It’s been a slow couple months for RC projects around here. Until this weekend anyway.
Fordyce sits exactly as it did before, Sendcutsend was out of carbon so I couldn’t order my dig servo mount, but it did come back in stock so I’ll probably get that coming soon.
The origin also hasn’t changed any, but I did put a pack through it running around the back yard, and it drives real nice. The only change I want to make now is some stiffer springs. The soft VRD carbon springs are just a tad soft for it imo.
I ended up parting out my vrd build completely so I could invest that money into, uh… let’s say precious metals.
But my youngest boy is turning 2 this month, and recently has developed an obsession with my rc trucks. Almost every day he drags me to the work bench and yells at me until I take one down and let him work on it. He’s also done a little bit of driving with the origin and I think he’s hooked.
With that being said, I knew it was time for his own rig, and I debated many different options. Scx24, trx4m, UTB18, sender12, ascent18, etc. but it’s about to be primo driving season here and I figured he’d be bummed driving a small scale rig while his brother and I run 1/10 trucks. His brother has been driving an element gatekeeper for a few years and it’s been super solid.
Ultimately I found a deal on a brand new utron slider on eBay, paired that with my older boys original GK cage (front hinge mount broke during an ice storm last year… doing donuts in the street), spare Capra nittos, VP riot beadlocks, vp rtr radio, and a new fusion se 1200kv. The fusion is my favorite choice for beginners because you can turn the dual rate way down on the throttle, but with the rpm matching it will still climb over obstacles without stalling like a brushed motor. Makes it much easier to control top speed.
My goal was to spend as little as possible, but put something together that will last him until he either loses interest, or wants something better.
All I ended up doing was strip inner fenders, bumpers, rear bumper mount, and rear shock hoops. Then I designed and printed a new rear bumper/body mount, cut the stock sliders and battery try mount down, added some spare shock keys I had laying around to the rear (spaced out to clear the cage), and replace the front cage nose piece.
That’s it for now. Other than I will probably design some rear shock mounts and have them cut when I order my dig servo mount. I’m pretty stoked how it turned out and I’m pretty excited to try the new ifs setup out myself. It seems much improved over the v1 ifs
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