lohocla

I bought the Super Slick Monster 4x4 form toysrus (myae86rolla has one, there is a thread about it).. Right away I took it apart. This thing is pretty neat. its center shaft, rear motor. I saw great potential when I simply just removed the shocks.. here is pic after removing the chassis

I have lengthened the driveshaft using 4-40 rod.. my only mod so far.. I was actually thinking of just getting bigger tires and having this as a micro stick. but I think new chassis, micro HG electrics and new slightly bigger tires. I will get some new tires and fit them on stock rims

Anomie

That's pretty cool. Such a simple mod to yield so much flex. Thanks for the pic.

lohocla

Thanks... thats what I thought too.. I started to take it apart and the first thing I did is removed the shocks.. as soon as they gone it flexed almost 90º. I was amazed.

I have decided I will make a simple ladder-type chassis from plastic layin around, and use limiting straps or mod the stock shocks. at any rate this will cost me nothign to do and will be very basic. later on maybe to make it more capable I will use HG elec. but for now it is designed to be a no-money no hassle crawler, except the intial 10 dollars spent for the vehicle, that almost anyone can do.

oh btw Reiko Ive been following your build online.. unbeleivable work[8D] You have truly mastered your skill.

myae86rolla

i got the same lil crawler too!

lohocla

Yeah I know. I had buoght 3 of these last weekend and I saw your post and it inspired me to tear it down and start a project. I love scale crawlers they are fun to work on.. I want to try and find the wally crawler though, the one that is just on/off. I hear it is good for sus*****on parts.

tjarr001

what about xmod electronics. will they work on this truck?

lohocla

Yeah I dont see why not. I maybe use my gen2 eclipse elecs for this truck... thanks for the idea

mOnO n.s.G^

can u post pics of the controller and what the originall body looks like? also most likely but just wondering is it digital proportion steering? and w

tjarr001

[link]http://cgi.ebay.com/Fast-Lane-RC-Super-Slicks-Monster-4-x-4-Truck-1-24_W0QQitemZ280074070581QQihZ018QQcategoryZ44029QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/link]that is the link to one being sold on ebay. mine was 11 bucks at toysrus and the crawler upgrade was 4.99. the steering is not proportion, and i dont think the speed is either, but when i put my xmod electronics in it will be.

lohocla

yeah like tjarr said no dig proportional anything.. but with xmods or hg micro elecs will be nice..


I got the blue one. but will find a 1/24 model kit cj7 or bronco for new body and chassis

mOnO n.s.G^

is this how it looks stock??

lohocla

yup thats mine..2 days ago anyway


here it is now with a 2 link I put on last night. I have some better ground clearance. I will shave those tabs off bottom of battery/elec box for more clearance. also it is sitting low because i have no shocks, but I will get around 3/8" more clearance. I have built one shock and will finish the other 3 this weekend. I need supplies


heres another mod I did. I glued those shaft mounts up up to gain as much height as I can after this i can still get more by shaving some plastic inside the elcs box so the axle sits lower inside thus raising the chassis for better clearance I will also relocate the shaft plates/mounts seen here higher up and that will surely make this sit high and be able to get over any boxset I can throw at it. maybe not Rocky though. one more movie and my 1/18 wont make it over that thing


heres the shock I made out of the stock mounts. I had one hell of a time getting the old rod out.. but this new 4-40 fits really snug. I used tubing on one end, I just drilled the hole out. dont know size of tubing. at the HS/Do-it-Center I just started testing the rod in the tubing and grabbed a couple of the ones it fit in. I will cut to size on monday when the snap-on guy comes to my shop with my new dremel, 3/8" air ratchet, micro torch(handy for soldering if you dont have gas or a bernzomatic) and some other tools I got.
Im gonna fill in where I snipped it on top with JB weld then grind it smooth.




xmod elecs next as suggested by tjarr001, chassis and bigger tires. I maybe just fill with foam the stock tires, from a pede spare tire I have. all that foam could probably do 8 tires for this thing.. new body also.. jeep cj7 maybe or a 56 willys ( http://www.pbase.com/kjosker/image/44973954 )

myae86rolla

thats great that i inspired you to build one. good job on the work that u done. FYI my axle to one of the wheels had broken. it broke after maybe 2 hours of play time with the locked diffs... so just watch for those axles....

lohocla

thanks alot for the info. I will keep note of that when playing..


Im going to post more pics tomorrow. When I leave the office I am going to start work right away on the xmod electrics and then finish the shocks

mOnO n.s.G^

im def gettn 1 to run over my truggy lmao[:'(] is it 4wd,what batteries it runs on, is it like the car version ss's that you charge them from the tx holder??

lohocla

It is 4wd it has a rear motor and a center shaft powers the front wheels. the car takes 4 AA type. the tx takes a 9v

mOnO n.s.G^

aii thnkz

tjarr001

well i checked out the xmod stuff last night and the motor and stering are too small but you may be able to use the esc. and another thing, the xmod light kit plugs strait into the top of this crwawler. the motor from the xmod im sure can be modded to fit the fastlane crawler i know that the motor shaft size are the same. if the esc from the xmod will work in it, then you will have dig proportional stering and speed. but i dunno if it can hold up to the bigger motor and bigger servo motor

lohocla

How is the steering too small? and as long as I can have digi proportinal speed I dont care about anything else.


sad news indeed. At least maybe there is still hope for the esc

hands without shadows

If that doesnt work out you could always use the inside of a servo for an esc, just a thought.

lohocla

please to explain... inside of a servo has an esc?

mOnO n.s.G^

man i went 2 ma local toysrus before looking to get one and they had the rock crawlin and street ugrade kit but no cars that just sucks
[&o]

lohocla

If you cant get any I might be able to send you one. let me know

mOnO n.s.G^

aii bet ima proly try again later

hands without shadows

A servo works by having a potentiometer (pot) that is attached to the drivetrain acting like an angle sensor of sorts. When the pot is not at the angle it is supposed to be the motor turns to achieve that angle. The angle the pot is supposed to be at can be changed by giving throttle or steering. Basically....if you replace the pot with resistors or just center it the servo board will act as an esc for the motor. [link=http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26223]Here[/link] is a link to a buildup that used a servo board as an esc on a similar-ish project.