Selling My Tamiya CR-01 Toyota Land Cruiser on eBay
Sad to see this one go because it turned out great and is a blast to drive especially in trail sections and in local parks along the river. The scale looks fit right in! Still, I need to fund another project and so the Toyota Land Cruiser has to go.
See it on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230330169118
Big Happy 5th Birthday Giveaways at RC Crawler
Wow! 5 years. RC Crawler has been a driving force behind the explosion of RC Crawling. To help celebrate their 5th birthday a bunch of the vendors who post to the RC Crawler Forum are doing give aways.
Note: you must have a star to enter!
Here are the current giveaways posted at rccrawler.com/forum.
CrawlerGraphics, GenkiDoriDori, Crawford Preformance [...]
Mini Speedway Fall Indoor Crawling Series Wrap Up
We finished up the first Mini Speedway Indoor Crawling Series the Saturday before Christmas with 2 different comps. We ran the 2 courses planned for that week and then ran 2 more to make up for the week we missed a few weeks back.
We ended up running 5 comps for the fall series and had [...]
Eritex Beadlock Crawler Wheels
Eritex manufacturers a wide variety of beadlock wheels for your 1.9 or 2.2 rc rock crawler and are available in Black Delrin or White, Dyeable Delrin with steel rings and either black oxide or stainless hardware.
For my DMG NAT 1.9 Comp Class Tuber I got the wider offset MRC wheels to give my rig a [...]
Losi Rear Hub and Axle Upgrade
Losi’s 1 Piece Rear Hub upgrade in Grey anodized aluminum also includes a solid steel axle set for the Losi Mini Rock Crawler.
This upgrade replaces the stock ball joint rear drive with a solid shaft. Use the old ones as spares for the front! Of course the solid shaft takes away the easy to do [...]
Schmenzer’s DMG NAT Part 3
Mounting the ESC, Receiver and Battery
For now I am using stock Losi electronics but I may end up upgrading down the road.
There is some decent room in the NAT for electronics but a bit of planning made things go easier. After trying components in different spots I basically decided to go with a similar set [...]
Working on Schmenzer’s NAT Part 2
I worked more on the NAT today and it was time to get the steering squared away.
Here are the parts I used for the servo mount:
Axial Aluminum tray from a Scorpion
3 Racing Aluminum Servo Posts
Kyosho Mini-Z Wheel Bushings as spacers under the tray
First up was modifying an Axial Scorpion servo plate to use with the [...]
Schmenzer’s DMG NAT Part 1
Even though I actually got my DMG Alluminiti before this NAT I went to work on the NAT first because I had all the parts availability.
This orange and black beauty is 4-5/8 ounces stripped of components and is ready to install the components.
The parts I am using for now:
Losi MRC Axles, Transmission, Upper and Lower [...]