Hulksta's LCC

[Hulksta]

Hi guys, just thought i would share my build with you USA guys
(Its copied from a crawler forum here in OZ rather than stuffing about rewriting it)

This was when i first got it, color had to be green...




I made this stand to make it easy to work on...

[Hulksta]

Had some parts arrive today
So far ive got RC4wd ally rims, ally C hubs & knuckles, ally lower link plates, hitec hs-7955tg (steering) hitec hs-225mg (dig) & a cheap one for the rear... and a couple of 3s lipo's 1500mAh 25c...











I did buy a Spektrum DX3r radio to run this but in the couple of months of waiting ive since almost given it to one of my sons and a few weeks ago bought a Nomadio React from the US which im hoping to see soon

[Hulksta]

Fitted a few bits today...

Ally lower link plates before-after + the o-ring trick to stop them poping off...


Also fitted the ally dig lock plates to the tranny and streched the springs a little...
Before..


After..


Stock plastic & the ally one..


And now im just waiting for the mailman next week

[Hulksta]

Well that next week turned into 4 as CKRC didnt have a few tings in stock but i was very happy when all my bits arrived (CKRC have been great to deal with too)

Novak 3s combo...




Couple of tyres...




But i was so keen to put it together i missed getting pics of other bits.... but i did get some halfway through

Front... got some gold losi springs both ends...




Rear...

[Hulksta]

I'll grab some pics of the finished layout (for now as least) tomorrow... Ive managed to put 3 packs through it and make a few changes, the first 3s lipo crapped itself on the first run (was new too) the next couple was a blast, got a 13t pinion but think i might go 14-15t...
Tonight i built up my second pair of shocks with the double o-ring kit and 40wt oil so i'll see how that goes tomorrow, with a bit of luck it will stop bouncing and not leak
My son snaped some pics while i was testing, hes not to bad with the camera so here they are

[Hulksta]

I was having trouble with the dig, made this and it works sweet now!

[Hulksta]

Shocks are far better with 40wt oil but will need to play with heavier oil when more arrives

Played with shock limiting a little, atm ive got 25mm rear & 11mm front but going to try 15mm front

Ive got some 1800mah 3s lipos on the way but needed to make some room for them
I shifted the front servo foward and changed the losi horn for the slim hitec one
before


after

[Hulksta]

I also lowered the rear servo mount... waiting on my new servo to replace this one


This is how it stands now after a few runs on it (got some Nova foams in now)

[Hulksta]

Got a new servo from go hard hobbies



Im putting this one in the front and the 7955tg in the rear.. just need to rewire the rig and fit a cc bec for the new servo

[Hulksta]

Sedona's arrived the other day, ignor the other stuff thats for another rig im building



What way are people running them? i think ive got them backward


And some more parts (the comp claws my son pinched for his axial)


My second pair of v3 cvd's came just in time....


For this LOL...

[Hulksta]

This is a stock LCC trany...



And one with the alloy upgrades...


Not a huge change but im very surprised to notice a differance in how it crawls.. Ive got more goodies on the way to diet it more

And thats where im upto aside from trying different settings/oils/tyres etc trying to find what im happy with...

[rugerboy]

looks good bro, but i would ditch the alu c's. the stock are plenty strong and you lose a little steering with the chrc c's, its not much but you do. just my $.02

[Hulksta]

Originally Posted by rugerboy

looks good bro, but i would ditch the alu c's. the stock are plenty strong and you lose a little steering with the chrc c's, its not much but you do. just my $.02

Yeah ive noticed that at the time i got them i thought i would give them a try, ive got a few spare axials here and was going to swap some stock ones on next time i check the worms

[benoj]

i would also ditch the hotracing motor clamp and get the rcbros motor clamp because it has a set screw to eliminate the possibility of the motor moving under load

[silentcircus]

Originally Posted by benoj

i would also ditch the hotracing motor clamp and get the rcbros motor clamp because it has a set screw to eliminate the possibility of the motor moving under load

I'd do the same.

[rcjackson0926]

Originally Posted by Hulksta

Yeah ive noticed that at the time i got them i thought i would give them a try, ive got a few spare axials here and was going to swap some stock ones on next time i check the worms

Grind the front, or in your case, rear of the hubs, and you will get a much better steering angle. I did that, and it works great.

[Hulksta]

Originally Posted by benoj

i would also ditch the hotracing motor clamp and get the rcbros motor clamp because it has a set screw to eliminate the possibility of the motor moving under load

It was ment to be the rcbros motor clamp i ordered from ckrc (thats what was the photo when i ordered online) but i got sent a HR one.. it seems to do the job but it looks heavier than the rcbros one so will go on a diet also or swap for rcbros unit

Originally Posted by rcjackson0926

Grind the front, or in your case, rear of the hubs, and you will get a much better steering angle. I did that, and it works great.

Yeah did that.. just looks a bit ruff

[Hulksta]

Ive been loosing my wheels since the alloy rc4wd wheels are thicker and dont allow the wheel nut to tighten down enough for the nylon to hold... it missed by only 1mm

So i machined 1mm of each hex & 1mm off the back of each rim


After a couple packs no loose nuts so i think its fixed it

And after 2 months waiting ive received a brand new Nomadio React 4ch
It come with all the sensors etc and you wouldn't beleive how much i scored it for.... $250 the lot

[Hulksta]

I made some delrin links for my steering, im not 100% sold on delrin for the steering but i'll try them for a bit, did loose a small amount of weight...



Also made delrin links for the rear, they work great! ive made ones for the front but yet to fit them..




I shaved the motor mount to save a little weight too...




And now that ive learned how the use the f/r dig and avoid using rear steer ive outboarded the rear shocks and fitted some carbon fibre mounts.. also rewired to lower the wires and keep the weight low.. oh and im running full droop in front & semi droop in the rear...






Ive since replaced these steal balls with delrin..


Im now looking at loosing the rear steer and fitting a bug body

[kodiak ak]

Nice rig!!!