chrisexv6
Active Member
Son got on my case to build him a ramp (because, you know, I wouldnt have fun at all .... ), so today thats what we did!
He broke a shock end during the learning process but after a quick fix with some spare HPI Savage parts, he really got the hang of it. Many more land flat bottom down than cart wheel or land upside down.
It was a fun couple runs through the batteries, but of course there was some carnage:
TBone Racing front bumper - I think its the "Thrasher" model, it has a flat plastic piece between the bumper and the plastic block that mounts over the lower hinge pins. We broke the flat plastic piece (learning = lots of front down landings...) Ddoes anyone know what type of plastic is used for it? Since its pretty flat Im thinking I might be able to make my own, just wanted to try and use whatever is closest to "factory" for it.
Not necessarily carnage, but a question - we can see where the skid plate is hitting the ramp before the truck takes off. So, the suspension looks like its bottoming out. The ramp was made with a 45 degree angle from the top and a piece of fiberglass wire fish to connect it to the bottom of the ramp. Did I make the angle too extreme? Is it an issue with the shocks? Both?
Went to run a third pack through it, but saw a nice spark and then nothing....turns out the motor mount got loose which caused the mesh to go bad and the pinion ejected some of its teeth. So we finished for the day lol
Thanks in advance.
-Chris
He broke a shock end during the learning process but after a quick fix with some spare HPI Savage parts, he really got the hang of it. Many more land flat bottom down than cart wheel or land upside down.
It was a fun couple runs through the batteries, but of course there was some carnage:
TBone Racing front bumper - I think its the "Thrasher" model, it has a flat plastic piece between the bumper and the plastic block that mounts over the lower hinge pins. We broke the flat plastic piece (learning = lots of front down landings...) Ddoes anyone know what type of plastic is used for it? Since its pretty flat Im thinking I might be able to make my own, just wanted to try and use whatever is closest to "factory" for it.
Not necessarily carnage, but a question - we can see where the skid plate is hitting the ramp before the truck takes off. So, the suspension looks like its bottoming out. The ramp was made with a 45 degree angle from the top and a piece of fiberglass wire fish to connect it to the bottom of the ramp. Did I make the angle too extreme? Is it an issue with the shocks? Both?
Went to run a third pack through it, but saw a nice spark and then nothing....turns out the motor mount got loose which caused the mesh to go bad and the pinion ejected some of its teeth. So we finished for the day lol
Thanks in advance.
-Chris