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I have been lurking around here for the past few weeks after I discovered this site seeking info on Zip/Zap MT. I picked up a coupe MT's a month ago (my first RC since I was a kid) because they reminded me of the old Stompers. Anyway, I decided to do hack one up and make a crawler like the one I watched 100 times in RedRustBucket's "Waterfallin' Crawlin'" thread.

I still need to tighten the wiring up, rig up a tri-cell and make a back cover (among other things).

Thanks to RedRustBucket for the inspiration. This thing is a f'n blast to play with.

Dude, it's like RRB made that rig for you
You should enter that in the year end competition, it's really good.

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Welcome
Maxx

EDIT: your tyres are on backwards

Maxximum Attack wrote:EDIT: your tyres are on backwards

Lol, Maxx, they are backwards because they supposedly get more traction on rocks. Or It could have been a simple mistake which works.

Yea welcome man! That's one helluva an entrance. It looks very well executed, and just looks plain awesome.

Why can't people post a sweet ZZMT and CHASSIS PICS????

Very Impressive MT.

Thanks. I had to have one after watching redrustbucket climb the falls. His are very clean and well crafted with the tubing, winches etc. I still need to clean up the wiring and do something else with the battery plate. I had to make the suspension arm out of 2mm balljoints and the spare parts from the servo I used for a steering motor and the gear reduction.

Maxximum Attack wrote:
EDIT: your tyres are on backwards

I put them on that way It may be my imagination but it seems like the traction is better.

Maxximum Attack wrote:Why can't people post a sweet ZZMT and CHASSIS PICS????

What the hell you talking about? The chassis is 90% visable, besides the fact the shock is attached to the body, so its not like he's gonna be able to just snap the body off like on a standard bit.

Why can't you just be nice to the new guy.



SG_Crawler, awesome work and helluva way to make an introduction, welcome.

BTW, there's a few of us here that loved our Stompers as well.

crazydave wrote:Why can't you just be nice to the new guy.

Hey! I don't rag on new guys
I gave him a nice warm welcome, just wanted to see the chassis.
You'd be surprised how revealing that last 10% is, it helps unlock the 'glue' that holds the chassis together. Placement of 'racks' and 'pins' are so much more visible in direct light, and thus more educational.

Sorry if I came over as ragging on you supergroup_crawler.
Maxx

well i like what i see

The chassis is built the same as in Clint's tutorial (thanks Clint) except I used stock copper tube to make the axle and it's housing. I also used a bearing on the rear outer tube to tighten it up for zero slop. Copper isn't ideal but works fine...it was all I could find in the right diameters.

I have the body lightly tacked with glue right now so I can continue working on it... despite the light glue job it takes a beating from flips and falls. When I open it back up to finish the wiring and maybe add a winch, I will take pictures for you Maxx.

I don't own any ZZ/ZZSE so I couldn't disect one of those for the gear reduction... thus the concoction on the rear end. I prefer the clean looks of RRB's stock looking rear and I imagine he didn't go through 9 kinds of hell rigging it up like I did.

man that looks really good

IT's A BEAST MAN !!!

Welcome 2 Da Hood Pimp !

MaxximumAttack wrote:EDIT: your tyres are on backwards

Stop being so fuckin "Nit Picky"

Damn nice rock rig you got there! Gotta say it's pretty hard to get good clear chassis shots with the body on. Once the chassis is done, I usually get antsy to install the body and drive the darn thing!
Once again, awesome truck, and keep em coming

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I have finally finished it. Re-wired it, added gear covers and made a winch.
Here is a picture of the winch before I installed it:



and...


These pics are from my shitty camera phone... I will post my final product when I get my real camera back.