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09-29-2020, 01:37 AM | #1 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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| Yet another cheapo Sport build
Here it is. My only other slow tiny truck is an EX Real so I needed something more capable, decent out of the box, and durable as I share it with my 4yo son. Chinese 20kg servo, 1080, HH TM Sport 27t 550 can and RC4g radio that I use on my other stuff. Done some basic mods and upgrades like metal beadlocks, brass portal housings and trimming/tucking of the fenders. Oh and battery tray never got installed, run my pack on the side. Just geared down to 11/45 as I plan on running it on 4s when my 880 arrives. Got a 14t pinion too, might use that if I don't like the top speed. White plasti-dip. Very, very capable and stout rig for the price! Some pics: |
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09-29-2020, 01:29 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: The Big Island
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| Re: Yet another cheapo Sport build Quote: Nice setup! I love the white plastidip! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
09-29-2020, 11:53 PM | #3 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Posts: 747
| Re: Yet another cheapo Sport build
Rear underdrive next on the list, should have the gears by Saturday... Went for a crawl yesterday, the stock tires were a bit of a disappointment on slick mossy rock, gotta borrow some Hyraxes and/or PB RB for comparison! It was wet and pretty muddy around the rocks. |
09-30-2020, 05:59 AM | #4 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Drums
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| Re: Yet another cheapo Sport build
Nice rig. Like the simplicity. Try the tire mod on the stock Canyons. You'll like it! All you need is a good pair of small diagonal cutters and some time.
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09-30-2020, 07:35 AM | #5 |
Slow is the new Fast Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Winterpeg
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| Re: Yet another cheapo Sport build
Good looking rig. It’s nice that a guy doesn’t need to blow a fortune to build a nicely performing crawler. Slight variants of that electrics setup has become pretty common in my crawler collection. It crawls beautifully!
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09-30-2020, 10:01 AM | #6 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Posts: 747
| Re: Yet another cheapo Sport build
Thanks guys. I wanted something that won't cost me 50 bucks in parts every 2 or 3 runs like my 6s Arrma does I think the TRX4 really moved the market forward... my last kit was a Wraith Spawn, that thing needed just about everything upgraded. New rigs coming out lately are mostly good to go, metal links, good tires, metal gears, CVDs... |
10-02-2020, 01:20 AM | #7 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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10-03-2020, 12:13 PM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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10-08-2020, 04:01 PM | #9 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
Posts: 747
| Re: Yet another cheapo Sport build
What a dumbass. After a couple of light runs with underdrive gears I felt like it should be pulling the front around more. Painted a dot on the tires and saw that the front barely spins faster. Hmm. Went to check my parts box. Yup, I changed only the ring gear and reinstalled the original pinion. Five minutes and one facepalm later, UD is doing its work |
10-31-2020, 01:58 PM | #10 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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10-31-2020, 02:45 PM | #11 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2020 Location: Northern MN
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That’s a cool pic!
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10-31-2020, 03:54 PM | #12 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Zagreb, Croatia
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| Re: Yet another cheapo Sport build
Thanks. Went hiking the other day, the trail turned out boring for RCing. So half way up I decided to stash the TRX4 in a tree and picked it up on the way back. I came to a conclusion that trail running is boring. Gimme a good piece of rock and I can have fun for hours, but running on a forest path, meh. |
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