Jerry2kone's Collection

[JERRY2KONE]

Yeah I have a few things in the works right now, but like anything getting the parts actually in hand is the trick. These things can take a while to come together sue to shipping, vendors, and $$$. I hope to have two of them in testing shortly after New Year if all goes as planned. The UE Lightning Maxx will be my 6/8-s high speed project and the Fastlane/RCM truck will be my unstopable track/bash/crusher vehicle. The fun never stops at the Hill house.

Originally Posted by jnev

Your Maxx trucks look amazing Jerry. Glad to hear you're all settled in Korea and ready to have some fun with your boys and toys. Keep us posted on anything you change on the trucks.

[JERRY2KONE]

I didn't feel like starting a new thread for this, so I am posting up a few updated photos of two of my trucks. The first is going to be a few shots of my UE Lightning with the double monoblock installed. I have a Hardcore tranny mounted just to dry fit the very long driveshaft and to make sure that it fits. SInce this rig is going to be setup to run high speeds I am hoping to put one of Mike's new Maxx center diff mounts and an HPI lightning hardened diff set on this one. I also have Axial beadlocks with taped Roadrage tires fully balanced on this one. Anyway here are the most recent pics.

[JERRY2KONE]

The second one is an RCM rig with the V-twin Dewalt 970 power plant for bashing. I have it all torn down for final assembly and locktite work. I have hardened steel pins comming for the hinge pins this week, and I hope to have it ready for testing next week.

[BL_RV0]

Wow. Just wow. Why brushed for the basher maxx?

[George16]

Very nice Jerry though the Integy crap is blinding my eyes preventing me to see hte real beauty of your builds .

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by George16

Very nice Jerry though the Integy crap is blinding my eyes preventing me to see hte real beauty of your builds .

If I could find a suitable replacement for the right price that is actually available, then I may change things up, but I have two sets of MSR8's already here and paid for. There are so many other things to spend money on that are at the top of my list, so shocks are the least of my worries right now. Finding something that actually fits the build, has a reasonable price, and is actually out there for purchase is the problem. They will just have to work for now.

[plettenbergs]

hey Jerry...do the hybrid bulks have fioroni diffs?...i have some as backups and the drive cups look the same as mine!!!...cha-ching!!

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by plettenbergs

hey Jerry...do the hybrid bulks have fioroni diffs?...i have some as backups and the drive cups look the same as mine!!!...cha-ching!!

NO it is just the HPI hardened gears, Maximizer savage cups, with the heavy duty outdrives. They are pretty much indestructable and the entire setup is reasonably priced. I use loctite and also put a little heatshrink over the cups to keep from losing the setscrews. I have read way too many times about guys losing them. Putting these diffs together and shimming is pretty straignt forward and fairly simple, and they are truly built to take a pounding. The only other added thing that I am doing for safety reasons is that I am installing a slim hose clamp over the (input shaft area) casing to keep from having any flexing there, and it will also help to keep the input shaft from trying to push out of the casing since I am using the spiral cut gears. I saw that in another post I believe it was sikeston when he was running his direct drive outrunner setup. I have tried to pay close attention to everything I have read in here to make sure that I cover any weak points in order to avoid similar problems and save time once I get this up and runing.

[plettenbergs]

i think i remember you were asking around about the High Dollar Fioroni's once!!...nice trucks...are you using the stock lightweight aluminum output shaft in your trani's....i switched to a hardened steel TRAXXASS one and have had no more probs(so far)

[George16]

I would buy another set too.

[TDC57]

WOW Jerry looking good / GREAT sir... I wish I had a spare Neu to send you, I've got 3 mgm in for repair now, I’ll send you one for free when I get them back (3-4) months from now..

I imagine your kids are really excited about this and work shop is spotless... NICE.. i wish I could see the same here..

Have a great one and thanks again for the update, it's always a pleasure looking at your stuff.. I can almost smell the new parts from here..

P.S.
How is your track coming along?? Are still making one??

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by TDC57

WOW Jerry looking good / GREAT sir... I wish I had a spare Neu to send you, I've got 3 mgm in for repair now, I’ll send you one for free when I get them back (3-4) months from now..

I imagine your kids are really excited about this and work shop is spotless... NICE.. i wish I could see the same here..

Have a great one and thanks again for the update, it's always a pleasure looking at your stuff.. I can almost smell the new parts from here..

P.S.
How is your track coming along?? Are still making one??

Your comments are always welcome young man. I wish I could do projects the way you do. Your always so well organized and you have everything sized up before you begin. I am still ordering and waiting on items to come in for the completion of my builds. I am still working with Lito on track setup and such, but I will try to get the base commander on my side in the next couple of months or so. Life is good. And yes the kids are getting pretty worked up about starting their own projects soon. Have a good one Shaun.

[JERRY2KONE]

OK so I have tried to squeeze in some shop time but it has not been easy. Since I will be starting a new job soon (working at home) the wife and I have been working hard on setting up a new office space. I have been building a custom desk and hutch for our tower PC and my newest toy (26"HDTV/PC monitor $340). Once that is done I plan on getting back to the R/C shop again.

Although I have managed to do a few things at night after everyone else goes to bed. I wanted to try something that I had not seen done before and maybe save a little money avoiding having to purchase expensive high end axles. With the massive size and weight that my metal trucks will be dragging around once they hit the dirt I wanted to make sure that I avoid unwanted simple breakdowns, so I have been putting as much thought into these build to create the beefiest drivetrain setup that I can possibly come up with. The standard 6mm stub axles have always been a weak spot and can break under tremendous strain. Plus I am using primarily Axial beadlock wheels in my builds now, so 17mm hex's are the norm for me.

Anyway what I have done is purchase 4 = 8mm stub axles from the Firehammer truck for like $18. Then I drilled each one out to receive the CEN 17mm aluminum hex adapters & pins. Finally I cut off the threaded end of the shaft just where the shaft flat spot ends, so it has a good place to setscrew the 8mm HPI heavy duty cups to. Now I am waiting on a shipment of bearings to come in so I can adapt them to my Revo/Maxx knuckle/carriers. So now I have 8mm stub axles with 17mm wheel adapters, and man are these things solid & BEEFY.

So now I am going to have four custom dogbones made by RCAlloys to use as my main/CVD axles. I know it may be a little impracticle, but it will stand up to just about anything for sure, and for the cost I believe that it will work better than most high priced alternatives. I am still working out the details for extending the suspension on my high speed Maxx project, but what I plan to do is stretch each set of arms by approx 1" by installing 7075-T6 stand-off adapters to each arm where the pillow balls attach. Then just having extended custom axles made for it. With the double monoblock installed, and adding two inches in width to the entire stup this thing should be very stable for doing 100mph or so. I guess pretty much like a 1/5 scale with a lot less weight overall.

Once I get all of this worked out, then I have to work on producing an arodynamic body to prevent lift, and apply downforce to keep this thing on the road. The last detail will be picking the motor, ESC, batteries, and whatever other electronics I will need for it. It already has a 333oz in servo, and the Specrum receiver for control. Plus I need a cheap GPS, radar gun, and a good temp gun for testing. I am taking pics as I go so once I am ready I can do one of those (Shaun like) build threads and share all of the mods that I am making.

[JERRY2KONE]

Oh yea and I forgot that I am doing the Mod suggested by Lito. I purchased some (12 = 18") 1/8" hardened steel push pins from Plastixx to make up custom hinge pins. The front set are already done and installed. I drilled & tapped out the 3mm setscrew holes on the RCM hybrid dulks to 4mm. The pewny 3mm setscrews stripp out too easily. Anyway I cut each hinge pin to a custom length, and placed a precise capture groove where the setscrew hits the pin, and that keeps them from comming out. No E or C clips here, and no worries that anything will come apart duing opperation either. It is my hope that this Mod will help prevent bent hinge pins, and having to fight to remove them. We shall see.

[George16]

You'll like the captured hinge pin mod Jerry. I still have to bend any pins on my trucks, even with my son's driving or lack thereof .

Somany things to do with little time .