Jammin CRT .5 Do-Over
 

I remember being so excited about the new .5 when it first came out and tearing into the new "kit" and immediately converting it. It seemed so long ago. Eight months actually - and now it's time to revisit it and do it all over again. I'll post the pics and try to let them speak for themselves as much as possible - holler if you have any questions.
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Enough pictures for one post...

CRT .5 do-over build continued...
 

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That's all for now.

looks great, that body and those wheels really finish it off nice.

Sweet!!!!

Really like how the rustler wheels look, plus the body art is top notch!

Great job!

Nice!

that looks great, definetly a lot better then my hack job.

Very Nice!, what body is that?

Bye:mdr:

Hehe, nice! Im sure Mike would approve of the paintjob. He really did a good job on the conversion kit didnt he- perfectly laid out, excellent finish & quality. I do like those rims too, shame no-one makes really nice rims for my giant jumbo sized treads.

Man that looks great- the body and RCM mascot just as awesome as the build underneath. What motor is that? This may just force me to buy a .5!

Are those 30's series tires on the traxxas rims?

Looks AWESOME! I love the body! And nice layout.

Thanks for the positive feedback guys. The paint job was my 5th attempt at painting. I borrowed a nice Iwata and am still trying to learn how to handle it. I thought I would experiment with a few different techniques on the Proline Nitro Rustler body and also pay tribute to this forum in some way. I still have a lot to learn. :oops: The body isn't an exact fit as I did have to trim the top loop off the front bumper. It also looks like I'll need th trim a little more off the wheel wells to accommodate the extra wide 30 series Pro-line bowties. The folks at Impakt RC recommended them to go along with the Traxxas Jato wheels. Great suggestion on their part.:yipi:

The motor is a Feigao 8L (3072kv) running a 13T pinion on 3S. This is what I was last racing with the stock chassis and the buggy tires. The larger diameter tires should take it up a notch. I'm going to see if I can get it out for a test drive and some video today.

very nice

how did you get the 30 series tires on the traxxas wheels? i have 30 series dirt hawgs and the black crome 2.8" rims from traxxas but i can seem to get them to fit!

p.s. sorry about bringing back up an old thread.

BTW: looks great!!!!!

Thanks - i didn't have any problems with fit. The only tricky part was being sure the tire bead lined up on the wheel as there is no outer lip. What issues exactly are you having with the fit?

the part of the tires that goes in the bead seems not to fit in the bead itself. i guess i could take a knife to the tire! :lol: but just to trim it a little.

I finally got some video of this running. Unfortunately it's not on a track. I'll post up some running at the track as soon as I can. I have to say that the handling is great. Very stable with the 30 series tires. The only rollover I had was making a turn through a dirt to grass transition and the change in traction got me. The motor and esc cam off a bit warm (I forgot my temp gun) but I'm sure a lot of that had to do with the fact the body does not have any cooling holes in it yet.

very nice truck

That was a good video, the thing handles extremely well and doesnt get thrown around considering its small size & lighter weight.

Very entertaining video! All you need now is some footage doing jumps at a track or something like that.

Whats the gearing on it in that vid?

Stock spur. 13T pinion

This was long overdue. Since the original post I have since done a few updates. I'm now runnning a 50mm Medusa 3300KV motor. I also beefed up the suspension with Jato shocks up front and 1/8 scale Jammin front shocks in the rear.

nice job man.....very inspiring

Loosk great. Can't believe I missed this thread earlier.

so anyone know how much longer mikes new black anodized chassis will be than this one

1/4". New chasiss is made from 7075 aluminum as well(previous versions used 6061). :)

sweet but, when will it be out?

Nice vid...I wish I had a track like that near me...I would never be home...:whistle::whistle:

Which track is that? Looked a bit big for the .5 :lol:. Nice work!

Riceman,

The stock pistons in the 1/8 CR front shocks are 1.4mm holes. Try the 1.5mm hole pistons and 30 or 35 wt oil. The rear will work much better and cut down on the bouncing.

What 3S lipo are you using? Do you know the weight of it? I'm going to the same MM, Medusa 50mm 3300, and Rhino 3S 4000 lipo for my RCM chassis CRT.5.

Riceman,

I just did a test run at the backyard track (big for a backyard) with the Medusa 50mm x 3300 on 3S and my e-crt.5 was a wheely machine at anything more than 1/2 throttle. I even pulled a backflip on our 20' long by 6' up step up. My truck was a full 6' over the top of the landing and jumped at least 6 ft past the landing.

I'm running the Rhino (zippy) 3S 4000 25C batts. They seem to have huge punch. Your 3300 on 3S did not look nearly as wheely happy. What MM settings are you running? What about diff setup? The lipo I run is about 335gm, and I run it all the way forward on the RCM chassis and even have the MM mounted on the steering servo to further get weight forward. I even increased the anti-squat to 3 degrees to cut down on rearward weight transfer. Any other ideas?

Thanks,
Scott

nice nice....I forgot to ask how much wider it will be.....with a stock chassis and having to run a 3s 5000mah pack sideways i sure hope you added some width

Metalman - The track is ARC in Temecula. Not too far from you. Maybe we'll see you out there sometime?

Go-Ride - Not sure if I have any punch control in there or not. I'll have to hook up the Castle link and find out for sure. Diffs are 3K/3K/1K. What do you have in yours? Maybe up the center diff a bit.

I've been running 2/3/1 which worked great on our normally loose back yard track with my Novak GTB/6.5 and 2S. However, with the Medusa 3300 on 3S it was not working so well. I can still drive the car fast at partial throttle, but over 1/2 and it balloons & lifts the front wheels. I've got it set up at 2/5/1 for my next run which should be Sunday. I'm also going to tape the inside of the tires, but that takes time unglueing and reglueing the tires.

what an awesome track..tamacula? where is that?

Temecula is pretty much out in the middle of no where :tongue:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Temecula&state=CA