Fallen's 2nd UDR

[Gula]

Huh, even with the sticky icky runny E6K that seems to glue and hold anything together, amazing.

Have you tried the heavy duty version, called shoe goo? I've glued servos onto axles, as I broke an alloy mount (deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, and brought a wheely king rig)

As others sez, try packing everything that doesn't rotate full of grease, especially where two parts join.

What other brand alloy housing than vitavon, gtb? gpm and the cheap chinesium ones made from questionable material are there?

 

[ferp420]

axle flex is why i only buy metal axles
ive stripped to many gear sets with plastic axles

metal axle housings cost less than gear sets so it made sense

the dirt never caused a problem in my opinion but the only clamshell axles ive ever runwere on my scx10 and it dident go fast enuff to really cause a problem

 

[Fallen]

My 1st UDR used the GPM axle housing. It turned out to be durable enough, and everything inside of it spun smoothly.

For my 3rd UDR I'm trying this one:

https://a.co/d/gkBqf2O

It's nice that it's cheaper than the Vitavon housing, but the problem with Vitavon is getting ahold of one. Apparently they aren't shipping. The Amazon one was in stock in the US, ready to ship.

 

[Fallen]

Finished! I gave up on waiting for those Vitavon parts to arrive and bought some Hot-Racing parts from a different LHS:

Upper & lower A-arms
Trailing arms
Rear upper shock mounts
Front & rear sway bars
Hexes with brake disks













Non Hot-Racing upgrades:

Some Chinese, no-name aluminum axle housing from Amazon. Only one of the upper link mount bolt holes wasn't tapped all the way. I was able to solve that by using a spare bolt to finish tapping it.

MIP center rear driveshaft









The only thing left is to put some batteries through this and see how much of my painting holds up.

 

[MAC FAB]

Looks great! Driving at scale speeds is just fine. If I ever get around to putting on races, FPV and scale speed + a fuzzy. MY scratch build 1 car went 45 mph, Bomber sized, and could blow through most anything and not break anything. Kinda like going to Glamis and running the sand drags all day. Hard pack at a realistic speed and a video setup is more fun. Truck is bitchen, two thumbs up. Aluminum tape on the panels is genius if you don't have a sheet metal shop. Let's be seeing some run footage. You realize that to finish this off you are going to get another set off those shocks and bypasses, Fox, in black and polished. Amazing how quickly the build price turns scale. I believe an awd Mason goes for about $1.5 m, just saying.

 

[Fallen]

Thanks man!

I had considered buying some of the LX bypass shocks for this truck and I still may. The suspension is tuned pretty nicely though stock and I don't want to screw that up.

Since the rears already have the fake bypasses, maybe I'll just get some for the front. Especially since I really only want them because of how rad they look.

This UDR is probably sitting around $1,500 and I do expect it to go up a bit more. Eventually someone will release some different bodies for this thing.

I figured those AWDs were in the millions of dollars. It looks like it's still just the professional teams running those.

 

[durok]

Thanks man!

I had considered buying some of the LX bypass shocks for this truck and I still may. The suspension is tuned pretty nicely though stock and I don't want to screw that up.

Since the rears already have the fake bypasses, maybe I'll just get some for the front. Especially since I really only want them because of how rad they look.

This UDR is probably sitting around $1,500 and I do expect it to go up a bit more. Eventually someone will release some different bodies for this thing.

I figured those AWDs were in the millions of dollars. It looks like it's still just the professional teams running those.

BittyDesign makes UDR bodies AND interiors:

Bittydesign - Carrozzerie Off-Road Trasparenti

 

[Fallen]

Thanks, I didn't know they made clear ones. I'll probably end up with a clear Pro-Line body as they're a bit cheaper ($76 VS $99).

This UDR got a good shakedown on 6S with throttle limited to 75%. I actually need to go down to 67% to make it comparable to 4S. The nice thing about 6S limited is the increase in runtimes over 4S unlimited.

Boy TSM (Traxxas Stability Management) is a real performance upgrade. There is one section of my track where I can hold full throttle for about 2 seconds if I stick the right line. With TSM at 50% I can get up to speed and hold it as the suspension dances under the chassis. With TSM off I can't even get up to full throttle without the rear end stepping out and I have to lift.



I added this 1.55 Baja MTZ to my steering wheel. I glued it on to the stock Traxxas wheel. I like it because it's soft and grippy while dramatically increasing the diameter of the wheel. It makes it so that my steering inputs become much smaller when the truck is at speed.

My paint held up except in the few spots where the chassis flexes and flakes the paint off. Those are all fortunately inconspicuous and hidden by the body.