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MiRatlhed · 06.26.2012, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by suicideneil

Solid gold Emaxx; winning...

Thank you Neil. I appreciate that!

I am off to the Roller Coaster park today till Friday evening. Hopefully get back to it this weekend when I get back.

Stay tuned and thanks for stopping by to check out the build!! I love having this forum to post up the progress since this is a place people can truly appreciate a Maxx!!

MiRatlhed · 07.29.2012, 10:34 PM

I went up to the school today to finish up cleaning after our event we had yesterday and took the Lightning. We also had Zane's chopper and his Pede. I went back after the event last night and cleaned up everything but the carpet, I vacuumed it last night so it was clean before I put it away.

I ran it for a while and it drove really good. Jumps nice and level and the attitude correction from the throttle works awesome. Really moves the truck a lot in the air. But I am using those LiFe 2S packs in series and I just don't think it has good juice going to it. Plus it might need geared a bit cause the motor was getting warm. I did not have my temp gun with me so I don't know how hot it was getting but not overly warm as I could still hold onto it.

But the slipper really faded pretty quickly. I am using one of the Kitchen O Ring sprongs that Mike said worked great. But these after they heat up just slip and slip and slip. Maybe I have the wrong kind but they are pretty stiff rubber. I am going to tear it apart tomorrow and see if maybe the slipper pads are bad. I burned my finger when I went to tighten the adjustment plate on it and it instantly gave me a blister on my finger so it was HOT!! Really HOT!

I have a couple brand new Hyperion 2S LiPo's I think I will try in it next. Maybe it will send better juice to that system since it is a rather hefty truck.

Anyway here is some video!!! It was awesome driving this truck. Cannot wait to get it dialed in and run some packs through it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp4K...1&feature=plcp

Overdriven · 07.30.2012, 12:05 AM

The Lipos should give it a bit more kick than the LiFe packs since they're a bit higher voltage. Good to see the truck getting a bit of a workout! Thanks for sharing these projects and the update.

Kcaz25 · 07.30.2012, 07:29 AM

I liked the vid! Having a temp gun handy everytime you run is not a must but it is close. The Lightning is very nice! It does jump really well.

Those Hyperions should be great packs.

MiRatlhed · 07.30.2012, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Kcaz25

I liked the vid! Having a temp gun handy everytime you run is not a must but it is close.

Those Hyperions should be great packs.

Thanks for checking out the video guys! I really was thrilled yesterday to drive it.

Yes and I even told myself while programming the ESC yesterday to not forget my temp gun and I forgot it. Was a little too excited to get out the door and head to the gym to run it......LOL!! Cannot wait to drive it again now that she has a run under her tires.

JERRY2KONE · **Looks nice -** 07.30.2012, 04:09 PM

Looks nice, runs nice, and seems to handle nice as well. Good to see you playing with your work, and the picture in the R/C CAR ACTION magazine does not do it justice IMO. I would have liked to see more pics and a fair write up about the truck. Anyway great work as usual Joe.

MiRatlhed · 08.02.2012, 04:15 PM

The Lightning is now featured on the RC Car Action website.

http://www.rccaraction.com/blog/2012...eptember-2012/

I wish they would have stuck a couple more pictures up of it since the web is much easier to post stuff up on. I sent them 12+ pics to use. Oh well, it is cool anyways!!

cmac · 08.07.2012, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MiRatlhed

The Lightning is now featured on the RC Car Action website.

http://www.rccaraction.com/blog/2012...eptember-2012/

I wish they would have stuck a couple more pictures up of it since the web is much easier to post stuff up on. I sent them 12+ pics to use. Oh well, it is cool anyways!!

Congratulations on getting your awesome truck on there!!!!!

MiRatlhed · 08.12.2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac

Congratulations on getting your awesome truck on there!!!!!

Thanks man! Lets hope I will get a good shot at Truck of the Year. But it will probably lose to some thrashed out looking scaler truck that was built out of brake line.....LOL! Not saying that is not cool cause it is but they just do not look all that nice. I think last years ride of the year looked like a P.O.S......haha

Picked up some more parts for brushless projects.

I mocked up the F/R ends to a Thunder chassis and some UE Star wheels I had. I have a complete EMaxx transmission I bought off of Ebay with a full Ultramaxxed kit in it that I might turn into a Summit type EMaxx. Something with some nice big tires and waterproof electronics. Using the EMaxx trans I will have first and second gear.

Here is the mock up just because I didn't want to pack the VBS away, they are too cool to look at.....

I also had some Big Kahuna rims that I mounted a set of Badlands on and the rims just seemed too big and deep for the badlands so I swapped out the tires with the IMEX DD's I got on the UE Wedge rims I got in this last buy.

The pic you cannot tell as much but the IMEX tire is much wider than the Pro Line tire. Still not sure if I will keep the DD's on the Big Kahuna rims. I need something that is really going to compliment those rims. They are very nice...maybe another set of Mashers.

Thanks for stopping by.

MiRatlhed · 08.15.2012, 01:06 AM

I didn't like the IMEX tires on the Big Kahuna rims so I swapped them back over and started messing around with the Predator and mounted the previous body back on it with the wing and glued those tires up to some UE Wedge 3's so I can get this lady outside and see how she does in the dirt.

UE Wedge 3 with a IMEX Dirt Dawg

Making sure the tread is the right way.....

Insta Flex+ !

Ready to roll....

I will catch some video when I take her out to play.

MiRatlhed · 09.11.2012, 11:51 PM

Well the Black and Yellow truck has been put on the back burner for the time being and I have no idea when I will get back to it.

I have been busy with the pile of parts I bought recently and it has sparked my interests a bit more talking with a couple good friends about the direction of the truck and the parts available we decided to make it a track truck.

I had a Thunder on this and then a Lightning came up on Ebay and since I just parted the Predator out I had some play funds. So now this has spawned!

RC Monster Universal Center Diff w/ Slipperential

It mounts great. My friend had one extra GA Ti center skid he sold me and a nice Slipperential. The slipper has been passed around to a couple different owners but never used yet. I will have to pull it apart and make sure it has the correct fluid in it.

I put a monoblock on it since I had shafts that were for a different build and they fit perfect. I might have to dremel a small notch where the rear drive shaft goes under the top plate but just ever so slightly. It clears but it is hard to see light in between it.....LOL!!

Not gonna mess with colors or anything. Just going to get a couple RC Monster battery trays for it and secure them to the chassis. Tune it up and toss it on the track. I have a new LST2 Crowd Pleazer shell for it so it should be long enough.

It has been busy moving my boy away to college so I have not got much accomplished this past couple months. I have a National Clod race to attend in October and then our series Opener is in October so I might not get back to these too soon but they are here when I am ready to tackle them. I got some Clod work to do!!!

JERRY2KONE · **Good work once again joe. -** 09.12.2012, 02:21 AM

Hey there Joe good work once again young man. Yea lfe does tend to get in the middle of our R/C stuff from time to time. Congrats on your son's big adventure. I pray all goes well with that endevour and he actually enjoys himself. Time flies.

gumleguf · 09.12.2012, 02:42 AM

It's a beauty, Joe.

I see you are mounting the motor in forward position? I'm considering the same on my G2. Have you decided on the forward mounting position or are you also considering backward mounting?

MiRatlhed · 09.12.2012, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by gumleguf

I see you are mounting the motor in forward position? I'm considering the same on my G2. Have you decided on the forward mounting position or are you also considering backward mounting?

Thanks guys! I think she is quite the beauty myself..... Yeah Jerry it seems once it gets really busy and hectic sometimes a few weeks can go by before you even know where they went.

Yeah I do plan on keeping it forward. I have read numerous responses in threads and that seems to be the majority opinion on where it should be on a track truck.

Overdriven · 09.12.2012, 08:48 AM

You definitely have too many beautiful and cool trucks there!

I personally like shifting some weight up front on the Maxx trucks, tends to help with on power steering as the weight is concentrated more to the rear on a stock Maxx. I've never gone that extreme on a Maxx, but I did on a Revo and it resulted in snap oversteer when letting off the throttle. But I also didn't do much suspension tuning on the Revo and I'm sure I could've dialed most if not all of it out with some tuning or limiting straps on the front end.