Well, if you moved to the states the ladies would be all over the accent. I have been a bouncer for 10 years. All you would have to do is strike up a conversation and you would be set for the night. These women love it. I have seen it done. It is a long trip for some tail though. I also know alot of women that play with battery operated toys too!! I have been wondering why Erevonut has'nt stopped by the bar I work at. He lives close to me. Hope the weather dries up. I'm sure you will like the motor. Remember to tell the ladies you are a pro with battery operated toys, and can convert any they have to brushless!!!:mdr:

Good news: 5 day weather forecast is for sunhine.
Good news: 2 weeks easter holiday coming up on 9/10 april.
Good news: finally finished editing the last video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BA8E18MdkU
(might be unavailable for a little while, whilst its being approved/checked)

Good news: new 3906 motor mount arrived- stripped and lightly polished it (see below).

Bad news: one of my goldfish died. Thankfully, they only cost ~£3/ $4.5 to replace... :whistle:

Nice vid. Can't wait to see that medusa in action. Difference will be like night and day compared to hobbyscheisse motor :yes:

go neil!

...go! DISCO INFERNO!

RIP goldfish... :cry:

Poor fishy... Was he good on toast?

ah nah... i bet he was not fresh. i bet he had been floating for awile :lol:

Fairly fresh- he was 95% dead, so I stuck him in a glass of water, and put him in the freezer for a few hours. Sounds aweful, but it sends them to sleep, and they dont wake up again. Then the fish-cube got flushed down the toilet, to the sound of me humming the last salute.

Yes, I am odd. :yes:

A burial at sea, of sorts... I'm sure the alligators in the sewer appreciate your donation.

Alligators, in Devon's sewers? I sincerely hope not.... :eyes:

Took the truck out today- no video as I forgot the camera, d'oh. Sister's boyfriend took some mobile footage though, so I'll see if I can upload that later.

Medusa is absolutely awesome! Maximum temp for the motor was about 156*F, with hard running on a warm day. I did stop for 5 minutes a couple times to let it cool down, but I didnt really need to- more for my benefit than the trucks.

Zippy lipos were brilliant too, didnt get above 92*F. When I noticed them loosing a bit of punch after about 30 miuntes or so I bought the truck in to check the voltages- all the cells in the ~3.5-3.7v region still, but I decided to swap them out for the A123s. Seems that the 5th cell in each lipo does discharge little quicker than the other 4 though, but it isnt a massive difference so Im not concerned (0.2v lower).

The A123s are still going strong, but they arent a match for the Zippies in terms of punch and runtime, feels less punchy (less wheelie power), and get warmer during a run. Still great for what they are, but Im thinking about selling them to get some more Zippies (5000mah instead of 4000mah next time I reckon).

Hows the truck going Neil?! Whats the current weight? Can you use the Gorillamaxx towers with any arms? And can you even get them without buying the ~$350 suspension set?

Thanx,
Zack

Still on the fat-bastard side of heavy (12-13lbs fully loaded), it really doesnt bother me as I have no one to race but myself... and dogs sometimes... :whistle:

The Gmaxx arms will indeed work with most towers, but to get the most benefit from the geometry its best to use them with the gmaxx towers- I tried FLM towers and Nova rc low profile towers and it just didnt feel right, or look right either. You should be able to get the arms seperately if you look in the spare parts section on the Gorilla website.

The plan tomorrow is to take my truck down the woods and do some FOFF style driving up steep gravelly and muddy banks, see how this thing handles on something other than grass for a change. We (sister's boyfriend, his friend and myself) will film it hopefully, should be lots of fun. :yes:

Sounds like me 20 years ago cruising main in my Vega wagon...amazing how many one car races I won!

Well I meant GM towers with most other arms but it should be a vice versa thing. Checking the Spare Parts now!

Nova Rc? Link?

Thats not so bad. Mine is like 11.5

Sounds like blast!! Be sure and get the video!

Well, the Great (not) British weather decided it didnt want me to go play, and instead its been pissing down with rain all day- maybe tuesday now instead.

Nova RC, they dont seem to have low profile towers listed, but I swear they do exist... somewhere.

You could use the GM towers with normal arms, but you would need shorter shocks to compensate for them not being so laid down like ion the full GM setup, otherwise the truck would end up looking like its on stilts..

Sorry about that!

Have you still got yours? Could you take/show a picture?

Yeah but could you just limit the suspension for that low stance meaning better handling? Or would the shocks bottom out before the truck does meaning destroyed shocks?

Nah, sold them a long time ago- DUH Engineering has low profile towers though that are very similar.

The issue with using short towers with normal length shocks is quite serious though- if you used some fuel tube on the inside of the shocks to act as limiters is would only leave you with about 5mm of shock travel before they did indeed bottom out and explode or bend like twigs. If you look at the pics of my truck, the shocks are laid down at 45 degrees or lower even, meaning you'd need shocks about 25% shorter than normal if you were to mount then onto normal arms whislt using GM towers.

I think the best compromise would be DUH or Nova towers, and some 1/8 scale shocks that are shorter than normal maxx shocks- buggy or truggy rears are what I use, but I recommend doing some careful measuring to see what length you need with the suspension arms level to represent slammed suspension- or something like that. :smile:

g-maxx towers with regular arms and jato(revo) shocks is the bees knees.

gives low pro street slammed look.

I also need g-maxx towers for my upcoming maxxler build.

sending g-maxx an e-mail as the spare parts section is no longer....

I'm not fimiliar with that method of limiting. Sort of went over my head aswell. :neutral: I was talking about putting zipties (i use colored ones matched to my color scheme so it doesn't look wack) through the shock towers and around the top a-arm. Fairly common practice. Does that still sound like it would murder the shocks.

Common, but hack :whistle:

You'll still be left with lousy travel, and very bouncy shocks since they will be about 80% compressed all the time, permanently squahing the springs and weakening them.

Harold's idea with the revo shocks is good- seen that done with normal maxx arms and towers, but again, since you're using GM towers and normal arms I strongly recommend playing with the tape measure; this isnt the sort of thing I or anyone could guess at to find the best length shocks.

One last thought is that if you go to fleebay, you can pickup entire GM rollers for the cost of just the towers sometimes, which is well worth concidering...

Neil, I will be doing that method of limiting only when I'm racing or parking lot bashing and like I said they are red and match some of the scheme the rest of the truck looks fairly pimp. I guess I could try to find Strobe limiters?

Okay so if I have to get new shocks it may not be worth it at all, especially since its only for that slammed stance that I will rarely need.

Thanx,
Zack

Strobe limiters are like gold dust, and cost the same, plus they only really work with supermaxx arms, and are designed to limit droop, not to lower the stance by compressing the shocks.

FLM towers would be the cheapest and simplest way to slam the truck- so many holes you can mount the shocks up high and so lower the chassis level with the arms. For occasional use zipties would be the far easier option though, going all out and getting new shocks and towers is a one-way conversion really, to make the truck a pancake 100% of the time...

That said, if you do see some cheap revo shocks, then its worth picking them up- simple to swap them over and no other mods required to slam the suspension.

I thought Strobe limiters would do the same thing that the zieties would do. And I do realize they would be expensive and hard to find. Is that what you mean when you say like gold dust?

Yeah I'm actually running Mark's(mkrusedc) old FLM towers, they rock!!! But I just kinda what a slammed look and feel, little lower CG, when I need it besides FLM towers are big! The biggest. And I'm sure the heaviest. Not complaining, I love them! Will always run them. Here is my build: CLICK HERE You've commented on it a few times. I'm also lined up for Mike's CD parts! Bashing way off road really is my style, but if a RCM CD setup was made for a Gorilla Maxx chassis with the right parts like a monoblock, setbacks, a BL motor on 5s, and low profile towers, maybe VBS that can still have other towers on it(:lol:what is that called towered or towerless?:oops::neutral:), short shocks like are on the Revo? and good racing tires I feel like you could run with the best truggies! :yes::oh::smile:

Kinda rambling. Hope you don't mind...

Welp its Tuesday 6:00 here! What time is it there? LOL How's the not Great British weather??

You are right about the FLM towers, they are rather tall to get the slammed look with the shell down low. The general solution wouold be to have two trucks- one for on road and setup as such, and one for offroading- you could swap the electronics bewteen the two to save having double of the esc/motor/radio. Another option would be interchangeable front and rear ends that are setup for different purposes; a little excessive maybe, but but with the number of people selling their rcs to make some extra $$ at the moment, there are plenty of bargains to be had. Food for thought.

Its just gone midnight here, and the weather is... windy. Next day off is sunday, so hopefully it will be dry and sunny. 'Hope', great word that....

You're right. However my next project will be my Savage.

Yeah "hopefully" my truck will be running Sunday so after church I may make a video.

Well, I was planning on taking the truck out on sunday, but I ended up dog-sitting instead, joy. Anyways, I snapped a few pictures of the truck in her current format, just because, ya know?

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/131.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/132.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/133.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/134.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/135.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/136.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/137.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/138.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...axxcollage.jpg
Seemless... :D

Damage to the rear yolks caused by overzealous use of throttle over the last couple years:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/139.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...laMaxx/140.jpg

I have a pair of spares for when they eventually do twist themselves into oblivion, but I wouldnt mind hearing some feedback about the newer Summit style Drive shafts that have a CVD style joint.

Laters. http://www.beatyourtruck.com/forum/i...ilies/cool.gif

Very nice! I still can't wait to see a video! I can't decide what to think about the "seemless" pic. I like it, but I'm looking at it like it has two heads, you know? LOL

Hey I have to get those plastic skid plates too! Do they fit in G2r revo?

Nay saddly, they are for the emaxx front and rear only. If RPM sell them for the revo/erevo, then those should fit the G2r instead. I have thursday, friday and sunday off this week (:mdr:), so if it stays dry I will do my best to get out and make a vid of the medusa in action.

http://www.wheelspinmodels.co.uk/products/pleErevo.jpg

Clicky

For any UK based guys, WheelSpin Models has the Slipstream body for £23.47 ($38.46), so I pulled the trigger on that one tonight & it should arrive maybe friday/saturday, or monday probably. Not sure on the paint job, might go for hand finished digital camo (no stencils, just hand drawn brush stokes).

Sweet! Aren't you worried it will look alittle too long? Maybe having the drag bar will help. Or a Monoblock:intello:

My truck is extended already remember, its about as long as a 3905, or the erevo more or less- the drag bar will help lessen any visual issues to the rear though, yeah.

Hey neil seeing as gorilla is not making these parts anymore like x-braces what are we going to do for replacment parts? I love this chassis design and doni want to see it go away. Oh well I better not crash into anything.

Neil you bent the servo plate before didn't you? Just bent it back right?

Yea, but you can only bend it back so many times before it breaks. Man I wish the lower chassis and servo plate were made of titanium. It a little heavier but a whole lot stronger.
Neil I have seen you post on making a heavier duty xbrace I would be in for a set too but lets make them out of 7075 t6 for more strength at the same time. May cost a little more but they probably would last forever.

I'm pretty sure titanium is lighter than aluminum. Not sure.

I did bend my servo plate slightly once, it was only minor though so a few bashes with a hammer and it was flat again- Ti skid saved my bacon.

As for replacement parts, ebay or B/S/T sections for originals, otherwise its a case of making a copy of the originals yourself by sending them to a machine shop; thats a rather $$$ option though, so my better suggestion would be to hit-up a fellow forum member. In my case, that would be the Candyman as he's UK based like me and has mad-skills, or you USA dudes could try either Metalman, Monster Mike, or maybe Serum (there are probably a few others too, just a case of finding the really nice custom built vehicles vs straight-forward kit based conversions etc).

Stronger X-braces are on my wish list though, just depends if or when I find another set of concrete steps to crash into... :whistle:

Ti is lighter than Alu in principle, but I think it depends on the specifc type/alloy, and thickness ofcourse- seen some types of stell that are lighter and stronger than Ti, so it isnt the uber metal that some guys make it out to be all the time (for our needs though its plenty tough enough).