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09-10-2009, 05:10 AM | #1 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Seattle
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| Da Bug - TLT based 1.9 comp rig
Didn't want to run a belly button Losi rig... Backwards pics, since its done and in tuning now. Parts list... TLT axles, SEVERELY narrowed Hand made rear straight axle adaptors front aluminum C's, clocked Axial drive shafts Axial trans, geared 14/87 Integy 35 turn Hand made chassis, 70% replica of my 2.2 Berg, running a Da Wicked Bull chassis Axial SCX wheels/tires, F400 Panther foams. Bug body Sidewinder/Spektrum/2 cell/CCBEC on a no-name servo shocks are of unknown origin, some touring car shocks I had around. Links are all solid aluminum thats been drilled and tapped for studs, then lowers got Teflon sleeves. Chassis is 6061 Aluminum, skid is Delrin. at first I tried a Mamba25, but it wasn't doing the job at all, so in went the Sidewinder and I rewired the entire rig. Anyway, there it is... |
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09-10-2009, 07:53 AM | #2 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Do I look like a freaking people person?
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Killer build. Are those washers on the inside of the wheel? Is that for extra weight or to strengthen the hex? You aren't kidding on the SEVERELY narrowed axles. What's the width on them? |
09-25-2009, 11:01 PM | #3 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Out in the country
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| No kidding Narrow is right! pretty stout looking "little" rig. Same Do the washers help reinforce the (plastic) hexes? Or just for wheel weight. Either way I like that approach. How are the axles working out since you narrowed them? Nice job |
09-25-2009, 11:09 PM | #4 |
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The washers are just unsprung weight, b ut they are gone now. It's got the new Pro-Line 1.9 BL's, they are nice. The axle shafts are drilled and pinned to the diff. One pin snapped, so I am going to cut some theads on the ends of a steel shaft and run a single shaft through the diff instead, it'll be much stronger. |
09-26-2009, 11:16 PM | #5 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Out in the country
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| solid axle I've thought about that before. Wondered if it was possible. ;) Guess anything is possible, with right, tooling, materials, free time. If/when you do, post some pics and a review. |
09-27-2009, 05:52 AM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston, TX
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Looks good BM!
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10-27-2009, 07:06 PM | #7 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Humble
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Long time no talk, Very nice 1.9er. So you ran against any Losi's yet?
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10-30-2009, 10:33 AM | #8 |
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10-31-2009, 06:01 PM | #9 |
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Nope, the little "bugger" has gone off to the big course in the sky! I can say I gave it more of a try than most, built something completely out of the box that hadn't been done before, but in the end it just didn't grab me like 2.2 or even more so, scale! |
10-31-2009, 06:18 PM | #10 |
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10-31-2009, 06:20 PM | #11 |
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Nice, so Nate is building a scaler too!
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10-31-2009, 06:30 PM | #12 |
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