New crawler - For the RC Guys

[bradttu]

Here's my new GMade R1. I have about 11 hours in the build. I figured I'd get some mediocre shots of it before I beat on it. My body will be back from Canon next week, so I had to make a small point and shoot and available light work.

Make & Model: GMade R1 (Kit)
Motor: Venom Fireball 50T
ESC: Castle SV2
Servo: Towerpro 200 oz/tq
Tires: Hot Bodies Rover
Wheels: Gmade beadlocks with 8 oz of weight in front.

Misc: Gmade low cg servo mount, Gmade front axle plate for additional weight if necessary, Gmade front axle skid plate (not shown), Gmade hi-clearance lower links, Delrin skid plate (triangulates lower links).

My EXO kit should be here tomorrow.

[4.6coupe]

Purrdy.

[motoman]

That's badass!

[bradttu]

Thanks guys. We'll see if it performs as good as it looks.

[Randy]

man... remember when you actually had to build your own cages.

[Matt]

mindfucked.... wheres the springs?

[BlackGT]

mindfucked.... wheres the springs?

Springs? Where we're going, we won't need Springs...

[Randy]

usually in the shock bodies.... unless he is going sans springs to go with a droop suspension setup for flex.

[bradttu]

usually in the shock bodies.... unless he is going sans springs to go with a droop suspension setup for flex.

Correct. These can be setup sprung or droop. I have it sprung, but I could swap it to droop in a matter of minutes if I wanted. Pretty cool feature in these shocks.

Here's a diagram/video on their site.

http://www.gmade.net/bbs/zboard.php?id=shock&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=15

[TeeShock]

Total build price? A running 4x4 XJ

[bradttu]

Total build price? A running 4x4 XJ

$615 to my front door. Keep in mind that's with all the extra goodies plus I had to buy electronics. You could get one running for around $400 assuming you don't have any spare electronics. The base kit is $250. You can spend $290 for an assembled model.

[Randy]

Or you can find RC sites that sell used ones for like 50% of market value.....

[bradttu]

Or you can find RC sites that sell used ones for like 50% of market value.....

Yeah you can find them on RCCrawler or on Ebay for decent prices. I found one on eBay just now for $425. New is a personal preference for me unless I know the person who owned it before.