Still driving my 1/28 Kyosho MR02 chassis with Subaru shell.

Season 2020 project: FPV - AXIAL MAXXIMUS 2.2
Btw just completed my 4 days project building heavy duty single seater comp style rock crawler made from mixture of cheap second hand random AXIAL parts bin and lung some FPV hardware. Build to conquer serious rocky hills. Just launched two days ago. A blast to drive!















Build gallery: https://www.supermotoxl.com/resources/galle...ld-22-comp.html


Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG0mtPO2DYA

I always buy from him but first time play at his track la last sunday.
jom join his race. get bodyshell vios yo

Some updates from my side

Bought my Son a WLToys 12428-b for Christmas - he loves it! Great little car.



I totally broke my lunchbox at the beach in Desaru so I finally got around to installing all the aluminum hop-ups from GPM racing.



1) Since then, I've also moved the servo position so it's more centered (But now my steering tie rods aren't the right length so I need to get some more/make some that are equal lengths)
2) I've soldered in a 13.5T Brushless Trackstar motor using 3 pole connectors, but the grub screw on the pinion broke so I can't refit it for now (and due to the CNY it's taking really long for the grub screw to come)
3) I've bought new black rims and the tyres with spikes, it looks really cool but potentially has too much grip for asphalt and will just tumble wumble all the time
4) Switched it to the FlySky transmitter I bought for the Grasshopper

That'll probably be everything I'll do to the Lunchbox, maybe a Lexan shell and tuning the suspension setup will be all.

And my wife bought me a Grasshopper for Christmas, the year she was born was the original release year, so it's kinda sweet.

I totally revamped my study and build space over the new year, so I had a great time building it.





I will publish a full YouTube video on it later, it's a really fun buggy! For now, it's all just on my Instagram story.

The only upgrades I did were:

1) Used the old 540 silver can from the Lunchbox instead of the tiny 380 motor (This required an 18T pinion) - it makes it quite fast! The GH really doesn't need and more power than this.
2) Ball race bearings all around (never use the plastic kit bearings!)
3) Alloy shocks, although the front ones turned out to be garbage, the rear seem pretty good (I've switched the front back to the original shocks and I'm trying to figure out what is the best way, probably will get the Hornet/GH II lower arms and fit those, then it should be able to take a small 55mm oil shock of better quality).



What I need to buy/have to complete this build:

Must Have

1) Flysky FS-GT3B (RM100)
2) 6-cell NiMH battery (~RM100)
3) HOBBYKING™ HIGH TORQUE SERVO MG/BB W/PROOF 12.8KG / 0.22SEC / 58G (RM25)
4) WP-1060-RTR Waterproof Brushed 2S-3S 60A ESC (RM55)

Optional

1) 540 size motor (standard Tamiya silvercan recommended) (RM30-100)
2) Bearing kit (highly recommended) (~RM30)
3) Alloy shocks (I'd explore other ways like the FX10 mod, hornet rear mounts etc) (RM190)
4) 18T Pinion (needed for the 540 motor) (RM30)

working la bro on that date...

Welcome to the Grasshopper club!, your wife had a perfect spot on rc model kit choice for her husband right there.
My grasshopper runs all stock 380 motor, original esc and plastic bushings since i run mostly on sandy beaches. Now you'll need a Hornet to complete the family from the same era and base chassis.
Wish i was there so we can bash together with our Grasshopper.

damn nice la these old school tamiya. looks even more beautiful with those GPM parts

race postponed to July due to coronavirus.

Sup guys! Come share your activity. Sharing bashing my Tamiya's on every evening.

Come share your activity! Just another of my weekend FPV buggy race bashes around public street.













Video buggy tweets:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1239180230402568192

Hey guys! I've just joined into Nitro RC buggy 1/8.
Just got it yesterday, cant wait to test today

once its done up ill post some pics!

Great to hear you got your 1/8 nitro buggy. What brand, model and engine did you bought? Btw make sure to "break-in" the engine before full use.
Btw i have have two 1/8 nitro buggy. A Thunder Tiger EB-4 and Hong Nor.

HONG NOR


THUNDER TIGER EB-4

What you guys doing at home these day during COVID-19 lockdown?

DAY 2: Indoor r/c crawling! Let the fun time begins!

DAY 6: TAMIYA Nano R/C buggy racing at home!

DAY 13: Time to build smallest FPV crawler! custom fabrication carbon fiber chassis in progress....

Nothing better to do than completely gutting my RGT Rockhammer & turning it into a 4-wheel steering brushless crawler using SCX10 parts.

Great 2WS mods, i see you've added wider hex hub extension for stability. How much current amp does each servo consume?

This post has been edited by SupermotoXL: Mar 31 2020, 09:21 PM

These are D3625 25kg HV digital servos. I haven't tested them for current draw, but other 25kg servos are known to pull anything between 5a-7a I think.

Usually if you want to run 2x 25kg servos at 7.4v, it's a foregone conclusion that you'll hv to power both suckers off a seperate BEC anyway to avoid browning out the ESC.

For that, I got this fella right here. 2x output terminals + selectable voltage, stacks of headroom at 20 amps.



The motor is a brushed 540 45T (not brushless), it will run off a Hobbywing Quickrun WP ESC.

Do you know how to fit wheels meant for 14mm hex to a 12mm hex axle? I ordered a set of 2.2" rims... sekali tengok rupanya 14mm... cilakakk...

Brilliant move using external BEC. My 20KG servo pull usually consume 2A max....it chinese MG servo. Btw where did you buy those 20A SBEC?...shopp? I need to get one for my project.

As for 14mm wheel on 12mm hex i remember putting shims of extra thin plastic to 'force' press fit in. Just need to carefully balance all around it, it should work.

You have to glue 12mm hex adaptors in making sure you centre them properly on an axel when you place them.

Similar to glueing hex adaptor into Tamiya style rim made for freewheel with bearings.

20amp switching BEC:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40007067492...earchweb201603_