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First Build: Bully Havoc
- Thread starter xkill
- Start date
My bully will undergo some changes for 2013.
Some weight reduction and, I hope, a new chassis.
First thing to do is to put it on a scale as it is now, RTR
After that the parts that are getting some "love" at this moment.:mrgreen:
These are cast.
First was to make some new "air space" on the motor side of the case.
After that was to make a BIG "air space" on the other side.
It's only the first cut that hurts... :mrgreen::mrgreen:
Puff, all gone.
The result on the case. By my calculations I lost about 38% of weight on the case that I cut that bit off. Maybe I'll do the same mod to my LW back case, 38% is a lot!
With the case closed we can see that the gears are still very well protected against impacts.
After that I started brainstorming a battery mount made out of 1.5mm lexan.
So far 6g but it will be less than that because it's way to big. "thumbsup"
I liked the case mod since I saw it over here on RCCrawler but I didn't like the idea of having the gears exposed so that little rocks or sand could get in so easy. Time to make a cover!
All done (the white stuff is from the superglue)
All the protection needed and a nice weight :mrgreen:
So far that's what I have but I should have some more developments on the next few months, due to my work it will be a slow build...
Some weight reduction and, I hope, a new chassis.
First thing to do is to put it on a scale as it is now, RTR
After that the parts that are getting some "love" at this moment.:mrgreen:
These are cast.
First was to make some new "air space" on the motor side of the case.
After that was to make a BIG "air space" on the other side.
It's only the first cut that hurts... :mrgreen::mrgreen:
Puff, all gone.
The result on the case. By my calculations I lost about 38% of weight on the case that I cut that bit off. Maybe I'll do the same mod to my LW back case, 38% is a lot!
With the case closed we can see that the gears are still very well protected against impacts.
After that I started brainstorming a battery mount made out of 1.5mm lexan.
So far 6g but it will be less than that because it's way to big. "thumbsup"
I liked the case mod since I saw it over here on RCCrawler but I didn't like the idea of having the gears exposed so that little rocks or sand could get in so easy. Time to make a cover!
All done (the white stuff is from the superglue)
All the protection needed and a nice weight :mrgreen:
So far that's what I have but I should have some more developments on the next few months, due to my work it will be a slow build...
