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To start this off let me say that the Summit Transmission with the Leading Edge Machine Dog Carrier is the way to go to make a brushless 1/5 scale that will last and do more for your off-road pleasure.
So that being said picking parts that make up a great 1/5 scale that is tough and user friendly is what I would stat with to make the ultimate brushless Off-Road machine. So lets start with a body that uses no pins or parts that can be lost while playing out doors just as the E-Maxx does. I went with the 1/6 scale Nylint Scorpion MK1. It is a hard body that has spring loaded levers that hold the rear of the chassis in 2 places in back so it is very strong and stable in a crash.
Next would be the servos to turn the 1/5 scale beadlock rims mounted to the 40 series Mudslingers that this buggy will use. I'm going with a Brushless motored servo that makes monster torque 412 oz on 7.4 volts and to power that I will use the Max 8 esc.
So now that I have a Titanium servo that is water proof and a ESC that makes big power and is also water proof I think it's time to cover the Toyota 1/5 scale axles that RC4WD has. They are huge and very scale. It will set this build apart from anything that is currently out.
So lets get into this build and see what the ultimate brushless 5th scale looks like.

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So these are the axles that I still need to buy. 500 if I buy them at the same time. saves me 100 bucks doing that plus shipping.

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So lets cover what I do have.
I have 2 bodies to work with. The steering wheel on the controller is sweet so I took it and added it to the buggy.

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So this is what I'm after. to make it as scale as possible and out perform any 1/5 rock crawler made.

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So that said I need to do some painting and a lot of cutting to make it usable and scale at the same time.

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The body work done for the most part Led lights installed and custom steering wheel mounted the paint was easy just masking the seats and steering wheel was all that was needed to do the paint work.

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This shows what the body looks like sitting on my stretched Losi xxl chassis that has a 17.5'' wheelbase.
It's going to look awesome with solid axles under it. should have around a 18'' wheelbase.

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Here is some solid axles that went to my Kyosho twin force that have been modified.
It's just for show and not what is going in.

I might use the custom swing arms though.

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Spud is ready to go!

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So since I have to use the Mad Force axles I though I would set up the diff to triangulate as it should have been done by Kyosho be now. But that's of it's easy to do with. the right tools

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Well after playing with the Kyosho Twin Force axles I'm going with the Ultimate 1/5 Toyota axles They just look the part. So I pulled 513.00 from my bank and there on the way.
The other reason I went with these axles is because I can't find a build with these axles. I used Google and nothing. So it will be fun to show off these axles that have been discontinued and that will make this not only rare but when there gone no one will be able to do any builds with them.


I plan on doing a 4 link on these axles and the steering servo mounted to the axle also. I will paint the hole under carriage olive green so nothing should stand out when it's done.

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So here are some new links for the front end being made. I would have them done if I hadn't bought the wrong sized band-saw blade!

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So some of you may have forgotten the 3.3 and 2.5 Revo Tanny guards. This is what I will be using to keep the tranny from caving in.

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Meet my driver. He's 10'' tall.

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Ultimate axles will be here tomorrow.

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My driver does like where the steering wheel is set.

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This is another reason I like 1/5 scale beadlock rims. I get the off-set that is needed for this build.

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So looking at these new axles I would stay away from them! The diffs are not even 1/8 scale standards! It only is the size of a 1/8 scale diff but only one set of spider gears in the diff-carrier!
This is not a well thought out set up at all! Her is the worst of it. there are no replacement parts when it breaks!


((((((((((((((((Ihave never seen a 1/5 scale diff-carrier this small or with only one set of spider gears!))))))))))))))))))))

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So after a good look at these axles I sent them back to RC4WD. They just are not built well to take any kind of power So I'm going to use the Kyosho axles and up grade them when Super Shafty has the rear lock out ready in a month or so. So that said I made some shock mounts for the rear and played around with it so you can see some different shots of what the wheelbase and the links look like also.

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I switched out the springs to the Sock Losi LST they are soft and I painted them Olive green to match this build. I will be picking up some CNC shock bodies for this build also.

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Here is the stance that I will be using in this build. The beadlock rims used are from RC4WD. I also have 1/2'' wheel extensions.

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So this is the first time this has been done to a set of Kyosho Mad Force/ FO-XX axles so you might want to take a good look!

Here is what I ordered.
Axial Yeti XL AX31260 Rear Axle 10 x 169mm 17mm Hub
Axial Racing AX31084 Axial Straight Axle Adapter Yeti XL
Kyosho 1/8 FO-XX RS * REAR DIFFERENTIAL, HOUSING, HUB CARRIERS & PINION
Kyosho 1/8 FO-XX RS * FRONT DIFFERENTIAL, HOUSING, HUB CARRIERS & PINION
NEW Axial Axial Yeti XL Front Axle Stub 16x39mm (17mm) AX31259
Axial 1/8 YETI XL Buggy Front Steering Knuckles C-Hub Axle Carriers Bearings Pin

The Losi stuff I already have.

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I slapped on the 23mm hubs and the 1/5 wheels to show how much throw was possible. The offset of these wheels is wrong for this set up. I will be using 17mm hubs with a wide stance so the offset wheels will be much different.


Here are the ones that I will be using for this build.