My Competition Rig “Hayward” now water proofed with pictures and new updates

[FELIX]

That is one sweet truck "thumbsup"

Rob

 

[iwantoffroad]

FELIX

thanks for the compliments
i worked hard on the truck and it turned out great
its worth all the compliments that it has got

 

[iwantoffroad]

tq_racing

r u talking about waterproofing the motor?

 

[tmaxxking1]

i want to add rockrings once i get different tires
im thinking the mashers 2000's or moabs on chrome revolver rims with a black rock ring

yeah i hear that on the tires

so many options

i dont own a crawler yet

been thinking about it for a while

i found this forum and im addicted to the crawlers for sure

ive been spending countless hours on here cheacking out rigs and threads

 

[iwantoffroad]

before i built my crawler i would spend countless hours too
just reading other people's buildups and wondering what i should build.

i ended up buying some clod axles and fabbing my own chassis and i bought the electronics for it

then ended up stripping it and using the electronics for my tlt build

then i wasnt sure if i wanted to build my own chassis or buy pre fabbed

and i wasnt sure if i wanted scale or a competitive chassis

so i went with pre fabbed
by bender
and a comp chassis
the sw2

the chassis is great and all the mounting holes give a great range of 4 link placement and shock placement

no regrets

thanks bender for making such a great chassis and upper link mounts

 

[iwantoffroad]

im done doing the waterproofing mods

now i just have to wait for the servo esc and rx to be done drying with the plastidip


i will post pics in a couple hours

 

[iwantoffroad]

prerunner



a little plast dip


a little hot glue


a little more energy



link


http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062280&cp=&origkw=project+enclosure&kw=project+enclosure&parentPage=search

better pic


mock up



esc in the box with holes made for wiring and openings hot glued in place




ready to plasti dip




after plastidip


rx box




http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXSP23&P=7

mock up


naked shot


i drove my truck through some water before all these mods and my body mounts and esc mount rusted so i sanded the rust down a little bit and painted it with some black rustolem paint and it turned out pretty good



a battery mount to avoid the battery hitting the driveshafts or the motor.




with out the little bracket


with the bracket



with the battery


side shot


driveshaft angle




i plasti dipped
my servo
esc box
and rx box
i still waiting for it to cure
its at 12 hours right now
is that enough time to cure or should i wait the full 24 hours?
i'll post pics soon on my electronics
so what do you think?
give me your opinions

 

[shocker]

"i plasti dipped
my servo
esc box
and rx box"

why would you do that? if you hot glued the openings?

 

[iwantoffroad]

double insurance
against water

 

[venom*one]

Very Very Nice... Thanks for the ideas... been reading alot of post... time to buy a TLT and get started... "thumbsup"

 

[rockywoods]

looks great! nice pics to! "thumbsup"

 

[shocker]

ok thanks man and nice rig

 

[axelnut1]

Bearings

I run one of my trucks in the mud/water alot and the bushings will not hold up. Mine were shot buy the time the second battery pack was dead. The bushings around the pinion gear were actually egg shapped and allowed the pinion gear to move around enough to strip it and the ring gear. I have since put in rubber sealed bearings and have not had any problems yet. (about 10 battery packs) I have had the truck totally under water a few times to. This is just my experience with the bushing, just might be better to fix before there is more damage. Here is a pic of what I usually run in.

 

[iwantoffroad]

venom*one
i was just like you before i built my first rig
i would read other peoples buildups and wondered what i should build.
thanks for the compliments

rockywoods
thanks for the compliments
yeah that spot is great deal of funnn.

shocker
your welcome
better to be safe than sorry
ya get what im saying

KENNYKILLER14
i am probably going to my second favorite crawl spot and test it out
there is a creek to go through and the spot would be a perfect candidate to hold a comp at. if i go i will post pics.
then hoping to be able to get off work on sunday and go to the competition with
http://socalrcrc.com/


axelnut1

i have run my rig under water and the bushings are holding up fine.
time will tell thou thanks for the advice

i just always thought that it was better to run bushings if the truck was gunna be run through water cuz the bushings wouldnt rust. so iduno?

 

[iwantoffroad]

how my rig is of now

electronics installed

new lexan antena mount

need to
cut foams
wheel weights
stick on or bb's
time to decide

organized the wiring.


naked


electronics

esc

driveshafts/motor/esc servo wiring

rx mounted up lexan attena


some new foams to mess around with

 

[iwantoffroad]

cut foams

cut my foams and here are the pics

i just followed
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56025

its a great right up

before i cut it


after i cut
my first cut wasnt soo good




wheels are ready to mount
wheel weights and all


2 mounted 2 left to mount


lots of trash


all mounted up

 

[iwantoffroad]

what do you think?
opinions?

 

[codizzl]

thats pretty sweet ya im kinda new at this so ill buy some bearing before i go bogging and one question do the boggers you have work good??

 

[iwantoffroad]

good luck with your build

the swampers are a good tire all around
ok in the rocks
sand dirt and the mud

if u want a tire thats great for rocks and just rocks i recomend the moabs.

 

[iwantoffroad]

for a competition
what does the course require?
i think i have a good place to host one but i havent been to a comp and im not sure how to go about this.

water
rocks
dirt
sand
tennis ball halfes
more than one course?
judges.