Hi guys,
I´m pretty new to this forum and also crawing so I´ll give you a quick presentation.
I live in Sweden (please, dont pick on me to much for my spelling
)
Been running my traxxas slash VXL for almost a year now.
Before that I´ve not been in to RC for almost 15 years. At that time I drove my old Tamiya Wild Will 1 (I still run it from time to time).
I´ve found my way back to RC now and its more fun than ever!
(I´m almost 30 years old and feel like a kid with the tx in my hand )
Anyway, bought my used AX10 about 2 months ago as I was looking for more challenge and technical driving than my slash offers.
When I got it it was pretty much stock and performance was no good.
Way to high CG and stock tires would barely grip on 40 grit sanding paper..
The 5-cell nimh on the front axle was chandged to 7-cell nimh with 4 cells up front and 3 in the back. Made some mounting plates in aluminium at the same time.
The ESC and motor (really old Corally MMS system) that was mounted, was from an old touringcar, and the AX must have done at least 20mph when i first tested it Also there was a 25t pinion mounted!!
Took the system out and installed the 55t Novak I also got whith the buy.
The ESC hade no reverse so I hade to throw in my XL-5 stock ESC from my slash while waiting for the new ESC. Also threw in a 16t pinion I hade laying around..
This is stock, as it was when I got it.
After some crawling I was not happy at all.
First thing to do was getting Hot Bodies Rovers tires.
Huge difference in performance!
Still not satisfied as It didnt climb very steep without rolling over.
Added some weight to the front rims. 5 barrel nuts (for furniture) and 4 steel washers in each rim. BIG difference in performance, again!
Barrel nuts
Steel washers
Notice I hade to fix the steeringarm as it broke when the wheel got stuck.
The green anodizing? was removed for a more clean look. Didnt like that candygreen color on everything, made it look like a cheap toy.
Next I wanted better turn radius so I fabricated a servo mount and links for the rear axle. Threw on what I had, a Hextronic HX12K MG servo (works pretty good concidering the price, ~15$)
The front servo is a really nice Hitec 5998TG. Glad I got it almost for free in the deal
Rear servo
Now I hade problem with torqe twist. Read around this forum and desided to try out a 4 link setup.
Took out some scrap aluminium and this is what I ended up with.
At the same time I turned the shocks upside down to lower CG a bit more.
Moved the rubber spacer to the inside of the chock to lower it some more.
Swiched to softer springs (except rear left wich is stock spring)
Moved upper link on the chassi as described in the "AX10 comp setup" I found somewhere (cant remeber)
Moved lower links inside chassi as it got hung up alot on the outside.
Later I decided to extend both upper and lower links to get CG even lower. Upper was made 7mm longer and lower was extended 5mm. This was to clock the axels at the same time.
CoG (means clearance of ground/belly height? right?) was lowered from just over 3" to about 2.5"-2.75" and this made the truck alot more stable sideways.
Finally I got my new ESC! I choose CCs sidewinder as I want to be able to throw it in my slash if the vxl fries, again
Also the price was good at liquid rc.
The internal BEC was to weak to run my 4ws setup. Lucky for me I already hade a switched adjustable regulator laying around I sampled it from Texas Instruments at the same time I ordered the CC sidewinder as I knew the int BEC would be to weak.
The new "BEC" can output 6A and was adjusted to 5.7V output with a resistor.
PTN78020W
Works great! Cost: 0$
The real BEC is in the shrinking tube, the circuitboard is another one just to show how it looks. Its fore spare or another project.
Now the car is running great!
Next thing to do was get rid of the Betty body.
I choose the baja bug couse I love the look! (The slash is bajafied to )
As the truck is a scorpion, a scorpion was the choice for the body as well!
Printed on self adhesive paper and placed over the masking tape on the inside. Cut in place with knife. Took a couple hours just to cut. Im very pleased how it turned out!
Bodymounts was moved up a bit to clear the body from batteries. Thats what the aluminium is for in a previous picture.
Hope you liked the reading!
Ill throw in some more pics here for you
Oh, almost forgot... I got the widener kit from HR. Its 15mm wider on each side which also improved side climbing so it doesnt roll over as easy.
I´m pretty new to this forum and also crawing so I´ll give you a quick presentation.
I live in Sweden (please, dont pick on me to much for my spelling
)Been running my traxxas slash VXL for almost a year now.
Before that I´ve not been in to RC for almost 15 years. At that time I drove my old Tamiya Wild Will 1 (I still run it from time to time).
I´ve found my way back to RC now and its more fun than ever!
(I´m almost 30 years old and feel like a kid with the tx in my hand
)Anyway, bought my used AX10 about 2 months ago as I was looking for more challenge and technical driving than my slash offers.
When I got it it was pretty much stock and performance was no good.
Way to high CG and stock tires would barely grip on 40 grit sanding paper..
The 5-cell nimh on the front axle was chandged to 7-cell nimh with 4 cells up front and 3 in the back. Made some mounting plates in aluminium at the same time.
The ESC and motor (really old Corally MMS system) that was mounted, was from an old touringcar, and the AX must have done at least 20mph when i first tested it
Also there was a 25t pinion mounted!! Took the system out and installed the 55t Novak I also got whith the buy.
The ESC hade no reverse so I hade to throw in my XL-5 stock ESC from my slash while waiting for the new ESC. Also threw in a 16t pinion I hade laying around..
This is stock, as it was when I got it.
After some crawling I was not happy at all.
First thing to do was getting Hot Bodies Rovers tires.
Huge difference in performance!
Still not satisfied as It didnt climb very steep without rolling over.
Added some weight to the front rims. 5 barrel nuts (for furniture) and 4 steel washers in each rim. BIG difference in performance, again!
Barrel nuts
Steel washers
Notice I hade to fix the steeringarm as it broke when the wheel got stuck.
The green anodizing? was removed for a more clean look. Didnt like that candygreen color on everything, made it look like a cheap toy.
Next I wanted better turn radius so I fabricated a servo mount and links for the rear axle. Threw on what I had, a Hextronic HX12K MG servo (works pretty good concidering the price, ~15$)
The front servo is a really nice Hitec 5998TG. Glad I got it almost for free in the deal
Rear servo
Now I hade problem with torqe twist. Read around this forum and desided to try out a 4 link setup.
Took out some scrap aluminium and this is what I ended up with.
At the same time I turned the shocks upside down to lower CG a bit more.
Moved the rubber spacer to the inside of the chock to lower it some more.
Swiched to softer springs (except rear left wich is stock spring)
Moved upper link on the chassi as described in the "AX10 comp setup" I found somewhere (cant remeber)
Moved lower links inside chassi as it got hung up alot on the outside.
Later I decided to extend both upper and lower links to get CG even lower. Upper was made 7mm longer and lower was extended 5mm. This was to clock the axels at the same time.
CoG (means clearance of ground/belly height? right?) was lowered from just over 3" to about 2.5"-2.75" and this made the truck alot more stable sideways.
Finally I got my new ESC! I choose CCs sidewinder as I want to be able to throw it in my slash if the vxl fries, again
Also the price was good at liquid rc.
The internal BEC was to weak to run my 4ws setup. Lucky for me I already hade a switched adjustable regulator laying around
I sampled it from Texas Instruments at the same time I ordered the CC sidewinder as I knew the int BEC would be to weak.The new "BEC" can output 6A and was adjusted to 5.7V output with a resistor.
PTN78020W
Works great! Cost: 0$
The real BEC is in the shrinking tube, the circuitboard is another one just to show how it looks. Its fore spare or another project.
Now the car is running great!
Next thing to do was get rid of the Betty body.
I choose the baja bug couse I love the look! (The slash is bajafied to
)As the truck is a scorpion, a scorpion was the choice for the body as well!
Printed on self adhesive paper and placed over the masking tape on the inside. Cut in place with knife. Took a couple hours just to cut. Im very pleased how it turned out!
Bodymounts was moved up a bit to clear the body from batteries. Thats what the aluminium is for in a previous picture.
Hope you liked the reading!
Ill throw in some more pics here for you
Oh, almost forgot... I got the widener kit from HR. Its 15mm wider on each side which also improved side climbing so it doesnt roll over as easy.
