Raketemensch
Newbie
...but I think I might've gone a little overboard:
https://i.imgur.com/3iHVbkP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MyOtAQn.jpg
(Lord, it's 2021 and the forums are still posting the image at original size, and none of the bbcode i can find resizes them here)
After being frustrated with the steering radius on the gen7, having 4-wheel steering is amazing. I picked up a second front axle and swapped it for the rear, then tried to get it working with a Bastens kit and my DX3E, but just couldn't get it working. I found a DX5C on Facebook Marketplace for $80, and since I have Spektrum receivers in all my other surface gear it seemed like a good purchase. It finally arrived today, and within 10 minutes I had a switch assigned to do front/rear/4-wheel/crab steering.
I took it out to a few spots where the Everest struggled and it just powered right through everything, and climbed some things I didn't think would be possible. I still want to find some tires with a larger OD, and I need to shorten the inner links to tip the axles back to fix the entry angle, but damn I love this thing already.
I'm wondering if the default Everest links are threaded all the way through? If so, I could just cut them down ~5mm and get the axles and servos tipped back enough.
https://i.imgur.com/3iHVbkP.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MyOtAQn.jpg
(Lord, it's 2021 and the forums are still posting the image at original size, and none of the bbcode i can find resizes them here)
After being frustrated with the steering radius on the gen7, having 4-wheel steering is amazing. I picked up a second front axle and swapped it for the rear, then tried to get it working with a Bastens kit and my DX3E, but just couldn't get it working. I found a DX5C on Facebook Marketplace for $80, and since I have Spektrum receivers in all my other surface gear it seemed like a good purchase. It finally arrived today, and within 10 minutes I had a switch assigned to do front/rear/4-wheel/crab steering.
I took it out to a few spots where the Everest struggled and it just powered right through everything, and climbed some things I didn't think would be possible. I still want to find some tires with a larger OD, and I need to shorten the inner links to tip the axles back to fix the entry angle, but damn I love this thing already.
I'm wondering if the default Everest links are threaded all the way through? If so, I could just cut them down ~5mm and get the axles and servos tipped back enough.
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