Tamiya MF-01X

[fullsizecrawler]

pretty cool little rig

 

[Zukiiholic]

Received mine today.
Waiting on Fast Eddy Bearings to get here before I start the chassis build.
Is there another chassis option to get more Lift for 9"inch wheelbase?

My Plan-ish..

 

[BJoe]

Vaterra 1/18 Slickrock 4WD Rock Crawler RTR with Waterproof Electronics | Horizon Hobby

This, may have to make a frame for it though.

 

[notarex]

I threw a 21t pinion in and it really woke up. This thing sucks on the track, and also sucks at crawling with open diffs. Give it a gravelly parking lot, or a baseball diamond and it's in it's element- what a blast!

 

[Zukiiholic]

Got the stock chassis up and running but.
I'm missing the Motor plate to install on the motor.
is it plastic or metal?

I did make the gear mesh inspection hole a little bit bigger so I can
actually see the gears..

Used my stock Axail 27T and the stock Tamiya pinion.
Needs lockers..

 

[BJoe]

I think those are a paper insulator, kinda like then one on the Ascender, my M-03 had one too.

 

[Zukiiholic]

I can only guess that motor cover/plate is there to keep any extra grease from flying off the gears into the
motor..
Zippy little chassis

 

[OSRC]

BD7 is there to keep the hot motor from melting the plastic chassis it's attached to. It's an insulator - very common on Tamiya models.

Built mine last night - the rear body mounts let the body flop all over the place. Other than that, liking it so far though... Several of the TL01 options will work on this chassis - Ball diffs, 1-way, speed tuned gears, etc.

MRC axles and 1.55 MTZ's fit the body perfectly. Got an L-Trail chassis here...hmm...

 

[Zukiiholic]

Guess I didn't think about melting plastic..
Won't be using the chassis anyways.. will, with the body.

MRC axles, Same as the Vaterra Slickrock ?
Guess I have some more parts to hunt down..


BTW: Found that lil Motor plate..

 

[BJoe]

I never saw that with my M-03, and I had run a Castle Sidewinder with 4600kV motor, ThunderPower 3s LiPo, 20t pinion, and sedan tires on the front for speed runs, it got HOT, but didn't melt any plastic off the chassis.

 

[Zukiiholic]

The stock chassis is a Great Road car chassis..

but, it's not a crawler chassis.
So I picked up a Used Losi Mini Crawler for axles..

Now I need to find a Scaler chassis for it..

 

[sellenk]

Finished up the body details, and made some light buckets for the headlights. Got a little video of it in action before I added the details. Fun running with open diffs but does make crawling anything bigger than a small pebble very challenging :lmao: especially with very little articulation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwi1-SSTnxE

 

[Zukiiholic]

Headlights look great on it..
Good Video..
Key to wheeling with open diffs, Speed Speed and more Speed..
Body does wiggle a bit..

As soon as I find a suitable chassis for mine, I'll get started on it..

 

[BJoe]

You need an egg of Silly Putty for that thing, as of YESTERDAY!

 

[Zukiiholic]

Finished up the body details, and made some light buckets for the headlights. Got a little video of it in action before I added the details. Fun running with open diffs but does make crawling anything bigger than a small pebble very challenging :lmao: especially with very little articulation.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwi1-SSTnxE

Silly Question.
Wheres your body posts at?
I mean, I know it's mounted..
Well,,, Pretty sure, I didn't see the body fall off..
Magnets? Velcro?
I may just get another one just to run the stock chassis.

 

[sellenk]

Silly Question.
Wheres your body posts at?
I mean, I know it's mounted..
Well,,, Pretty sure, I didn't see the body fall off..
Magnets? Velcro?
I may just get another one just to run the stock chassis.

velcro - made a couple cylinders out of styrene that slide over the body posts and have a flat top to them to attach the velcro. Drilled holes in the cylinder so the R clips hold it in place and it's some what adjustable.

 

[Zukiiholic]

velcro - made a couple cylinders out of styrene that slide over the body posts and have a flat top to them to attach the velcro. Drilled holes in the cylinder so the R clips hold it in place and it's some what adjustable.

Good idea, Thanks..

Here is where mine sits now..

 

[BJoe]

Well, got the layaway paid off on mine, I now need to see which bearings I need to get it before assembly.....

 

[BJoe]

I ordered up some bearings today, are the flanged 5x8 bearings necessary, or can I get away with regular bearings?

 

[Zukiiholic]

I'm gonna say Yes you do need that special flanged Bearing.
I bought a set of bearings from Fast Eddys and it come with all of them.
You can also just buy them separately from Fast Eddy.
I built and ran my chassis a little bit but now I'm not going to be using it..
It is a Fast little chassis tho.