New Slayer wannabe project...

[BL_RV0]

Regardless, you'll have one to sell me, right?

[TDC57]

Just a GREAT project "B" cant wait to see how it turns out!.

Thanks for sharing one of your builds with us..

[BrianG]

Little update. So far, I just stripped it totally down, cleaned everything, and replaced some odds and ends to make it pretty. So, it's a blank slate now.

[brushlessboy16]

its screaming 1515

[BrianG]

Naw. I'm thinking 1512/2.5d on 5s. The MMM is good for 6s, but I like a little wiggle room voltage-wise. I don't plan on gearing crazy; 35mph, 40mph tops. Any higher than that isn't as fun off road. This thing is really light and I don't plan to add much weight so I would be surprised if it topped 9-10lbs fully loaded.

I made some prototype body mounts and bumper mounts. Things look pretty easy, except for the rear bumper - I still have to figure something out there. I plan to pick up some parts and materials tomorrow night after work, but won't get much headway until the weekend I think. With the suspension travel this thing has, I have to sit the body REALLY high, it looks cool though - like a real CORR truck...

[BL_RV0]

Any pics of your prototype setup?

Brian you should use the new proline slash body the Hardcorr.
Would look killer on this and should fit the buggy spot on

[BrianG]

No pics of the prototype setup because they're just cardboard.

I already have the Slash body, but when it gets messed up, I'll look into the Proline version. But TBH, I never liked working on bodies. All that cutting/trimming and painting for something that's gonna get messed up the first time I take the truck out. The Traxxas ones are at least all cut out, all I have to do is spray some paint on it and I'm done. Too bad they're not as thick/durable as aftermarket bodies...

[brushlessboy16]

brian wait for the new proline slash body

[BrianG]

Little update:

Made a top plate similar to my Ofna Ultra GTP setup. I really like how it makes the whole thing nice and rigid and gives me places to mount things.

Came up with the front bumper mounting scheme using a Slash bumber and a couple custom pieces.

Came up with the body mounts. The rear uses a modded Slash shock tower and rear body mount. The front uses the Slash front body mount with extra custom stuff. I'm happy with the rear, but I'm not sure if I care for the way the front is mounted yet. I'm trying to find ways to make everything solid while not putting strain on the towers or diff casings.

Not sure what to do about the rear bumper yet. Everything I come up with looks hacked, and I don't like that. I may just not use one, but I dunno.

No pictures until I do some cleaning up and painting, but it looks nice so far.

[brushlessboy16]

boo we need pics

[BrianG]

lol, you'll have to wait!

[brushlessboy16]

alright-remember that the next time YOU want something mister!

ugh i sound like my mother except for the ranting..

[BrianG]

Alrighty, I painted the parts I made. I still have to attach a few screws, but those are coming tomorrow or Thursday.







I dunno though; I'm not liking the layout of this one. I might redo stuff, but I don't know how I'd do it again. I want a stiff chassis free of flex. I want a bumper and body mount that doesn't place too much stress on the shock towers or that CF front plate. It seems sturdy enough, but I just don't know.

BTW, that large area is where the MMM ESC is gonna go. The receiver will either go on top of the steering servo, or on the chassis opposite the steering servo. I guess I'll wait until I decide what batteries I'm gonna use. If I go with 170mm long cells, it will be the former; if the cells are ~150mm, it will be the latter.

Oil weights in the diffs are 5k (F), 100k (C), 3k (R). I want the CD all but disabled, but a little center diff action will be helpful.

[brushlessboy16]

awesome brian!

id lower the body some more though