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08-16-2006, 08:42 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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|  My take on the Torsion Stick - The X-Frame
Here is my new/rebuilt TLT.. It started off as a scale rig with a Diaz frame... and has now ended up like this. I just went crawling with it tonight and it is AWSOME. I have aslo figured out how to get more flex out of it too. I am at about 3.5" of flex and I will be able to get it to about 4-4.5" when I am done. Some pics:    The X in X-Frame  |
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08-16-2006, 08:53 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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scott it should be interesting to see how this thing compares to my twig... any flex shots?
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08-16-2006, 08:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Albuquerque
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That's something else. I'd love to see it crawl and how it would work with a body on it.
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08-16-2006, 09:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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Yeah Pete... this thing is unreal...I will try to take some flex shots tommorrow. I have to change one thing... right now it gets 3.5" of flex...
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08-16-2006, 09:14 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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does it roll as easily as mine? i ordered up some wideners today and i think with the extra length i might be at 5 inches of flex...
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08-16-2006, 09:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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Not at all.... WAAAAAY more stable... I think wideners might be worse because of clearance... But I don't really know... When I take my new pictures I will show everyone the way to get more flex.... NO ONE has done it yet...
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08-16-2006, 09:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Eastern WA
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I thought of drilling a hole in thicker alum, puttin a ball rod end thing in it. I made one, and it did flexed good! It wasnt out of thick alum tho, just a mock up out of sheetmetal, like 1/8" thick!
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08-16-2006, 09:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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hrm very very interesting, some day ill invite you down to my house theres tons of rock in my back yard... we can have a shoot out haha
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08-16-2006, 09:39 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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My prediction..... I will win... You will copy my design.  |
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08-16-2006, 09:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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haha, or i completely redesign my frame and stomp you into the ground ??
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08-16-2006, 10:00 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Provo
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beleive it or not i prefer mine to have hardly any flex!  |
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08-16-2006, 10:02 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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well ive found that when you put one wheel up on a rock its easy to topple it over, but i think yours is wider GR
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08-16-2006, 10:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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Im loving the torsion...thats all I can say.
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08-16-2006, 10:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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Yarr Matey
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08-16-2006, 10:10 PM
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08-16-2006, 10:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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hrm, maybe im just pushing mine too hard then...
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08-16-2006, 10:18 PM
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08-16-2006, 10:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: glastonbury
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|  scotts diaz peeing on my tt1  this is the underside now, scotts will get hung up on less stuff i bet and i do think that to a degree more flex does help with these... his chassis is longer and he gets about an inch more flex than i do. |
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08-17-2006, 05:59 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids
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I don't see what would be different from mine to make it flex more? It looks good. I'm glad someone else tried the angle style like mine. |
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08-17-2006, 06:29 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Burrillville, RI
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BTW cole... I love the angle frame.. The whole frame is squared up to within 1/16" . I found that putting the links actually prtects my driveshafts a little bit. I really like the way the links work WITH the frame to aid in articulation. As for the articulation. I have seen everyone drill holes in the bottom of the channeling on the sidesof the channeling and do a BUNCH of other stuff. All that needs to be done is to cut(using a dremel) along the angle of the C channel on both sides. If you look at the last picture(of the 4) that I posted, you can see I already made one of the cuts.. You just need to do that on the other side(so in that section its like have 3 pieces of flat aluminum) I only have it for 2-3" on that one side. With that cut I went from 2" of articulation to 3.5". I am going to copy it on the other side and should get over 4" of articulation when I'm done. VIVA LA X-Frame!!!! |
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