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07-03-2006, 09:22 PM
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| Y-Town Crawlers   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Not Hesperia
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|  TLT torsion stick
well, here's my attempt at a TLT stick chassis stats: novak XRS Airtronics rx Hitec 645MG 1/4" aluminium C-channel frame XTM x-cellerator transmission I just got it driveable tonight, but so far, its a ton better then anything I've crawled yet   and the all important off-body shot   |
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07-03-2006, 09:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wyckoff, NJ
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that looks extremely cool. could you take some more body off pics though? like a top view and something to get an idea of how the chassis works
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07-03-2006, 10:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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In that 2nd shot is it maxed out. Or will it flex a little more? Looks pretty cool. I had an idea really close to that one.
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07-04-2006, 05:17 PM
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| Y-Town Crawlers Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Not Hesperia
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It'll flex a bit more then that but not nearly as much as a 4-linked setup. So far though, its walked just about every line that I've had it on, I love it. Here's a better off body shot  balance!  |
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07-04-2006, 05:35 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Post Falls
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I like it!
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07-04-2006, 05:40 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Eastern WA
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your a genius, today I was thinking about an XTM X cellrator tranny becuz they are a copy of the rc10t3 and rc10t4 combined!! Absolute genius!!
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07-04-2006, 05:48 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids
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That looks great. How is the torque twist? The titan has a lot of torque. |
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07-04-2006, 06:02 PM
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Thanks guys, and Cole82, your clod was what got me thinking about this a while back  torque twist seems minimal so far but I need to play with weight placement a bit. It has a little wheel hop on super steep verticals. But it still crawled everything that my last crawler had trouble with. That x-cellerator tranny has been in two tlt rigs now, and its been great, no problems at all. I'll try to get a vid up by the weekend |
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07-04-2006, 06:12 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids
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Glad to inspire. On the clods we added stick on weight to the bottum of the HUBS. Not the rims/tires. |
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07-04-2006, 06:24 PM
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hmm, that's a good idea, I'll try it later tonight.
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07-04-2006, 06:42 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Very cool. What's the overall weight?
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07-05-2006, 12:01 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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Lets see a Video in this thing. Looks pretty good. I have one in the works also.
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07-07-2006, 02:47 PM
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| Y-Town Crawlers Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Not Hesperia
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It feels light, but I don't have a scale here, so I'm not sure how light. I'm curious how much it weights too. I'll have to pick up a scale this weekend. In the meantime, here's a little vid... http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...55164358828839 I'll try to get some better video soon | |
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07-07-2006, 02:52 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Provo
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do ya have weight in your tront tires?
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07-07-2006, 02:54 PM
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DAMN !  that thing works good!
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07-07-2006, 03:19 PM
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07-07-2006, 09:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ov'a hea
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cool crawl video, does it work better than a 4-link setup articulation, or is the main idea to limit as much torque twist
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07-07-2006, 09:04 PM
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| Web Wheeling   Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities
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Look at the thread again... The articulation is limited to a chapsticks height. Far from what a 4 link setup can do. But this truck will have a much better break over angle with a lower cg then a normal 4 link. And with how little flex it has, torque twist would not be much of a issue.
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07-08-2006, 12:23 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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have you thought of drilling holes to lighten it up even more and allow the torsion bar to flex more. If it doesn't work your only out 5 bucks of C-Channel.
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07-08-2006, 03:19 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: jacksonville beach
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that thing is pretty cool that looks like a fun place to crawl ! |
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