Build Showcase Winter Beater MT

[Suburban_Hooligan]

This thread is for the general discussion of the RC Build Winter Beater MT. Please add to the discussion here.

 

[CertifiedMike]

Lots of RPM should help it stay bendy in the cold. It came out pretty good!

 

[9x19]

Looks good. Nice job on the ESC shelf

 

[Tunedfrog]

That's an awesome rig.

 

[BustedAw11]

Thays awesome! Where did you get the skids? I've never seen those

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Thays awesome! Where did you get the skids? I've never seen those

these are the rears and they're bolt in.
these are the fronts and you have to drill 2 holes in the chassis (middle of the chassis) and use a longer screw and nut to hold it in place.

there is a fifth hole that mounts the middle of the skids to the chassis that i didn't use. i can't remember if it's front or rear, researching it i found that it makes them to ridged and can rip the screw out of the chassis. and the other has a chassis brace/webbing in the way, if you wanted to use it you'd have to cut part of the chassis out.

 

[BustedAw11]

these are the rears and they're bolt in.
these are the fronts and you have to drill 2 holes in the chassis (middle of the chassis) and use a longer screw and nut to hold it in place.

there is a fifth hole that mounts the middle of the skids to the chassis that i didn't use. i can't remember if it's front or rear, researching it i found that it makes them to ridged and can rip the screw out of the chassis. and the other has a chassis brace/webbing in the way, if you wanted to use it you'd have to cut part of the chassis out.

I see, I see. Thanks for the info!
I've wondered in the past how close the slash skids were but kinda forgot all about it. One of my boys has a stampede and ill definitely pick a set up for it. I really like that.

 

[Doom!]

That came out really nice!

Have you ever considered an Emaxx for a winter basher? I heard Amain is blowing them out cheap.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

That came out really nice!

Have you ever considered an Emaxx for a winter basher? I heard Amain is blowing them out cheap.

no. and i looked, Amain doesn't sell them anymore. so I'm safe. no living nightmares for me

 

[Panko75]

I could barely tell what model/make this was underneath until I saw the bumper.

You've both made a nice looking basher and proven that these 2wd (removed) models are huge money pits if you want them to drive well.

 

[BustedAw11]

I could barely tell what model/make this was underneath until I saw the bumper.

You've both made a nice looking basher and proven that these 2wd (removed) models are huge money pits if you want them to drive well.

If you think a 2wd traxxas is a money pit upgrade you obviously havnt built many rigs.
You can replace every suspension part and hinge pin with rpm and strc pins and still be under 100 bucks...

You dont even need all that for them to be reliable.... literally just the hubs and your set.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

it did a thing yesterday.
its slightly over geared, jumps ass heavy as all hell (i have sense added some preload to the rear shocks), and doesn't like to keep the front tires on the ground, but it runs. now bring on the winter and rain so i can use it for its intended purpose

 

[CertifiedMike]

Looks like a fun runner!!"

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

it'll be funner after i get the suspension a little more dialed and learn to keep the nose down on flat ground.

and in the video does it look/sound like the driveline is tight to anyone else?

 

[CertifiedMike]

It looks like it stops and starts quickly. Like it has a lot of torque, small pinion.

My speakers are just the phone so I'm not gonna be much help there.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

it's a 4 pole motor. wondering if that's what i was feeling/seeing in the video. it's very drag brake-ish. gearing is 24/87 and the motor was HOT after less than 10 minutes. have a 20 and 21t on order, we'll see what happens with that.

 

[CertifiedMike]

It looks like a lot of fyn in the space your running. It looks like it jumps well. As I said, tons of throttle and brake. Its gonna be a blast once the temps are down!