Gotta New Toy!!!
 

Can't wait till it gets here but I've always wanted a monster truck. I figure it was a pretty good deal. I've been looking for weeks and then tonight, bam!:018: , someone listed this with a novak dual brushless setup and Futaba radio. I have an extra HV6.5 system, spektrum radio and with lipo's this should be fun.

Can anybody recommend some good monster truck or rock crawling website?

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Sweet! Looks nice and clean. I'd also ditch the Rx pack for a UBEC though...

Yup, as soon as I get it I'll be ditching all the electronics, basically, everything in the middle. (reciever, batts, ESC's and motors, servo, etc.)

I just found out that I can use a E-maxx tranny in there and do the single speed conversion also!

A TXT-1 is a fun truck. I have one with a Ripper chassis powered by a 1930/6 running 8 or 9 cells it is a blast to drive.

Try www.clodtalk.com it is a good sight for straight axle trucks.


Thank you,
Promod

www.rccrawler.com is another good site for crawlers...

Nice. I been eyeing one of them myself. Just never got it yet. Maybe one day.

yes one day I'll get around to making me a crawler....one day that is...nice find anyways....have fun

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/index.php
Heres a good website for rock crawling. Hope this helps,

Nick

I'll toss in another recommendation for rccrawler.com

what are your ultimate plans for it as a crawler ...ect...

I'm not sure but I think I might go bling bling way with it. Lots of polished stuff.

you like bling eh??

haha how bout "bling-ing" your chassis to start with??? hahaha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...1/P2250088.jpg

Hey man nice car. I was watching those things( Either TXT or other big monster/rock crawler) at the last hobby expo and they looked cool. Let me know how it runs, jumps, how fast, and if it Super Fun to drive. Please show a video if you have the time. :004: :004:

Check out thorbob's txt project. http://www.thorbob.com/

It's coming along, still waiting by the mailbox everyday for something new. It's amazing how old the Clod is and there's a ton of stuff still out there for it. I've been finding it a little dificult to find parts for the TXT.

http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/6940/cam038ap7.jpg

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I love the articulation on this monster!

They look really nice. Really intrested. Are hop-ups easily available for these?

I wish I could keep my work top that clean to!

Its only clean because I finally got around to Ebay'n all the extra stuff I had on there. I had to pay for the new project somehow.

Cool. I like the big joes on it. I like them tires any way but they just rock.

How is this project coming along?
Haven't heard nothing lately.
Did you decide on motor and stuff yet?

Nice find! Looks like it's in fantastic condition!

Sorry, it's been awhile. I was unhappy with my 14" wheelbase, so I ordered some new links, drilled a few holes and ta da! It feels like a whole new truck. Bought some Integy shocks, but up the chassis, moved up the tranny, locked the diffs, modified the steering, 12mm to 23mm adapters, and added carbon fiber top trays to hold the lipo's and other gear.

I tried the HV setup in it and it was way to much power for crawling. The torque twist was so bad. I got rid of the stock suspension setup and mounted the shocks directly to the axles. I ditched the HV and got a Crawler motor for the HV Controller and it works great. Tons of torque and just enough top end speed. Novak still has to work on it's drag brake issue to stop the motor on a incline.

I have 40 weight oil in the shocks now, and there is no twisting at all anymore.

5" Clearance
17" Wheelbase
Locked diff's
Crawls almost over anything.

My wife also got in the Crawler stuff too and loves it. She surprised me even more and one weekend, dug up a spot on the backyard to crawl with. We went up to the mountains, got some rocks, dug a few holes. She's been working on it the past few weekends. So this is a pic when she first started.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...6&d=1167773145

Since then I've also bought a Baja Mini-T and a High-Lift. I just finished my high-lift with a Mamba Max 4600 setup and this thing is awesome. I wish Castle would hurry up and get the Monster Maxx Motors out. I would love to switch to a Mamba Max in my TXT. The USB programming is great.

Here's some pics for you:

These are of the old setup, the shocks are mounted to the axles now and I have a Clod Body too.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9996/vwa022ni1.jpg
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http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/653/vwa012aa0.jpg
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...7&d=1167260262
You can see the Clod Body, sort of in this shot.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...8&d=1165898796

Here's the high lift. It's almost finished, I just have to detail the body, do the foldaway mirror mod, and lock the rear diff.
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/7883/vwa028ds6.jpg
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More pics of the high-lift:

I was going for a Harley Davidson edition F-350. But once I put on the first orange coat, the color was not what I was expecting. So I kept going and because I was impatient, forgot not to paint when it's so cold outside and the paint ran.:019: So I let it dry, took it inside and wet sanded it. I like the look of it now, because it looks weather beaten' and I'm just going to get it scratched up anyway on the rocks and stuff. I just might have to buy a seperate body for show.

I might paint one door and the taligate a different color to look like a pick-your-parts truck. I was even thinking of puching a small hole and making it look rusted. Also my 11yr old son is really good at dry brushing so I'm going to let him detail it tomorrow with me. Mostly on the chrome stuff because it's to bling, bling.

Here's the folding mirror mod:
Step one: cut them off. Remove the skinny section from the center of the posts.
Step two: cut four short sections of 1/8 heat shrink tubing, and attach them to the mirror stubs with CA glue.
Now you've got fold-away mirrors!
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...7&d=1168581838

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...1&d=1168566688
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...2&d=1168566688
http://http://www.rccrawler.com/foru...3&d=1168566688
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/attac...4&d=1168566688

That High-Lift must be crazy to drive with the Mamba Maxx in there! I assume its a 4600?

Yup, it's the 4600. I just lightly squeeze the throttle, and set the curve really low. I did try to go fast but with the 4WS, it toppled immediately. It really sucked because I didn't have the body on, but was cool at the same time. I didn't think the Mamba had that much power, BOY! was I wrong.

That's why I picked the 4600, it's more than enough. And the Mamba Max contoller is great. Brushed, Brushless, auto-lipo cutoff, programmable. What more can you want.

Sound like it's a blast to drive! Any videos of it yet?

Have you thought of a 4600 mamba in the txt?
I was thinking of this set up myself.
Would like to get opinion if run.

both look pritty sweet..though i never though rock crawling so fun...? cold be wrong.

I love rock crawling!

I have a Tamiya high-lift too, and just sold my tlt-1 axles on the bay.

High-lift has: (set up for pulling now)
Ford courier body
M2k's
55t motor
12 cells
evx
gd600 @ 3.8:1, 13 pinion, well over 100:1 FDR i think
Top speed: about 5mph @ WOT with 12 cells :005:

Bye:018:

(sorry for the thread hi-jack, i was sort of on topic)

How does it do cg?
Got pics of it?
got any other trucks?

It does very well, i was actually surprised how well. With 12 cells in the front of the truck it has alot of grip. Over an hour of run time too with 3000's...

Pics, would crappy 640x480 camera phone pics do?

I had a tlt-1 with a torsion chassis (no links or shocks) that ran extremely well. (too easy to drive well, for me at least:005: ) Also got 45 min. run time with 1600mah 2/3a 10 cell pack.

Bye:027:

Crappy pics are better than no pics. ;)

Tamiya used to make the ultra rare hi lift trucks with full metal parts and so on. That's their latest hi left truck. I hope they would release some aluminum hop ups for it.

You mean the bruiser?

There is also a company that is making aluminum axle cases and other parts too. Stock it has a steel chassis it you didn't know...

Bye:018:

Since I finished my TXT project I've built a Tamiya High-Lift, the M-03 Mini Copper and now I'm working on a 2.2 Crawler out of TLT axles. I'm driving my wife a little nuts right now, because I've bought the Mini and TLT this month along with two Mamba Max 5700 setups, OUCH!

http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/2/4023325112.jpg

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http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/2/4023244560.jpg

Here's some more pics if you'd like:
http://www.putfile.com/bluonyx/images

Very cool rc's. Looks really fun to just mess around with, lol.

I really like the realism of the hi-lift truck. Although, if it were mine, it would be a shelf queen I think.

nice car and truck.
i bet the mini will do burn-out's awesome.:004:

What chassis this is?!

That is a TXT Chassis. Looks like a new one, if your really into rock crawling they always get hacked up, like mine.

nice trucks! i really, really like the scale look of the hi-lift. tamiya makes some great products!

i've got a clod that i have had for years and years. i went from stock to a JPS aluminum chassis and JPS aluminum wheels about 6 years ago, then it broke and i stuck it in a closet.

i finally dug it out last fall and converted it into a nearly full-on crawler - dual 55t lathe motors, big bore shocks, i moved a set of the links so it could articulate more, added a rear servo and have fully-independent proportional steering, and even a custom light set i can turn on and off from my tx. she's sweet now - there isn't much that can stop her!