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Old 10-04-2008, 04:10 AM
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My new truggy chasssis (after the lipo-fire)

AS you guys have read I had a few months a little accident in my barn. My lipo's fired up while I was charging them. I was lucky I was there that time since I also have gallons of fuel for my 1/8 scale hydroplane in my barn. You can imagine what could happen if that caught fire.
Anyway here is the picture after the fire:

I had to clean it up and make some new parts. I rebuild the chassis with nice alluminum parts for my new project: a truggy. I removed the blue anodized color from some parts and polished them with my dremeltool. I tested yesterday my receiver and it is still in good condition. I have to replace the esc and probably the servo. I ordered last week a new Jconcept RC18truck and new black 1/18 wing. I also will order the Intellect 1600mah or new lipo's I have not decided yet.
Here is my new chassis: Parts list below

Parts:
Exotek Tek18 chassis with Polished Parts
GPM: bulkheads front and rear, main spurgear, front and rear arms, titanium driveshafts front/rear, diff halves with steel gears, front and rear hubs and knuckles, Streetmeat tires tor mini-t/rc18t, shocks
Topcad: 1/10 wheel adapters.
Yeahracing: wingmount
Ride: 1/10 mini wheels with 4mm offset
Walawala: blue rubber shielded bearings
Stainless steel screws
Integy: rear shockmount, front bumper
Fullforce: front shockmount
Atomic: titanium turnbuckle set

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Old 10-04-2008, 07:21 AM
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Looks way better after the fire man......looks really good.
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Old 10-04-2008, 07:46 AM
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Thank you Alfred. Sometimes an accident is the start of a new beginning
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Old 10-05-2008, 11:37 AM
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Wow! The truck looks really good...Sorry to hear about the accident, but it looks like everything turned out better.
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Old 11-10-2008, 07:44 AM
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Hi guys,

today I got my new esc with programming unit. Instead of the CC Mamba mini pro I have chosen for a Tekmodel 18. It comes with an easy to use programming unit and the esc is very small, even smaller than the old Mamba25. It has a continues rate of 18amp and a burst rate of 50 amps! Should be enough to control my little truggy. Reason why I have chosen this unit is because of the problems I have heard of the mamba mini pro. The unit works very smooth, braking is not as aggressive as the Mamba25 and has a lock for reverse when braking. The unit has to stand in neutral before the reverse like you can do with a the Mamba software. Starting is also smooth, just a little bit of spinning on my wooden floor, on the street (asphalt) it doesn;t spin but gives smooth acceleration. It is a great unit at a low price (you can order one at http://www.rcmodelland.com. I can recommend this unit to everyone.
Anyway here are pics of my finished truck: body by JConcepts (painting by my kids with a little help of me). I had to modify my body a little to fit the wingmount.



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Old 11-10-2008, 08:05 AM
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Would you be so kind to post up a closer pic please.......looking good man.
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Old 11-10-2008, 08:26 AM
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IS this close enough Alfred?



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Old 11-10-2008, 08:51 AM
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Dang that sucker is small.....makes for a nice clean setup on the chassis. Thanks for posting them.
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Old 11-10-2008, 08:57 AM
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Dang that sucker is small.....makes for a nice clean setup on the chassis. Thanks for posting them.
It can even runs BRUSHED motors as well
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Old 11-10-2008, 09:04 AM
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I might have to check one out.....might have to ask the wife to get me one for Xmas......
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Old 11-10-2008, 09:58 AM
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I might have to check one out.....might have to ask the wife to get me one for Xmas......
Alfred, since you became a daddy lately you don't ask it from your wife but from Santa. What wil the little one think when she is 3yrs old. Practice, practice, practice! Santa, Sante, Santa
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Old 11-10-2008, 10:08 AM
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Yes your right of course.....i will then ask santa for the esc.......do you by chance have any specs on it, i went to the site you linked too and when i click on the pic for more details on the unit it keeps taking me back to the main page.
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Old 11-10-2008, 10:16 AM
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Here buddy: http://www.hobbywing.com/english/Art...?ArticleID=414
Manufacturers website.
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Old 11-10-2008, 10:32 AM
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Thanks for the link, so how does the programming card work, could you be so kind and post a pic of that as well. And in the specs of the esc i dont see where it will also handle a brushed motor. Am i just missing it.
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Thanks for the link, so how does the programming card work, could you be so kind and post a pic of that as well. And in the specs of the esc i dont see where it will also handle a brushed motor. Am i just missing it.
Alfred, I switched 2 things with eachother. The esc is only for sensorless brushless, the programming card can programming brushlees and brushed esc made by Hobbywing. Here is the programming unit: http://www.hobbywing.com/english/Art...?ArticleID=398 . It is very easy to use.
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