What did you do to your TRX-4 today?

[talltee9]

Man, I sure do love the Blazer bodies! Looks great[emoji106]


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Its always fun getting in the mud lol!!!

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[JNM3]

Lights finally came in off back order.

 

[Z750Jay]

On its third tine out it took a bit if a battering

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[Phildirt]

Resize picture way too big

 

[Captain Scoundrel]

Today, I decided I should put lights on my TRX-4 Sport Kit. I had looked at the Traxxas light kit but was horrified at the price, especially as the Sport Kit comes with all the light buckets. However, I wanted working brake light and the ability to turn off the headlights. So I had a dig about in my Arduino bits box and pulled out an Arduino Pro Mini, some LEDs and some wire. The result is working headlights and side lights, rear lights and brake lights.

Basicly, I have hooked channel 3 (direct) and channel 2 (with a Y cable) on my FS-GT3C up to the Arduino. The Arduino reads the pulse width on the channels and the code turns on the lights when Channel 3 is activated. It also monitors the Channel 2 and puts on the brake lights (increases the intensity of the LEDs used for the rear lights) when the pulse width is between 1450us and 1550us.

All in all I am pretty happy.

Man! That's awesome! I'd love to see a tutorial on this and the code :ror:

 

[Captain Scoundrel]

Got brushless installed and tuned through the castle link best as possible within the confines of the house. Saturday if all goes well a test run outside in the melting slushy snow mild Canadian winter we have been getting. 1/10 MX ESC and HH 3800KV TMPBL motor geared at 45/10 on 3s and single speed conversion done along time ago.

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Use "CTRL + Print Screen" to take a screen shot of your program. Then use "CTRL + V" to paste it into a graphics program and you can crop down to what you want to show us. Then save to your hard drive.

Taking pics of the screen like you did, makes it hard to read. But thanks for sharing tho

You can get a great image editor called GIMP. It's free and you can do almost anything you can do in Photoshop.
https://www.gimp.org/

 

[Captain Scoundrel]

I got my Traxxas TRX4 Sport 2 weeks ago and I've done several things to it already. This will be my comp rig.

Motor, Drivetrain & Steering

• Castle Mamba X ESC/ 1406-2280 Motor Combo
• Traxxas Slipper eliminator plate
• Traxxas TRX4 Overdrive Gear
• Savox SW-2210SG Servo
• Protec Servo Horn

Tires & Wheels

• SSD 1.9" Steel Beadlock Rims
• Pro-Line Hyrax 1.9" Rock Terrain Truck Tires
• PRO-LINE 1.9" XL DUAL STAGE FOAM

Brass Upgrades

• STRC Front Brass Portal Drive Outer Housing
• STRC Front Brass Steering Knuckles
• STRC Front Brass Axle Caster Blocks
• STRC Front Brass Lower Shock Mount
• STRC Rear Brass Lower Shock Mount
• STRC Rear Brass Differential Cover

Lights

• Traxxas Sport LED Light Kit #8085
• Traxxas 8026X LED Rock Light Kit
• Traxxas LED Light Bar

Winch

• RC4WD Mini Warn 9.5cti Winch
• RC4WD Winch Hook (Z-S1551)
• RC4WD Wired Winch Control (controlled via radio)

Body & Bumpers

• Removed stock battery tray
• Joguly Metal Front Bumper with LED Lights
• Benedict Harry CNC Alum F&R Bumper Set (Only using rear bumper)
• Yeah Racing TRX4 Skid Plate
• Traxxas Inner Narrow Fenders
• Spare clear sport body (will do a custom paint job when I have time)

Radio & Receiver

• Spektrum RC DX5 Rugged Radio (orange)
• Spektrum SR6100AT Receiver

Scale Accessories

• Traxxas Expedition Rack with scale gear (traction boards, shovel, axe, jack, fire extinguisher, and fuel cans)
• Traxxas Snorkel and side mirrors
• MOIAK RC Car Simulation Luggage Cases for TRX4

I'll post photos as a reply to this post after this weekend. I still need to finish installing some of this stuff.

Here's a couple teasers

Stock TRX4 Sport on it's first trail.

 

[Captain Scoundrel]

I got the Traxxas TRX4 Defender 6 Weeks ago and here's what I've done so far:

Motor, Drivetrain & Steering

• Traxxas Slipper eliminator plate
• Traxxas TRX4 Overdrive Gear
• BEC Kit (Will be upgrading Servo)
• Traxxas TRX-4 Metal Steering Servo Horn

Brass Upgrades

• Non yet

Lights & Electrical

• Traxxas Defender LED Head/Tail Light Kit
• Traxxas Defender LED Lightbar Kit with power Supply
• Traxxas 8026X LED Rock Light Kit
• RC4WD Wireless Light Control Unit
• Injora ESC Easy Start Trigger Power Switch (Life saver!!! You can get it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3g22KcQ)

Winch

• RC4WD Mini Warn 9.5cti Winch
• RC4WD Wireless Winch Control
• Yeah Racing Foldable Winch Anchor (red)

Body & Bumpers

• Bowhouse low CG battery tray
• Injora Front TRX4 Bumper
• Generic Alloy Rear Bumper w/Tow Trailer Drop Hitch
• Yeah Racing TRX4 Skid Plate
• RC4WD Front Lamp Guards for TRX4
• RC4WD Snorkel Guard

Scale Accessories

• Yeah Racing 1/10 96cm Chain & hook Set
• MOHERO Simulation Side Mirrors
• Red 1/10 RC Elastic Luggage Net
• Custom License Plate Set
• Racer's Edge 1/10 Scale Shovel

NOTE: The Hyrax Tires seen in these photos got moved over to my TRX4 Sport.

This is a life saver! Turn on and off without removing the body! You can get them on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3g22KcQ

 

[ScaleLifeNewbie]

Got the battery/frame cover on the Bronco body. [emoji1690]

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[PFongemie]

Got the battery/frame cover on the Bronco body. [emoji1690]

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Looks good. Now you just have to bang it up a little to match the body.

 

[ScaleLifeNewbie]

Looks good. Now you just have to bang it up a little to match the body.

Yep! It’s got one ding due to the nozzle hitting it about 97% through, but I’ll definitely give it some dents and dings! (Hopefully!)


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[LJ802]

painted and put on some random miss matched stickers until i can find some bumpers and a grille i like, my first traxxas

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[Benp]

painted and put on some random miss matched stickers until i can find some bumpers and a grille i like, my first traxxas

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That color is awesome!

Looks really good!

I like it a lot!

 

[LJ802]

went for a nice hike and first outing with the trx4,
really enjoyed it, can't wait to get some upgrades and mess with the body some more, happy to be apart of the traxxas club. [emoji106]

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[LJ802]

That color is awesome!

Looks really good!

I like it a lot!

thank you, I appreciate it!


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[Benp]

Snow bying!

Nice!

 

[LJ802]

ended up putting cherokee body on, changed the bumper and added a winch and new rear bumper with spare, hyrax tires, 6 channel reciever, now i'd like to do something about inner fenders to hide that open look, then interior later on.

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[Captain Scoundrel]

I got my Traxxas TRX4 Sport 2 weeks ago and I've done several things to it already. This will be my comp rig.

Motor, Drivetrain & Steering

• Castle Mamba X ESC/ 1406-2280 Motor Combo
• Traxxas Slipper eliminator plate
• Traxxas TRX4 Overdrive Gear
• Savox SW-2210SG Servo
• Protec Servo Horn

Tires & Wheels

• SSD 1.9" Steel Beadlock Rims
• Pro-Line Hyrax 1.9" Rock Terrain Truck Tires
• PRO-LINE 1.9" XL DUAL STAGE FOAM

Brass Upgrades

• STRC Front Brass Portal Drive Outer Housing
• STRC Front Brass Steering Knuckles
• STRC Front Brass Axle Caster Blocks
• STRC Front Brass Lower Shock Mount
• STRC Rear Brass Lower Shock Mount
• STRC Rear Brass Differential Cover

Lights

• Traxxas Sport LED Light Kit #8085
• Traxxas 8026X LED Rock Light Kit
• Traxxas LED Light Bar

Winch

• RC4WD Mini Warn 9.5cti Winch
• RC4WD Winch Hook (Z-S1551)
• RC4WD Wired Winch Control (controlled via radio)

Body & Bumpers

• Removed stock battery tray
• Joguly Metal Front Bumper with LED Lights
• Benedict Harry CNC Alum F&R Bumper Set (Only using rear bumper)
• Yeah Racing TRX4 Skid Plate
• Traxxas Inner Narrow Fenders
• Spare clear sport body (will do a custom paint job when I have time)

Radio & Receiver

• Spektrum RC DX5 Rugged Radio (orange)
• Spektrum SR6100AT Receiver

Scale Accessories

• Traxxas Expedition Rack with scale gear (traction boards, shovel, axe, jack, fire extinguisher, and fuel cans)
• Traxxas Snorkel and side mirrors
• MOIAK RC Car Simulation Luggage Cases for TRX4

I'll post photos as a reply to this post after this weekend. I still need to finish installing some of this stuff.

Here's a couple teasers

Stock TRX4 Sport on it's first trail.

Well, I lied about the Light bar. I was suppose to get it on Friday and my store didn't get one in. I'm leaving it on the list cause I am ordering one this week.

Here's some pics from this weekend's competition.

 

[Benp]

Well, I lied about the Light bar. I was suppose to get it on Friday and my store didn't get one in. I'm leaving it on the list cause I am ordering one this week.

Here's some pics from this weekend's competition.

Cool!!!

How did the comp go? Have fun?

You get the mamba x tuned before you went to the comp?

 

[Captain Scoundrel]

Cool!!!

How did the comp go? Have fun?

You get the mamba x tuned before you went to the comp?

Hi! Yeah, the comp was a blast. On the 1st course I ended up with 22 points
Second course I got a DNF cause I ran out of time. Winch hook broke and that set me back.

A buddy was able to tune my ESC before the comp started.
I still haven't got my connector from Castle.