Wicked Monkey
Rock Crawler
What a WICKED Reptile! These were fun to do. When Stephan contacted me about doing his Reptile, I knew I wanted to go with a reptile theme. He was open to the design and we knocked it out of the park. :twisted:
Hi, nice build. I am just curious are the blue screws on the rear axle .5mm pitch. If so, do you have to do the brass insert mod? Thanks,
They are Traxxas Oilite bushings, product code TRA3775, 12pcs in one bag and you need 4pcs/axle
I cannot figure out where those bushings are mounted... Are they supposed to replace the ball bearings :!: ?
Yes they replace the stock size non-flanged ball bearings. The most common location for the bushings is under the front link mount. Some guys are going back to stock plastic gear boxes and using the bushings in them as well.
Besides the first question from Weekend Crawler seems to me completely unrelated... I think he was asking about the use of M3 screws on rear axle, gluing some brass tube in the lower half of the axle and tapping. Am i completely wrong :!: ?
He's talking about using brass inserts from McMaster-Carr that are threaded for 3mm and push into a slightly larger hole. They work a lot like a drywall anchor to hold a picture on a wall. McMaster part #94510A030 LINK
I use the links from my secret agent i drove before. I only switched to longer Rodends at the rear, because the reptileskid is shorter than the y-town ones. If you look back you could see pictures of the longer rod's.How much bias are you running ? How long are your front lowers ?
Thanks"thumbsup"...it's 1576g empty. With nuckelweights and lipo i will end at 1726g. Perhaps if the rocks did have a lot of grip in spain i will go down a little bit..we will seeA bunch of nice parts! RTR weight?
Thanks"thumbsup"...really looking forward to comp with you and your friends from norway at the weekendAwesome! See you in Spain
Thanks"thumbsup"...yes, the designer of the wheels did have a good day when he made this great parts. We will see how good the rig works at the weekend with the new parts...G3 Cyclones look great mate as does motors and Skinz. As a package is one sexy rig. Top job. Cant wait to ee sone vids.
...questions? Please ask!!
:ror:Why so fat tires?
Hi, very nice car, I'm always following the changes!!!
I also have wheels from NCD and they are really great but I have one question, do you protect de foams with anything in the interior of the wheel?
Thanks
You now that i was one of the first who tryed your skinny rovers, but i could't find the right foamsetup for them. I know bossie's are old style, but they work not so bad for me since i'm crawling.Why so fat tires?
@ZZR 1100 Racer
Good luck and much fun in Spain Stephan! I hope the heaven is blue/white like today in Bavaria (Temperature is certainly warmer and water surely better than in "your" Wertach) "thumbsup"
Thanks, Chris!!!
Thank you sir!!!Hi, very nice car, I'm always following the changes!!! I also have wheels from NCD and they are really great but I have one question, do you protect de foams with anything in the interior of the wheel?Thanks
That's right!You do NOT have to protect the inner foam "thumbsup"
Thanks to france...hope to see you soon on the rocks!!Nice, Beautiful. "thumbsup"
Film was off, Mike...i read the bully2 build tread from crawlking...Take the protective film off the skins man. They'll really shine after that.
Nats of spain are over and i quali with 5th and finished with 6th after hard final. Not bad if you are looking at the starting list.
First day i did perform very bad and also have stupid mistakes. Second day and last run before final was much better and felt good.
I learned a lot about my rig and myself in comping at the last weekend. Now i have to train a lot with the new thinking in my head to have the chance to go to the next level.
Stephan