WIDELOAD's new project...Its a scaler, but not as you know it.
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Aperture
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WIDELOAD
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WIDELOAD's new project...Its a scaler, but not as you know it.
Alright, bits have started to roll in so its time to start the thread. Thanks to the Tax Man for financing the build..
Parts list
CC01 Chassis
GPM 4 link & Shock mounts
Alloy motor mount
Yeah Racing CVD's
Early BFG M/T Pattern tyres & 5 spoke touring car wheels
Kamtec Bowler Wildcat lexan shell
1250kv brushless outrunner with 35a EZrun ESC running 3s lipo
Hitec 645MG steering servo.
Spektrum radio gear.
Futures bits:
One way front diff
Alloy shocks
Steering kit
Full belly skid
Upgraded drive-shaft
Full interior with cage.
So when you add this:
Plus this:
Hopfully you get something like this:
Last pic for tonight, wheels and tyres:
More pics tomorrow...Hopefully of a rolling chassis...
Parts list
CC01 Chassis
GPM 4 link & Shock mounts
Alloy motor mount
Yeah Racing CVD's
Early BFG M/T Pattern tyres & 5 spoke touring car wheels
Kamtec Bowler Wildcat lexan shell
1250kv brushless outrunner with 35a EZrun ESC running 3s lipo
Hitec 645MG steering servo.
Spektrum radio gear.
Futures bits:
One way front diff
Alloy shocks
Steering kit
Full belly skid
Upgraded drive-shaft
Full interior with cage.
So when you add this:
Plus this:
Hopfully you get something like this:
Last pic for tonight, wheels and tyres:
More pics tomorrow...Hopefully of a rolling chassis...
WIDELOAD- Posts : 655
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Mate get onto TZI and get yourself one of the Emax 3850 kv motors , There just $ 15
I,ve been thinking about making something similar ( Although with a Subaru Brumby body ) so i,ll be watching with great interest
I,ve been thinking about making something similar ( Although with a Subaru Brumby body ) so i,ll be watching with great interest
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Re: WIDELOAD's new project...Its a scaler, but not as you know it.
nice start troy & very nice body choice
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finaly
should be good when it all comes together mate.
should be good when it all comes together mate.
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lunatick wrote:Mate get onto TZI and get yourself one of the Emax 3850 kv motors , There just $ 15
I,ve been thinking about making something similar ( Although with a Subaru Brumby body ) so i,ll be watching with great interest
Cheers for that Paul, but i've got a fair few outrunners here to play with...plus 3850kv would be too fast for the little beast. Its going to be running 3s dont forget...
I've worked out with its current set up it should roughly do 15km/h or so...Thats pretty quick for something this size. If i want more stonk i'll get a 2000kv that will give me another 5km/h there abouts.
Didnt get the the chassis to roller stage tonight. But close.
Modded the front arms, Skid, and C-hubs to get some more travel and a fly sh1t more steering lock, and cut the brick off the front off the chassis.
Might have an issue with tyre height though...under full bump is looks like its going to stuff a tyre into the inner guards...
So now i've got to try and work around that issue...
More pics:
Gearbox and motor in:
under the front:
Front on:
The Brick cut:
GOOOONNNEEE!!!!!!:
Hopefully will get the rear end under it tomorrow and at least get it sitting on the rims.
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Very nice Troy.......so is this going to be A daka special then
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scottb wrote:Very nice Troy.......so is this going to be A daka special then
Sort of but not really Scotty...It'll be built as a Rally raid car but no specifically Dakar style..
Should have some more pics up by dinner time tonight...
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Coming along really nice. Also for more tyre clearance on the front put a 2-3mm spacer on the top shock mount so you get more ground clearance and won't rub as much.
Cheers Jarrod
Cheers Jarrod
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Rustykaos wrote:Coming along really nice. Also for more tyre clearance on the front put a 2-3mm spacer on the top shock mount so you get more ground clearance and won't rub as much.
Cheers Jarrod
Thanks for the Tip Jarrod, but it looks like i'm actually going to need shorter tyres.
Track width is perfect:
This is the orginal issue:
Uhhh...that aint going to work:
I'm not cutting into the body anymore and it will not clear under full lock & bump. So i'm on the hunt for some smaller tyres.
I'll be doing mock up with the stock CC01 bricks for the moment, the BFG's are up for sale in the classifieds.
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Nice work mate I'm certain with your experience and skils you'll have it all up and running in no time so hurry up
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Thanks mick...the build will start to slow down now as i need to start final fitment etc.micks troll wrote:Nice work mate I'm certain with your experience and skils you'll have it all up and running in no time so hurry up
Rear end is all done, shocks on and its offically a roller minus drive shafts.
Front 3/4 pic.This will be finished ride & body height or at least close to it.
it looks like i should have enough room in the guards after all for the bigger boots...Time will tell.
Can you spot the issue as well?
Wheel base too long. Easy fix though, i put the 4link together at max length. So need to shorten the lowers.
All thats left is everything else...
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In the FJ40 kit (possibly others as well) there is this spacer (can't think of the right word for it) that gives you 4 option for mounting the rear four link. I will try and find out the part number as this would help a lot for setting your wheelbase.
Cheers Jarrod
Cheers Jarrod
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Cheers Glenn...kakarot wrote:Mad sh1t cuz!
Rustykaos wrote:In the FJ40 kit (possibly others as well) there is this spacer (can't think of the right word for it) that gives you 4 option for mounting the rear four link. I will try and find out the part number as this would help a lot for setting your wheelbase.
Cheers Jarrod
Yeah i spotted those bits Jarrod. Gives 3 different chassis mount options, but i got a few different lengths of rod ends in the GPM kit so i'll mix & match to get the wheel base right.
Still havent decided one a colour scheme yet...anybody got ideas?
I was thinking Metallic blue with silver or white bits on it...
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WIDELOAD wrote:
Still havent decided one a colour scheme yet...anybody got ideas?
I was thinking Metallic blue with silver or white bits on it...
I reckon satin black or gun metal grey Like the photo of the 1:1 version in the pic
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spray her with transluscent orange & then gunmetal grey ,
depending thickness will alter it from a gunmetal with orange pearl
to an almost harlequin style of colour where it alters colours 3 ,4 , 5 times depending on the angle your lookin at it
http://thecrawlpit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1633
pictures dont do it any justice it looked wicked ...
azwa .
depending thickness will alter it from a gunmetal with orange pearl
to an almost harlequin style of colour where it alters colours 3 ,4 , 5 times depending on the angle your lookin at it
http://thecrawlpit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=1633
pictures dont do it any justice it looked wicked ...
azwa .
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I reckon the black or gun meatl grey as stated or
a metallic orange with black trim, like the bike pictured i stopped one like this yesterday and it was mint in the sun, this paint however costs $1000 a litre so you might want to look for an alternative.
a metallic orange with black trim, like the bike pictured i stopped one like this yesterday and it was mint in the sun, this paint however costs $1000 a litre so you might want to look for an alternative.
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Thanks for the suggestions boys....I'll see what happens when it comes time for paint...
Ran into a issue tonight after screwing with the wheelbase...Got it dialed in nice.
But now the uppers keep binding up the rod ends...so i've got some more messing round to do to try to solve that issue...
Ran into a issue tonight after screwing with the wheelbase...Got it dialed in nice.
But now the uppers keep binding up the rod ends...so i've got some more messing round to do to try to solve that issue...
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im likin what i see....
another new truck to get scratched
another new truck to get scratched
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Looking good Troy.......candy apple red (it's metallic) with gun metal bits
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Cheer Brother...Hopefully it ends up that way as well...SkR8Pn wrote:Looks good Troy
Yup...it's going to cop a flogging...Aperture wrote:im likin what i see....another new truck to get scratched
Thanks for the suggestion Scotty, I dont have a good track record with painting red though, so i'm a bit wary of it.scottb wrote:Looking good Troy.......candy apple red (it's metallic) with gun metal bits
All right...not much progress. Building has slowed down while i wait for parts.
Got the wheel base sorted now & Front body mounts done. In the pics i had the body mounts one hole too far back, so its not lined up in the pics, but it does actually line up (get it?)
Also i think the body could be dropped a little more, but i've got to find my spare body posts. The stock CC01 ones dont have holes far enough down.
Trying to figure out a way to mount the battery 'cause im using smaller packs. Velcro straps fix everything.
They are just screwed into the top side of the 4link mounting screw holes. Works like a cham!
Now that was done i could fill the gaint stock battery hole in the side of the chassis.
Dropped the front cross member to take some of the angle out of the lower A-arms. Only down side to this is screws with the front roll center and now the camber changes through the front suspension cycle. Also can see bump steer being a bit of an issue, hence the servo saver in the above pic:
Last of the morning is my giant shaft... Took 5 stock axial shafts to get this thing made (5 your say...Yeah i made the first one too short & fawked it up ) Added drive shaft rings to hopefully get it to hang together a bit longer.
So as of last night it was drivable in rwd only (front CVD haven't shown up)....Holy sh!t its fun. Stock tyres are they are so hard they spin on anything.
So i put on the BFG's/mud thraser knock offs...Pulls wheelies on the rug, concrete sounds like a 1:1 chuckin a skid (they howl like you wouldnt believe) and grass is close to pulling wheelies.
Minimum crawl speed it about a fast walk (crappy outrunner). Top end is hard to say, I never really opened the taps all the way. But its fast enough to be entertaining.
Still along way to go....
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Looking good there troy. With the spacers on the front skid I took the front 2 out to give it a little ackermann angle. You will also have to shave a little off the inside of the C hubs as they will rub at full lock. Also with the front body mounts if you wanted it lower you could've mounted the body posts straight to the chassis rather than using that piece that goes across the front wheel arches.
Cheers Jarrod
Cheers Jarrod
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Answer's in Cyan mate.
Rustykaos wrote:Looking good there troy. Cheers man...
With the spacers on the front skid I took the front 2 out to give it a little ackermann angle.
The height and more specifically the angle of the of the cross member/A-arms doesn't have anything to do with Ackermann. What you adjusted is the anti-dive and/or Caster (not generally connected in the 1:1 world, but in RC they just about always are)
Ackermann is actually the geometric arrangement of you steering linkages steering geometery and is dertermined by the kingpins, steering knuckles etc not the lower cross member.
You will also have to shave a little off the inside of the C hubs as they will rub at full lock.
Beat ya to it...I made sure i did it before i built the rig.
Also with the front body mounts if you wanted it lower you could've mounted the body posts straight to the chassis rather than using that piece that goes across the front wheel arches.
Thanks for that one, I didnt realise that....D'oh! too late now.
But I've been looking at the height and i'm actually happy with it. Everything clears under suspension cycle and lock to lock, so i'll leave it.
Cheers Jarrod
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Got SFA done today...Body is mounted properly now, made a plate for the esc and took it for a bash around the front yard (minus body)
After digging round in the box i found another pair of body mounts that came with the kit, they were about 4mm shorter than the ones i was using so the body height is dialed in now.
Esc mount is just a piece of air craft ally (skin from a constellation passenger plane...) cut, file, drill etc...and bingo, done. But i might have an issue if i put an interior in this thing as the esc sits pretty high in the body.
Top end speed is quick, but not quick enough for me so i'll be gearing it up to a 20t pinion (biggest you can fit in a cc01 without hacking sh!t up).
After digging round in the box i found another pair of body mounts that came with the kit, they were about 4mm shorter than the ones i was using so the body height is dialed in now.
Esc mount is just a piece of air craft ally (skin from a constellation passenger plane...) cut, file, drill etc...and bingo, done. But i might have an issue if i put an interior in this thing as the esc sits pretty high in the body.
Top end speed is quick, but not quick enough for me so i'll be gearing it up to a 20t pinion (biggest you can fit in a cc01 without hacking sh!t up).
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