Project Mulligan

[suicideneil]

Yeah, I thought about that, but its still not quite enough clearnance & looks rather weird too- I think it'll be fine as it is for the time being.

Interim update:

God bless saturday deliveries- my knuckles, body posts & servo mounts arrived. I have to strip the blue anodizing off the latter two items, then I'll post up some pics on monday or tuesday; got my Dad's birthday Sunday evening so we're going out for a meal and drinks. Hes.... 60-something years old....

[suicideneil]

Huzzar for oven cleaner fumes! :D




Hotracing knuckles






Ah yes, oven cleaner, my old friend...








The results, nice an shiney parts. I couldnt get every bit of blue anodizing off the servo mounts and body posts, but 99% is close enough- you wont see the blue bits left on the body posts as they as covered by the brace.

Just waiting on the axle guard mounts, then next month I will be ordering the tranny, servo and lipos and a few other little bits and pieces (spare rx for my trusty laser 6 radio).

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

WOW... that's coming well Neil... I want one!!!

[redshift]

"Ah yes, oven cleaner, my old friend..."

Jeezis Neil you aren't huffing it are you?

[suicideneil]

Ofcourse not...

Shock-tastic update:













Interesting comparison to the stock shocks- slightly longer body & overall length, but about the same diameter; the stockers have a longer spring though, and if Im not mistaken they feel slightly stiffer than the springs on the Ofna 9.5pro (#40052) shocks. I may experiment with swapping the springs over to see if they work better once the truck is up and running, as I prefer stiffer suspension- kinda need it on the solid axle rigs like this to keep the wheels planted and prevent the blasted thing from keeling over to one side under power.

Just waiting for my M.I.A. axle guards to turn up then I can start playing with the ride height and what not, then next month order the tranny, lipos and servo etc.

[Bondonutz]

The build is coming along swimmingly Neil, looks Fantastic !

Ofna offers a wide variety of springs for their shocks so if stiffer is nessasary you should be able to find them easy enough.

I'm really looking forward to seeing video of the truck complete and running, HURRY UP !

[_paralyzed_]

I mostly have monster trucks (maxxes, savages, mgt, LST's) but nothin says monster like a solid axle truck. It just looks mean.

Can you throw some good power through those axles? I may be tempted to build one.

[suicideneil]

I dont have a huge amount of faith in the axles, well, the gears specifically; they are cast metal, so will wear down alot quicker than steel gears. Thats something Im gonna find out about (durability) as I use the truck and give it a throrough bit of stick up and down banks and what-not. If the axles/gears do give up the ghost, then I will either see what I can do about replacements (Chrismechanic seems rather brilliant at making gears for his emaxx tranny in any number of materials), or I will bite a very large bullet and swap over to some 1/5 scale axles from Rc4wd.com- they have alloy madforce axles that use a 1/8 diff, or they have other 1/5 scale metal axles on their other site...

Time will tell, but I would like a fairly powerful solid axle truck, just for the sheer epicness of it

[What's_nitro?]

[suicideneil]

Vulcan cannons; mini guns on steroids...

[Krawlin]

Any updates on this truck?

[suicideneil]

Negatory..

I contacted Bizarre Hobbies about the M.I.A. axle brace do-dars, and they said wait until the end of the month, then contact them again & they will 'take further action'; Im assuming that means put a claim in for the lost items & send me out some more.

Otherwise, just waiting till next month so that I can buy me a shiney new 1518 motor, the servo, spare rx & the 3905 tranny. Only 3 more days...

hi neil/all...nice build so far. if you need any gears making, we will talk. p.m. me mate

[suicideneil]

Stop reading my mind. They are pretty small gears inside- the main ones that concern me are little bevel gears that tansfer drive 90° from the propshaft to the diff gear. I know normal gears would be pretty easy for you, just wandering if bevel gears would be tricky or not? If they do fail, I'll know who to talk to anyway so thanks

Little update:

Just spent obscene amounts of money last night on the next batch if parts:

1518 motor = $157.99 + $32.50 shipping ( I expect customs to jump on that for sure, so add another £30-40 to cover import, vat & handling charges.. )

3905 tranny = £27.89 + £5.45 shipping ( got a dispatch email form the retailer earlier- they have marked the value on the package as $17, I sh!t you not God I love ebay some times, saves me another £10-15 I reckon )

3905 slipper parts = £11.64 + £1.00 shipping, from Modelsport.co.uk

3905 single motor mount = £4.90 + £2.63 ( couldnt find them on ebay until I just searched for the part #, weird....).

Kershaw Designs FireHammer MT clear unpainted shell = £31.26 including postage ( I wanted something a little bigger than the normal maxx sized shells, will actually look a bit more like a scale truck ( like NickRummy's ), more impossing...).

Hobbycity Zippy Flightmax 5000mah 40C 5s lipos x 2 = £115.36 + £25.24 shipping ( value will be marked at 10% of actual price as per the option on the ordering page- hope to Christ customs dont get suspicious otherwise I'll get raped for customs fees etc... again).

GWS 8ch Dual Conv 40mhz FM Receiver = err, ~$25ish. Need to get some crystals for it, will look for them later this evening- most likely will get some hitec items.

EC5 5mm Connector (Pair) x 7 = ~$9ish. They look great, and are much tidier than my current wiring setup, plus easier to grip and will last longer vs the standard 5.5mm bullets I have currently (different springy mechanism- like how the smaller 3mm version feel and work that came on my hobbyshitty motors before I swapped them over to 5.5mm bullets). Will redo all gear with them, then maybe flogg the bullets after cleaning them up a bit- I have loads so will sell them as a job lot on ebay unless anyone wants them for dirt cheap?

So yeah, spent alot of money- wasnt planning on getting the motor this month, but I couldnt pass up on the black friday deal at Castle- just means that in January I will just have to get the esc and servo (when its back in stock (mid december apparently), was -2 when I went to order last night; grrrr) resulting in a cheaper month.

Esc will most likely be an MMM, cant see the MMPro liking the 1518 much in a ~15lb truck. Guess I'll need someof Mike's pinions too really, though havent crunched the numbers on that just yet- I can now though since I know all the ratios and the voltage & motor kv I'll be using etc; will have my supper of fish cakes and chips (English chips that is ), an Angel Delight for dessert (ButterScotch flavour, mmmmm) first then will hit up BrianG's calculator and do some sums.

Laters.

[Bondonutz]

WOW, Sounds like everything is coming right along.

Should be a potent truck w/the motor and 5s

Looking forward to seeing more pics when item starts trickleing in from your order. Especially how that huge body will look on the chassis ??