Maybe it's "HOT" merchandise??? :surprised:

I've been burned TWICE!!! this year! I wouldn’t do it unless it's through PayPal!..

My two cents..

Hey- You'll never guess what came in the mail yesterday...

I'll give you a hint: I was up until 3:00 AM building it!!! (I started at 11:00 PM) :lol:

Check it out! http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g4...view=slideshow

A couple points:

->It came with the bent links, a nice surprise. :yes:

->The articulation pictured is about an inch less than maximum.

->I "discovered" that new chassis layout when I took the screws out of the top plate and it swung down! :oh: The SWs will go at either end, the battery goes in the center, and the Rx goes somewhere else... :neutral: Probably on the side of the chassis plate. I'll have to make a little cage for it...

Nice!!! Keep us posted with some more pictures once you get the electronics in.. I am still planning on ordering one when they come back in stock.

I will. I need to pick up a couple 45T motors (or whichever are closest to 1000kV) and the 3s battery pack.

What capacity should I look for? How many watts does a "typical" crawler setup use? Would this pack be sufficient? http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVKS9&P=7

More changes!
 

I think I'm going to run NiMH with this one... I just came up with another layout that I think is PERFECT! :yipi:

My camera is dead right now, so no pics until tomorrow night (work AM). I hate to leave you in suspense, but believe me it is worth the wait.

Let me see.. let me see..

Here you go! :party:

New chassis plate position:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g4...g/DSC00261.jpg

Everything fits so nicely with this setup. With the plates the way they are, they serve as a full-length skid plate as well.

Battery pack on-board:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g4...g/DSC00260.jpg

The pack is going to be an 8 cell NiMH (those cells are mock-up only) in an offset 5x3 configuration.

Modified Futaba radio:

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g4...g/DSC00264.jpg

Modified, in that I turned the right stick 90* CW. I had to extend a couple wires and do a bit of dremeling inside. All is well and I can switch it back without issue if need be. The 6EXA has some nice wing mixing programs built in. I plan on trying to set this up so that I can have front OR rear dig- while moving forward OR backward- all just by moving the stick. The SWs go on separate channels. Vertical travel controls F/R throttle. Horizontal travel controls proportionality of throttle to the F/R motors. Also, only moving the stick horizontally makes the F/R wheels spin opposite, so I should be able to crab-walk too! Now I just need that 4WS upgrade!

SO if the stick is moved into the:

Top- Forward on both F/R.
Bottom- Reverse on both F/R.
Top/Right- Forward w/variable rear dig.
Top/Left- Forward w/variable front dig.
Bottom/Right- Reverse w/VRD.
Bottom/Left- Reverse w/VFD.

Cool, huh? :smile: I hope it works! I plan to use a Futaba S9156 for the steering servo.

:gasp: Wow she's a thing of beauty!.. :intello:

:whistle: It will be shame for you to go through the agony of scrapping it up for the first time so you better send her my way for a week or two! :yes:, I'll send it back nice and broken in.. :lol::lol:

Thank you, sir! :mdr: Hahaha, I can handle breakin' 'er in. It'll be on a big wood pile, so scratching will be kept to a minimum for now. 'Probably gonna be a few weeks until I've got all of the parts anyways.

I would recommend hanging a lot more stuff on your axles. You are gonna have some hella lean when you get on side slopes.

Hmm. I'll see what I can do. Maybe a 4s2p NiMH pack??? (:rofl:) With one pack per axle to evenly distribute weight. I know it makes sense based on physics, but I think it makes the truck look like crud when people put battery straps around the axles. :neutral:

Look like crud or crawl like crud, your choice :lol:

Good point!! :lol: