Build Thread Left over mini crawler build

[floe]

No, it would be for our 6x6 build. 62mm tires would have the rear tires close to running into each other.

Arh. Damn!

 

[floe]

Transmission done. Calling it a night

-59% underdrive gears giving it smooth crawling abilities.

 

[floe]

Its beginning to look like a car.

Tarantula tube chassis assembled. And we got axles, links and a servo mount installed!

 

[floe]

We've got electronics and wheels on! Went for the injora 11kg servo again. It is super fast and has loads of torque. It is not water resistant though but it does not mean anything for me since this is an indoor rig.

All I have to do now is to go paint some body panels, cut a few decals, and maybe try to tidy up those wires a bit.

 

[Chubaka]

No, it would be for our 6x6 build. 62mm tires would have the rear tires close to running into each other.

They'll shave down after so many feet.

 

[floe]

Time for paint...

First of primer on those body panels:

 

[floe]

Laser cut decal for the TRX-4M battery

 

[floe]

Job done. Sort of. Still need to tune it. It is painted in white pearl with pearl gloss varnish x3. There is a lot of flake in the colour but hard to capture on camera.

The front needs more weight (current WD is 54/46) and the shocks feel a little to stiff so I probably should have gone with a lighter oil. Also I'm a bit uncertain to whether the tyres are actually too big and if I need to downsize to 1.0" wheel and 64 mm tyre.

And how about decals? I really wanted to laser cut some nice but simple decals for the buggy but I'm tempted to leave all white. Any ideas?

 

[Doom!]

I think it looks great as is!

 

[WickedFog]

Great looking little buggy! Stickers, no stickers, it would look great either way.