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Fieyue FY-03 Eagle 3 - Mini-review and truggy conversion

TooOldForThis

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I'm late to this party. Like, really late. Curiosity finally got the best of me though, and for less than $60 I'm the proud(?) owner of a new FY-03. I mostly got it so I could try out a re-body idea, but I'll get to that later. First, a little review.

The Bad. You've heard most of this before.
-It's really bouncy.
-The material quality and build quality aren't great.
-The servo has the lowest resolution I've ever experienced in a proportional setup.
-The motor gets hot after just a few minutes of aggressive driving.
-No brake; it goes straight into reverse.
-It doesn't steer very sharply, so the steering radius seems bigger than it should be.
-I found several loose screws, etc. Someone put this thing together in a hurry.

The good.
-Decent run-time on the stock battery.
-It looks great. They knocked off a good-looking design, and it still looks good. I especially like the cage and the wheels.
-It's FUN. The speed and power are more than enough for zipping around indoors. Had me grinning.
-Metal parts! I'm really surprised something at this price point has so many metal parts.
-The transmitter! It's big, doesn't look like a toy, and the ergonomics are on par with (or better than) any other RTR transmitter I can think of. The fact that it comes with such a cheap car blows my mind.

So in summary, it's a toy doing a pretty good impression of a hobby-grade car. For around $60 it's hard to be mad about it's faults. Some pictures (body panels already removed):

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With a Flysky transmitter for size comparison:

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So why did I really get this thing? To get creative with a re-body! The width is around 200mm (depending on wheels/tires) which makes it close to fitting a lot of on-road bodies. Also the wheelbase is similar to an ECX Barrage, so there were several good body options there too. I settled on a Ascender cab, which I think will give it a really cool truggy/trophy truck look by leaving the rear exposed. The body was $35, so all-in this project should be less than $100. "thumbsup"

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i like how you think sir.

i was thinking of a similar re-body. now i forget what body i wanted lol but i will check back on this frequently!
(this maybe could have gone in the twin hammers section? iirc, there are others there and nobody lost their minds... ymmv.)

*just remembered the body i wanted and i would need either yeti or custom rear links to make it work (whopping 40mm difference), but we have the same idea. NICE!
 
First mock-up. The cage is wayyy too low for the driver to see out. :lmao: I'll have to draw attention away from this unfortunate fact by making the windows tinted or blacked-out. Otherwise, I like it! The wheelbase looks a little short, which reminds me more of a short-course truck than a trophy truck. Next step will be fabbing up some type of body mounts. This body comes with holes already punched through the hood, so I'll probably try to make use of them.

 
*just remembered the body i wanted and i would need either yeti or custom rear links to make it work (whopping 40mm difference), but we have the same idea. NICE!

I've seen pictures of someone that made a touring car body fit perfectly just by installing on-road wheels/tires and extending the wheelbase a bit. The wheelbase seems pretty easy to change by making new trailing arms for the rear with threaded rod.
 
First mock-up. The cage is wayyy too low for the driver to see out. :lmao: I'll have to draw attention away from this unfortunate fact by making the windows tinted or blacked-out. Otherwise, I like it! The wheelbase looks a little short, which reminds me more of a short-course truck than a trophy truck. Next step will be fabbing up some type of body mounts. This body comes with holes already punched through the hood, so I'll probably try to make use of them.


That looks freaking awesome!!!
 
I've seen pictures of someone that made a touring car body fit perfectly just by installing on-road wheels/tires and extending the wheelbase a bit. The wheelbase seems pretty easy to change by making new trailing arms for the rear with threaded rod.

nice. remember where you saw those pics of the on-road body?
and yes about the links, however keeping in mind the shocks bolt up to the bottom links.
but there are tons of options. yeti. yeti XL, losi rock/baja rey, etc..."thumbsup"

cab looks okay but its a bummer the cage sits so low... hmm.
*oh, could i bother you for a pic from the front? for research purposes... ;)
 
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This makes me want to get one to convert to 2wd and put a RWD solid-axle car body (like, oh, I dunno, maybe an IROC-Z :D) on it.

Hmmm....
 
nice. remember where you saw those pics of the on-road body?
and yes about the links, however keeping in mind the shocks bolt up to the bottom links.
but there are tons of options. yeti. yeti XL, losi rock/baja rey, etc..."thumbsup"

cab looks okay but its a bummer the cage sits so low... hmm.
*oh, could i bother you for a pic from the front? for research purposes... ;)

Life is getting in the way so I'll be a little slow posting pictures of mine, but here's where I saw the on-road body:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/non-crawler-rcs/543718-twin-hammers-clone-3.html
 
Keeping with the low-budget theme, I got creative and pieced together body mounts from the spare parts bin. Now it's mounted solid and I'm surprised how well it fits.

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Meanwhile I had a spare fan I bought a long time ago (so we'll call it free :mrgreen:) that I mounted up to do something about the motor temperature. Not the most effective setup in the world but it's better than nothing. The great thing about these cheap junky cars is there's so much potential for easy improvements. It's a tinkerer's dream.

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If someone else wanted to do their own take on this idea, this Proline body should fit equally as well. Heck, I may do it myself someday. The thought of having a Chevy and Ford pair of these little guys is pretty appealing, especially because you could hand the second controller to a guest.

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