FlexTek Pics
 

Pics of my FlexTek arms. These are pics for zeropointbug becasue he asked for pics and it wont allow me to post pics in the flextek support area.

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Sorry for the crappy pics the camera is 4.0 pixels which was good a year ago i don't know what they are up to now(pixel wise) but i guess it was the lighting that was bad because other pics from the same camera were good.(like my avatar)

looks good enough. you got about every angle lol

yeah! just thought if had the other pics(of angles not needed) miswell post them while i am at it.

BTW if you think that looks good i will show you a pic of what this camera really does.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/P9300086.jpg

The lightning makes a huge difference the second pic is during the day and my light in my room is not turned on just the outside light, but at night when all of the other pics are taken i use my room light and it is right above the suface were i take the pics it makes for bad pics.

ehh not badd not badd:p anyone know if they fit with the 3.3 drive shafts?

Very nice arms... Love the look of Ti.

looks like modern art.:p

Good Question. I was wondering the same thing.

they are more extended than the stock 2.5 arms should fit the 3.3. sliders but you need 3.3 hubs but you already knew that.

Mmmmm. Flextec arms:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l9...jones/arms.jpg

Yeah, I need to upgrade bulks, but I've since replaced the towers with RPM ones. Got a Hardcore Ti front skid the other day too.

Soon, all I'm going to need is that darn Mamba Monster Max!

Sleeb

Looks like your truck needs BL, the slipperential and some nice hybrids! :)

Looks nice and beefy.....I dont think that for a stock e-maxx, would need some flex teks:p if your a good driver stock arms can last you.:)

Well there's the problem!! haha :005:

It's a project truck, so it's getting built slowly. Next steps are GARC bulks, the rear Ti skid and yep, a brushless system. Going to wait for the MMM tho. I'm pretty sure a slipperential will find its way in there eventually. The idea is to end up with a bulletproof BL basher.

Sleebus

isnt that everyones idea :005:

Every project starts somewher right? I started with a bone stock maxx now the only parts that remain are two gears within the trans!

As usual.. Work in progress..

It's nearing completion now.. waiting for the UE extension and the aluminum centershafts.. I got the 1/8th lunsford conversion for it, that stuff is beefy.. But.. Titanium and titanium don't match.. (UE servo saver was reacting when i turned in the titanium balls included with the lunsford set.. snapped one clean off. Took quite some effort before i got fresh M3 hole in the titanium draglink. using UE shocks on them. I personally don't like the bushings on the flextek arms, they are sloppy, and i think that teflon would be a better choice of material.

Makes sense. In fact I modified my Racer-X Arms for delrin bushings.

Exactly how thick is your bushing? i saw some TI hingepins pulled thru a UE arm. But perhaps this was the result of wear. I considered this with my racer-X, but the lack of a lathe kept me from making the bushings... BUGGER.. got to get a mill and a lathe..

I'm experimenting with Teflon bushings on mine. Prototypes work fine.

(even just teflon shims work to take out the slop, Serum. Look for regular brushed motor shims, sold by many manufacturers)

Good, i understand that you had issues with yours as well. Seems i am not the only one who isn't too happy with their slop.. :p

I contacted flextek about this, but at some point they stopped replying... I guess they had it with my persistent nature.. LOL They told me they did 'excessive testings with different materials' and this was the best.. Perhaps in a dry and non dusty environment, but that's not what the usual MT will see..

Has any one tried the flex tec with 3.3 shafts yet.

The material they use may actually be not that bad! I can tell you teflon won't be very durable in this application, it just gets out of shape when you keep on beating on it. Better make a hole bag of them.

And no, Serum, not real issues. Just saw room for improvement! :)

Yeah, room for improvement, that describes it more subtle..

Hey Serum, that is a nice looking truck man! It makes the flextek arms look nice...are those the shiny UE cvd's? 6mm?

Nice serum! What screws do you use on your maxx's? (blue). I can see your using flm bulks and (___) diff cases? Like newe asked, what cvds are those? They look good.

'm pretty sure they are the UE's, but just want to make sure.

Most likely. Also another question at Rene, Why do you have so many e-maxxs? Do you like them alot or you like testing different parts etc?

the rpm knuckles actually look nice and goes nice with your alunimum and blue theam!

Yeah, they are UE shafts.

with UE 8 spiders/ultralite cases. Currently i have got 2 maxxes, not too bad, right?! The lightweight and this one. the lightweight got a complete make-over. I recently sold an aluminum one with a Cf chassis, racer-X/8spiders to Danverz.. Still got a brand new racer-X collecting dust..

This one is a keeper.

I like the RPM knuckles, i'll post somepics of the maxx once its completely finished. It falls together real nice.

The screws are from mcmaster.com 12.9 IIRC

I hope the RPM knuckles hold up.. UE hasn't got their 'stock' knuckles..

Looks very nice, Rene.

I was thinking of doing a maxx with gmaxx chassis , monoblock, hybrids, etc.

What would one of your maxxes go for, Rene?! ;)

Not for sale currently, the ones i have are keepers.. one light weight, and this one.

The RPM knuckles are good to go Serum, I ran mine with no probs and beat the crap out of them, now they are on Mandie's truck, still running good.

Thanks Newe!

They shold hold up. I have heard that the bearings start to give and add play to the wheel? But I have never had that particular problem, jsut make sure you put the UE spacers in, you'll be good to go.

Rene... you keep saying you have one lightweight maxx and this one. How much lighter could it be than this one with the slipperential and titianium arms??? Seems to me that this one will be very light as well. How much is the RTR weight on the lightweight one? What are you estimating this one will weigh in at?

His lightweight is I think 8.5 lbs, which i would love to see some updated pics of....

8.5 lbs with 12 cells... Damn man, she must run pretty good , huh Rene!? :)

Yeah it was something around 7 lbs (a bit less than 7) something like 3150 gram IIRC, but that was with an XL2400 and 4S.



this was her..

Upgraded now;

Powerstroke shocks, slipperential, 8XL, 3.3 shafts/arms/knuckles. The powerstrokes are rather heavy, but i didn't liked the truck being too light.

Here is a movie of it with the 7XL and 5S dropping too far below their 3V limit. It turned on a dime.

Yea, too light isnt always the greatest, i think a 9-10lbs truck is the best for bashing/racing.

VERY fast! That thing is way too much on 5S. 4S must've been better.

Serum Nice to see the flex tek project. I love how it looks it gives me an idea of what mine will look like it will be the same exept for the towers, and the foam pads. As you know or you may not i am putting that project on hold because it is going to be to expensive and i actually want to drive/race something this summer and the maxx will suck up my money and will be pricy. I am getting a erevo becasue it is pretty much good as is just needs electronics. But i am not done with the maxx project because i still have a set of flextek arms flm shock towers wing shocks and 17mm hubs. So i will just use my stock maxx and add those parts on it and gradually fix it up but with cheaper stuff like stock like sliders unstead or 6mm cvds stuff simple like that that will save chash, and in the mean time i can dominate with the revo. but it is good to see what mine will look like and i knew it would turn out good. what CVDs are you using.