Fallen's Optic Kit

[Fallen]

I bought this kit for my son Samuel for Christmas. He's currently 6 years old. Out of all of my kids (I have 5) he's the only one who enjoys RC crawling, scale details and careful, realistic driving. So he got an H10 kit for Christmas. Everyone else got coal.



And he got the red, Eibach livery. Which I'm pretty thankful for. And he is excited about it. My Miller Motorsports truck will have a 1.9 wheeled partner now.

Here he is working on Bag A (the front axle). This will probably take us weeks to build, as he isn't skilled enough to move quickly through a build like this. But hopefully he will be in 10 years...

 

[Speedy-Triple]

That's awesome congrats to your Crawling Bud .... an Optic is a great Xmas present and the lessons and memories learned through building it with you will be unforgettable for him... Congrats on being a good father to your kids man.

 

[Fallen]

Thanks for the encouragement. I was lucky enough to have both, a bad example and a great example.

My dad was an alcoholic womanizer who left me when I was 5, and it fucked me. I spent decades being a broke dope user who believed the world was against me.

So I've learned what not to be.

Now I've seen God the father through Jesus, and have some sense of what a father should be.

I am super lucky.

 

[Speedy-Triple]

Thanks for the encouragement. I was lucky enough to have both, a bad example and a great example.

My dad was an alcoholic womanizer who left me when I was 5, and it fucked me. I spent decades being a broke dope user who believed the world was against me.

So I've learned what not to be.

Now I've seen God the father through Jesus, and have some sense of what a father should be.

I am super lucky.

If the path was easy and without the obstacles, struggles, lessons HE has put in our way his company will not be worthy. He is with you and with your family.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Awesome that you got this kit for your son. He will remember this gift and the father/son build forever.

Awesome that your son is into RC.

And awesome that he got the red Eibach!

Now teach me how to get my (hopefully someday) stepson into things with wheels like RC!!!

 

[B-MOW71]

So cool! Great Christmas gift!

Looking forward to seeing how your son does building the kit. It’ll be a great learning experience that he’ll remember and take with him for years to come.

 

[Fallen]

Awesome that you got this kit for your son. He will remember this gift and the father/son build forever.

Awesome that your son is into RC.

And awesome that he got the red Eibach!

Now teach me how to get my (hopefully someday) stepson into things with wheels like RC!!!

Unfortunately, I haven't figured that out. Out of my 5 kids, only one really likes RC cars. The rest don't.

One of my kids likes to surf with me. The rest don't.

Three of my kids like to ride motorcycles with me. The rest don't.

I've tried to get all of them into everything. I can't explain what made the ones choose what they did. I definitely tried too hard at times, and that didn't work.

People love what they love. You can't force it to happen and you also can't stop it once it does happen.

 

[Fallen]

Not much too look at here, as this is an extremely basic Optic Kit build.

But this may be helpful to someone:

As @Col_Sanders mentioned in the "Optic Kit Coming" thread, the front, passenger's side link mount needs to be shaved for a Hobbywing Quicrun Fusion SE 1800KV motor / ESC combo to fit on the skid plate.



The inboard side needs a very slight shave. 5 minutes with a bastard file was more than enough.



And, fortunately I had a stock of old programming boxes sitting around on my shelf. This old Dynamite programming card works with the Hobbywing Quicrun Fusion SE. The Fusion system comes with the new sticker so you can see the programming map.



Almost there. Shocks, links & chassis left to go.

 

[Fallen]

Another HW Fusion SE tip:

Mount the motor with the wires protruding on the passenger's side of the skid. There isn't enough space on the driver's side for the wires to clear the front driveshaft.





And take that Vanquish Origin! A metallic looking cage without paying $4K.





I know it's not as cool, but this is as close as I'll ever get to a full-metal tube chassis. And the Krylon Fusion Metallic colors are even more durable than the non metallic colors they offer.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Another HW Fusion SE tip:

Mount the motor with the wires protruding on the passenger's side of the skid. There isn't enough space on the driver's side for the wires to clear the front driveshaft.

That's the only way to mount it IMO.

Nice work finding that paint. Can't wait to see it built.

 

[Fallen]

Unfortunately I mounted mine with the wires protruding from the driver's side, then had to rotate it once I installed the front driveshaft.

And I should be able to post finished photos in a week or so. All we have left on this Optic is installing the axles, shocks and building the freshly painted cage.