bigstu
RCC Addict
So, this adventure starts with my crawler parts pusher, A.K.A. Mustangboy_347, selling me a set of AL Fighters about a year and a half ago. He ran them for a while and decided to go back to a more traditional style berg axle'd crawer. I kept running my XR-10 until I put together the Viper II - Almost a Berg rig.. Have been running that as the comp truck for all of the 2012-2013 season. You can read more about that rig and the build up here: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/enroute-berg/403478-bigstus-viper-ii-almost-berg.html
The truck has performed well, but has some issues that I am hoping to fix, more on that later..
One of the major concerns I had was spare parts for the AL Fighters. With SDS being a busy guy and not selling the AL Fighters any longer, I was on the lookout for a second set, or some spares.
Luck led me to a complete set of axles that were brand new and unused, thank you Chaotic Crawlers. Spares, check..
Evantually I came across a deal on an Evil Crawler Designs MOA chassis and a set of XR-10 axles. One thing led to another and the XR-10s went to a new owner.
A couple other puchases from a fellow crawler here in MI meant spare electronics, servo, and motors sitting on the shelf next to the axles and chassis.
SO, the sight of all these parts sitting in storage was just too much to take, so let the assembly begin.
Parts List
Evil Crawler Designs Chassis and lower links. Might switch to some Ti links in the near future.
SDS Customs AL Fighter Axles
Holmes Hobbies - Cobalt Pullers (Old School) 11t
Berg Gears - From RC4WD or RCBros, have to procure these.
Bearings from Fast Eddie
Tekin FXRs and CC BEC Smashed by Creation Fab (Chris the battery man)
Traxxas Big Bores with cap mod, hoping to shave them down.
Steering chores go to a Futaba BLS157HV
Going to run on 450mah 3s packs from Cheap Battery Packs. If the motors don't melt down, there are 4s packs from CBP in the box.
Tires are OTTSIX Voodoo gold dots.
Foams are Crawler Innovations with some tuning rings to stiffen the sidewalls.
Wheels are DE Racing modified by Rob_b for VP SLW Hubs.
Wheels are flipped inside out so I can use the small VP hubs and keep the weight down.
My back ups will be .700 wide lightened VP SLWs with my favorite Rover and Sedona combo, and a set of Evil Crawler Designs 3-piece G-10 wheels, with some silver OTTSIX Voodoos..
Body mounts are a modified XR-10 kit by Gunnar, love how simple these kits are and they work GREAT.
So enough gabbing, on to the pics. This is mock up only, final assembly will be coming soon..
And since this is a build and a re-build....
The Viper II is going to be torn down and rebuilt.
The biggest change will be the chassis.
I picked up one of the new Pitbull Chassis from Classis Cut Customs.
But in true rebel fashion, the cab from the Pitbull is going to stay on the bench, I fell in love with bodied crawlers again and don't see myself going back any time soon.
The current FXRs are going in to the above rig and are being replaced by a pair of Holmes hobbies BR-Minis. Going to do a self smash with a custom cut delrin bracket and possibly a mini cooling fan, to handle the big power.
Speaking of big power, motovation will be provided by a new pair of Pullers, also from Holmes Hobbies.
The axles will be torn down, new bearings, and some custom parts to move more weight transfer to the front axle.
A custom battery mount will be made off the back of the steering servo.
Most likely going to stick with another hardline body, or maybe something non typical. I like Camaros.. Hmmmmmmm..
Anyway, keep your eyes open here for more coming soon. More pics and the final assembly of both rigs..
Thank you to all the RCC Vendors and to OTTSIX for the contest..."thumbsup"
The truck has performed well, but has some issues that I am hoping to fix, more on that later..
One of the major concerns I had was spare parts for the AL Fighters. With SDS being a busy guy and not selling the AL Fighters any longer, I was on the lookout for a second set, or some spares.
Luck led me to a complete set of axles that were brand new and unused, thank you Chaotic Crawlers. Spares, check..
Evantually I came across a deal on an Evil Crawler Designs MOA chassis and a set of XR-10 axles. One thing led to another and the XR-10s went to a new owner.
A couple other puchases from a fellow crawler here in MI meant spare electronics, servo, and motors sitting on the shelf next to the axles and chassis.
SO, the sight of all these parts sitting in storage was just too much to take, so let the assembly begin.
Parts List
Evil Crawler Designs Chassis and lower links. Might switch to some Ti links in the near future.
SDS Customs AL Fighter Axles
Holmes Hobbies - Cobalt Pullers (Old School) 11t
Berg Gears - From RC4WD or RCBros, have to procure these.
Bearings from Fast Eddie
Tekin FXRs and CC BEC Smashed by Creation Fab (Chris the battery man)
Traxxas Big Bores with cap mod, hoping to shave them down.
Steering chores go to a Futaba BLS157HV
Going to run on 450mah 3s packs from Cheap Battery Packs. If the motors don't melt down, there are 4s packs from CBP in the box.
Tires are OTTSIX Voodoo gold dots.
Foams are Crawler Innovations with some tuning rings to stiffen the sidewalls.
Wheels are DE Racing modified by Rob_b for VP SLW Hubs.
Wheels are flipped inside out so I can use the small VP hubs and keep the weight down.
My back ups will be .700 wide lightened VP SLWs with my favorite Rover and Sedona combo, and a set of Evil Crawler Designs 3-piece G-10 wheels, with some silver OTTSIX Voodoos..
Body mounts are a modified XR-10 kit by Gunnar, love how simple these kits are and they work GREAT.
So enough gabbing, on to the pics. This is mock up only, final assembly will be coming soon..
And since this is a build and a re-build....
The Viper II is going to be torn down and rebuilt.
The biggest change will be the chassis.
I picked up one of the new Pitbull Chassis from Classis Cut Customs.
But in true rebel fashion, the cab from the Pitbull is going to stay on the bench, I fell in love with bodied crawlers again and don't see myself going back any time soon.
The current FXRs are going in to the above rig and are being replaced by a pair of Holmes hobbies BR-Minis. Going to do a self smash with a custom cut delrin bracket and possibly a mini cooling fan, to handle the big power.
Speaking of big power, motovation will be provided by a new pair of Pullers, also from Holmes Hobbies.
The axles will be torn down, new bearings, and some custom parts to move more weight transfer to the front axle.
A custom battery mount will be made off the back of the steering servo.
Most likely going to stick with another hardline body, or maybe something non typical. I like Camaros.. Hmmmmmmm..
Anyway, keep your eyes open here for more coming soon. More pics and the final assembly of both rigs..
Thank you to all the RCC Vendors and to OTTSIX for the contest..."thumbsup"
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