House's Generic Ti-Fighter

[House]

I am not worried about that little of added weight, really. For some reason I
kinda like the oring in the metal ones that keep it from spinning. This thing is probably
already going to be too light for my driving style. The first spacer I made
undersized and was going to thread the ID, but I played with it for a few
minutes and then bored it out to barely slide over the threads. I may
eventually just make a solid spacer all the way up if I get it tuned to a
static height, but figured I had better keep some adjustability in it for now...

Thanks for the tips though!

 

[House]

So I think we found the best use for Axial Rock Lizard tires ever...

To make Block Lizards! :lmao:

Thanks to HLC for swapping out the sidewalls and narrowing them to Rover width for me...

 

[Red Rockcrawler]

Your gonna love that Rock Logic Chassis. I have mine for almost a year now and still love it.

 

[House]

Speaking of the chassis, I know an old trick for CF is to CA the leading edges.
The material this chassis is made out of seems pretty durable though.
I am not so sure the CA will add to it's life or not...?

 

[Hulksta]

Good quality CF shouldnt need it imo"thumbsup"

 

[Speedracer19]

To seal the edges you can also use Red Loctite .

 

[Stormin2u]

I have to admit that the SDS Ti-Fighter axles are a really amazing piece of work. It will be fun to see your final build. "thumbsup"

 

[bikerj08]

updates? I need to see more pics of those axles"thumbsup"

 

[House]

Sorry, been out of town and just got home. Been up for the last 34 hours
or so, so not into working on it right now, but I will be soon... "thumbsup"

 

[House]

So I am still waiting on some hardware I have on order, and some pinions
to get the motors in, but here are the electronics waiting to go in...

I would normally wire my own stuff up as I am fully capable, but Chris at
CreationFab does such a good job at the detail work I couldn't resist his services...

And why the big a$$ cap you ask? Well for these little power monsters of course!

 

[Waiting Dragon]

That is going to be a fast and furious Ti-fighter, your build is shaping up nicely. Will be watching for the finished machine!"thumbsup"

 

[RickM]

That does not look like a castle BEC. What bec is it?

Great looking build, and top shelf product btw.

 

[DickyT]

That does not look like a castle BEC. What bec is it?

Great looking build, and top shelf product btw.

It looks like a castle bec. I have a few with no shrink on them right now and they look just like that "thumbsup"

 

[House]

Yep, just a standard Castle 10A BEC...

 

[Hulksta]

Sh*t... thats some tidy wiring"thumbsup"

 

[The CrAwLL BLACK]

The wiring is very tidy.

I was wondering why the BEC and Capacitor are fed off the 2nd ESC though, rather than the first where the battery leads connect?

I know it doesn't make heaps of difference, but curious to any reasons for doing it this way, or that's just the way it worked out?

Cheers,
Mike.

 

[House]

They were open posts to use since the "crossover" wires are board to board...

 

[House]

Well, as noted in the official Ti-Fighter thread, the servo mount was designed
around a Hitec servo, and since I am going to run a Futaba, I had to come up
with an alternative.

First thought was to cut the tabs off of the mount and run a longer screw.
I played around with that a bit and didn't like the results.
Second thought was to take a die grinder to the servo to MAKE it fit.
I almost went that route then thought about what would happen if I was
away from power tools and had a servo failure. Hmm, better stick with a
design that doesn't need to modify parts to make them fit...
After more deliberation I just said to heck with it and made a new mount.
Not much of a difference from the SDS design, except mine isn't tumbled. ;-)
I will leave the opposing front hole in the axle alone and slot the rear hole to make it all fit.

 

[House]

After a little more machining on the gearbox case the Futaba servo fits in there now.
Had to turn down the pinion gear length to get it to fit too.
Not too much time lately to work on it, but I haven't given up... :mrgreen:

 

[crawlin10]

Hurry up and fininsh this thing, I want to drive it.