G’day everyone! Little bit of history before we begin the build, or more to the point re-build.
First up, I’m very new to the comp crawler scene. Been playing around and building crawlers for 5 years now (several scx’s, a couple wraiths, a couple steel tubed rock bouncers, 8x8’s 6x6’s, tundra……..the list goes on and on! Lol), but only recently pulled the trigger on an MOA build. So as a disclaimer, forgive my newbness to this form! Lol
I only got into RC due to my son. He is now 5, but at 14months old was diagnosed with severe Autism, Sensory processing Disorder and has an incredibly rare Chromosome duplication. It just so happened that RC trucks became his ‘special interest’ and acted like a key into his mind, his world. And so we turned RC into a therapy aid and teaching tool for him. And we have bee able to do some amazing things through this tool. So the more I can learn about these things the better. And with that knowledge I’m able to teach him as well.
After going through various types and styles of RC we’ve found that the technical challenges of MOA rig driving, combined with the area we visit most to drive our rigs has been the most beneficial to him. We live right next to a river with kilometres of river rock formations to crawl.
So with that in mind, we started building up some rigs. And this is where I now need some assistance. There aren’t any clubs or comps here where I live for these rigs. So there is little to no information or other people to run with and bounce ideas off. The only club here in the state I live (Tasmania, Australia) the one and only crawler club run 1.9 scale class 1-3. That’s it. No 2.2’s, Sporty’s or MOA. So while we don’t comp them we still want to be pretty serious about it.
Being that I like to build things for myself, about the only parts I bought for this rig were the axles, steering links, knuckle weights and tires. Most of the rest of the parts I already had floating around, or I made myself.
While I’m reasonably happy with the way it turned out (to my limited knowledge it works ok) I’d like to get it more ‘comp worthy’ like the ones I keep finding myself watching on Youtube. So putting out the call for the comp drivers to throw me some input on how to improve this rig.
Here's a vid of it early on with my first set up on this chassis. Just so you guys can see how it performs and any tips or advice you can suggest for improvement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlsiJPerAD0
And pics on how it stands now.
Curently this is the parts list and how it sits.
Front axle – bully 2
Rear - bully 2
Bully 2 knuckle weights
RC4WD mini wheel wideners (I like a wider track width)
VP slw’s raw with red rings, .475 hubs
Voodoo Gold dots front and rear.
Crawler Innovations double deuce foams soft front medium rear.
Chassis I made myself from 2mm Carbon fibre. 3 piece design.
Links are VP titaniums from an old wraith. Rear lowers are delrin.
Pretty much all ends are Jatto.
Battery tray I made myself using a wraith trans dig servo mount and a scrap of carbon fibre.
Traxxas big bores with gold springs
Savox 1256TG servo for steering. (I gave the little fella my 7950 for his rig)
Novak rockstar 35turn in motor saver front and rear
The smash I made from to SV3’s I had no other use for. It’s big and heavy compared to a mini smash, but at the time I did it to save cash. It works, but it could be better.
Castle BEC and spectrum SR410 reciever.
Spektrum DX4Rpro radio.
So that’s about it there. Already on my list of things to change are the wheels – have some lighter weighted ones on the way. G10 3 piece beadlock. I’m not so fond of glue. Lol
The motors again work for now, but would like input on something better. The little fella has a couple Holmes Hobbies torquemaster experts 35turns in his. Best motor I’ve ever had the pleasure of using so far. They were in mine originally but I needed to get his going when he fried his 55tirn Intergy’s. I was considering getting another couple of them for me, but I see here that people are either going for the puller motors or brood. What are people thoughts on this. I’d like to specifically know the reasoning behind people preference and choices on motors.
The chassis is another point. I already had a few sheets of CF leftover from some other projects, so had a crack at making my own. Again it’s like the motors, it works to a point. But could be better. I had a BWD Mantis when I first started out on this journey, and had my B2’s on that. First time I drove it, it was awful. That ended up being user error on my part and a poor initial set up. Second run was a lot better. But after a couple more packs I wanted to tune the rear a little more to suit my driving and there isn’t really I lot I could do with the back of it.
Electronics aren’t my strong point, but I’m learning as best I can. I can see the advantages of the mini’s over the full sized ESC. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? Sidewinder micros or Br-mini’s ect. What and why?
So excuse the epicness of a first post in a build thread, just wanted to make sure i covered as much as i could.
First up, I’m very new to the comp crawler scene. Been playing around and building crawlers for 5 years now (several scx’s, a couple wraiths, a couple steel tubed rock bouncers, 8x8’s 6x6’s, tundra……..the list goes on and on! Lol), but only recently pulled the trigger on an MOA build. So as a disclaimer, forgive my newbness to this form! Lol
I only got into RC due to my son. He is now 5, but at 14months old was diagnosed with severe Autism, Sensory processing Disorder and has an incredibly rare Chromosome duplication. It just so happened that RC trucks became his ‘special interest’ and acted like a key into his mind, his world. And so we turned RC into a therapy aid and teaching tool for him. And we have bee able to do some amazing things through this tool. So the more I can learn about these things the better. And with that knowledge I’m able to teach him as well.
After going through various types and styles of RC we’ve found that the technical challenges of MOA rig driving, combined with the area we visit most to drive our rigs has been the most beneficial to him. We live right next to a river with kilometres of river rock formations to crawl.
So with that in mind, we started building up some rigs. And this is where I now need some assistance. There aren’t any clubs or comps here where I live for these rigs. So there is little to no information or other people to run with and bounce ideas off. The only club here in the state I live (Tasmania, Australia) the one and only crawler club run 1.9 scale class 1-3. That’s it. No 2.2’s, Sporty’s or MOA. So while we don’t comp them we still want to be pretty serious about it.
Being that I like to build things for myself, about the only parts I bought for this rig were the axles, steering links, knuckle weights and tires. Most of the rest of the parts I already had floating around, or I made myself.
While I’m reasonably happy with the way it turned out (to my limited knowledge it works ok) I’d like to get it more ‘comp worthy’ like the ones I keep finding myself watching on Youtube. So putting out the call for the comp drivers to throw me some input on how to improve this rig.
Here's a vid of it early on with my first set up on this chassis. Just so you guys can see how it performs and any tips or advice you can suggest for improvement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlsiJPerAD0
And pics on how it stands now.
Curently this is the parts list and how it sits.
Front axle – bully 2
Rear - bully 2
Bully 2 knuckle weights
RC4WD mini wheel wideners (I like a wider track width)
VP slw’s raw with red rings, .475 hubs
Voodoo Gold dots front and rear.
Crawler Innovations double deuce foams soft front medium rear.
Chassis I made myself from 2mm Carbon fibre. 3 piece design.
Links are VP titaniums from an old wraith. Rear lowers are delrin.
Pretty much all ends are Jatto.
Battery tray I made myself using a wraith trans dig servo mount and a scrap of carbon fibre.
Traxxas big bores with gold springs
Savox 1256TG servo for steering. (I gave the little fella my 7950 for his rig)
Novak rockstar 35turn in motor saver front and rear
The smash I made from to SV3’s I had no other use for. It’s big and heavy compared to a mini smash, but at the time I did it to save cash. It works, but it could be better.
Castle BEC and spectrum SR410 reciever.
Spektrum DX4Rpro radio.
So that’s about it there. Already on my list of things to change are the wheels – have some lighter weighted ones on the way. G10 3 piece beadlock. I’m not so fond of glue. Lol
The motors again work for now, but would like input on something better. The little fella has a couple Holmes Hobbies torquemaster experts 35turns in his. Best motor I’ve ever had the pleasure of using so far. They were in mine originally but I needed to get his going when he fried his 55tirn Intergy’s. I was considering getting another couple of them for me, but I see here that people are either going for the puller motors or brood. What are people thoughts on this. I’d like to specifically know the reasoning behind people preference and choices on motors.
The chassis is another point. I already had a few sheets of CF leftover from some other projects, so had a crack at making my own. Again it’s like the motors, it works to a point. But could be better. I had a BWD Mantis when I first started out on this journey, and had my B2’s on that. First time I drove it, it was awful. That ended up being user error on my part and a poor initial set up. Second run was a lot better. But after a couple more packs I wanted to tune the rear a little more to suit my driving and there isn’t really I lot I could do with the back of it.
Electronics aren’t my strong point, but I’m learning as best I can. I can see the advantages of the mini’s over the full sized ESC. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? Sidewinder micros or Br-mini’s ect. What and why?
So excuse the epicness of a first post in a build thread, just wanted to make sure i covered as much as i could.
