottom of the plate and a nice shoulder cut that covers the chassis side plates. It has a kinda cool "carbon fiber" top surface. But most notably it is very nicely machined and super slippery. I used a little tape and a guideline to help get my tranny alignment.  Locating the tranny for equal length drive shafts by using the drive unit and my alignment line. After making a templat from the bottom of the trans I aligned it using my marks and the line.  I used counter sunk screws for ease of removal with my small cordless drill.  This picture really shows the quality of a AKRCC skid.  Well that's it for tonight.  Last edited by Stormin2u; 05-04-2009 at 06:33 AM. |
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02-24-2009, 03:09 PM
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| Hateraide   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mission BC
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looks awsome, nice chassis you choose too
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02-24-2009, 03:41 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee
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rocking the TLTs! that is a nice looking skid, build looks great so far |
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02-24-2009, 03:47 PM
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| Old guy   Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northwest Arkie-saw and we got ROCKS!
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Going together nice. Looking forward to seeing the roller.
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02-24-2009, 04:39 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wasilla
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Great, There goes mine and everyone else's advantage....  LOLSweet build so far man. love the pics!  i wish my camera would do closeups like that....
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02-24-2009, 04:40 PM
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| ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ   Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: In tha Bush of Louisiana
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As always very nice !!! I really like my MOA chassis.
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02-24-2009, 05:56 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: On the rocks
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where did you get that!  Looking good! Printer was down so there wasn't any fancy shipping labels or packaging tags. :? Sorry! Nice pics Norm. Glad to see it got to you ok. Thats some bling on that tranny you got there.  |
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02-24-2009, 05:57 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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02-24-2009, 06:00 PM
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| Ultimate RC Decals  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: San Antonio
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great start man.. |
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02-24-2009, 06:25 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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"Me Bling" ? Quote:
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02-25-2009, 05:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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:neutral: I got a little work done last night on my AKRCC "Ares" build. I bolted up the side plates to the drive unit and skid plate every thing fit nicely. Then mounted a little tab to lock the chassis basket to the building jig.   I locked the axles in at the magic 12 1/2'' then located the chassis perfectly centered each way before locking it down for a 50/50 lower and upper link set up. I also made a little jig to clock my drive shafts. I've have plenty of room to relocate the dig shift servo to the right side and get it much lower and have a nice straight shot on my linkage I'm real happy about that. I can remove my motor for maintenance or change pinions and adjust gear mess with the motor in the chassis and that's a plus in my book.  The Axial body I chose to run the XC-1 looks like a really good fit. I'll be able to trim or bend about a 1 1/4" and still be legal @ 12 1/2" and have it sit in the "sweet spot" and slam it hard. This one is for Rubbaneck who if you missed his "brushed motor seminar" two weeks ago on "RCC Friday Night Live" starring "Jason and Entourage" he mentioned many times his favorite brushes for crawling motors these are mine I stocked up and now you can get yours.  I'll be building some "Delrin" lower links using JeepinDougs "Drill Bushing" next.  Last edited by Stormin2u; 03-03-2009 at 06:25 PM. |
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02-25-2009, 06:47 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee
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what brushes again?:-P build looks awesome, love your jig systems |
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02-25-2009, 07:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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The ones recommended by rubbaneck? They be the.  | |
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02-25-2009, 07:37 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sin City
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Looks good Norm, I just might have to put alum. cases on my transmission.
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02-25-2009, 08:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Thanks man for stopping by. Regarding the aluminum tranny case you'll have to do some "Dremel" work on them to get a "VF" dig to fit but you'll like the solidness of it and it makes the whole drive unit acts as a motor heatsink.
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02-25-2009, 10:43 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: On the rocks
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Love your jig set up Norm. Look like everythings going together pretty smooth. Got a special GC you like to run? I see orange in the future for paint. |
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02-26-2009, 07:06 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2007 Location: Taylors Falls just hanging with the MNRCRC crew.
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Ground clearance I like to be just under 3'" depending on tire height. I've been running Panther Cougars. Just to many choices on tires we'll wait and see what works so we'll start the season on our "Cougars". The Rovers have the most history at this point IMO of the 5.5" height group. I'm sure at 5.5" I'll have to limit the shocks a little to run a tall tire. In fact bigger tires = stiffer springs preload. With a new chassis it means making some shake down runs to see what it likes Greg's input is important at that point.. Last edited by Stormin2u; 02-26-2009 at 07:15 AM. | |
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02-26-2009, 07:23 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Minneapolis
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Looks good Norm. Now we just need the snow to miss us today and the remaining snow to melt.
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02-26-2009, 08:46 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Elberfeld
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Very nice man!! You're gonna like this rig. I just got mine done and it is very stable and predictable!!
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02-26-2009, 09:21 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: E.T.R.C.
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Nice build so far Norm I think you will really like the chassis it is a ultra stable platform,,and like you said it still has room for everything  |
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