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cmac · 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by George16

Looks really great!! Are you planning to run/bash this thing or is it going to be a shelf queen?

I will run this thing, hopefully not into a tree. Thank you for the compliment your threads among others have been the inspiration for this truck. Yeah I did not spend all this money and put in all this effort to have this thing sit around and collect dust!!!!
Mike.

08.29.2011, 12:58 AM

Wow that truck is turning out great. My FLM emaxx will only be the chassis, motor mount (if I can find where I put it), hybrid bulkheads and that's it so far but your shocks have caught my eye though. Where did you get the shocks? Are they the FLM shocks or ??

I see in the photos that you posted in the latter part pa the pics that there's a red flat plate. What is this plate for ?

George16 · 08.29.2011, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dtnel

I see in the photos that you posted in the latter part pa the pics that there's a red flat plate. What is this plate for ?

That's the ESC mount.

cmac · 08.29.2011, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dtnel

Wow that truck is turning out great. My FLM emaxx will only be the chassis, motor mount (if I can find where I put it), hybrid bulkheads and that's it so far but your shocks have caught my eye though. Where did you get the shocks? Are they the FLM shocks or ??

I see in the photos that you posted in the latter part pa the pics that there's a red flat plate. What is this plate for ?

Thank you George, yes indeed that is my ESC mount. Because of where I mounted the motor/slipperential, the length of the motor would not let me mount the ESC in the original holes. So I had to make the plate with holes 10mm back. As for the shocks they are the Proline http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...Shocks-2-Slash
Make shure that you get all rears. Also I had the spring rings anodized to match everything else. Thanks guys for all the compliments. This has been in the works for almost 5 months now and it's finally coming together. If I could just get more time to work on it. More pics will be coming soon. Next I will mount the temporary servos and steering linkage. As soon as the Hitec 9380 brushless/neu castle sservos come out (supposedly in September) I will get a set of those http://www.bigsquidrc.com/hitec-hsb-...shless-servos/
Thanks again guys!

cmac · 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by cmac

Thank you George, yes indeed that is my ESC mount. Because of where I mounted the motor/slipperential, the length of the motor would not let me mount the ESC in the original holes. So I had to make the plate with holes 10mm back. As for the shocks they are the Proline http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...Shocks-2-Slash
Make shure that you get all rears. Also I had the spring rings anodized to match everything else. Thanks guys for all the compliments. This has been in the works for almost 5 months now and it's finally coming together. If I could just get more time to work on it. More pics will be coming soon. Next I will mount the temporary servos and steering linkage. As soon as the Hitec 9380 brushless/neu castle sservos come out (supposedly in September) I will get a set of those http://www.bigsquidrc.com/hitec-hsb-...shless-servos/
Thanks again guys!

I just got an email from the guys at Hitec and it seems that they have had another delay in production. Now they don't know when the release date will be. I wonder what the problem is. I wonder if it's the Nue Castle motors that are causing the delay.

cmac · 08.30.2011, 07:36 AM

OK, next problem. I have assembled the steering bellcranks and started to mount the turnbuckles, and it seems that they are too long. I have the aluminum turnbuckle kit for the emaxx brushless 112mm in front and 124mmin the rear. Which ones do I need to get?

suicideneil · 08.30.2011, 11:18 AM

I'd have thought the UE knuckles & a-arms had their own specific turnbuckles to use as they are non-standard lengths compared to the stock old or new emaxx turnbuckles, so far as I know. I'd set the knuckles straight ahead, and the steering bellcranks centered, then use some calipers or something to work out the length you need and see if anything matches pre-existing options; you can also make your own turnbukle to find the required length using some threaded rod & a couple rod ends ( trim rod as required until the steering knuckles & bellcranks play nice )...

cmac · 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by suicideneil

I'd have thought the UE knuckles & a-arms had their own specific turnbuckles to use as they are non-standard lengths compared to the stock old or new emaxx turnbuckles, so far as I know. I'd set the knuckles straight ahead, and the steering bellcranks centered, then use some calipers or something to work out the length you need and see if anything matches pre-existing options; you can also make your own turnbukle to find the required length using some threaded rod & a couple rod ends ( trim rod as required until the steering knuckles & bellcranks play nice )...

I'm going to try a set of these because I cut them to what ever length I want.
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://w...PgMFJBjwufZUMQ
Do you have any experience with these?

cmac · 08.30.2011, 11:01 PM

Here are a few more pics. It's of the bell cranks mounted, before they get covered by the titanium skid plates.

suicideneil · 08.31.2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac

I'm going to try a set of these because I cut them to what ever length I want.
http://www.google.com/url?q=http://w...PgMFJBjwufZUMQ
Do you have any experience with these?

Never used them myself, but I've seen a few guys who bought them after the BYT review, no complaints from what I've seen so they should be fine

Liking the dual servo saver bellcrank setup, that should be nice and beefy with zero slop.

cmac · 08.31.2011, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by suicideneil

Never used them myself, but I've seen a few guys who bought them after the BYT review, no complaints from what I've seen so they should be fine

Liking the dual servo saver bellcrank setup, that should be nice and beefy with zero slop.

It was great with my original truck I think it will work out great with the new truck. Thanks Neil.

08.31.2011, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by suicideneil

Never used them myself, but I've seen a few guys who bought them after the BYT review, no complaints from what I've seen so they should be fine

Liking the dual servo saver bellcrank setup, that should be nice and beefy with zero slop.

Speaking of servos, I was reading somewhere last night about a new beefy servo coming out in the near future. I can't remember where I read it but it talked about neu castle motors powering the servo.

The post had a link to big squid ? I'm guessing its the site that was discussing the leaked photos even though the mfr, hi-tech I'm guessing is manufacturing it?? This could make for a extremely beefy setup or a strong single would be my guess. I'd imagine it would probably lose its waterproofing ability due to the switch over.

cmac · 08.31.2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by dtnel

Speaking of servos, I was reading somewhere last night about a new beefy servo coming out in the near future. I can't remember where I read it but it talked about neu castle motors powering the servo.

The post had a link to big squid ? I'm guessing its the site that was discussing the leaked photos even though the mfr, hi-tech I'm guessing is manufacturing it?? This could make for a extremely beefy setup or a strong single would be my guess. I'd imagine it would probably lose its waterproofing ability due to the switch over.

Look at my post at the top of this page.

cmac · 07:21 AM

That's very interesting. I never would have never thought of using that. Thanks for the compliment.

09.04.2011, 12:42 PM

Where did you get the extra round things for use with tapered screws that help with mounting the bulkhead? I need to order about an extra 12.

I also had a stainless screw snap off in the bulkhead last night so I'm hoping FLM will work with me on it. Do you know if they'll warranty something like that? I've got a lot of money tied up in this and I only have the diffs assembled finally to only probably have To tear one apart now.

I broke it in the process of starting the first round of The build process then Im going to disasaemble it and assemble it using blue threadlock.

I've thought about going all out down the road as you did when I can afford it. Do you have a parts list you can pm or email me?? I'm curious as to how much you have in it minus the rims and anodizing? Pm me if you're willing to It's up to you and I also understand if you choose not to say. You can pm me that if you choose.