Traxxas TRX-4m Water Gear.....

[ZaneC]

I have an idea. It might not be a very good idea, but it's an idea. I wonder if you could attach boat equipment to a TRX-4m. Something like the picture, but it still has wheels.

Basically you just bolt on the equipment, and your a boat with wheels.

 

[WickedFog]

Jeremy Clarkson crossed the English channel in this. You'd just have to find a way to propel the truck.

 

[Greywolf74]

Hmmmmm, that would be cool

 

[ZaneC]

Yeah. Just a thought.

Hmmmmm, that would be cool

I bet ya WickedFog could 3d print some floats.

 

[Chubaka]

It makes a fine submarine as is. Maybe put paddle tires on all 4 corners and cut up a pool noodle and tuck around the chassis and under the body?

 

[ZaneC]

That's kinda what I was thinking. The only problems: rust, short circuit.

 

[WickedFog]

That's kinda what I was thinking. The only problems: rust, short circuit.

Pull your servos and receiver apart and conformal coat the circuit boards. Use dielectric grease on the receiver pins and any connectors.

 

[ZaneC]

I'm using the stock ECM. Is it waterproof without a coating?

Pull your servos and receiver apart and conformal coat the circuit boards. Use dielectric grease on the receiver pins and any connectors.

 

[WickedFog]

I'm using the stock ECM. Is it waterproof without a coating?

Even when RC's are sold as waterproof... they usually arent.

 

[Chubaka]

Even when RC's are sold as waterproof... they usually aeent.

I noticed some say water resistant now when they used to be waterproof.

 

[WickedFog]

I noticed some say water resistant now when they used to be waterproof.

Yeah. The electronics are basically splash proof, but even that isn't always true. I put a waterproof servo in an 18th scale buggy, hit a 1/8" deep puddle, and fried the servo on the third time out.

 

[Chubaka]

Yeah. The electronics are basically splash proof, but even that isn't always true. I put a waterproof servo in an 18th scale buggy, hit a 1/8" deep puddle, and fried the servo on the third time out.

I submerged the old vxl and castle systems. No issues. Whatever they did to water proof them was a huge jynx. the old traxxas am recievers too.

 

[ZaneC]

I submerged the old vxl and castle systems. No issues. Whatever they did to water proof them was a huge jynx. the old traxxas am recievers too.

Yeah, the AMs are impossible to kill. I have one that's 5-10 years older than me, and it's still running strong.