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Thirsty · 05-26-2006, 11:55 PM

This truck was my first step into R/C rock crawling. It all started with the simple article from RC Car Action. I started close to their design but changes needed to be made til I was happy with it's abilities. MGT links always caught on edges at the adjuster nut so I raised them all above the axle, but the chassis is still a problem, always catching on stuff. The steering is on the inboard side of the axles. 4WS on a 4ch TX also helps maneuvering but is a mind bender to adjust to. I dropped the gearing to 32p 9t 68t to help stop the roll aways because the esc only has foward to reverse. The truck has the proboat esc for a cheap waterproof controller for those wet trail days. It's an ok esc but it has it's problems too like the power comes on after about 5-10% throw on the transmitter and comes on at what would be 5-10% throttle on other esc's. I have to run a RX pack to asist with the drain from twin servos, but it's good enough for this truck. Oh yah, you can't run your rig down the trail without a Tamiya test pilot from back in the day behind the wheel. Now I have started a new chassis as seen in the photos and on another thread.

hansom · 05-27-2006, 02:09 AM

looking good, wat rims and tires r those on the trucj without a body in the first pic?

Cavatude · 05-27-2006, 08:53 AM

Look'n good Jeff.....the new rig looks cool. What body you gonna run on it?

Eclipse · 05-27-2006, 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hansom

looking good, wat rims and tires r those on the trucj without a body in the first pic?

narrowed masher 2ks on narrowed hpi stars i think.

hansom · 05-27-2006, 12:00 PM

o wow they dont look like mashers till u really look at it, thats koo

Thirsty · 05-27-2006, 01:27 PM

Here is the link to the chassis without a body:
Scratch built folded chassis
Here is the link to the cut tires and rims you see on that chassis:
Double cut masher 2k
Cutting tires and rims isn't too tough if you have a little time and patience. Give it a try.

Thirsty · 06-13-2006, 11:10 PM

I've added a roll bar and Nitrous bottle as well as the pizza cutters for fun. Kinda looks like a mudder truck now.

rocpede · 06-14-2006, 03:15 AM

cool looking rig and with the skiny masher makes it look like a mudder from what i think.

rich

MattH · 06-14-2006, 02:00 PM

Looks great! Nice work. The pizza cutters look scale.

Unimoger · 06-14-2006, 02:09 PM

I like all the scale touches, driver, nitrous, roill bar and the cut mashers kick azz.

Crawlsalot · 06-14-2006, 02:53 PM

i like it too

05-26-2006, 11:55 PM	#1
Thirsty Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 35	White Courier seen in "Elbruto and the boys" vid This truck was my first step into R/C rock crawling. It all started with the simple article from RC Car Action. I started close to their design but changes needed to be made til I was happy with it's abilities. MGT links always caught on edges at the adjuster nut so I raised them all above the axle, but the chassis is still a problem, always catching on stuff. The steering is on the inboard side of the axles. 4WS on a 4ch TX also helps maneuvering but is a mind bender to adjust to. I dropped the gearing to 32p 9t 68t to help stop the roll aways because the esc only has foward to reverse. The truck has the proboat esc for a cheap waterproof controller for those wet trail days. It's an ok esc but it has it's problems too like the power comes on after about 5-10% throw on the transmitter and comes on at what would be 5-10% throttle on other esc's. I have to run a RX pack to asist with the drain from twin servos, but it's good enough for this truck. Oh yah, you can't run your rig down the trail without a Tamiya test pilot from back in the day behind the wheel. Now I have started a new chassis as seen in the photos and on another thread. Last edited by Thirsty; 06-13-2006 at 11:04 PM.

05-27-2006, 01:27 PM	#6
Thirsty Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 35	Here is the link to the chassis without a body: Scratch built folded chassis Here is the link to the cut tires and rims you see on that chassis: Double cut masher 2k Cutting tires and rims isn't too tough if you have a little time and patience. Give it a try. Last edited by Thirsty; 06-02-2006 at 09:41 PM.

05-27-2006, 02:09 AM	#2
hansom Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: HAWAII Posts: 197	looking good, wat rims and tires r those on the trucj without a body in the first pic?

05-27-2006, 08:53 AM	#3
Cavatude Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vancouver Island B.C. Posts: 86	Look'n good Jeff.....the new rig looks cool. What body you gonna run on it?

05-27-2006, 12:00 PM	#5
hansom Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: HAWAII Posts: 197	o wow they dont look like mashers till u really look at it, thats koo

06-13-2006, 11:10 PM	#7
Thirsty Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 35	I've added a roll bar and Nitrous bottle as well as the pizza cutters for fun. Kinda looks like a mudder truck now.

06-14-2006, 03:15 AM	#8
rocpede RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bruiser Heaven!!!! Posts: 1,463	cool looking rig and with the skiny masher makes it look like a mudder from what i think. rich

06-14-2006, 02:00 PM	#9
MattH Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Eastern North Carolina Posts: 411	Looks great! Nice work. The pizza cutters look scale.

06-14-2006, 02:09 PM	#10
Unimoger I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N Posts: 7,391	I like all the scale touches, driver, nitrous, roill bar and the cut mashers kick azz.

06-14-2006, 02:53 PM	#11
Crawlsalot Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wyckoff, NJ Posts: 639	i like it too

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