Project Mulligan

[suicideneil]

Originally Posted by redshift

"God how I hate pistol grip radios"

Neil is a stick man? Well I could see hating that pistol radio...

My first 'real' radio was an Airtronics stick, was good with it. Something tells me I would semi-suck with one if I was to try it now.

I remember you lamenting about parting with your first... you won't be doin' that again willya.. looks like fun!

I don't own any Tamiyas anymore, I wonder what a Hornet or a Frog would be like with modern stuff... eeeeeeasy on the throttle

I like how modern pistol radios look, and the idea of a throttle trigger is nice as I shoot airguns, but its the little wheel for left & right that scrambles my brain. Gonna find a spare rx for my Hitec laser 6, its proven reliable with a decent range & all the adjustments you could possibly need, soI'll lay off going digital for a few years yet

The old Tamiyas would be funny to race against modern 1/10 stuff- no wonder so many good examples end up as shelf queens, its all they're upto really...

[_paralyzed_]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

I like how modern pistol radios look, and the idea of a throttle trigger is nice as I shoot airguns, but its the little wheel for left & right that scrambles my brain. Gonna find a spare rx for my Hitec laser 6, its proven reliable with a decent range & all the adjustments you could possibly need, soI'll lay off going digital for a few years yet

The old Tamiyas would be funny to race against modern 1/10 stuff- no wonder so many good examples end up as shelf queens, its all they're upto really...

people have said the same to me about pistol radios. They are usually holding it at their side or upside down or their head is in their rectum.

If you hold it with the wheel facing you it's just like driving a car. Right for right and left for left.

I know your preference won't change, but if you find yourself in a life or death situation and the only way out is with a pistol grip radio, try holding the wheel as you would driving a car. That simple change has helped me to teach a couple people to drive my rides.

Looking forward to the build....

[suicideneil]

Hmm...



I actually tried your suggestion, but as my luck would have it, the servo is setup the wrong way round in the front of the truck as it is at the moment, so left is right and viceversa- God wants me to crash into walls I swear...

Anyway, I have got the truck running after charging the sucky 2100mah (actually better than I thought ) nicd charged and the esc programmed on the second attempt; you can really feel the power of the twin 27t 540 motors. Not.

The Candyman is finishing off my extended suspsension rods, leaving me to just wait for my orders to turn up:-

rubber sealed bearings
uber big rod ends
3.3 spec drive shafts and output couplers to make them into center propshafts
some thundertech txt-1 > emaxx 14mm hex adapters/ wideners. Now thats a project in itself, which will no doubt horrify a few people; Im adding 3 inches of track width to the truck by making some superduper long barrel nuts & 2 wheel wideners on each stubaxle- those poor 5x10x4 bearings wont know what hit them...

More later.

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yep, better buy stock in a bearing company

[its me]

Uh oh.. Neil got a TXT again :)

SO whats the initial plan for this one?

[suicideneil]

Same as the old one pretty much- just gonna use a few updated parts, and a proper BL system + lipo power. Just want a proper MT to play with, rather than a high speed truggy wannabe Gmaxx which is more about speed. How goes your mutant E-maxx dude?

Anyway, got my rod ends in today, and they are huge! Really nice quality by Tough Racing, and even better, The Candyman has finished my extended suspension rods which should be here tomorrow or thursday with any luck. I also picked up some 3.3 drive shafts, and a couple of #5458x traxxas parts to turn the drive shafts into propshafts for the center of the truck. I will post pics once the rods come in and get them fitted up.

[its me]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Same as the old one pretty much- just gonna use a few updated parts, and a proper BL system + lipo power. Just want a proper MT to play with, rather than a high speed truggy wannabe Gmaxx which is more about speed. How goes your mutant E-maxx dude?

Anyway, got my rod ends in today, and they are huge! Really nice quality by Tough Racing, and even better, The Candyman has finished my extended suspension rods which should be here tomorrow or thursday with any luck. I also picked up some 3.3 drive shafts, and a couple of #5458x traxxas parts to turn the drive shafts into propshafts for the center of the truck. I will post pics once the rods come in and get them fitted up.

Ah she is on hold, got some very good advice from joe ford about why not to run twin brush less systems that share the same spur. No matter what you one of the motors will always be out of sink with the other, probably going to wait for mikes E maxx CD diff mount and just do a single 1521 on 12S..

Im also going back in the day and building a race clod, so ill be watching this thread closely :)

[suicideneil]

Solid axles will rule again...

So, xmas came early:





Candyman's custom extended 8mm link rods, complete with 5mm threaded inserts- beautiful.
Tough Racing 10mm ball rod ends- they are HUGE, easily twice the size as traxxas rodends.
Traxxas driveshafts, already turned into propshafts.
Thundertech 12mm > 14mm adapters/wideners.
Rubber sealed bearings (Abec 3 I think).

Anyway, I removed the rear axle and opened it up, expecting to find those nasty bronze bushings, and whaddayouknow, one of the previous owners (this truck is ~8 years old afterall) already installed some metal shielded bearings, and ten gallons of nice white lithium grease. Now, I know the rubber ones will be better, but, I think on balance that it'll make more sense to keep my new bearings in their packet until I start blowing the metal ones

Anyway, heres a good shot to show just how uber mahoosive the truck will be when finished:



I have calculated that the wheel base will be 17", a whole 1" longer than I had intended, thanks mainly to the rather long rodends vs stock. Not a problem, but it does mean I will need to play with the cantilever pushrods in terms of either length or placement, to regain a bit of suspension travel (currently have about 3/4" ).

So, heres how she stands, or sits at present:



Yep, nothing amazing, but you can see the suspension changes by looking at the pushrod angles front vs rear (rear is closest to the camera).

Just need one other delivery in order to make my extended barrel nuts, then thats it for this month, luckily theres only a week until I can do more ordering....

Imo you`d be off with metal adapter/wideners.I have clod/txt adapters & they can spin inside the wheel damaging the plastic adapter/wideners.

[jayjay283]

You need those big old fog lights like on the old one. Glad you got another. your old one was 1 sweet looking truck. Your emaxx could drag it like a rag doll though

[suicideneil]

Oh I dunno, it would be a failry even match I reckon, if I mount the tow hitches down low on each truck... I might do a towing competition though, each truck with the same weight sled behind and time it over a fixed distance ( I say sled, but I mean beer crate...).

As for the plastic vs metal wheel wideners, these ones are specifically for the Imex shoes so no danger of damaging the txt-1 hex adapter thingies. I am aware that the plastic will stretch and round out over time, but they lasted very well with my last truck, so I'll run what I got at the moment- I'll keep that offer in mind Krawlin, unless you were planning on selling them soon in which case not to worry too much.

Just a few bits of info to post at this stage:

Stock TXT-1 weighs 10lbs 12oz rtr with a 6cell nimh pack, so not all that lardy compared to maxxes and revos etc.

To date I have spent £286.52p on the following parts:-

TXT-1
custom 4 link rods
Various hex head screws
Hex adaptors and associated barrel nuts etc
Rod ends
Propshafts
Bearing kit

A little over budget for the month, but not too bad.

Next month will be good, getting the lower parts of the truck finished up, then turning my mind to the chassis and tranny, which will require custom made mounts (about the hardest part really, but not actually all that difficult). Then, in december I will turn my attention to the motor and esc...

Until the next time then, toodles.

[suicideneil]

Interim update:



Many thanks to Nitrostarter for the help getting the parts (front & rear skids, center skid & cantilevers), I should have them with me in a week or so.

Just finishing off the wacky-wide axle extensions, then I'll have some roller pics tomorrow; this thing is HUGE!

[Bondonutz]

Can't wait to see some pics !
I've ben wanting to build something different than the normal MT,Truggy. Very curious to see more of your TXT ?

[What's_nitro?]

It's gonna be shiny!

[suicideneil]

O'naturel...















^^And thats how you get 3" of extra track width :D





Size comparison- the TXT-1 has an 18" wheel base vs the 14" wheelbase of the Gmaxx. Ignore the current suspension geometry as that will require alot of tweaking to get it sitting right; currently it has 1/2" travel at the rear & 1/4" at the front...