it's been quite a while since i posted, so here's whats goin on with the rustler, now named Frankenrustler. People look at it and have no clue what it is or where it came from, but it works. I even got the comment from the track announcer "Hey Mike, Tamiya called and they want their truck back."

Since my MM is kinda dead, I was swapping my MMM back and forth between my hyper 7 and frankenrustler today. I'd like to give a big thanks to Castle for the enhanced Auto-lipo feature! it saved me tons of time that it would take to reprogram for every race! My ideal setup today was new proline holeshots in the rear, and jconcepts carvers in the front. My electric system was 2s lipo(my neu packs and ben's SMC's), MMM, and this aveox motor(36/15/1.5, 3768Kv) i got from lincpimp, geared 18/58. It had a traxxas 2075 servo in there for steering.

Now let me tell a little story of how it ran today. There was this kid who's name is Wess. He had an XXX-T. He loved his XXX-T. He was so cocky, and thought it could beat anything with his killer novak system and his 7 cell nimh pack. All this kid knows of is the losi system, the traxxas system, and the novak system for brushless. First heat came, i ended up braking an a arm, and i didnt find another until just before my 2nd heat. I got the rustler running on the track with 1:30 left in the heat, with no body, and hit his precious xxx-t. one of his solder joints(probably a cold one too) popped off and it costed him the race, while i was able to put down 2 laps and qualify above him. This made him furious, and so he was in the mood to play the game with no rules, and go all out. The main comes, and off the first turn i roll off the track. and im not seen by the marshalls. Wess puts a lap on me, and even still I end up finishing the race in 5th, and Wess in 7th!


There are a few things i'm thinking of doing to make the rustler even better. I'm thinking of partially or fully filling the hollow spokes of my wheels with clay, since my front wheels are rarely on the ground, and when im in the air, the wheels are so light that it cant be controlled. I end up doing wheelies off the ramps, sailing the not-aerodynamic-at-all truck on some random direction facing some random way.

The clay should weigh down the front a bit more, and should make the rear wheels heavy enough for me to guide the truck while in the air. Do u guys think that'll work?

Try flipping your tires inside out, and running around them twice with duct-tape. It will reduce if not eliminate the ballooning.

Nice job racing, I hate cocky kids... As far as the weighting goes, I think it would be better to mount a donut-shaped piece of steel on the inside of a wheel. The clay could fall out in one spot and make your wheel very unbalanced for the race.

Why not move the electrical components toward the front of the chassis. No added weight and you get more over the front axle.

Then you have really long motor wires...