Losi Sportsman Rigs

[bryco13]

Wondering if it's worth having a thread of people's "Sportsman" comp rigs, seems like lots of people, such as myself, have turned the LNC from a good entry level crawler into a more comp specific rig. Maybe a list of mods done and a picture to go with it?

[Anti Hero]

Mods

• Hobbieco 330 oz. Steering servo
• RC Bros ota steering linkage
• LCC shocks
• LCC shock mounts
• Removed battery tray and replaced with axial posts (70mm)
• HB Rovers white dot tires
• 6oz of weight in each front wheel
• Losi Grey springs in front
• Losi White springs in rear
• LCC esc tray (removed stock tray and moved to lcc tray stock position)
• Axial hubs
• Momba Max Pro esc
• Tekin 17.5 brushless motor
• Castle 10 amp bec
• Made electronics tray out of lexan
• Relocated battery under the front posts
• Running 3s 1350mah Lipo

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Hope you enjoy!

[mudn_1]

I'll start with a budget rig.....its coming together with help from members here and good deals I find

-LNC BND w/ dx3e

-Mods:
-28t pinion (a little much for stock motor to handle, but decent speed)
-LCC upper links, shock mounts, braces (used)
-bent lower links (used)
- 45wt oil all around w 15mm limiters
-outboard rear shocks
- Brood 35t houndwound arm in an old green can I had (on the way)
- sidewinder v2 or stock esc (not sure yet)
- Jr 8711 servo (used)
- cc BEC @ 6v (not yet installed)
-DNA berg offset narrowed wheels w/ wheel spacers for correct offset front heavy, rear light (used)
- OTA steering setup (freebie)

i think thats about it, but with ESC issues I haven't got to play at all until I get them figured out....so we will see how it does

[DeadlySwan]

Futabu 3pm, TX and RX
CC BEC
MM Pro
Novak 18.5 Ballistic crawler brushless
Hitec 7955-tg, set at 6v
CDW al screw kit
Dlux Ti rear bent links
Crawler innovations low rise delrin bent links in the front
Losi gold springs front with 30wt fluid
Losi white springs rear with 30wt fluid
custom battery tray on front links
20* c's
Dlux knuckle weights (.300, 3-.100,1-steel ring per side)
Vanquish 600 hub front, 425 hub rear
Vanquish ssz-9 wheels all around
Rovers in front with HPI grey foam and custom tuning foam
Boss Claw rear with HPI grey foam
Lunnsford Ti steering linkage
24t pinion
Dlux 3s batteries
grease ports in axle housing's
XR10 body
cut and shaved frame to save on weight
Fully loaded with battery, knuckle weights, etc.. 5.300lbs

[BJoe]

Sure, I'll play too!

Proline Memory Foams in the stock wheels and tires with a bunch of lead in them.
E-Maxx motor with 12t pinion and flipped trans and plate (take my advice, get the E-Revo reverse motor instead, the wires are longer and will reach the stock ESC)
Proline Helios body with jerry rigged lexan body post mounts and modified body posts.
DX3e transmitter that I also use on my Comp Crawler and Mini Crawler
Raised the link mounts to the chassis
Added the Servo Lowering kit and 20* Caster Blocks (not shown in the pic)
Had to switch to a Comp Crawler servo arm after doing the above
Pulled the LEDs since they were of no use any more

And that's really about all I've had to do to make it competitive!




This is of the Servo lowering kit and Caster Block on my LCC, but they installed on the LNC the same way

[ghtpdm5]

had this since november of 09 and its been a good little truck.

Losi stock esc (attempting to blow it up so i can warrant a different one)
trinity 27t stock arm in a modified can (works better than you'd think) and a promax 400 11t (again this works well, does get a bit warm though) 15 tooth pinion on both
lcc chassis and shock arms i picked up cheap in the classifieds
stock body beaten, cut, and painted over
eritex comp heavies in the front, comp solids in the rear, all wrapped in sedonas
raised the rear uppers by a 1/16"
stainless steel tube lowers front and rear
drilled grease ports, using chainsaw grease and its working for me
towerpro 995 (2 for 20 bucks, they may be crap but i couldn't argue with the price, when this one burns i have a spare)
ccbec
powered by cbp 2s 1000's (great, light, and small, runtime isn't great but thats why i have more than one)
controlled by a dx3e

upcoming:
new body
thinking a sidewinder sv2, i like the price and adjust-ability factor of it
new servo (thinking the savox ones look good for the money, either that or be like all the cool/smart kids and just go hitec and end it)
thinking of doing the moa conversion (just for some more tinkering)
if not the moa conversion, definately going to drop an lcc trans in and go brushless.

[bryco13]

Nice looking Night Crawlers folks! Took mine to my first comp yesterday...and got 1st place! I was psyched and won 4 brand new JConcepts competition tires!
Changes:
-new servo
-all the LCC goodies (no dig)
-Integy 35t
-gold springs
-spektrum receiver
-venom 2s 2k mah Lipo
-Proline beadlocks
-some other secrets and voo-doo

[bryco13]

C'mon folks, keep posting up mods and details, it's only gonna help more fellow lnc owners see the potential these rigs have!

[SIK_BOY]

K, ill play along...




been great this far, down for some mods finally. stock set up starting to get tired....
in the works now,
novak rooster crawler combo
vp wheels/boss claws
hi-tec steering servo
new bug body
stock lcc links
along with other small home made mods...

[bryco13]

Lookin' sick...Sik. Is that the 10th scale bug body, or the 18th scale? I need something that will help me roll back over in case I end up on the roof (which is often).

[SIK_BOY]

lol yea they do tend to do back flips ever so often dont they. that body is a 1/10 from hpi bout 8yrs ago. im painting a new 1/10 scale bug body, its a proline, doesnt have the inner cooler roof scoop, didnt want it after the body now, it actually prevents roll over and has hung me up.

[bryco13]

They do end up some time on their lids when I'm at the wheel, lol.
Little update on the LNC, put her on a diet. Some quick changes lightened up the whole thing, need to get a scale, as I'm real curious about overall weight.
-LCC wheels, Jconcepts orange foam with rock claw tires. Added 4oz. up front each wheel, and 2.5oz. in the back (halfed my weights due to thte truck now weighing half what it did).
-Cut the top braces off the chassis.
-New 1320mah 2s moved to top of servo.
-Switched to AE 2.4 rx (bout half the size and weight of my spektrum rx).
-Cut down esc and motor wires for less weight.
-All electronics now mounted below the shock arm mounts, and forward of the front of the motor, I can climb almost straight up a wall, back wheels about an inch and a half from the wall before she starts to roll over.


Wheel travel, with 12mm limiters.

Only problem is the new foams "squish too quickly", causing the truck to bind, even when living room wall climbing.
-bryan

[M0SES]

where does everyone get the lCC parts? like those nice aluminum knuckles, and do they make them in a heavier metal? Also do people prefer aluminum links or the plastic ones?

Moses

[bryco13]

Any local hobby shop with a Horizon Hobby account should be able to order any of it for you, if you don't have a shop, you can order from tons of online stores. I switched my steering link to aluminum first after noticing the plastic links would allow my wheels to go in different directions, none of that with the alum. The lower links and all the other LCC stuff I upgraded over quite a few months when the time and budget allowed for it.

[billytee89]

ive have had my lnc for about a month i excited to get the ball rolling on upgrading.

[bryco13]

good luck with it billy, it's a great rig!

[cadency15]

Great Crawler!
Novak Ballistic goat 3s 18.5
cc bec at 7.1v
hitec 7950
lundsford ti upper/lower links
every cc aluminum part available
losi gold springs
30 wt oil
HB rovers white w/ nova duel stage foams
proline titus wheels
8 oz per front 4 oz per rear
outboarded rear shocks/ upper links
parkzone 3s 1300 lipos
cc battery and rx trays
mics odds and ends...

[BJoe]

I've sold two of them in the past month or so at work. The who bought the truck around a month ago came in to get some lead and memory foams the other say told me that his friends were blown away with how well it climbed just out of the box. The one I sold yesterday I set up a fairly well textured 4'x2' board against a wall at a decent incline and drove mine up it, it finally lost traction and started to spin it's tires within 6" from the top (I'll try and get some video tomorrow or Tuesday of the LNC and LCC doing the same climb) That guy that bought it also took that a Venom 2s 2000mAh pack for the Traxxas 1/16 cars, a LiPo charger, and some Great Planes self stick lead home for it. I'd have sold him some memory foams too, but we were out of them from the the above owner.