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09-08-2011, 09:13 AM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire   Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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|  -- Crawler Innovations - 4" Tall, 1.9 Comp, Panther SC Raptor Pin Tire Cut N Shut -- In effort to keep raising the bar and pushing new designs for better performing tires, here is the latest creation we are testing. It is a Panther Short Course Raptor tire that uses a 1.9 Flat Iron sidewall. The Raptor tire is cut, reduced, assembled, belt sanded internally and has the pattern trimmed. We are testing the Super Soft compound and the Soft Compound currently. I am working on a few different pin tire designs and compounds from Panther. On to the pictures:     |
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09-08-2011, 12:25 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Grand Jct.
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Are you using the M2 or the G8 Flatirons for these Eddie? Also are you sanding the inside of the super soft compound?
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09-09-2011, 04:07 PM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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Yes, I am belt sanding the inside of the super soft compound. Panther uses a lot of ribbing to reinforce their tires. Crawlers don't need that so I remove it and the tire becomes very pliable. | |
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09-10-2011, 02:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Grand Jct.
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Thank you for the info sir.
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09-10-2011, 04:47 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Crawlifornia
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Very nice. I am a pin tire guy. Think I'll wait, was going to get rovers. What are fuses gunna run?
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09-10-2011, 05:28 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: 801
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They look like mini blocks!!!  Keep up the good work Eddie!!!! |
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09-12-2011, 08:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego
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I was thinking of making up a pair of super soft switches, since they are on sale atm. Gotta love when you can support that local labor! |
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09-30-2011, 11:36 AM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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What are Fuses? Is that another way of saying "cut n shut"? Quote:
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09-30-2011, 11:44 AM
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| Tire&Foam Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: C.I. Compound, Tyler, Texas
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| So I finally finished this set of tires. I have only run a few battery packs on them, so they are very fresh. They are definitely a wheel speed tire. They do not like slow crawling. They want to be driven in constant motion with little bursts of wheel speed. Here are the specs: RTR Weight as pictured: 3 pounds 3 ounces Each Front: 8.8 total weight 1" wide bead lock Medium Single Stage Foam Narrowed to 1.5" wide Super Soft Compound Panther tire M2 Pro-Line Sidewall Each Rear: 5.8 total weight 1" wide bead lock Firm Single Stage Foam Narrowed to 1.35" wide Soft Compound Panther tire M2 Pro-Line Sidewall    This is one of my test lines I use. It's very steep, and the iron ore is sand stonish in that it will have traction for the first few passes, but after that the surface becomes sandy and slick. I start at the bottom and climb up and over the peak. These tires crawled it well.   Last edited by Nova's Ark; 09-30-2011 at 11:48 AM. Reason: added tech and information |
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10-02-2011, 10:14 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 209
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just went to a comp in nevada and took first with this set up its working great thanks. pins in rear rovers in front. rovers a little bit taller helps with od.
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