The Crawl Chronicles

[WickedFog]

Nicely done. Love that grille.

 

[Tunedfrog]

I want to build a basher from the ground up but can't decide what yet.

 

[WickedFog]

I want to build a basher from the ground up but can't decide what yet.

The Tekno MT410 is probably the best one I have found so far. I am working on buying the stuff for building one, but will probably be a few months.

 

[STONER RC]

Finished, other than a battery holder, but it will be here tomorrow.

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Oh man nicely done sir nice touch with the chains

 

[Tunedfrog]

I found that chain still in the little plastic bag stuffed in one off my spare parts boxes and thought, why not..?

 

[WickedFog]

I found that chain still in the little plastic bag stuffed in one off my spare parts boxes and thought, why not..?

Gotta love it when you come across cool parts. I just found some tiny geared motors I bought for a project from years gone by. They would make killer 1/16 winches I think.

 

[Tunedfrog]

I gotta believe we have the same box of parts because I found some also..
I bought them a long time ago because I was building a RC crane out of popsicle sticks.

 

[Doom!]

It's amazing how many things I find in my "Stuff" that I didn't remember owning, it's like my birthday all the time!

Crap! I went and got distracted again, I was going to tell @Tunedpipe how sweet his ride is lookin'.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Haha, thanks @Doom!

 

[Pat_ranch]

Experimental dremel cuts on the center lugs of some canyons for the front end of Trash6. And some new Injora beads

And a new amazon special servo (gotta see if the 35's are as good as the 20's and 25's)

Edit: just did a quick test run... huge improvement!

 

[Xraycer]

Edit: just did a quick test run... huge improvement!

Good to know!

 

[Doom!]

@Pat_ranch Wheels look good, how long did it take to cut those tires?

 

[Pat_ranch]

@Pat_ranch Wheels look good, how long did it take to cut those tires?

Pulling the smaller center center lug takes about 10 minutes per tire, and dremel cutting the sipes maybe took 2 minutes each. I used a new snip for the radial cuts

and a razor knife blade for the vertical cuts to separate it from the main center lug.

Great activity for watching tv from the dining room table.
Ends up like this before dremel work

And then I just gently buzz across the lug with a cutoff wheel for this

The real world instant difference was the sudden ability to just drive up the concrete steps at my back door. Trash6 couldn't do it before, but does it easily after.

Lol- it took less time to cut tires than it did to assemble beadlocks

 

[Doom!]

Cool, yeah, beadlocks are by no means quick. Looks good, might consider getting a set of those tires in the future.

 

[Pat_ranch]

Cool, yeah, beadlocks are by no means quick. Looks good, might consider getting a set of those tires in the future.

https://jennysrc.com/products/trx-4...4-traxxas-82056-4?_pos=1&_sid=300241dba&_ss=r

 

[Tunedfrog]

Great looking wheels.

 

[STONER RC]

Pulling the smaller center center lug takes about 10 minutes per tire, and dremel cutting the sipes maybe took 2 minutes each. I used a new snip for the radial cuts
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and a razor knife blade for the vertical cuts to separate it from the main center lug.
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Great activity for watching tv from the dining room table.
Ends up like this before dremel work
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And then I just gently buzz across the lug with a cutoff wheel for this
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The real world instant difference was the sudden ability to just drive up the concrete steps at my back door. Trash6 couldn't do it before, but does it easily after.

Lol- it took less time to cut tires than it did to assemble beadlocks

Looks good sir. They look little like the interco irock super swamper. Nice job man
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[Pat_ranch]

TGH wheels & trencher super softs for the still unassembled gspeed/trx4 project. They sticky!

And the team garage hack wheels are ridiculous easy to put together! Like not even the same plane of existence as the injoras.

 

[Xraycer]

https://jennysrc.com/products/trx-4...4-traxxas-82056-4?_pos=1&_sid=300241dba&_ss=r

@Pat_ranch What's your method of choice for removing pre-glued tires?

These stock Defender tires have outperformed my pricey Hyrax and dual foam setup. Liked them so much, I got a set for the SCX10III.
I want to get them for my Gen8V2, but I need heavy wheels fit that rig. It actually cost twice as much to get the Canyon Trails without the pre-mounted plastic wheels

 

[Xraycer]

Middlesex Fells Reservation 8/16/21

Got up this morning at 6am and it was 58°. Felt like a beautiful fall day. So much so, that I lit up the fire pit and enjoyed a cup of joe. Every meeting just start out this way!
With nothing on the "to do list" today, the plan was to get down to Middlesex Fells Reservation. I waited until 10am just to be sure that the Boston commuting traffic has cleared.
Today, I chose Habanero, with all it's new exterior bling. Last time I was here, I had Reaper, my SCX10iii, and it did awesome, and I honestly didn't expect Habanero to do just as well. Well, as I wrong! Habanero might have outperformed Reaper today. Clearing lines and obstacles I just didn't think it could. Another thing I love about this TRX4 platform is how smooth and quiet the brush motor and gearing is. Its like this thing is running a brushless system.
Today's crawl was nearly perfect. However, couldn't find that crazy near vertical wall I had found last time. I really wanted to see how high up Habanero could go. Next time!