RE: Project T-Egg - Lunchboxer style..
I actually mean the c-shaped alum silver things that clamp around the rear trans housing - this is what the bottom of the rear shocks mount to. They wiggle left/right a tad. I think you might see the parts I mean in the 4th pic.
Posted on: 5/17/2013 10:19 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Project T-Egg - Lunchboxer style..
For the record, here are a few initial pics of my Touareg during the build I did. I got the rear 4-link setup and bottom shock mounts from AsiaTees - if you get their link setup, they work in conjunction with the rear (bottom) shock mounts since the stock links ARE the bottom shock mounts. I found that the stock links had a bit too much flex in them (plus not a great pivot point), and thought I'd get a little more movement out of a setup like this, and I think that's accurate after installing. If not, at least it looks cool. :) At the time, they only had "orange" links, and colors like pink or blue, which wouldn't match my paint scheme. So I went with orange, and it turned out to be sort of a copper color, which was cool. I also went with orange clamping hexes, but silver rear shock mounts (for fear of overdoing the orange), and GPM's silver alum steering. Hopefully it matches. [&:] The body will be black with a lower copper stripe as an accent to match. I also went with wheels/tires from RcWorld since I liked the look of them. The stock tires are the same as on the F-150 I have, which offer little grip. I think these look cool, but hopefully decent enough for a little speed as I went for a 25T motor. A few notes: 1) The rear mounts can wiggle left/right a touch, which I found odd. I am sure I installed them right (and can't see any other way), so I guess that's what you get for inexpensive upgrades. (Asiatees has a lot of CC01 upgrades for cheap, but no instructions). I'll see if there are any issues with this in driving it - perhaps not, since it's not setup to be a blazing fast machine. 2) There is a LOT of play when you twist the alum steering rod inside the receiving piece - I've read that some see this, some don't, so it could be luck of the draw. Bottom line is, my stock steering is much tighter in that respect, so I may have to ditch the GPM one. It's bad enough that wheels wont' return to center after steering full lock left/right - the extra play in the twist leaves them left/right quite a bit.
Posted on: 5/17/2013 8:24 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
Might just be mine (bad batch?) - Red seems to like his!
Posted on: 5/17/2013 2:37 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
It seems to be a common CC01 thing. I think the main complaint is that over time, the stock plastic setup gets bad. Mine is fine for now since it's brand new - but I got the GPM racing one so I could install now and not worry about it - but mine is not well done, so I might have to run stock for a while.
Posted on: 5/17/2013 2:14 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
No, cranking it down won't help, unfortunately. It purely has to do with how the tube fits in the slot - cranking down the screw will only force the end of the tube snug against the receiving piece, but won't fix the fact that the slots don't align snugly enough. I guess I could JB weld it - but then once it's on, it's ON! [&:]
Posted on: 5/17/2013 2:05 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: out of the closet....?
[quote]ORIGINAL: Foxy Eman, perhaps you were being funny, but just in case, did you not know that nitro folks often refer to electric vehicles as 'flashlights', since they think that's all batteries are good for? ;) [/quote] Aaah, I see. Cute.
Posted on: 5/17/2013 1:35 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
.. so you are flexing the tube that's holding the 2 ballbearings.. [quote]ORIGINAL: Eman77
Posted on: 5/17/2013 1:31 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer Can you use ball connectors and then use a custom length turnbuckle to replace that?! [/quote] Not sure if I follow, or am explaining myself right. The part with slop: there's a long rod that goes through the chassis, right? This then gets inserted into a "receiving end" of sorts where your tube sits inside another so when the servo/top tube rotate, the bottom one (under the chassis) moves - and that drives the connecting rod in the middle, etc. Stock is like this, so is the GPM one. Brand new, the stock pieces fit snugly and move together. As received by me, the alum GPM ones fit loosely and are not snug at all. Thus - slop!
Posted on: 5/17/2013 12:53 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
I'm considering that - I guess if it wasn't tough to to, I'll try it. What setup did you end up with for good, after that? I get some pics in the CC01 thread - sometime. :) [quote]ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer You can always mod the stock setup to have ballbearings, Eman... that's what I did initially... [quote]ORIGINAL: Eman77 Thanks! Yep, I like the look of those wheels and tires
Posted on: 5/17/2013 12:49 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: redfisher1974 All I really need for my cc01 now is a cheap esc that has a drag or crawler brake so i dont roll down hills.. [/quote] I use the Losi MSC12L for a lot of my brushed vehicles - it has a LVC (so it handles LiPo), takes down to lower turn brushed motors, has a crawler mode, and can be had for $35 or less (got my last for $30 shipped). I use that in my CR-01. ...you like the GPM steering though? I have a ton of slop where the longer steering rods goes into the other end under the chassis - not even installed, I can wiggle it back and forth a lot by hand. It's bad. Maybe some of their batches have good tolerances, and some are crap? Mine is crap.
Posted on: 5/17/2013 12:42 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: redfisher1974 [quote]ORIGINAL: Eman77 T-Egg progress! I'll likely post a couple of finished pics in the T-Egg thread when done, but I figured I'd share these here for now. I went with the copper colored alum links since that's all they had in stock. :( But - I'm going with a mostly black, with a copper stripe, body color so it should blend nicely. Plus
Posted on: 5/17/2013 7:27 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: tommygun32 It's a daunting feeling to watch everything you own get packed up and put into a 20' container to be stacked onto a slow boat to the West Coast. We're coming home baby!! YO!! Less than 2 months to go...but who's counting...[&:][8D] [/quote] Wow, that's big news!
Posted on: 5/17/2013 6:30 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: cumquat the 2wd durangos are the work of HOBBYCO, so they can at least attempt to compete with horizon/losi. their 4wd's on the other hand were what put them on the racing radar. the dex410 was the first modern race buggy (that i know of) to include gear diffs. that, combined with being shaft drive, made it the best option for a weekend racer-weekday basher. the desc410 had a few nifty features such as mod 1 gears (+/- 32p) and 15mm hex driven wheels (supposedly stronger, less likely to strip with the giant 4-pole motors frequently used) for better durability on the track. [/quote] I had first heard of them for their 4WD buggy too in a glowing review of them, and then I heard more elsewhere. I then saw the 2WD being offered later on, although I wasn't sure of the chronology. Interesting stuff.
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:35 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: out of the closet....?
...Flashlight?
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:33 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
T-Egg progress! I'll likely post a couple of finished pics in the T-Egg thread when done, but I figured I'd share these here for now. I went with the copper colored alum links since that's all they had in stock. :( But - I'm going with a mostly black, with a copper stripe, body color so it should blend nicely. Plus I have copper alum clamping hexes on it. So...I guess that works. I never seem to get the wiring neat enough for nice pretty pics, but....oh well. Works for me. :)
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:31 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
Bah. [quote]ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer You like this, eh?! [image]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSdHbyH3FJ7fnUrWPu2rCPbTQbnUxihOKQuz8aKHgmZ_sMdonkR[/image] [quote]ORIGINAL: Eman77 Cool! I think Durango is supposed to be pretty nice! [/quote] [/quote]
Posted on: 5/16/2013 12:14 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
Cool! I think Durango is supposed to be pretty nice!
Posted on: 5/16/2013 10:41 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
Non Profit yo?
Posted on: 5/16/2013 9:19 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
Turf War yo!
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:49 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
Connections other than The Warehouse? ...sounds like trouble, yo. [quote]ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer How did you get those?! [quote]ORIGINAL: lee172 Winning today.. I now have a couple of NIB short course trucks! I hate em (they are everywhere) so for resale only.. [/quote] [/quote]
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:35 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
I hope to (finally) take some pics of the T-Egg chassis. Body not done yet (ran out of black paint), but chassis is just about there - just need to anchor a velcro strap.
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:30 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: secretsg So Eman.... I hear there's the place called Publican in Chitown with LOADS OF BACON!!!! [/quote] I'll have to check that out some time!
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:22 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: guess the car game
SG Coyote Sorry to drag this on.
Posted on: 5/16/2013 7:02 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
If you get a Dell though, you can be all like "Duuuuuude, I got a Dell!" like the guy from the commercial. And that, my friend, is worth its weight in gold.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 1:51 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: MT4 G3 SOON?!
SOON! SOON!!!! sorry, the "all caps" got me excited.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 1:44 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: The Hedgehog I'll be in Chicago in November, I'll fill that void an give you the finger. [/quote] Expectations will be high!
Posted on: 9/18/2012 7:51 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: The Lounge: Version 4.0
[quote]ORIGINAL: secretsg [quote]ORIGINAL: Eman77 [quote]ORIGINAL: secretsg Chicago. Time to see if pizza's are good. [/quote] Aurelios (get the thin crust) Lou Malnatis (get the stuffed/chicago style) Nancys (stuffed spinach is awesome) ...and a ton of others. Just don't get any crappy stuff. :) Oh, and wave to me if you get within a 60 mile radius. [/quote] Did ya see the wave
Posted on: 9/18/2012 7:18 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "Off Topic Forum - Cars, Trucks, Buggies and more"
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RE: Ofna Jammin CRT.5 1/12 Truggy Build Thread and E-Conversion
Nice pics! I just got mine painted, need to tint the windows and trim the body, then it's more pics time! I'm waiting on my Rx to arrive, so my build came to a bit of a halt.
Posted on: 9/18/2012 7:08 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Ofna Jammin CRT.5 1/12 Truggy Build Thread and E-Conversion
So I'm leaning towards an EzRun ESC and Tacon motor for this - don't want to spend too much, curious about the less expensive BL setups here. I've read that the Leopard motors are a bit weak (overheat on a platform like this), hence the Tacon. In looking, I see a dizzying array of Tacon motors: http://www.hobbypartz.com/ta11ofmo.html I'm really looking for around 4000 kV, but beyond that I'm not sure of the list above. Thoughts?
Posted on: 9/14/2012 12:33 PM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Need all buggies!
No no, not at all. I guess I'm just saying that 4s on a 1/8 is fast. It's respectable. It's very nice. It's a blast. If you end up with a 1/8 setup that "only" supports 4s, I wouldn't see that as a negative at this point. In the future if you want to go 6s, spend all that $$ on electronics and repairs then. Be happy with a 4s now, and the lower price point it may bring.
Posted on: 9/13/2012 8:14 AM by Author "Eman77" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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