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Me too. So wing it is.I like the wing personally
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Me too. So wing it is.I like the wing personally
Hello again! On account of me becoming a father for the second time, I had to skip tinkering for a few evenings. I might be a bit more sporadic with the updates for a while .
That said, been going over the motormodule and all those parts. Been trying to figure out if I need to shim the slipper or not. It doesn´t seem to rub and the raised part, see pic, seems bigger than pictures of previous versions on this forum. The long part in the picture was 1 cm for me and the raised part about 4-5 mm. Can anyone with V1 or V2 Granite/Big Rock check their lengths?
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I´ve incorporated @Yas solution with a small o-ring and two 5x10x1 shims under the pinion. To seal the motor from possible module dust and random crap.
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I will add the grub screw. Cleaning it atm. Acetone seems to work the best to get rid of the old loctite, or whatever it is.
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I´ve added the rear wing properly. In earlier pics is held with sticky stuff .
I also started looking at the battery compartment and added som adhesive foam (normally for isolating pipes) in the bottom. I noticed I accidentally bought a huge battery so I had to remove the battery buffer. I will have to add some foam (2 different kinds since I have 2 different sized batteries) on the side to protect the cables from getting squished if the battery slides during a crash.
Battery buffer:
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I´ve ordered a bigger wing and a better screwdriver for the wheel axles and diffs. So next after powermodule and battery compartment is securing the wheel axle screws with loctite. Not sure I´m writing the correct part here. I saw a great pic with all the names of all the parts recently but I´ve lost it, totally blaming the child birth .
Edit: Found it! Axle is correct, the screw is behind the hex hub inside the hub carrier. Yey, learning!
No kidding, half exhausted xD. I´ve already made the holes so all the way forward is out. It´s somewhere in the middle atm. Good ideas. I´ll see what I can incorporate.
Congrats on both the new members of the family!!Pictures of the finished result! The body I finally went with is a Team C 2410006, US Classic Body No.1. My son got to decide what stickers and where they were gonna be when he opened the box on Christmas morning. After that we went nuts in the snow with it. Worked pretty good. Only problem we had was waiting for the other one to finish drivning . I made some mistakes but overall I´m quite happy with the result. In reverse when turning one of the wheels rub a little bit on the front side but It´s probably not a big issue.
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Pic after snow run. I´ll add a better pic from during the next time we are out.
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Battery compartment. Padded. I took out a small piece for the wires as the battery was so big. I don´t think it´s gonna affect the structural integrity of the chassi. I´ve ordered some hand warmers to test if I can keep the battery somewhat warmer during the next run (but not too warm!).View attachment 188989
The metall piece under the motor. I might add a better foto if someone wishes it. It goes about the length of the motor in the slot where there is no heatsink.
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Body treated with Rubberfix and glassfibertape. I actually used something called Cool Tack for gluing the rear piece on to the rest of the body. I found it worked better than the Rubberfix for gluing pieces of lexan together.
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Thx for all the help and tips!
Thank you!Congrats on both the new members of the family!!
Good job on the build also. Looks great sir!!
ThxGreat job!
The other thing that’s clear is the body. Coming along nicely dudeAdded all the typhon arms and turnbuckles for a wider stance. Big rock chassi. Added front and rear bumpers. Tires are just there for show atm.
Stiff foam in the bumper cavity for less breakage of said bumper. Check.
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To the extra fun part! Deciding where the body sits best, further in the front or rear, and whether to have a wing or not. The holes for the tires are borked either way. Maybe I should have considered disregarding the default cutouts and just made my own. The small protrusions might have made it look weird though. Oh well, done is done!
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One thing is clear though, IF I´m gonna have a wing, wider would be better.
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Yes it is normal.mine does the sameIs it normal to be able to pull and push this metal piece back and forward about 2 mm? It´s the power module. From the side.
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