i'm starting the nitro crawler

[MGT8.0owner]

yeah that sounds like a good idea for the future....good luck, post some gosh damn pics of this build too!!! i hate reading...

yes i will post pic's lol....so does the length and width that i posted at the begining sound good or should it be a lil bigger or smaller??...and does the desine the i post look ok??

 

[slowngreen]

the links dont work for me.

 

[MGT8.0owner]

the links dont work for me.

really?? if you click the link then click open on the lil box that comes up it should work... i'll try and post them again...how do you post the pic's right in the post like beason did on the first page??

 

[slowngreen]

try to uplaod them with photobucket or something then link the

 

[MGT8.0owner]

try to uplaod them with photobucket or something then link the to here....[/quote]

ok here we go let's see if it works lol
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ya it worked!!!!lol

so what do you think of my design??

 

[beason]

those are not mine, just a quick google SEARCH..

what ever happend to that guy that built the doughnut patrol and the pie wagon? those were about as close to home built nitro crawlers as I've seen.

 

[MGT8.0owner]

those are not mine, just a quick google SEARCH..

what ever happend to that guy that built the doughnut patrol and the pie wagon? those were about as close to home built nitro crawlers as I've seen.

oh ok i thought maby they were your's....no problem then

 

[slowngreen]

its a good start of a design, there will have to be alot more into it but not a bad start.

 

[MGT8.0owner]

its a good start of a design, there will have to be alot more into it but not a bad start.

oh i know there'll have to be alot more but it's a star...should have a prototype chassis done by the end of the weekend

 

[beason]

that looks like timmah's moon buggy chassis. maybe he can give you some specs.

read through this...

https://www.rcnitrotalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28908

he is the king, period.

that is as close to a nitro crawler type truck that i have seen.

 

[chip cross]

ok here we go let's see if it works lol

ya it worked!!!!lol

so what do you think of my design??

Looks like a Hustler knock off

 

[MGT8.0owner]

that looks like timmah's moon buggy chassis. maybe he can give you some specs.

read through this...

https://www.rcnitrotalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28908

he is the king, period.

that is as close to a nitro crawler type truck that i have seen.

that was a helluva lot of reading lol...that is AWSOME!!! but it's not really a crawler..i want to go more of a crawler type thing...that was more of a mt

Looks like a Hustler knock off

what's a hustler.....i just looked at a bunch of pic's on the internet then sorta combined all of them lol

 

[chip cross]

what's a hustler.....i just looked at a bunch of pic's on the internet then sorta combined all of them lol

Hustler

 

[MGT8.0owner]

Hustler

thhat was 1 of the pics i saw

 

[MGT8.0owner]

ok guys i think i figured out a design i want to use for the frame...after literally hour's of sketching this is what i got:

so guys what do you think...is it an ok size or is it to big i REALLY need your guys' opinion cause i'm probobly going tomorrow to get the steel rod to build the proto-type...

 

[MGT8.0owner]

i forgot to add this but just incase people are woundering i can probobly make my own drive shaft's so that's not really a big deal

 

[Lessen]

Even if you couldn't there are places like RC Alloys that make custom driveshafts. Matter of fact, I have one on order from them now.

Now I'm not a big crawler guy so I can't speak much of the chassis design and suspension work, but my only issue with what you have planned so far is your powerplant. IMO, anything aside from a 4-stroke is a mistake. The FS26SCII is actually a very compact engine that offers MUCH more torque and consistant idle. One of the big advantages of the 4-stroke aside from the torque is it's ability to idle without "loading up". So if you need to just stop and think about your next move you don't have to worry about the engine loading up with fuel (as nitro 2-strokes do) when you get back to the gas. A nitro will want to bog if it is allowed to idle for any extended amount of time, this will make your re-entry to the throttle very inconsistant and the power will be unpredictable. It's not an extremely expensive engine either.. $200 at Tower.

 

[MGT8.0owner]

Even if you couldn't there are places like RC Alloys that make custom driveshafts. Matter of fact, I have one on order from them now.

Now I'm not a big crawler guy so I can't speak much of the chassis design and suspension work, but my only issue with what you have planned so far is your powerplant. IMO, anything aside from a 4-stroke is a mistake. The FS26SCII is actually a very compact engine that offers MUCH more torque and consistant idle. One of the big advantages of the 4-stroke aside from the torque is it's ability to idle without "loading up". So if you need to just stop and think about your next move you don't have to worry about the engine loading up with fuel (as nitro 2-strokes do) when you get back to the gas. A nitro will want to bog if it is allowed to idle for any extended amount of time, this will make your re-entry to the throttle very inconsistant and the power will be unpredictable. It's not an extremely expensive engine either.. $200 at Tower.

can you give me a link?(for the engine and for the place that does driveshafts).....for building purposes cause this is just a proto-type thing i'll just be using a spare os.15 that i have..this engine has never even been broken in, i bought it cause i thought the one in my buggy was toste but i got it running again so i have a spare engine sitting here...

 

[ajames942]

Can't wait too see how why turns out! Keep up the good work!!

 

[MGT8.0owner]

Can't wait too see how why turns out! Keep up the good work!!

what?? sorry i'm really tired and not understanding that lol...did you meen: Can't wait to see how it turn's out! Keep up the good work!!?? if so than thank you very much...it took a helluva time to figure out a desine that I liked lol....now i need some more comments on if this frame is a good size or not..