so this dude i ordered mine from is hookin me up new tires,piggyback shocks,rims,adapters,2 55 t motors, y harness to put 2 servos together, 8t pinions, $200.00 and since hes waiting on my tires he gonna upgreade my chassis i ordered a plain chassis from him then he sent me a pic of one he wants to build me for the week wait HOLY HELL its bad ass

so this dude i ordered mine from is hookin me up new tires,piggyback shocks,rims,adapters,2 55 t motors, y harness to put 2 servos together, 8t pinions, $200.00 and since hes waiting on my tires he gonna upgreade my chassis i ordered a plain chassis from him then he sent me a pic of one he wants to build me for the week wait HOLY HELL its bad ass

here it is http://mnlart.com/files/Picture_618.JPG

here it is http://mnlart.com/files/Picture_618.JPG


That looks like a sweet ride XXX. What about parts replacement?

Heres my rig under the lid.
stock ax10 kit
losi tires and shocks
proline memory foams and body
hitec 645
thunder power 1530mah 3s 11.1 lipo
tekin fxr and t55
integy alloy Cs and knuckles
ckrc skid plate and (bta) steering kit (not installed)
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UH OH what'd I do I got no pics

UH OH what'd I do I got no pics

try try again i wanna see this bad mofo

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/attachment.php?attachmentid=71647&stc=1&d=1229391823
HPIM0430.JPG

WTF I can't see the thumb nails just a link

WTF I can't see the thumb nails just a link

i see thumbs erv:thumbsup:

The forum page is huge and I can't edit my posts anymore

You can see the thumb nails in all my posts cuz I got nothing.

You can see the thumb nails in all my posts cuz I got nothing.

yep 2 of them :dude:

What type lipos you runnin in that beast.That thing with you driving
I'll be sure to stand way clear.

What type lipos you runnin in that beast.That thing with you driving
I'll be sure to stand way clear.

dunno yet i was thinkin nimh cause there heavier but i have a orion 3400

You just run one cause that thing looks mighty hefty w/o nimh packs or pack.

http://mnlart.com/files/Picture_5712.JPG here its is again http://mnlart.com/files/Picture_618.JPG

That's a pretty sweet looking rig Keith, when are you getting it?

Hey all this ia the imfamous Brian. The one who sent in an email back this last summer. Back When i got my Scorpion, i set up a 10'X10' course in my back yard, approx. 500 different size rocks i hauled them in alittle at a time. i also have a course set up in my basement, with about another 100 rocks and various wooden platforms and alot of odd shape wood chunks and blocks all in pile throughout half my basement. that of course is my winter time crawling area

I've re-arranged my rock pile out side many times, thats approx 500 rocks i've manipulated into dirfferent formations. so i have lots of ideas, and i know what my Scorpion can and cannot climb. I've spent, many many countless hours sitting outside crawling arround. I have viedeo taped many times and have posted them on YouTube some time ago.

Glad to see that my message got threw finally.

The meeting tues. 6:30 is good for me. see ya all there

Brian

Good to hear from you Brian. Yes, the time is finally right. Many other projects are completed and it is time for a new challenge. Look forward to seeing you tonight!!!

That's a pretty sweet looking rig Keith, when are you getting it?

ill get the chassis hopefully this week i bought axles from a clod of a guy on hobbytalk for $80 and the guy that built my chassis hell give me all the tires,rims,adapters harness,motors,the works for an extra 200 which i plan on buying i won his chassis on ebay for $50 its originally 130 then i been in contact with him for about a week and he is waiting on a part for my chassis and told me he would upgrade me for free for the wait pretty sweat. should be runnin by the 1st of the year...:thumbsup:

see you guys in a bit

I am out for tonight. Let me know how it goes.

sorry

heres my crawler, i bought the Scorpion crawler KIT. i like to put my rc cars and trucks together, that makes it more fun!

I've put toghter all of my cars, i think it means more to essemble them yourself, that way u get to know how your car or truck really works, by putting it togther youself. its easyer to repair any problem because you allready know what it looks like disassembled.

I just wish they still made KITS like back in the day..........

Heres a few pics of my Scorpion. i re-located the battery lower and more in a foward position, its mounted just bellow the stock battery plate. This gives you more forward bite. Plus i added 4 1/2oz of weight to the from axle and have the same amount on the rear as well. i have weights on the inner side of the wheels, plus i made lead weights that i can add or remove the each axle. They just screw into place.

I find i like more weight on the axles and wheels to help traction. alot of guys add more weight just to the friont wheels but i think my crawler works better with weight added to the rear axle and wheels to make it heavyer with more weighted pushing power for climbing. But its good to keep the front axle stuck down as much as possible.

But keep in mind, more weight on the front than on the back will result in rolling over frontwards while decending down

I have about 1200.00 dollars invested in my Scorpion with all the aftermarket aluminum parts and etc. I plan on added aluminum axles and gears soon.


Keep also in mind Scorpion owners,.....the stock gears in the tranny and in the axles will wear down resulting in SLOP. I have about a 1/2" slop. its not TIGHT like it used to be,... thats why i'm going with STEEL gear sets. but untill then i'm still crawling

I also moved the suspension arms on the inside of the chassis, so now there not mounted on the OUTSIDE like thay are stock. gives you more clearance. to do this you need longer bolts for the shock mounting brackets, you have to reposition the mounting of the arms and shocks. you just moving everything over. I can send pics to show this as well, if interested

To those of you that wanted to know about the Tekin motor/esc here it is. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/products_id/30637

sorry Shane you were right about the product.

I am out for tonight. Let me know how it goes.

sorry


The meeting went good. Some ideas were thrown out and we are going to start building on Thursday the 18th around 3pm. Shane(dasmonkeyboy) and Brian(zmanr900) are going to head up the development of the course and if you have any ideas bring them with you on thursday. As for a club, the idea was put out there but for now we are going to work on building a competitive course. More details to follow!!!!

Hey guess, yeah i'm really happy with everything so far. I have 90% of the plywood needed for building the outter perimeter frame, and some other odds and ends, few other different shapes. have some 2x4's, and some old 8' pcs of treated fence boards, that could be used for bracing or maybe used in building a bridge or whatever. Shane and I will figure it out.

Sounds good to me that Shane and i head up the design, along with any open ideas. Shane has visions and i have the building experiance. I've been a builder now for 6+yrs, I own my own buisness on the side called "Hammerhead Home Improvements", i'm also availble for any personal projects that anybody may need done for themselves. Handyman kinda work. F.Y.I.

I'll be bringing an air compressor and nailer, chop saw, circular saw, and basic hand tools for any construction needs.

Lets CRAWL!!

Hey guess, yeah i'm really happy with everything so far. I have 90% of the plywood needed for building the outter perimeter frame, and some other odds and ends, few other different shapes. have some 2x4's, and some old 8' pcs of treated fence boards, that could be used for bracing or maybe used in building a bridge or whatever. Shane and I will figure it out.

Sounds good to me that Shane and i head up the design, along with any open ideas. Shane has visions and i have the building experiance. I've been a builder now for 6+yrs, I own my own buisness on the side called "Hammerhead Home Improvements", i'm also availble for any personal projects that anybody may need done for themselves. Handyman kinda work. F.Y.I.

I'll be bringing an air compressor and nailer, chop saw, circular saw, and basic hand tools for any construction needs.

Lets CRAWL!!



brian i think you and shane asked me how wide my crawler is gona be so that when you build you can keep in mind i have a super it is gonna be 14inches wide all said and done.. il be out after work on thurs if you guys are still there to help out..:dude:

yeah no problem dude. well dont worry about how big your trucks gonna be, beccause at some point here soon, i'm going with a widening kit for the scorpion, which i think its gives the scorpion another 2". i'm allready exactly 12" now, that kit will make me 14"

Plus i'm going with 5.5" tires, my tires now are 5".

Narrow is good, but being wider does indeed have its benefits.

I've driven a scorpion with a widening kit, and its is actually better, thats why i'm gonna eventually get it.

keep what you got dude.......... I aslo would like to see a Wheelie King out there,.... they now have a Crwaler Conversion kit for that now.

some time ago i searched and found that some people set there gates at 17" so 12-14" would be just fine to get threw it.

I've spent COUNTLESS hours running my Scorpion, thats why its so worn out now! Wait till you guys see it, Its used but still looks good!............Anyway,..I wished many times that it was wider, BUT narrower is can be better as well

Brian

Oh by the way guys! zmanr900 means i have an Arctic Cat ZR900...........man

whatta you mean you want to see a wheely king out there i have the closest thing to a wk you'll see out there i mean they are wk axles but yea thats about where it ends

just got my clod axles waiting for the chassis to come this is how shelll look though difrent color of course http://mnlart.com/files/Picture_618.JPG

dude you could run that chasis as 1 10th just throw a skid plate ion it an ax10 trans and make some links and just use any 1 10 axles ax 10 wk tlt whatever

You know what i got that last message wrong, I'm an idiot! Scorpions at least mine is 12" long wheel base center to center, and only 8" WIDE center to center, a widening kit increases it to 10" wide.

I was thinking you where talking about wheel base, not width,....duh

So your telling me this truck is 14" wide,......what'd you get, a lawn mower?

but i did here gates were 17" wide................who knows! dont matter to me

To those of you that wanted to know about the Tekin motor/esc here it is. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/products_id/30637

sorry Shane you were right about the product.same thing at stormer
for $99.95 T55 not T35

You know what i got that last message wrong, I'm an idiot! Scorpions at least mine is 12" long wheel base center to center, and only 8" WIDE center to center, a widening kit increases it to 10" wide.

I was thinking you where talking about wheel base, not width,....duh

So your telling me this truck is 14" wide,......what'd you get, a lawn mower?

but i did here gates were 17" wide................who knows! dont matter to me

thats how i role:thumbsup:

so are we still stacking rocks tomorrow or whats goin on if so when ?

same thing at stormer
for $99.95 T55 not T35

Your right ERv, just using that as an example, got my esc, servo, and receiver from Stormer, should be here on the 23rd :thumbsup:

I'll be there at 3pm today. we'll get what we can get done. hopefully we'll get most of the wood stuff built today, then its just a matter of stacking rocks. I'm bringing all the wood and tools and stuff. so i know i'll have alot of crap to unload when i get there.

see ya all then.

zman u have a pm

Cannot wait to see this all take shape. There is plenty of room there to make a great challenging course. I am sure as it moves along there will be several different configurations and suggestions to make it great not to mention several different lines. The cable crossing, a teter toter or a vertical decent whos knows its all fun.

hey guys sorry i couldnt make it out there tonight i heard the weather was gonna get crappy and i'm way upin rockford so i had to make a decision to stay home tonight and work on my rig and comeup with some ideas i should be out there sometime next week to see if theres anything i can do to help out its just hard for me to get all the way out there on a regular basis sut good luck witht the setupi hope everything works out for you guys i wish i could ber there to help but having a little lowered neon the commute could get pretty crappy for me but keep me posted pics of progress would be awesome thanx

Well we had an awesome start,.. I'm glad to see how far we got today. I'm bringing in my Digital camera tomorrow, I want progress pics, and work action picks! Then a year from now after we've changed things 150 times, we can remember back at the glory times of the first construction!

This is gonna ROCK!......get it? rock!...........ROCK crawling! LOL!

Excellent idea zman. I will be much more available after the first of the year to help out. Keep us posted on when you are planning to work and hopefully we can get some hands to help out.

yes to more rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well we had an awesome start,.. I'm glad to see how far we got today. I'm bringing in my Digital camera tomorrow, I want progress pics, and work action picks! Then a year from now after we've changed things 150 times, we can remember back at the glory times of the first construction!

This is gonna ROCK!......get it? rock!...........ROCK crawling! LOL!

I have got pics that I took last night. I will post them when I dig myself out of work!! :thumbsup:

I dont think i'll be making it tonight due to the weather. I've got the wood need to finish the course. but i would be able to go finish it saturday.....let me know if its good for everyone else.

lets plan on sat if anybody can.

I won't be able to make it on Saturday I have a party with the parents by law to go to. I am good for any time Sunday.

I can't make saturday or sunday either....totally available next week. I will watch here for updates.

F.Y.I. I'm the "bus driver" LOL (I was helping thursday night)

I talked to Shane today, we're planning on going to finish it Sunday at noonish.

I got all the materials to finish it i hope, so we'll see how it goes.

So....NOON Sunday. we're pretty much done, but at least come by and check it out

anybody have any rope, big FAT rope, chain, any cool weird materials that may be incorperated into the track somehwere bring'em. Go in your garage, or arround your house or wherever you live and see if you might have any thing that could be used. We dont want a bunch of junk, but pieces of chain or rope, any small pieces of wood, 2x4's, a cool knarly log chunk, or stump.

Just ideas...... or if you can find a cool looking rock that you wanna donate that would be cool too. I may bring a few of my 500 rocks i have just to place some and see how it will be. i dont know, or a piece of fish netting, or a piece or chain link fence,....i dont know, i'm just thinking out loud.

IDEAS guys...... thats all

Brian

DNS come on man its time, there all going there hobbysports,rapidcomp.and bfg.

I dont wanna ask a stupid question, but what the Heck does DNS stand for?

I'm not a texting freak like most people now adays, so can someone enlighten me?

ev2fast!! ......what are you trying to say, cause i dont understand what your last message meant,.......I'm just curious