My new crawler!

[What's_nitro?]

Here you go!

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? I hope it works! I plan to use a Futaba S9156 for the steering servo.