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07-07-2017, 06:58 PM | #21 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: frothy river
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| Re: SVT's TRX4 - A tale of tiny trucking
This is beginning to be the one of best threads in the TRX4 forum lmao.. its stupidly funny yet there is some good modding and info in there. I'm going to give you a great Yelp review
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07-07-2017, 07:42 PM | #22 | ||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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The Bowhouse battery tray really does a great job of getting the battery lower, you will like it. Quote:
How much do I have to pay Yelp for that review? | ||
07-07-2017, 09:08 PM | #23 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: central VT
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Keep up the tomfoolery. I like hearing about it. In a mostly picture related way. The writings not bad either. Will you do a overall turning diameter test with the different diff locks to answer if it turns tighter with only the front, or only the rear diff locked? Inquiring minds must know. |
07-08-2017, 06:59 AM | #24 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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I did a very unscientific turning radius test when I first got the truck and found the open diffs cut about a foot off the turning radius on pavement. I will have to carry out another test with the various different configurations now possible. Maybe I'll even venture into the realm of video production for that. | |
07-08-2017, 07:37 PM | #25 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: 1972 born Christian, Chinese.
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Go svt923. Great thread as always. LIKE,LIKE,LIKE |
08-23-2017, 07:41 AM | #26 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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| Re: SVT's TRX4 - A tale of tiny trucking
Hi, its me again. If you haven't noticed by now, updates to this thread can take a while. Such reasons include: - I have a wife and 2 young children that keep me busy - I am a highly important executive that keeps things at a large company operating effectively - I have another 8-9 trucks I am currently working on including 3 that have potential to be run at the GCM Adventure Series even in a month - I fight crime as a masked vigilante at night using my vast resources of high tech equipment One of those reasons is not true, I'll let you decide which one. Anyway, I finally got in some parts that I have been waiting a long time for: GPM brass portal covers. You may be asking "what's with the stock photo?", I say "give me a freakin' minute". When I say I have been waiting a long time, I mean that in the literal sense. They probably had to mine the copper ore, make the brass, ship the brass to GPM, machine the covers, then ship them to me. If that process didn't start with digging in a mine, then I don't know what the hell took so long. Now, about that picture. It is necessary to give you a "before" image. Get it? The brass portal covers are all about adding nonrotating weight as low and as far out as possible, that doesn't mean I enjoy the super shiny gold color. I was born and raised in NJ so I have seen enough tacky gold to last me a lifetime. Something had to be done so I turned to science. Thanks to the underpaid and overworked staff at Amazon, a bottle of Birchwood Casey brass black was delivered to my house. This chemically reacts with the brass to darken it and was chosen over paint because creates a finish that won't scratch off, doesn't change any tolerances, and I never pass up the opportunity to use potentially dangerous chemicals. After several applications and rinses, I ended up with: You can see the end result isn't quite black but it is much better than GOLD. A few observations about the brass black: -If you get a super dark black, you probably didn't rinse the part enough and it will rub off easily. -If you do not rinse the parts enough, the black will get all over your hands every time you touch them. -Excess residue will continue to rub off even after the part is dry. -A coat of oil or wax is necessary after the brass black has fully cured. I used good, old Rem Oil for this. In the end, I think they look like a part that has been on the truck for a while and they won't be too noticeable once installed. 200 grams of stealthy knuckle weight is mine. Installed pictures will come tomorrow or next month, who knows? |
08-23-2017, 03:25 PM | #27 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: US
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| Re: SVT's TRX4 - A tale of tiny trucking
This is a great thread to read. Really like the servo winch. Life is definitely busy with family, work and other stuff. It leaves us with with little time to upgrade our trucks. I feel the same way, I'm building a trailfinder that's taking forever.
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08-23-2017, 04:41 PM | #28 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Calgary - in the Great White North
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| Re: SVT's TRX4 - A tale of tiny trucking
"I am a highly important executive that keeps things at a large company operating effectively" sounds fishy. The other three though are pretty reasonable.
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08-23-2017, 05:47 PM | #29 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Paulina
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I call BS there too... O, nice covers too. |
08-23-2017, 06:32 PM | #30 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
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No that is standard corporate bs..... It's got to be the 8or 9 trucks he claims...... He also said married(how many trucks dear ?) Hang up and Drive | |
08-24-2017, 06:41 AM | #31 | |||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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Did everyone have fun playing "what takes SVT so damn long to post things"? Who wants to know the answer? All 11 of you that have been following along can calm down, I will tell you: True, marriage records and DNA samples can be obtained to provide proof. Quote:
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I commend my photography skills for making my garage not look like the disaster area it actually is. Quote:
I'm not actually important, they just pay me like it. Congratulations to the winners, your prizes are in the mail. (Second disclaimer from legal team) The term prizes in the aforementioned context refers to any satisfaction or gratification gained through a correct response, no physical goods or monetary consideration will be provided. As for everyone else, here are pictures of the new portal covers installed as a consolation prize: There you have it, the GPM covers are not too bulky for providing 50g of weight each and the darkened brass color blends in nicely. The extra weight is immediately noticeable when you pick up the truck. I look forward to getting this out for some quality wheel time sometime soon. Maybe I will even write about it and post pictures in a reasonable time frame. Maybe. | |||
08-28-2017, 08:21 AM | #32 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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Its Monday. You could start your week with a productive morning of accomplishing things or or you could roam the internet to check for pictures of tiny truck action from this past weekend. I encourage the latter. As you may recall from my last post (see approximately 1/2 - 4 inches above this line depending on the screen size of the device being used to avoid work), I said that I may drive and take pictures in a reasonable time. Well, that happened. Wanna hear about it? No? Well this is my tiny corner of the internet so . We packed, we drove, we arrived, blah, blah, blah. Driving commenced This must be what its like driving on the moon or Utah (they are both strange, far away places with lots of cool rocks). Today was a day of straight up rock crawling in some gnarly terrain. The diffs and shifting servos didn't get a lot of work as they were essentially left locked and in low all day. The Power HD servo again showed several times it couldn't always point the tires in the desired direction, it's days in this truck are likely coming to a close. At least it is better than the stock servo. Have I ever mentioned that the stock servo is terrible? This particular trail runs along a river so depending on the water level, you get a mix of grippy, high traction rocks that stay out of the water and smooth, polished rocks that are normally under the water. Today, the river was low so there was a lot more lines accessible and much more slippery rock. If you take a peek in the background, there is some awesome terrain there. That is an island in the middle of the river. Much effort was put in to find a path for crossing the river and making it to that island. Unfortunately, waders or a bathing suit and towel are not part of my normal RC support gear. So I said there was slippery rocks and water right? I tried very hard to not slip and end up with a broken ankle or wet socks (those are equally bad, right?) but know who didn't care at all about this terrain? The TRX4. The Proline KXs are quickly becoming my favorite tall 1.9 tire, the traction is always there. Wet, dry, sandy, smooth, rough, all or the above: doesn't matter because these tires are getting serious traction. Hot take alert: If you think the TRX4 is unstable, its probably because you suck at driving! Cue the ESPN style talking head shouting match! In all seriousness (which isn't much for me), the GPM portal covers are either the greatest performance upgrade ever or I'm the greatest driver ever. The answer is probably both but I'll give credit to the extra knuckle weight. My TRX4 was pulling crazy climbs and sidehills all day, many of the "how did you not roll over on that" type variety. If the angle of this decent translated into pictures then you would be even more impressed. This picture is just cool, no witty banter needed. As I finished up my trek, the rocks expressed their gratitude and admiration. Thus ends my voyage. The more I drive my TRX4, the more I'm impressed. Yeah, the body is heavy, the front bumper gets caught on stuff, the wheelbase is a mile long, and the rear drags ass on every steep climb; wanna know how many times those things actually stopped me? There was about 3 lines in 3.5 hours of driving the TRX4 couldn't make while following Wraith with nearly unlimited approach and departure angles running 5.5 inch white dot Rovers. That is pretty damn good for a RTR truck that just has one significant modification and a quality set of tires. Whole lot of tiny truck awesomeness is coming up in September, I need to prepare. You guys should probably get back to working, walking the dog, powering through that hangover, or whatever you do on Monday morning as well. |
08-28-2017, 05:01 PM | #33 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Philly Area
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great read as always SVT! I take it the Castle power plant has been holding strong? It's omission from the above post tells me it's fulfilling it's mission of deliver stock-like power with more efficiency and less heat. I presume it also handled the water ok? glad to hear the prolines are serving you well too. You get a chance to run those through mud at all? My own driving site has a mix of mud, murky puddles, washed out revines, and long dusty and/or loamy dirt hills filled with rocks. A lot to ask from one tire, and my pitbulls have done admirably, but mud seems to consistently get the better of them with such a heavy truck. Might have to give the prolines a shot. |
08-28-2017, 08:28 PM | #34 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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Don't do too much mud driving because the mud down here usually requires a chisel to clean off and I'm lazy. Don't see why they wouldn't be good for that purpose though. | |
08-31-2017, 11:09 PM | #35 | |
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09-05-2017, 12:27 AM | #36 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Fredericksburg, VA
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Glad to hear the MX and 2280 combo works so well since that is exactly the combo I have on back order from Castle. That said I have not seen any heat issues on the stock ESC and motor using 2s batteries which I seem to prefer over the 3s. May revisit the 3s once the MX and 2280 get installed.
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09-05-2017, 02:31 PM | #37 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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3S > 2S therefore more better. 3S = Power for real men 4S = Power for manly men 6S = Power for manlier manly men I will be hooking my truck directly up to a nuclear reactor once I figure out how to not die from radiation poisoning because I'm even manlier than those men who are manlier than manly men. In actuality, I find a motor (brushed or brushless) in the 2200-2500kv range on 3S at 40-50:1 gearing is perfect for nearly any type of driving I do with a scale truck. | |
09-05-2017, 03:40 PM | #38 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Oregon
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Radiation poisoning? Pfft. Come on.. Man up! |
09-05-2017, 04:39 PM | #39 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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09-05-2017, 05:13 PM | #40 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Deep in the Everglades
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Real men wrestle gators and rattlesnakes here.... Hang up and Drive |
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