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[x_doug_x]

it's about done still some small things to do..
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nitro evader cv axles
nitro evader idler gear
traxxas bandit premounted street tires/wheels
hpi 5700kv flux brushless system
2s lipo
front wheels are on there way.
ordered clear body and painted, didn't know if this should be under member projects or general, so i put it under member projects...

 

[RC Addict]

Those are some big ol' shocks. May I make a few suggestions? Pull the overspray film off the body--she will look a lot better. Also let up on the shock preload. Your arms should be parallel to the ground. You are going to have some serious steering issues if not.

I do like those back wheels and tires!!!

 

[x_doug_x]

Those are some big ol' shocks. May I make a few suggestions? Pull the overspray film off the body--she will look a lot better. Also let up on the shock preload. Your arms should be parallel to the ground. You are going to have some serious steering issues if not.

I do like those back wheels and tires!!!

i let the shocks all the way down last night, but the problem is it wheelies over backwards bout every time i hit the throttle and without the preload it drags the back chassis on the ground. last but not least, the paint job looks better in person than in the pics... : /

i have the castle link, i may toy with the takeoff on it, but i kinda like the fact it wheelies lol

 

[slowngreen]

any vid?

 

[x_doug_x]

any vid?

sorry, but no i don't. i don't have a video camera, but i do have a digital camera that takes video, i'll see if i can get something when i replace the differential, every time i run anything i have that's brushless, something breaks. i got a evader bx, and st both are brushless and a duratrax vandetta, it's brushless too.

 

[RC Addict]

i let the shocks all the way down last night, but the problem is it wheelies over backwards bout every time i hit the throttle and without the preload it drags the back chassis on the ground. last but not least, the paint job looks better in person than in the pics... : /

i have the castle link, i may toy with the takeoff on it, but i kinda like the fact it wheelies lol

Don't take my comment the wrong way--the paint is nice, it just looks either dusty or like the film is still on it.

Preload away on the rear--I was suggesting working on the front. You are going to find your arms are dropping out easily and steering will suffer with the arm angle the way it is now. JMO.

I still really like those rear wheels and meats! Would look great on my MT2. What are they, and where did you get 'em?

 

[x_doug_x]

i wasn't taking what u were saying the wrong way, the paint job isn't perfect but it without the flash glare etc.. it looks a lot better in person.
i ordered the front wheels too, everything i ordered i ordered from lhs but here is where i found them..

heres thelink to the wheels, front and back
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXRLP1&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXRLP2&P=7


so are you saying i should tighten the front shock springs, or loosen them?

and as far as the body film, i can't see any bubbles in the film and tryed pealing in the corners of the plastic and can't peal anything off, but i never pealed it off when i took it out, but i don't think.

just to let you know, the evader bx comes with large axle nuts on the back that wouldn't fit completely in the wheel, so i had to use copper spacers "old bushing i removed when i installed bearings in another vehicle"

 

[RC Addict]

I would loosen up the front shocks (lessen the preload) and move the lower mounts all the way out (it looks like you have one more hole towards the wheels). That will give your buggy full droop on the front arms and make steering easier. Note that you will probably have to adjust the camber to make your wheels not point in at the top.

 

[x_doug_x]

i got the front wheels in today, for anyone who wants to do this, the front wheels don't have spot for bearings they only have a spot for a pin, the bearins are in the carrier on the front of the bandit, i got some bearings from the hobby store with the flange and drilled holes all the way through the wheels for the bearings to fit, if anyone else ever thinks of doing this i highly recomend putting them in a drill press, one of them came out about perfect the other has a little wobble to it.

 

[RC Addict]

A little silicone sealant around the pin and inside the hole will probably help with the wobble a little. Or some electrical tape around the pin...

 

[x_doug_x]

the wheels are designed for pins and bearings in the carrier.
in the evader the front axles do not rotate, they were designed for bearings in the wheels, so i drilled the holes in the wheels out and put bearings with flangis in them. well my drills were not perfect so they wobble, theres not a pin in the front to put silicone around?

 

[RC Addict]

Oh, I thought there was a pin through the hex and you drilled holes to slide the pin through. Never mind!

 

[x_doug_x]

heres pics with front

 

[RC Addict]

That really completes the look! What ya got in the reptile habitat?

 

[x_doug_x]

i was wondering if anyone was gonna ask

 

[RC Addict]

Ball Python, no?

 

[x_doug_x]

burmese about 4.5 to 5 foot long

 

[RC Addict]

I was sooo close! At least I knew it was a Python! VERY nice. Used to have two Corn Snakes. Miss 'em!

 

[x_doug_x]

i used to catch all kinds of snakes, even one's i wasn't spose to have "blue indigos" but he is domesticated and i realised as i got older if they are in the wild they need to stay, but if i ever find another baby gopher turtle i'll keep it if it's a baby.

i've also caught a lot of alligators, but i got arrested without being in cuffs for having a pet alligator in a tank in my room "dunno how i got caught" someone ratted me out. but since then i haven't really messed with anything i wasn't supposed to have.

this picture was taken many many years ago after a long day of riding 4 wheelers, we used to ride 4 wheelers through a colbert that went under the road and had water in the bottom and this guy was in there i let him go and no he's not the one i got cought with.

 

[RC Addict]

Yeah, I can see the 'gater getting you in some hot water!

Guy I used to buy from imported a Cayman for a customer. BIG money...