Another Gmaxx is born

[Rivermaxx]

There no way my titaniun ue turnbuckles are lighter than my ue 7075 turnbuckles. How do you figure ti is lighter than aluminum. Maybe a your figuring it take less titanium to be as strong as aluminum which is true. The nice thing about ti is when its hit hard it usually flexes back into shape for example your ti skids. If they were good quality aluminum they be bent for sure. yes you can bend them back but only a few times before they work harden and break off. Titanium is some tough stuff I heard they use it in the bottom pan of hummers to make them more bomb proof not sure if it true but it kinda make sence to me. Chromoly steel is way lighter and stronger than regular steel. Not sure about it compared to titanium.

[suicideneil]

Maybe I was thinking of steel vs Ti on the weight issue- I dunno, I work in a supermarket for a living!

[Kcaz25]

Coolness. When you bent the plate did you have the Strobe braces at the time?

[suicideneil]

No, happend before I got those. They wouldnt have helped though, the force of the impact bent the Ti skid back about 10-15 degrees, and the X-braces bent upwards in the front rather like a banana- lost about a dozen screws nearly as they all stripped out the underside near the front end; the battery tray/plate its was unharmed.

Thats the major weakness really, the design of the X-braces, by introducing a nice big weak area that will bend easily when forced, rather like the arch in a trainer's sole.

A few pics of the damage on that occasion:





I still have the damaged X-braces, not sure why, but they are just about useable if you skip one or two screws, though I just ponied up the cash for some newer G3 braces (same design, just not hollowed out on the underside to improve strength).

[suicideneil]

The inspiration:





(color-wise I mean...)

The end result:











Its a little more yellow-ish in real life, you can blame bad lighting for my pics. Its very close to the HSV yute' color in actual fact.

The wheel base is 99% perfect, if anything my GMaxx is a tad bit longer, maybe 1/2" or there abouts, but its a perfect fit for the wheel wells, no clearnace issues. The only problem I did have was the rear body posts. Since the shell is designed for an Erevo that has body posts closer together than the maxx does, the rears would have been sticking up through the ridges that run down the back of the cabin, which is no good as you can only see half of them & cant insert the body retaining clips. My solution was to remove the nubs the shell normally sits on, and replace them with some sling swivel studs screwed into the cross brace a little closer together. The pictures make alot more sense:





Very simple to do, and the end result is rather tastey I reckon.

That said, I like the new Revo3.3 body shell- proper pickup style rather than a quazi-pickup/racetruck mishmash...

EDIT: Just incase anyone says anything, I ran out of BYT stickers, otherwise they would have been included on the shell :)

[team3six]

Damn Neil, what shell is that brother.

[suicideneil]

Pro-line slipstream, its proper sexy

http://www.prolineracing.com/p-664-s...e-revo174.aspx

[team3six]

Sure is a nice looking shell. I have always been into the JConcepts shells. but it looks as if proline is starting to get into the earodynamics more now. NICE!

[Kcaz25]

Looks great! You must cut out the scoops! What is your wheel base exactly?

[suicideneil]

I'll see how the temps are now its summer (80*f is considered HOT over here, its quite sad really...), but I kinda prefer the shell without the scoops cutout. Wheelbase is 14".

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

'off the bat' (strange expression but makes perfect sense).

It's actually "right off the bat", but it is commonly used without the word 'right'.

It's actual meaning is, immediately.

It comes from the English sport of Cricket (similar to baseball, and is actually where baseball came from), and refers to what happens at the very moment the ball leaves the bat after contact has been made...as soon as the ball leaves the bat, the players immediately react in some way or another, so their reaction was immediate, as soon as the ball came off the bat, or "right off the bat"...cool, huh? :)

[feistyacorn]

I like the new lid, nice color. mmm.... HSV... Pontiac was the closest thing we had to Holden and GM had to dick it up. I was hoping to trade in my GP GXP for a G8 GXP someday. nevermore....

[Chadworkz]

It will come back...maybe, heh!

[suicideneil]

At this rate all cars will look and drive the same, regardless of the companies making them- all in the name of safety and to save money on manufacturing costs (one large company owning all the smaller ones & recycling parts, its rife in europe at the moment, but I dont know much about the American market).

Anyway, I got my MMM hold down today- it looks very nice mounted on the GorillaMaxx chassis- towards the rear rather than the front of the rear plate, since it was rather close to the motor for my liking.

Interesting about 'off the bat' being an English expression, I've always been fond of 'from the get-go' myself...

[Rivermaxx]

Hey neil are those body mounts rifle swivels? They look like steel. I moved my esc back and forth and turned it around and I like it in the front holes, its close but maybe your motors is longer then mine. The only thing is the power wire that plug in to the esc sticks up kinda high. I want to turn them down a little and at least put something around them to protect them. Speaking of facts what is the english favorite food. My sons in soccer camp his coaches are from england say your guys favorite food is indian curry. Is this true?