First Build: Bully Havoc

[xkill]

Bully Havoc

After I got into the RC world, with a RedCat early this year, I thought it was time for me to try and do my first build.

I bought myself a, 2º hand, set of cast bully's.
After disasembling them I noticed that some parts needed to be replaced.

After some research there were 2 reasons why I went for the bully's.
-They seam to be bomb prof
-They will need a lot of work to work well

For the chassis, I went with a JP Customs Havoc.
I was told that it is a bit dificuld to set-up but I wanted something diferent.
"Everybody" has a beetlejuice or a T1e....

The electronics are:
ESC: Tekin FXR Pro
DIG: PunkRC Dig
BEC: CC Bec
Radio: Spektrum DX3R
Servo: Hitec 7950
Motores: Ansmann 50T
Baterias: 3S

The only new parts on the electronis will be the motors and the servo.
Everything else is second hand, and only tested on the bench without the motors...
I hope everything works :roll: But at least all the leds light up! (I like prety lights )

The stard of the build...

And this is how it stands at the moment:

Since this is my first build I went with delrin links. Like this I'm sure they are the same lenght
The upper rear links would be better on the outside of the chassi but I get interference with the lower links...
I will run it as it is and, probably, change the links in the future 8)

More to come "thumbsup"

 

[run2jeepn]

Nice start and good pictures.

 

[adr14n]

How you gonna build it? rear torsion or four shocks? And yes it´s a bit time consuming to set it up,but once it´s done your´e happy,this chassis is awesome. I´ll follow your thread "thumbsup"

 

[Krakker]

Nice job!

Way to go on the grinding."thumbsup"

 

[johnnie walker]

"Everybody" has a T1e....

Thats because they're the best

 

[Charlie-III]

"Everybody" has a beetlejuice or a T1e....

Glad I'm not "everybody", I'm running a Fubar Skeeter!"thumbsup""thumbsup"

Nice looking build thus far. Hope you enjoy it.8)

 

[xkill]

I'm happy to anounce that I finished the rig!
I mean... It works but these kind of things are never finished...

I will be using the torsion on the front. I didn't cut the lower part of the chassis so I can change it to the rear if I want to try it out (but I don't think I will....)

First off I didn't like the lower front links, so I made new ones.

After that I started the puzzle with the electronics...:roll:

To make it look better I will have to redo some wires but since I don't have much experience with that I will leave it as it is for now.

The first tests:

And, once agains, the redcat got mugged...

Yestaday it stoped raining so I managed to instal the Hitec 7950 and take it for a shake down.

I ran it without the body to see How everything was going

Over all I'm very happy with it!
There's some stuff I'll nead to upgrade, like the wheels, and I have to clock the front tubes. I'm also learning how to use the dig properlly since I dind't have a dig on the redcat...

Speaking of which...

You're next!!!! :evil:

(My wife wants a pink crawler... :roll:)

 

[hbj069]

Nice build"thumbsup""thumbsup" you may want to consider moving you body mounting posts to the top. They get stuck a lot when they are on the sides"thumbsup"

 

[rs10man]

looks good man, i also had a rs10 as my first crawler,lasted for ages with only minor breakages,was alot of fun with the rear steer.

 

[Toy Master]

For the chassis, I went with a JP Customs Havoc.
I was told that it is a bit dificuld to set-up but I wanted something diferent.
"Everybody" has a beetlejuice or a T1e....

But in Portugal more people run the Havoc Bully ;-)

 

[soutthpaw]

Agree on the Redcat stuff. good way to get addicted to the hobby. done minor mods on mine. Short wheelbase is going to be my next mod. 1/10 ish length on a 1/8 scale machine should be interesting.

 

[xkill]

Nice build"thumbsup""thumbsup" you may want to consider moving you body mounting posts to the top. They get stuck a lot when they are on the sides"thumbsup"

Very true....
But I just wanted to take it for a test drive so bad that i went with the easy option. :roll:
Another thing to look at in the future (or maybe go body-less...)

But in Portugal more people run the Havoc Bully ;-)

I know, and a very good one is on this board :mrgreen:
That's why I added the " " ;-)

But nowadays this chassis is not the most common of choice. But i'm very happy with it, even if it scares me everytime I see it twist! :mrgreen:

I only manage to take outside yesterday but I have no pictures...
It has been raining over here :x

 

[cagedcbr]

I've never really paid close attention to how much the torsion part of that chassis moves, that's crazy it would scare the hell out of me. Nice build so "thumbsup"

 

[xkill]

Santa was generous for the bully.
He brought a used Lightweight axle for the rear, a set of 4 used (and abused...) lowboyz, and a tekin hotlink to setup the ESC.

The rear tubes are being machined

Poser shot

Recently I turned the front tubes to change the caster:

I will have to check with a proper angle finder (that I dind't have at the time), to give you an exact number but I turned about 20-23º...

Servo mount:

I still have to do a new stearing. This was just temporary so i could test it out.

 

[xkill]

Some pics on the rocks:

I really have to finish my wife's redcat! :mrgreen:

And one of the few videos that i have...

 

[SINister]

Nice looking rig.

 

[_micro_]

How much weight did you get from the front tubes?

 

[xkill]

Hi micro

I really don't know how much I weight I lost on the front...
Losing on the front was not a major priority, it was more of a clearence issue

 

[xkill]

Time for an update!

This:

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It may not take a lot of weight but sure is fun! :mrgreen:

Final weight

69, a very good number if you ask me!

Waiting for the tubes...

Back together:

The steering is now like this:

I'm happy with the way the steering is working now.
Maybe I will try to improve a bit more but it is good "thumbsup"

One of the last pictures with the body:

Now I'm working on the body-less:

It may not be the best looking rig there is but if it has the minimal size for competition is good for me :mrgreen:

Here's a video from this weekend

 

[Die-Laughing]

Like you said "it may not be the best lookin" but, it sure does look like it means business. Very cool"thumbsup"