Project: Flux XL - RC-Monster Forums

_dV · 08:42 AM

Working on rebuilding other parts of the truck. Thankfully my other diff was fine.

Old vs new. This is what happened to my stock towers after about 20 or so runs (most of those with LST shocks). Under impact they were consistently bending enough to damage the ESC wires. This is why i'm trying to figure out a support system as mentioned in post #13.

_dV · 06:13 PM

Some progress, received the diff parts and i've built most of the front and rear ends.

Front end with:- heavy duty servo saver spring, Hellfire steering linkage, steering bearings (not the HPI ones! too $), BP gears, 50K fluid, de-anodised parts and heavy duty cup joint.

Bought the Bosch jigsaw albiet the cheaper DIY line one. Did a test cut of the 3mm and it was quite good. Also bought a great bench drill that was on sale, unfortunately it's on backorder atm :(

Also decided on the wheels. I'm going with Rulux half-ups 1/2 offset with strapped Flux stock GT2 tires mounted on the inner bead for a lower profile. Choice of larger diameter (~160mm) tires is so frustrating. There's still nothing light'ish with really good offroad traction\handling and nothing that's belted at all

_dV · 01:22 AM

Well the drill press didn't make it for the weekend, arrives Mon. Still plenty to do. Need to finish building the shocks (50 centistoke oil, tube mod, 'white' springs with bad horsie covers), dye the wheels black, strap and glue the tires and resolve the slipperential leakage. Not to mention paint the shell.

Pic is a comparison of GT2 tire mounted on inner bead on Rulux 1/2 offset half-ups vs stock Flux wheels. Just a mockup and the tires on the Rulux don't have foam in them but you can see the diff. End result should be a non-ballooning tire with better lateral stability and traction. The lower profile also compresses the crappy HPI foam making it firmer. I would have used the old combo i had which was the same but with GT tires but i wanted something lighter. Stock wheels 300gm, old combo 380gms, new GT2 combo 310gms.

_dV · 03:23 AM

Quick update.

Finished building the shocks, fixed the slipperential leak though i'm not sure what i actually did.

Picked up the drill press during the week, great to finally have one. Got the main mount points drilled for the TVPs this morn then bolted them together and did most of the jigsaw cutting. Wasn't sure if the jigsaw would cut through the whole 6mm but it had no probs. Think my first metal jigsaw blade is rather blunt now though.

TVPs bolted together and marked up ready for cutting

Most of the cutting complete