Typhon Typhon Tales

[Sphexish]

Step 201:
To save her younger brother Giant, who appears to suffer from a chronic case of rear-driveshaft-pop-itus, Photon has bravely volunteered to donate her A-arms for a never-before-attempted (by me) arm-transplant, wherein she will donate her (longer) original arms and receive stronger RPM prosthetics in return.

Step 202:
The patient is sedated with 12cc's of pure boring (i.e. that reality series my wife likes to watch).

Step 203:
Surgery begins, on top of a sterile mat adorned with cute moo-moo-cows to catch all of the errant bit of grass and dirt that accumulate in all the nooks and crannies of the patient's chassis.

Step 204:
Since significant disassembly is required to remove the arms, the surgeons take this opportunity to simultaneously service the patient's diffs with some fresh red'n'tacky, and hook up an infusion of (heavier) 65wt silicon oil to her upgraded shocks, since the stock 43wt oil proved a little too light for the stiffer springs.

Step 205:
Surgery succesful!

Step 206:
Patient receives the all-important badge of honor for her courage.

Step 207:
... as well as a snazzy new set of closed hex nuts, to help keep the dirt out of those screws.

Step 208:
Next, we prepare everything we need for the second stage of this operation:

• The freshly-amputated Typhon A-arms (duh)
• Bottle of heavier shock oil to fill the Kraton/Mojave shocks on the Granite with
• Steel pillow balls to replace the plastic ones, while we're at it
• Original steel Typhon turnbuckles that were replaced with titanium ones a while back
• Duo of brand new turnbuckles to replace the one that was bent quite badly
• New aluminum rocket fan with servo plug crudely soldered on

Step 209:
The recipient is prepped for surgery as well.

(Granite pictures? In MY Typhon thread?!)


Step 210:
Fan installation is a breeze!

Step 211:
Since these shocks haven't yet been opened, we have to break out the Big Boy Medical Equipment in order to crack them open...

Step 212:
I'd make a joke here about other procedures that claim to add centimeters in length to something, but I'm a professional...

Step 213:
The obligatory before/after shots for the turnbuckles:

Step 214:
Aaand done! Let's close him back up...

(Added bonus: the Mojave front shocks, which are just slightly too long for the Granite, actually fit a bit better on these longer arms.)

 

[Doom!]

Excellent work doctor, no malpractice suits necessary!

 

[1.21 Gigawatts]

Nice. I just picked up a Typhon also. Is it recommended to re-enforce the inside of the body shell? I'm new to RC cars so this is a learning thing for me .

I use the drywall mesh and shoe goo method for some bodies, but don't feel the need with the Typhon. Buggy bodies are protected from a direct impact by the wing, front shock towers, and tires.

 

[Sphexish]

Excellent work doctor, no malpractice suits necessary!

Thanks! Still remains to be seen if the longer arms will keep those driveshafts from popping out, though. I certainly hope so -- was getting a bit annoying to have bash sessions be cut abruptly short whenever that happened. Popping those u-joints back in simply isn't a repair job I can do on the field.

 

[Doom!]

Popping those u-joints back in simply isn't a repair job I can do on the field.

And that is why we need pit crews!

 

[Homebrew]

Looking good!