Project XLLL

[what the FLUX]

I mount the wing to the rear tower. I'm uke: about the way the PRC wing mount mounts to the tower.

and got most of the rear put together

fitted the rear

dam it's big:rock:

It's got no droop. I'll try softer spring. Any suggestion would be great.:thumb:
:cheers:

 

[88gtanotchback]

looks amazing man. forgot to put the rear dog bones in?

 

[J1A1H]

that looks so light weight!!!!!! please weigh it fully loaded with lipos when its finished...

Those are small wheels and tyres... planning on racing it???

 

[what the FLUX]

:duh: I always do, thanks 88

Yeah it is very light with out the motor and LiPo's. I'll definitely being weighing it when it's fully loaded.
No not racing, I've got a set of Mulcher's that I wanted to use and I brought the Hyper st wheels thinking they were max/mt for them. Turned out they were lpr's and to top it off they've got a different style bead to every other lrp tyre on the market, so I got the Hyper st tyres as well. They were cheap tho, only $12 for the wheels and I got the tyres for $20 on :ebay:.

 

[88gtanotchback]

i forget the center drive shafts all the time, don't feel bad. lol So are you 100% sold on the integy then? I still think a truck of this caliber deserves the HPI kit. helps handling a lot.

 

[what the FLUX]

lol yeah I do that to. From what freddy has said I wont really need it with the lcg towers. No about 98% sold lol.

I've been cutting out some part today I reckon they all turned out bad word sweet.
To give the ESC and on/off switch more protection I made this guard for it to sit on.

relief to clear the outdrive

The skid plate.

Stone guards for the suspension.

Shaved some off the steering so how I get the same throw each side.

Time to watch the V8 supercars:homer:

 

[frddyj]

just lookin at your pics and wondering...

if you were to to leave the servo mounts on that plate as is & flip your servo, would that put your linkage at more a 90 degree angle to the servo horn and bell-crank?

 

[frddyj]

oh & your truck rocks btw :jamout:
i also expoxied a 1/8" piece of hard plastic to my c/f skidder (on b/r's advice) and it was a great idea :rocker:

 

[J1A1H]

i need to make some stone guards desperately!

hopefully make cleaning jobs like this a little easier . so much crap gets tangled in the shafts!!!

 

[what the FLUX]

just lookin at your pics and wondering...

if you were to to leave the servo mounts on that plate as is & flip your servo, would that put your linkage at more a 90 degree angle to the servo horn and bell-crank?

It does straighten up a little more, still not 90 degree's tho.

I'll just use the 3mm hard plastic lol. If it looks like it can't handle it I've got enough kydex left for another one, and I'll stick them together. Thanks mate

what for Josh.

 

[88gtanotchback]

nice fab work on the stone guards, and other pieces. looks very good.

 

[J1A1H]

can you explain in a bit more detail what exactly you are having problems with involving the steering?

Is it just having the alloy horn at 90degrees when the steering is straight to allow correct use of the servo saver?

Also, i may have asked elsewhere...
but did you use the screw holes for the sway bars and shocks to hold the mud guards on???

Thanks

Josh

 

[what the FLUX]

Thanks 88

Josh the main problem I was have was I wasn't getting the same amount of turn left and right, but I fixed that by shaving some off the servo mount and servo saver arm.

What freddy was talking about is get the linkage/turnbuckle from the servo horn to the servo saver, 90 degrees to the saver saver.

Yeah mate the sway bar and shock mount holes.

 

[what the FLUX]

Fitted the skid plate this morning.

Put it on the scales as it is now, it's 4.3kg :rock:

To fix my lack of droop I'm going to get a set of front springs, hopefully I'll have enough preload.

:blpower:eace:

 

[J1A1H]

4.3!!!!! that is so light!!!!
did you make the skid? didnt think it was worth getting one from prc?

 

[what the FLUX]

Yes I made it. Kydex is very hard and stiff. The sheet cost me $10, and I got 2 skid plates plus the guards I made.
$40 for a skid plate, no thanks. :resp:

 

[J1A1H]

looks like awesome material... i think i heard somewhere that they use to use it on gun holsters in the states... but cant remember...

I have some 2mm nylon sheeting. Very strong, flexible stuff... But the prob is that its gloss finish... Hopefully it wont look too shiny after i skuff it up on its first run

 

[Mickey]

all these lcg fluxes really make me miss my ol sidewinder nitro. nice looking truck wtf

 

[what the FLUX]

the nylon being flexible will be easier to fit to the arms. I don't think it will be shiny for to long, if that pic is anything to go by lol.

thanks Mickey

 

[what the FLUX]

Just need to paint the body and I'll be ready rock :rock:

the body a little short but it will do for now. bad word

Jason gave me an idea on mounting the wing mount plate, but I wont use it with this body, the fit will look even worse.

 

[J1A1H]

looks so good!!! even though the body is too short... the wing helps you out a little!

That wheelie bar, although suseptible to damage still looks awesome too!!!

I WANT TO SEE IT RUNNING NOW!!!

 

[frddyj]

sweet truck, wheres your roll bar?

 

[JoeGuam]

Cool wheelie bar/shock setup

 

[redneck]

do a write up on the whilly bar plz that looks sick

 

[what the FLUX]

Thanks fellas.

I got the body painted today. I was to heavy on the silver, but it turned out pretty cool any way.

I'll post more pix tomorrow with in the decals on, it looks sweet in direct sunlight.

 

[J1A1H]

OH MATE MATE MATE!

that looks awesome!!! how did you do the carbon style stencil? similar to joes method?

 

[J1A1H]

+ REP at least 10 characters

 

[what the FLUX]

Thanks for the rep Josh. I haven't seen Joe's, but it's probably the same. I used non slip matting, got it at the supermarket 50cm x 2m, I brought it awhile ago but I think it was less than $10.

 

[what the FLUX]

do a write up on the whilly bar plz that looks sick

It's not the strongest wheely bar in the world.
I used two upper a-arms and cut half way thru each one so they interlocked.

I cut the center out of the back of the skid plate. Then I cut the ends of the stock wheely bar and drilled them out to 4mm and used threaded rod with lock nut to mount the a-arms to the skid plate.

With the stock tower I used the holes that are already in the arms to mount the bottom of the shock. I mounted the top of the shock to the wing stay.

I also shorten the shock with fuel tube.

On version 1.0 I was using 3mm mild steel threaded rod as the axle, I used spacers I made from stuff I had lying around, to support the arms and the 12mm hexs.

The mild steel rod is just to weak for this purpose, I got sick of replacing it every couple of bashes, so I whiched back to the original wheelie bar.

While in the process of this build I came up with the idea to try using a stock savage big bore shock shaft as an axle. If this bends I'll try a Ti-Ni shaft, and if that bends it's back to the stock wheely bar.

With the lcg towers the shock was on to much of an angle to fit properly. The big bore spring seat is to wide to fit between the arms, so I made a couple of brackets to raise the mounting point above the arms. Hopefully they wont be a weak point.

One more thing, the right side nut on the axle keep backing off because of the direct of spin so I use two nuts locked together.

Hope that helpful.

 

[what the FLUX]

My old flux weighed 7.2kg

the new CF XL flux weighs 6.2kg. I'm stoked I was able to lose 1kg, without the custom wheelie bar it will be about 6kg.
I'll lose even more weight with smaller LiPo's, my current 6500mah 3s packs are over 500g each.

When I was checking the epa on the servo before my test drive, I found the servo horn is hitting the trans out :stressed:drive bad wordbad wordbad word.