Updates to the BEAST
ok - so since my last run with this thing when it had frog axles ended badly i've made some updates that i think make this thing pretty hardcore.
the biggest changes were to use billet aluminum blackfoot spindle holders (knuckles), billet front and rear suspension arms, CRP axles, billet rear hubs, CRP gearbox skid plate, high torque metal gear servo and metal servo saver, and swapped the bumper onto my EVIL BEETLE so i used another junker bumper on this. i also added a couple headlights that were left over from my buggies champs.
i ran this thing around inside so far and it seems to run great! the front shock tower i'm using has less room for vertical shock throw, basically making the front shocks fully compressed at rest which wouldn't work. i corrected the problem by inverting the knuckles so the shock mount was on the bottom instead of the top. this works because of the fact that the tires/wheels are so big so there's clearance. when i flipped the knuckles i also had to swap the top and bottom suspension arms to keep the knuckles vertical. the action of the front suspension is great now. although there are some drawbacks to the billet parts. one of them is that in order to not lock them up by tightening the bolts holding them too much you need to leave them a little loose. this works well enough, but i'm going to have to reassemble it all with some serious threadlock. didn't want to threadlock till i knew it would work. the other problem here is that with the loose bolts and the way the billet suspension arms are designed there's a LOT of slop in how the front end moves. i had to compensate for this a little by flipping the servo to create triangle with the steering rods which also serve as guides to some extent - this necessitated trimming the body a little to clear the rods. i also had to get a little creative since none of the rods i had were an exact fit for the new lengths, so i had to position the ball mounts on the servo save a little oddly... but it works. just imagine the geometric equivalent of the servo saver that would produce the same relative configuration of the ball links and servo spline and it's easier to see how it works even though it looks a little weird.
can't wait to give this another run and see how it does when the wheels don't fall off. OH and my cat was very interested as well.
the flash really brings out the blade runner-ness
my cat's name is pickle
this is the kitten that was eating my foot
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
Kermit the Hulk ... SMASH!
Comments
Mincemeat
Now this is a monster! I bet it just smashes over everything. Looks like a fun runner! NICE
beefmuffin
i ran it. it was fast. the suspension was awesome. but i turned too slow and hit a curb at speed and the servo ripped itself off the servo anchors! and the ball links tore right out of the nuts. but the servo and servo saver were fine. so i just need to find a way to better anchor the servo and switch to a better bolt-on steering rod solution. hopefully THEN finally this thing will survive more than one run at a time.
MAD-BEE
This thing is CRAZY!!!! but thats GOOD!!
Pickles is a real cutie BEEF!
hammerstien
hehe love your mad creations .. cute cat ..never let my cats get anywhere near wires the eat them for a hobby ;D
mongoose1983
What a beast! Have you for some video of it running?
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