\\ Axe Wound, the Vertical Smile //

[raytard]

I've had this chassis for almost a year. :?
I finally got it done.

I'd like to personally thank:
Double J., Rick's R.C. Racing, Cubman, Raptorman57, Phishead1101, Lady Spanker,
Norwegian Legion,SlinkySam, run2jeepn, T.C.S., HolmesHobbies, S.E.R.C.R.C., E.T.R.C., R.C.C., ETC...

I'm sorry;
I didn't take any pics while building it (no camera).

Parts list includes:

• Double J's 2.5" Vertical Smile ( http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51442 ) chassis (powder coated Candy RED)
• Moabs on Narrowed ( http://rccrawler.com/narrow.htm) Pede Fr. wheels (R.I.T. dyed Cardinal RED)
• Raptorman57's Front servo/link mount
• Parma '72 Chevy Body, painted by Lady Spanker (spanker's wife)
• TLT axles locked w/ JB weld
• Rear axle clocked, for shaft angle & clearance
• Stealth tranny; w/ the outputs drilled through the solid part, not the slit. (Thanks Dbl. J)
• 84t spur
• 15t pinion
• MAXX shafts (from Cubman)
• HolmesHobbies 45T Axiom ( Axiom Motors )
• 4" shocks
• 3 have "Losi white" springs w/ 30wt oil & 1 has a "T-Maxx rear" spring w/ 70wt oil = NO torque twist!
• SlinkySam's Fat Rock axle C's, front & rear ( » Fat-Rock « Axle-Cs )
• run2jeepn Bearings & aluminium knuckles ( TLT Bearings and Knuckles )
• Hi-tech 5645 w/ Blue alum. arm
• Regular Rooster esc.
• TQ2 radio
• Venom 3000Nimh 6 cell (for now)

Soon to have:

• Unimoger's Ultimate wideners, for the Blackfoot stubs that are sitting here.
• custom Venom 3000Nimh 7 cell

Here is my chassis & rims, before P.C. & dye


Sitting at 3" wide next to an SW-2


Originally, I planned on using a Nitro Pede trans & DUIdirk's "Reverse Cowgirl" set-up...
But I ended up giving the Pede back to N.L., & buying the Stealth from Dbl. J.

Again at 3", mocked-up w/ the nitro Pede tranny



one more


Here's the body before I went sticker crazy:

[Thorsteenster]

good looking truck, gone for its maiden crawl yet?

i like the verticle smile, gives me an idea for a novelty build.....

[raytard]

Here's some "unfinished" naked pics:

[raytard]

Here's some action Shots:

Gate 1




Gate 2





Gate 3


Gate 4





Gate 5

[phishead1101]

Nice job Ray! Looks Killer......















It's a shame it will never see first place at ETRC though!

[raytard]

Originally Posted by thorsteenster

good looking truck, gone for its maiden crawl yet?

i like the verticle smile, gives me an idea for a novelty build.....

Thanks.
&
Yes it has..!

This rig blew me away w/ what it could do, when the slipper wasn't slipping & the elec.'s weren't glitching... (I gotta figure that one out! )




What do you mean "Novelty build"?
This chassis is pretty dang sturdy!
It could handle whatever you wanted to put it under.

[Thorsteenster]

nice, those c-hubs and knucks are killer together.

the novelty build i meant instead of a body making it look like an old stagecoach. thats what popped in my mind when i first saw it....the shape of it.

[MafiaxB]

thats a nice lookin setup! im going to have to do a custom build here soon !

[raytard]

Thanks.

I'd also like to thank Colorblind, Sven, & N.L. for taking all of these pics!!!


Phishead1101 took "finished naked pics"... COMING SooN!

[Double J]

Sweet build, been waiting a while to see it.

Came out great.

Oh thanks for the props.

[raytard]

Thanks J.

I'm sorry it took me soooooooo long to get a thread started. :-(


*Off Topic*

You'll have pay-pal next week!
I need you to go ahead, & get those two p.c.'d for me... (if you don't mind, please, sir.?.)

[Cubman]

Look's great Raytard! I remember this gate...

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...CIMG0054-1.jpg

[Brandon M]

Sweet truck, ita awesome you used a vs chassis

[Highmark]

Looks very nice Mr. Raytard Sir.

Will we see your SERCRC 2.2 debuet at Joeys in a few weeks?

[ThinkTank]

VS TLT sweet! and hows your fancy hustler doing?

[Reflection]

Lookin good Ray.

Did you ever figure out what was up with the Rx and Tx on Saturday?

[raytard]

Thank you everybody.

V.S. all the way!
This V.S., is the 2007 U.S.R.C.C.A. 2.2 CHAMP!


The Hustler is almost ready to go!
I had to take my Pimp Cane apart though...

Yes, it will be at Joey's on Fri. night... You may want to get there early too...

Originally Posted by raptorman57

Did you ever figure out what was up with the Rx and Tx on Saturday?

No. :-(

I don't have any Idea what could be wrong w/ it..?

I need to try getting my esc. & rec. away from each other.
If that don't work; I'll try using the TQ2 radio instead of my TQ3.
If that don't work; I'll put caps on my motor.
If that don't work; I'll..? (buy a new esc.)

[clodstall]

nice build.

[@tw!ll]

Nice build. Love the VS Chassis, just got mine today. I was playing with some of my radio equip last week, and found that when I had my Rooster on a brand new TQ2, it would act strangely fhesitating and even went full throttle without ever touching the controller. I tried it again on my Airtronics MX-3 fm and it worked perfectly. I also have a TQ3, I'll have to try it with that and see if it makes a difference. Great rig

[raytard]

Thanks Clodstall

Originally Posted by @tw!ll

Nice build. Love the VS Chassis, just got mine today. I was playing with some of my radio equip last week, and found that when I had my Rooster on a brand new TQ2, it would act strangely fhesitating and even went full throttle without ever touching the controller. I tried it again on my Airtronics MX-3 fm and it worked perfectly. I also have a TQ3, I'll have to try it with that and see if it makes a difference. Great rig

Thanks & congrats!

That's what mine is doing... FULL THROTTLE!!!

I was using a Traxxas 2ch. rec. w/ a TQ3.
Could that be part of the prob, I wonder??? ...hmmm.
I'll check that tomorrow.

Thanks for the input too. btw