G Made Balrog - Now The R1

[bfst24 2]

how does it perform?

are you impressed?

[TWINSET 1793]

how does it perform?

are you impressed?

Haven't had the chance to try it on rocks yet, hoping to get out on Monday

[TWINSET 1793]

Been playing with the balance - 430g (15oz) across the front axle

Pavement Pizza paintjob

[backtomyroots 432]

Um, I think someone threw up on your body panels !

[Unibrow 0]

I like it, looks pretty sweet.

[TWINSET 1793]

I'm calling it Vomouflage - urban camo for a Sunday morning

[TWINSET 1793]

OPTIONS!!!!!!

http://www.junfac.com/

Alu Cs

Top Link Mount

Skid Plate Cover

Light Kit

High Clearance Links

Clocked Cs

Alu Knuckles

Shock Braces

Alu link mounts

Diff guard

[kaiser 8]

now i'm glad i didn't get a crawler last year, this thing is too cool.

it may be my first non tamiya since i got back into rc.

[bfst24 2]

ah man.

ordered mine the other day.

i will have a look and order some more bits

[Sayer 742]

I like it, looks pretty sweet.

Me too. Also, that has got to be the easiest paintjob ever!

[TWINSET 1793]

Took it out for a good kicking at the weekend

The motor cogs (stutters at low revs) like a loony and the drag brake is relatively non-existant - 20-30 degree grass slope and the truck gently rolled down it

Worth knowing;

Threadlock the ball ends to their respective screws, and any major or inaccessible metal/metal fixings - especially the link mount screws (link mounts to axles)

The plastics used don't compress much to 'tension' the screws and on the link mount screws, normal (not nyloc) nuts have been used, so definitely threadlock those

Front shocks (only) leaked a little, but only puddled around the top of the ball end, the ballend itself didn't have any oil on it, so a very small leak.

Tires/Foam were too hard for where we were - very rough rock but tires still struggled for traction - Hammers/Mem Foam were significantly better

The battery over the rear axle didn't seem to create any real issues, except for (near) vertical climbs, but I doubt it would've coped much better with it over the front axle either.

I turned the battery plate over so that it was slightly lower, but it's only about 3/8" / 10mm different either way.

Whole truck seems pretty strong, treated it like any other crawler I've run, and nothing busted yet

Carnage;

Nothing broke, three battery packs used, and wasn't exactly kid-gloving it (note bent shock brace in 2nd pic)

[TWINSET 1793]

The crawling equivalent to 'nekkid and draped over a Countach'

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New Video!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/JunFac#p/a/u/0/TqC_mw2GQzQ

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New Video!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/JunFac#p/a/u/0/TqC_mw2GQzQ

cool.

im picking mine up today.

did you get hit with customs charges?

[TWINSET 1793]

cool.

im picking mine up today.

did you get hit with customs charges?

No, although it did have a full value declaration, so just got lucky

How much did you get hit?

[bfst24 2]

No, although it did have a full value declaration, so just got lucky

How much did you get hit?

£5.11 vat

£13.50 handling charge.

i thought it would be more.and i have have got away with it more often than not,so not to bad.

[bfst24 2]

finally got it out of the boot of my car and sneaked it in the house.

looked at the documents and i was lucky.

junfac marked it gift and $45 worth.

[TWINSET 1793]

Sorted out the cogging - changed the motor

Got a Hacker A20-12XL and garden tests would suggest the cogging is no more

It's tiny compared to the EZRun, and apart from being quite noisy, it works great

Had a helluva job finding one in UK, but Park Aero were kind enough to order one in, turned up in a couple of days!

To fit it, asked Sideways-King to make me a 3mm stainless motor plate - this motor has 16mm or 19mm mount holes, not standard 25mm 540 holes

Excellent job done, and well fast too - cheers Chris

Also modded the skid as per Elbo's build and bought some triangulating top link mounts;

[TWINSET 1793]

Axles, chassis, transmission and 4WS kit now available!!

Portal Axles

Enclosed Transmission

Rear Steering Kit

Chassis Set

[TWINSET 1793]

Dig just released;

Main features

• CNC machined from solid billet aircraft aluminum and carbon steel
  
• Super light weight
  
• Carbon steel dig outdrive (Heat treatment)
  
• Brass slide rod keep things moving smooth
  
• Works with mini and standard sized servos
  
• Easy Installation
  

What's included

• Dig system x 1
  
• Servo plate x 1
  
• Servo mount x 2
  
• Linkage x 1
  
• Installation Screws and Bolts
  

Required: Mini or standard sized servo, 3 Channel Radio (A 3-position Aux channel is required. A 2-position Aux channel can be used as well, however only rear dig can be used.)

[TamiyaVancouver 5]

Mark

The programming is dead easy - I found it worked best using a 4 cell battery pack to power the programmer (there's 2 sockets on top edge, one for battery pack and one for ESC)

One button cycles through the mode (forward/reverse, brake settings etc) and the other is for the variable on each mode (brakes on/off, drag brake power etc)

Once you set it up, press 'OK' button to store settings - it really is that easy!

I managed to set mine up with no problems. I was relatively unimpressed by the performance using a Nimh battery. I came to find out after purchasing that the motor used for the EZ Run crawler combo is a 380 motor which in my opinion is foolish. I haven't had the cogging issues you speak of and I actually had to lowe my drag brake setting as it would hold on a **** near vertical surface! In order to get more wheel speed, I recently switched to a 18C 3S 2500 Mah lipo battery. Much improved!! Love your R1....

Mark

[TWINSET 1793]

I've only evolved as far as NiMh - me and anything that may explode if misused are best kept separate

Not sure if it's here or another forum, but apparently any .5 turn motors mean theyre a 540 armature, whereas whole numbers mean it's a 380.

The drag brake was really poor with the stock motor, even on a 10-15 degree grass slope the truck rolled, and trimming it out started it cogging.

Since I switched to the Hacker it's been a lot better.

[Henk4Focus 0]

I've only evolved as far as NiMh - me and anything that may explode if misused are best kept separate

Not sure if it's here or another forum, but apparently any .5 turn motors mean theyre a 540 armature, whereas whole numbers mean it's a 380.

The drag brake was really poor with the stock motor, even on a 10-15 degree grass slope the truck rolled, and trimming it out started it cogging.

Since I switched to the Hacker it's been a lot better.

And one day I will be able to decipher exactly what the badword you are talking about Andy. Digg, cogging........... I'm totally lost when you guys speak about these things.

and on the lighter side, those portals will work nicely on a project I have in mind.

Can you digg it!......

Henk

[TWINSET 1793]

And one day I will be able to decipher exactly what the badword you are talking about Andy. Digg, cogging........... I'm totally lost when you guys speak about these things.

and on the lighter side, those portals will work nicely on a project I have in mind.

Sheesh, where's me crayons

Cogging is a motor stuttering - the easiest way to imagine it is with a pinion with half the teeth missing - the truck jumps forward in set intervals, but most noticeable at slower speeds

Dig is effectively a rear-axle disconnect and brake - you can lock the rear axle to allow far tighter turning.

When engaged on the rear axle, the front wheel's spinning 'digs' a hole (if the ground's soft enough)

Locking the rear axle is referred to as front dig, just to simplify things (it's the front wheels that'll do the digging)

GMade's vid of dig;

Mine;

As well as tighter turning, the dig can be used to control climbing; you can disconnect drive from the rear axle so that the rear wheels don't flip the truck when scaling vertical faces (need a 3 position 3rd channel for that though)

You can also brake the rear axle for descending steps, kinda like creeping down with the handbrake on

[Henk4Focus 0]

Andy, I will obviously have to build something that can digg but not cog!

Now I really must get something to try and see what you just described to me. There goes my pocket money........

Henk