My latest project "X"
 

Not going to say much about this project, just going to post pics as I go. No prizes will be awarded to those who guess what I am doing, and I will not verify if anyone is correct or incorrect...

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bl solid axle crawler or pro 2 truck with rear 4 link and solid axle... y do i think its a solid axle?? no, rly, idk

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somethings gonna be bigger than 4wd i thinks.

Where did ytou get it?

lst based 6x6

I made it, with my plastic welder...

Something maxx-related with more than 4 wheels.

A new and improved butler monkey!

I have been waiting for this one!!!

I wish those were an available option somewhere. I have a project where a "pass through" diff case would be handy.

I can make you one, just pm me with the info...

its the super 6x6 LST tow truck with the Tow arm and rollback bed :)

I agree. Here's the thread which shows the same diff :lol::intello:.

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16029

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...p/DSCF2644.jpg

[QUOTE=George16;248644]I agree. Here's the thread which shows the same diff :lol:

Actually they aren't the same diffs. That was for his Maxx based 6x6 which we all know about. If you have followed linc's threads/posts lately he has talked about a lst based 6x6, I beleive it was in the winter project thread but I don't remember the specifics on his plans.

oops :(.

I think it will not be the lst because pimp has mentioned it. Probably something maxx-based he has not told us about yet. :neutral:

People do listen... Nice to know!

We do? I wasn't paying attention.

Can't say I noticed...

I try! Seems like I spend at least 2 hours a day on here reading, if not more esspecially the last couple weeks with so much time off of work for the holidays. Not much better to do for a single guy than sit on the compouter all day:lol:

Is that so? I was sort of up-in-the-air on that specific topic.

Not that I am interested, or invested in the assertation of any sort of explanation.

And I did not ask! :lol:
This is completely going nowhere but it is still fun...

Any more progress Linc?

:whistle: so did you tell them this if for your 12x10 yeat ???:neutral: OOOppppps:oops: i didnt let the cat out of the bag did I..:neutral: :lol::lol:

Nah, still on the back burner...

Man, you need a typing class, WTF is a yeat?

From the Webster Dictionary:

Yeat: pronounced Yee-Aht

Adverb

1. TDC57 needs to lay off the sauce and learn how to type

Noun

2. TDC57 when he is to inebriated to type or function in general
3. Any drunken loon typing on a computer who needs to go to bed and sober up

HAHAHAHA!!! Good one!

:lol::lol:

I some what doubt that this originated from the Webster Dictionary

:tongue:

:oops: Sorry!...:lol::lol:

P.S.
:na:

I'm wondering how hard it is to learn to use one of those things, I'm thinking that it would be nice to make the battery compartments of the ERevo a little bigger to accommodate some 4s or 5s batteries in parallel. Many of the packs I see on the web are a little too large to fit. I'd love to be able to make the battery compartment up to 10 mm taller and maybe 1 or 2 mm wider. Do you have a good plastic welder to recommend?

Thanks

More progress with pics!!!
 

Ok, did some more work today on the "Project X" , which will be a 6x6 lst based truck.

1st up was removing the stock steering setup and replacing it with a muggy system. This cures a bunch of problems for me. I am not fond of dual servo steering setups, and the lst setup with the servo mounted savers is a bit sloppy under power with large tires. The muggy setup has a std 1/8 style bellcrank mounted servo saver, and a very solid tiebar holding the cranks together. Plus the muggy has basically the same bulkhead and suspnsion setup as the lst, so the geometry and tierods are all correct. I will have to make a new chassis plate for the truck, as the steering servo will not fit in either of the stock locations. I plan to turn it 90 deg from stock and place it just behind the current servo holes. This will allow for a short link between the servo arm and the bellcrank.

2nd was to fit the pass thru diff into the rear bulkhead. This was very simple. I just removed the rear bumper and rear bulkhead support and repaced it with a muggy front bulkhead support. This is the part that sits on the back of the front bulkhead on the muggy, just in front of the steering posts. It fits perfectly, and has a support for the nose of the diff that points rearward. So the pass the diff is fully supported on both ends, so I doubt that I will have any issues with it. I need to make something like this for the maxx 6x6, as the rearward pointing nose of the pass thru diff is currently not supported...

The driveshaft that will connect the pass thru diff to the rear diff is just a lst1 wheel shaft with the cvd cup of a center driveshaft on it. I am using an ofna hyper8 diff cup to accept the dogbone end of that driveshaft. Pretty simple, and the parts are off the shelf, a big plus IMO! i planned to use a lst2/muggy wheel driveshaft, but the ball end of the shaft is bigger the center driveshaft cvd cup. Luckily the lst1 wheel cvd shaft fits with no mods.

The rear suspension assembly is off my muggy, just using it to mock up what I need to order. It is completely stock, nothing modded save for the addition of the ofna drive cup. I plan to use lst shocks all around, and put the muggy back together... i have almost all of the parts needed to build another bulkhead setup.

Power system will be a hacker c50 11xl on 6s lipo with a MMM. I modded the tranny to forward only, but retained the manually actuated high/low gearset. That way I can have a normal high gear for bashing, and then switch into low gear for some crawling/climbing. Going to run 6 moab 40 series tires (not the xl) on beadlocks. Gearing will be for around 35 mph in high and whatever I end up with in low. Braking will be via the MMM, no mech brakes for me!

I still have to make the extended rear skidplate and upper brace. These will tie the rear and center suspension assemblies together. I also plan to use a set of the muggy chassis braces to tie it together diagonally. I may also make some side supports out of thick plastic to tie the skid and upper brace together and form a box section. I plan to bash this truck, and jump it, so I want it strong.

Time to go to the hardware store and pick up a new blade for the bandsaw, so that I can cut the 6061 al sheet that I just received. Here the pics, the wheelbase is 23" !!!!!!! So this beast will be big!

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Lookin Good linc! What are your thoughts on an outrunner(s) In place of the transmisison. Would be a one-of-a-kind(more so) setup.

Well, no slipper can be easily adapted, plus the size motor I would need would create alot of torque twist. And I want the high/low option that the lst tranny offers. I generally prefer inrunners on this kind of setup, plus I already have everything to do my intended setup.

ah, well wheres the rest of the pictures :)

I should have some more snaps soon. I plan to make the rear chassis extension parts this week, and should have it all together soon after that. Just need another pair of 23mm hubs for it.

does it run 8mm stub shafts?

Yep, seems like the cen 23mm hubs are the cheapest way to go...

I may have a few Off of my matrix. Pm me

Made a little progress. Made the top support, both side fillers and the center and rear skids.

Pics show it mocked up with the moab tires. Need another pair of 23mm hexes and I can put the front wheels on. Still need to rebuild the front diff and swap the lst1 arms and hubs for lst2 parts. Also need to pick up another pair of aftershock shocks (running 4 of those in the rear to lose a little weight).

Thinking I may put the motor in front of the tranny, and the battery behind it. Still need to make the new center chassis plate, and the single servo will interfere with battery mounting in the front.

I also need to dye the green plastic side fillers/braces black, they look kinda funky in green (material was free, so I could not complain!). And i need to fab up a motor mount... Still plenty to do with this project...

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looking good

I have tool envy...