finally! my 14" TXT.
 

Well ever since i sold my txt last summer ive wanted another one. Its the only r/c ive sold and i totally regret it. So now im building up a TXT 14er!

Its going to be based off of a sincityrcrc blackjack chassis (available soon through RCPcrawlers.com). I got the axles this past weekend from hotwheels000 at nationals. Last night i started tearing them apart to put CVDs in them and make sure everything is in good shape. So far thats all ive done, but ill be working on it more here in the next few days.

Here's what im thinking. Tell me what you think.
SinCity BlackJack chassis
Txt axles locked with CVDs
High clearance home made links
4" Ti. nitride maxx shocks
Maxx wheels not sure what yet
Maxx proline Badlands
Hitec 5645MG servo
Internal Rear dig actuated by an HS81-MG servo
Not sure yet about all droop or 60/40 droop/sprung like my tlt.

Ill try to post some pics tonight, let me know what you think.

You tease... Useless without pictures!

Ill post pics of a pair of axles sitting on the tavle when i get home, hows that sound?

Diesel, what tranny are you going to use? I'll be watching this build closely cause I'm trying to figure out what to do with the parts I assembled for a TXT super. Looks like there won't be a super class next year in Hawaii so I'm leaning towards doing a 14'er. "thumbsup"

Not really sure. Not much room in a blackjack chassis, an r2 with a revolver fits like a glove in my 2.2 blackjack... Itll either be an R2, stealth or an axial transmission. Kinda leaning towards the r2 since ive got one and i can gear it really low with an 8-9tooth pinion.

Dieselfuel, I ran a 2.2 with TXT axles this spring with an R2 tranny, and destroyed the gears in it. I was running a Hyperion brushless motor.
With the bigger Badlands, you will have to be careful how you drive to make the tranny last, but I am sure it can be done.
Looking forward to this build, 14"ers are so cool."thumbsup"

what do you suggest then? im seriously considering a gt2 transmission...

I haven't had good success keeping trannies together with my brushless motor, stripped the gears in my emaxx tranny twice, after putting it in place of the R2:shock:. My solution was going back to a brushed motor, and my new R2 has survived since then. I have heard Twin Force trannies are pretty stout, I don't know anything about the GT2.

the gt2 is plenty stout and its ratio is 4:1. ive had good luck with my r2 ive been runing a brushless motor in it since i got it 8-9 months ago with no problems. and nothing much larger than an R2 will fit where im using it, i pede would have to be chopped dramatically.

4:1 is a nice low ratio8), but if your R2 has held up for you this long, I'd give it a shot, might be just fine for your setup/driving style"thumbsup"

im a total throttle jockey, its held up while ive snapped one tlt stub shaft, and 2 tlt differentials. ive got new diffs and cvds now and im still beating on it.

The axial tranny is stout. I would try that.

tranny
 

I think people missunderstand the r2 tranny it's a great tranny it just dosent give,(all meatal not plastic) so either it or the axle will give. I'm running a r2 in in my TXT with max moabs and I have had no problems. I think it's driving stlye anyone can break anything know when to get off the gas and you will be fine with the r2. I grease mine once a month with axle grease that seems to help with the noise. I'm currently running a 19 turn motor in it and it's fun to drive now. Good luck with youre project.

Yeah im just gonna use my R2, its lower geared than the axial and i wanna put an axial in my 2.2 rig... So i can just pull the r2 out of the 2.2. And im not sure about this outrunner im using fitting in the axial.

Fits fine in mine.

No not the OG... That blue 3015 i got from you.

Theres a big difference between running a strong motor and one that likes to eat parts. IMHO,the revolvers a weak little motor. No offense,it's a good motor no doubt,just weak IMHO.

I'm running a 3014 crawlmaster behind my R2. In the last 4 comps,it's eat 2 complete gear sets and 2 mainshafts out of my R2. IMHO,the Axial tranny would be better. Thats what will be going in my Hustler when I run out of spares for the R2.

Hhmmmm... The 3015 ill be running in this is pretty torquey. Hell i dont know yet, im still liking the 4:1 of the gt2. We'll see...

The 3015 your gonna run will be close running with the crawlmaster I'd say,depending on KV,quality and the set up overall. I was refering to the Revolver that you've been running. Don't get me wrong,it's a nice little motor and works well for some guys. It's just that it's a far cry from a powerhouse when compaired to the bigger 30mm motors. Just guessing,I'd say going from a revolver to a crawlmaster,I've nearly doubled my power."thumbsup"

IMHO,any tranny you've mentioned would be better than an R2. I'm hoping that RC4WD will build a beefier R2. The R2 has allot going for itself just in size alone. Add some beef to that and it will be a tranny thats hard to beat. I'd like to see an R2 that will handle my 2 horse hyperion"thumbsup"

Just shim it a tad higher.

Yeah i'd love to see an R2 with bearings, wider gears, and maybe even 48 pitch gears.

............and a 6mm or even better yet,an 8mm main shaft"thumbsup" Bombproof is what we need here.8)

That would be nice... Anyway i might have the suspension figured out tonight. Ill keep yall posted.

alright ive got the lower links in place, the ride height set, figured out the length needed for the upper links and figured out a couple options on the shocks. not sure what i'm going with yet but it'll work its self out. ;-) its got the OG in it now because i forgot to swap it out before putting things together. if the chassis/trans look formiliar its because theyre out of my 2.2 blackjack... ive got another blackjack and trans waiting to reassemble the 2.2... its gonna be as low slung as possible and still have some awesome breakover angle.

Nice start, looks like it will be interesting mounting shocks up though.......

My thoughts exactly. Link mounted shocks,which I'm not a big fan of,might work. May have to build some extensions off the chassis.

I'm currently running my rear shocks on the super at a pretty steep angle. To make up for that,I run 1000 weight oil and some nylon spacers on the shaft to severely limit the travel. Might do something like that.


Looks cool. I'll be curious to see how well this will run with supers. I'd like to build me a 14r pretty soon. I'd stick to my typical drivetrain though.

the shock mounting will be interesting, im thinking about doing touring car shocks, inernal sprung, all droop mounted to the links. its about 3 1/4" from the uppers to where i wanted to mount the shocks on the axles. and yes they would be heavily limited as far as travel goes, kinda like the 2.2 blackjack setup.

I've been saying it for 1.5 years but I have to build one of these!

You and me both man! ever since i saw EeePee's 14er, like last year, ive wanted one. It'd be cool to have a bunch of em at nats next year. A little 14er get together...

I am having fun building mine as well.

yeah but yours is a clod....:roll:

tuesday ill have my upper links done and the shocks will be figures out shortly after that.

I thought he looked a bit limp wristed:mrgreen:

hahaaa... i would have built my 14er with my clod axles, they were all ready to go. i just dont like clods.

Apparently they don't like you either...

It's OK. When it out crawls your rig you will see.

And if i was building this thing to compete with it, i just might care about that.

Take it easy with that r2 tranny. You have 2:1 axles right?

Mohawker finish it so we can see what type of builder you are.

I dont know when it'll be done yet, i still need wheels, tires, a servo, servo mount plate, upper links, and to mount the shocks. And money to build **** is kinda hard to come by as my g/f is making me pay bills instead of building crawlers... ****in priorities.

yea jon im still running the stock gears. ill be upgrading to the 4:1s as soon as i can.

what do you guys suggest for servo mounting? seeing as how my links mount on top of my axles i cant set the links on the axle tubes.

Have you thought about a chassis mounted servo? It'd be pretty simple to mount a bell crank on the axle. I've used bell cranks in my steering set ups many times. When space in limited,bell cranks can work awesome.

To bad you weren't using Twin axles,it'd be way to simple to mount everything up.