The French Canadian Bomber (First-time Build)

[durok]

I've had one of those for about 8 years, I use it about every other day for something or other...

Incredibly reliable, saves so much money compared to cans of compressed air - great for the environment!

Made in the USA, and you just pop the filter out and wash it in the sink when it gets dirty.

It's heavy gauge steel, too...

 

[Jboucher]

So it's been a while since i played with my Bomber. Winter has been pretty long and cold, every time i got the RC trucks out, i froze my hands and batteries didn't last more than 30mins...

Now it's spring and i'm staring down at a big box of upgrades (Stainless link, Wraith lenght conversion, LURC axle shafts, aluminium wheels, TSS brass knuckles, and more!) and i said to myself why not go brushless ?

So here i am looking at that Puller Pro / Mamba X combo on the Holmes Hobbies website... I'm about ready to buy even if i know my wife will tell me it's your money if you want to spend it on ''toys'', i will deal with that later

I still can't decide between 2700kv and 3500kv so help me out guys :

I run 3s 3300mAH 35C packs with the stock spur and a 11T robinson pinion. I also have a 10T robison pinion in the part box. Both axle have stock kit gears, beef tubes and VP stage one parts. I will be installing SSD metal driveshafts for the wraith lenght conversion.

I have hot racing gears for both the transmission and transfer case plus a robinson racing metal spur kit. Are those required for big brushless power ?

My typical terrain is mostly hiking trails, general woods area, grass and pavement city parks, some gravel and rocks and occasional sandy beaches.

So TLDR :
3s LiPo
3500kv vs 2700kv ?
Upgraded transmission gears ?
Metal spur ?

 

[rnagenetics]

I still can't decide between 2700kv and 3500kv so help me out guys :

Sounds more like go fast trail fun then crawling. I went with the 2700kv but my bomber is mainly setup for crawling. I felt the 2700kv gave me enough wheel speed where the 3500kv might be a bit much on a crawler which is probably more preference then anything else.

Hope that helps.

 

[Jboucher]

Just got a little envelope at my door, TSS Brass Knuckles!
These are an incredible piece of machined brass. Really nice weight and look pretty strong.

I will remove my beef patties wheel weights and try these alone first.

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[Jboucher]

Still haven't found time to work on the upgrades since I use whatever I have to just run the truck instead.

I also moved the Eachine TX03 / ROTG01 FPV setup from the yeti jr to the Bomber.
It's so much more stable, makes the video really smooth.

Little run around the front yard. I was able to go at least 2 houses away from me on 25mW. It's pretty good for ground FPV with all the interference and walls.
https://youtu.be/4wNBtvScKVA

I am working on upgrading the FPV gear. I just received a TS832 bosscam transmitter that will be paired with a Foxeer Predator v4 camera and stream to a Eachine EV800D goggle/monitor box.

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[Jboucher]

Got something done tonight!
3 more to go...

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[Jboucher]

More FPV fun!

https://youtu.be/uJ5O7F9OiN8

https://youtu.be/l2K0DsNcMq4

https://youtu.be/k1KSIqPV-Ew


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[GCi in ATX]

Nice, great build thread. I've enjoyed following it!

 

[Jboucher]

Just completed 2h30 of trails and rocky roads
No broken parts, motor and ESC not even warm.

This thing is a beast!

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[GCi in ATX]

How are you liking the TSS brass knuckles?

 

[Jboucher]

How are you liking the TSS brass knuckles?

Sadly it's not installed yet...
I decided to run as is another summer and I will most likely tear it apart around August or September and upgrade a lot of things

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[Jboucher]

So...
This is what I have been working on instead of the upgrades [emoji41].

Drone laws are getting CRAZY in Canada so I FPVed the Bomber!

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[Jboucher]

Cleaned up the wiring and went through the camera settings. It was in PAL mode...

It's ready for a test this week.

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[Jboucher]

First 2 runs are completed. It's really awesome and versatile.
I can use the FPV goggles for driving alone, I can split the goggles and use the screen so everyone can see and I can still plug the old ROTG android receiver and get the feed from the Foxeer camera to my phone to upload to YouTube.

https://youtu.be/iQt2sxsoQWQ

https://youtu.be/ORvyU1hf0Vc

The reception cuts pretty badly around buildings and dense vegetation, i might need better antennas, still learning FPV.

We are at a rental cabin in the woods, I made up a small track with plywood and logs. Not a single screw or nail!

Stay tuned for more trail videos later.

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[Jboucher]

Being all the way up North in Canada, we don't get a lot of critters and scary bugs. Most of them are not dangerous but this one scared the shit out of me...

It's a fishing spider, was about 3 inch wide. They can get much bigger according to google, they also swim and eat little fishes...

[emoji15]

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[Jboucher]

Completed a few nice trail runs and it's really working well.

I solved the reception problems with a pair of RHCP antenna for the android receiver. Now I get a good signal in the woods.

The FPV goggles will get new antennas soon.

For the last one of the day, I went on a short trail with my 4y old son. He drove the yeti jr and completed the whole thing on his own!

No broken parts on both rigs.

Made a few FPV videos but the HD Cam feed is all blurry and unusable. I think the Gyro stabilization on the Firefly 7s is complete crap.

FPV videos

Partie 1
https://youtu.be/dHhk0eX_5ik

Partie 2
https://youtu.be/unqgRJ0kuLA

Partie 3
https://youtu.be/-eFExXAKOX4

Partie 4
https://youtu.be/3yc8uSF8Ibo

Partie 5 (fin)
https://youtu.be/r2N7agMMvoA

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[JatoTheRipper]

I've always wanted to try FPV in a scaler. This looks fun!

 

[Jboucher]

I've always wanted to try FPV in a scaler. This looks fun!

It's really fun but you kinda realize it's designed for drones.

The camera FPV and lens are made for very wide open space AKA the sky.
On a crawler you lose half the view on the bottom.

But yeah it's fun!

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[Jboucher]

Found a big 45 degree rock face at my wife parents house.
Easy climb!

https://youtu.be/EVTF6y-lWto

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[Jboucher]

Ok it's been too long since I posted something...
We had a baby in may 2020, plus the pandemic so my bomber-freetime is about none.

I was still able to mount the new Ottsix USD sticky in my chanquish wheels. It's so much easier than the stupid MT/R, Ottsix is my new tire supplier for a while!

The bomber still needs it's many upgrades, all the parts are waiting but I want to run it this summer so it will wait.

I also bought a basher kit, Tekno MT410, that I need to build.
I might do a build thread in the "Other RC" section [emoji41]

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