Who was wrenching today??? What did you do??

[Tunedfrog]

My foam gliders were delivered today so I got the ailerons on the wings finished with servo mounted,
the elevator with servo is mounted and I got the motor mounted. I need to clean it up some but I'll post a pic
when it's finished. Should be fun to fly.

 

[blaster27]

Can't wait to see it.

 

[islandlife]

Trying out some trx4 shocks and my other body panels on my capra.
And did a wheel alignment on my senton

 

[Doom!]

Trying out some trx4 shocks and my other body panels on my capra.
And did a wheel alignment on my senton

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Those panels say summertime fun all over them!

 

[Tunedfrog]

Trying out some trx4 shocks and my other body panels on my capra.
And did a wheel alignment on my senton

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Awesome color.

 

[islandlife]

Awesome color.

Ill get some shots out in the sun today, its bright!

 

[blaster27]

Awesome color.

You look different. Did you get a haircut or something? Ha
Oh I know, you lost weight.
Pressure washed 1/2 the house. It's a good start.

 

[Tunedfrog]

I feel pretty.

 

[blaster27]

Spent some time on this project.

 

[Chubaka]

Spent some time on this project.View attachment 169194

Florida had fhp mustangs that year. Thinking of doing one up now.

 

[blaster27]

Florida had fhp mustangs that year. Thinking of doing one up now.

What kind of build?

 

[Tunedfrog]

Finished the glider. Honestly I believe it may be far too heavy and as it sits now, it's extremely nose heavy. I'm hoping there is enough wing real-estate to keep it up. We will see after I balance it.
The prop might be way too much for it but I guess as long as it gets it up in the air it should be ok. It looks like the nose cone was designed for it.

 

[blaster27]

I really hope it flys well. Looks good.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Thank bud. CG wasn't as bad as I thought. A 1/2" ball bearing towards the tail took care of that.
Adding aileron's instead of cutting the original out was a much better idea. I didn't want to lose too much wing space for my lift.
The elevator however I cut it out. I didn't put a rudder in because I've always used aileron's for turning.

 

[ahr43]

Quickie today to beat the heat in the workshop.

Swapped out the M3x12mm AHCS for a full set of 24 M3x10mm AHCS. I took a depth measurement back when I put the 12's in and haven't felt comfortable that one or more them might have bottomed out. The P-L aluminum hex inserts for the Raid wheels are not through-drilled and are blind holes.

Feel more confident now that the screws are bearing fully against the wheel holding it tightly in place. This for the Senton 2WD project. 'AC'

 

[blaster27]

I have been doing chores around the house. Painted the trim around the garage, and pressure washed the house. Kinda stinks. But It's gotta get done. This summer if it did not rain, then it was too hot. But I seem to be winning. No RCs for now. Then I can run em. Bought a GPS. Want to see how fast I can get it.

 

[BarnFabRC]

Hangin in my nice cool basement and new boot goofin on this super hot Wednesday.

 

[DavidB1126]

Hangin in my nice cool basement and new boot goofin on this super hot Wednesday. View attachment 169353

Gluing up some new shoes.
What the new shoes going on?

 

[BarnFabRC]

Gluing up some new shoes.
What the new shoes going on?

This set is for the Slash Ultimate. The Sprinters are great for early in the day or right after the track gets watered but once it dries out and gets dusty the pins are too close to let the dust out and get down to the hard pack underneath. I did a similar set of rears and ribs for the front of the RB10 as well.

 

[olds97_lss]

xmaxx work... I have driven it 3 times and I think I've spent half what I paid for it already in parts... lol! I got it used for $750 with a couple 4S packs, 3S packs and 2 chargers. While working on it tonight, thinking I was done, I noticed the front shock tower is cracked down where the upper hinge pin goes through. DANGIT!

So far:
RPM hinge pins for the upper/lower outer and upper inner. Used spacers to take up the slop on the inner ones (didn't know they weren't all the same). Dremeled down the heads on the upper outer ones for the front so they don't have clearance issues with the steering.

Max6, I had a spare one on hand and didn't care for how the vxl-8s felt. It liked to hesitate on me.

Killed the stock motor the second time out, tried 21/50 gearing and it got hot. Not sure if it was due to the gearing or the motor fan missing half their blades or just how I drive where I drive. Replaced it with a spektrum 5687/1100kv. Bent the stock cooler to fit it and put 2 new 35mm alloy framed rocket fans in it. Started with 25/50 gearing and the punch set to 3-of-6. Did a lot better, but the motor was still warmer than I'd like. Got a new cooler which has open area under the fans, so the air will hit the motor directly more now, also 40mm fans. Also put a 26T pinion on, so it might not be running at WOT so much and run a bit cooler.

M2C mount to fit the larger motor.

A couple Arrma 8mm Safe-D pinions for the new motor.

3D Printed gear cover, not sure if it's necessary... but since there's an open hole under the spur that goes down to the center diff... figured I'd try and put something on it to block grass/rocks getting easy access.

Added a small cap pack to take some load off the onboard caps.

Replaced the lower front arms, busted one and the other was pretty banged up. Got the red HD ones.

Replaced broken upper chassis brace.

Installed metal gears into the stock servo.

HD Servo saver spring/turnbuckle.

Replaced broken front/lower bumper mount.

Removed the SS alloy center skids that were on it. They were heavy and where I drive, not really necessary.

Roof skid, the traxxas body washer bits as it didn't have either of them.

Even with all that, I'm really enjoying launching this thing! Just wish it didn't sound like your slamming a dumpster lid every time it lands... lol!