CharliesTheMan
Gone - bye bye.
Well as many of my fellow crawlers know, I've been working on my comp build for a few weeks. A lot of these parts are rather expensive, so I've actually been gathering parts for about four weeks, but just started the build a few weeks ago. I have been so busy with work that I haven't got a lot of it done yet, but it's just about to roller stage. There has been a lot of custom parts fitting and stuff like that, about 8 trips to get special hardware and stuff like that, etc.... A lot of these parts are generic crawler parts, so it take a lot of test fitting and fine tuning, adjusting, experiementing, and stuff like that just to get everything to work together in perfect unison. I'll get my pics up this evening of the progress so far. Here's my parts list to get started with.
*Gatekeeper Designs GC-2 chassis (full delrin chassis with aluminum cross braces)
*Traxxas Revo links (red anodized lowers, regular uppers, I'll post parts numbers tonight)
*I also have a full set of delrin links I may install later)
*Axial Axles
Heavy Duty Lockers
Heavy Duty Ring and Pinion
MIP CVD's in front axle
*MIP driveshafts
*VF Dig (Now DNA RC Dig)
*Montana Scale Designs (MSD) aluminum beadlocks
*Losi Rock Claws Tires
*Losi Crawler Shocks (modified with HPI Rod Ends)
*Losi Springs (white in the front, yellow in the rear)
*Losi shock oil (35 in front, 45 in rear)
*Mamba Max ESC
*Castle Creations BEC (custom programed at 5.4 volts for now)
*Holmes Hobbies Handwound 35 turn 540 motor
*Maxamps.com 3S 2000 mah LiPo Battery
*Towerpro MG995 servo 200+ oz/in. of torque (only temporary for mock up)
*RRP 12 tooth pinion (to start with, will probably go lower)
*Custom painted bodies by NCNitro (absolutely beautiful work)
*TLT-1 body mounts will be used (donated by Chip Cross)
Radio- Spektrum DX3R
Here's the items that I will be ordering next week
*JR 8711 Robot Servo (400+ oz/in of torque)
*RCP aluminum axle upgrades (high clearance knuckes will provide a tighter turning radius; RCP straight axle conversion in the rear)
*Custom one-off aluminum beadlocks machined by East End Machining. (www.eastendmachining.com)
I would like to give a huge shout out and thank you to Chip Cross for all of his help. When I first got into crawling and showed interest in getting into the crawling comps, Chip was the first one in the Ark-La-Miss crawlers to call me himself, and to invite me to join them in the comps, regardless of what kind of shape my rig was in, and he even offered to come pick me and bring me home after the comps (which is a big deal because he lives a few hours away). When I got ready to build a comp rig, I had an idea of what I wanted to build and ordered a lot of the main parts. When I got ready to get started, Chip and I talked seeral times and he helped me with all the small pieces that I would need to get the build together, things like that. If it wouldn't have been for that, I would have had several major hiccups in the build where I would have had to stop and order parts. Chip reminded me of a huge bolt store that he ordered from, and because of that I was able to get all my hardware locally and they had most of it in stock, the rest they had for me the next day. Thanks again Chip, it's people like you that make this hobby the way it is.
*Gatekeeper Designs GC-2 chassis (full delrin chassis with aluminum cross braces)
*Traxxas Revo links (red anodized lowers, regular uppers, I'll post parts numbers tonight)
*I also have a full set of delrin links I may install later)
*Axial Axles
Heavy Duty Lockers
Heavy Duty Ring and Pinion
MIP CVD's in front axle
*MIP driveshafts
*VF Dig (Now DNA RC Dig)
*Montana Scale Designs (MSD) aluminum beadlocks
*Losi Rock Claws Tires
*Losi Crawler Shocks (modified with HPI Rod Ends)
*Losi Springs (white in the front, yellow in the rear)
*Losi shock oil (35 in front, 45 in rear)
*Mamba Max ESC
*Castle Creations BEC (custom programed at 5.4 volts for now)
*Holmes Hobbies Handwound 35 turn 540 motor
*Maxamps.com 3S 2000 mah LiPo Battery
*Towerpro MG995 servo 200+ oz/in. of torque (only temporary for mock up)
*RRP 12 tooth pinion (to start with, will probably go lower)
*Custom painted bodies by NCNitro (absolutely beautiful work)
*TLT-1 body mounts will be used (donated by Chip Cross)
Radio- Spektrum DX3R
Here's the items that I will be ordering next week
*JR 8711 Robot Servo (400+ oz/in of torque)
*RCP aluminum axle upgrades (high clearance knuckes will provide a tighter turning radius; RCP straight axle conversion in the rear)
*Custom one-off aluminum beadlocks machined by East End Machining. (www.eastendmachining.com)
I would like to give a huge shout out and thank you to Chip Cross for all of his help. When I first got into crawling and showed interest in getting into the crawling comps, Chip was the first one in the Ark-La-Miss crawlers to call me himself, and to invite me to join them in the comps, regardless of what kind of shape my rig was in, and he even offered to come pick me and bring me home after the comps (which is a big deal because he lives a few hours away). When I got ready to build a comp rig, I had an idea of what I wanted to build and ordered a lot of the main parts. When I got ready to get started, Chip and I talked seeral times and he helped me with all the small pieces that I would need to get the build together, things like that. If it wouldn't have been for that, I would have had several major hiccups in the build where I would have had to stop and order parts. Chip reminded me of a huge bolt store that he ordered from, and because of that I was able to get all my hardware locally and they had most of it in stock, the rest they had for me the next day. Thanks again Chip, it's people like you that make this hobby the way it is.
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