It's been a week since my last post because I have been wanting to keep a very custom part of the build secret.
However I have had a change of heart and want to share it with all of you since I am near the end completion of this complete Talion Build from the chassis up.
Over the past week progress..
Sanded the Red anodize off the front shock tower, Front / Rear center brace, motor mount bracket.
It was a simple process using my Dremel and palm sander: 240-800 grit sand paper and dremel sanding drums (200-400 grit).
Took about an hour from start to finish on each piece. I did not get the interiors of the pieces, gives it a cool look so I left it.
Will be polishing and clear coating to prevent oxidation.
I will talk about the obvious rear shock tower setup at the end of this post
Next I had to groove the Rear Center brace to accept the new setup for the rear driveshaft.
Yes that's a custom rear shock tower, Keep reading and I will get to that
Today I installed the new HW G2
Max 8 4278 2250Kv Combo.
For the wiring setup, I did a zip-tie wire harness setup. (learned it from watching Roadkill.. ziptie moments.. Google it
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Fan, ESC, and Servo wires are ran under the ESC tray, and through a small cable clip centered under the front driveshaft.
I purchased this years ago and still have many of them left.. Ugh couldn't find them less than 30 per pack..
I've used this trick before many times on my previous rigs, It secures them from any chance of damage from the driveshafts and or being caught by stuff.
Small Cable Clip via Amazon.
Next and best part was a challenge. The custom 1 off rear shock tower..
First of all before any of you ask..
I am not allowed to release the person's / company that helped me getting the Buggy rear shock tower made. They have asked that I keep there names confidential.
Arrma's downfall with their mount setup is that it's only a 2 point connection (rear screws and rear brace) going through the tower, with upward force creates a fulcrum that in result, breaks the mount under impact force. This needed to be a 3 point connection and NOT go through the tower to create a break point.
So I decided to use my RC8B3.2e rear buggy wing setup and incorporate it into this rig.
It took me a few weeks of 3d designing and prototype 3d printing process..
I changed it to a 3 hole for shocks, 4 hole camber instead of stock 3, and some slight changes in shape.
The persons/company were happy to assist me with cutting / shipping this to me since they also were in process of something similar, but lacked the most important part of the design, the shock tower to diff casing parameters. How much.. Sorry also not divulging that information..
The rear tower is 7075 T651 5mm thick aluminum plate. I wanted to it be as strong as possible
I replicated the front brace setup to the rear (including the servo posts). This gives the rear brace a 3 point connection for maximum impact absorption.
I hope you all enjoy the pics and cant wait to read your replies on this..
I purchased 3 different weight wide sway bars for the rear as well.. (they will not fit on the front, interferes with steering arms). I had to sand the groove out some since the stock diff casing does not fit the 3mm bar without being able to move freely as it should.
