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Old 01-10-2010 | 06:41 PM
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Here is my X60. I put a new chassis on it for the winter champs.


Thats BKs sig, along with dan and pual.
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Old 01-13-2010 | 09:09 PM
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Look what I get to press the "send it to me" button on tomorrow!!I am so freaking psyched!!

The work area is 12"x24"x4" so it will handle any of the r/c size work I can do on it.Cuts @ 90 IPM (in. per minute) and comes as a complete 3 axis turnkey set-up with a touch sensitive CMM probe--insert evil scientist laugh here--- Cant wait to start programming it!!Then--another evil scientist laugh- the cnc lathe attachment and 4th axis turntable

I can forsee many custom peices coming off this machine in the near future!!
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Old 01-13-2010 | 11:35 PM
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how much did that set you back? does it come with software?
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Old 01-14-2010 | 04:00 AM
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Did some serious testing last night, buggy drives fast, the driver, not so much. I'd say the car is dialed, when I don't crash, I was pulling a couple real fast people. Unfortunatly I couldn't see any lap times
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Old 01-14-2010 | 05:50 AM
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good stuff here.

I wonder if the mid motor design will be how 2wd goes in the future.

For the PSI Racing conversions, do you recommend getting some sort of chassis protector?
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Old 01-14-2010 | 05:57 AM
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how much did that set you back? does it come with software?
with the soft ware,cmm probe, and controller module I wanted, just under 5k.
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Old 01-14-2010 | 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Cain
good stuff here.

I wonder if the mid motor design will be how 2wd goes in the future.

For the PSI Racing conversions, do you recommend getting some sort of chassis protector?
We are running no chassis protector on any of our stuff. Mainly to see wear rates etc. But if you wanted some protection they do make a self adhesive film that you just stick on, and peel off when you want to put a new one on.
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Old 01-14-2010 | 06:17 AM
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Sounds good.
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Old 01-14-2010 | 03:45 PM
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i made a new chassis for my losi buggy. which battery placement would make it handle better?




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Old 01-14-2010 | 03:52 PM
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I would think the second on. you could of made the chassis a bit longer and ran the battery in the center the long way and the servo infront of that.
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Old 01-14-2010 | 04:30 PM
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in the first picture i can just run a link from the steering servo to an L shaped thing thats connected to the steering. and with the battery to the left a little bit thats good because some of the motors weight is on the right side so it willl even out the weight on both sides
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Old 01-14-2010 | 11:51 PM
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I have located a b3 donor. will the b3tranny innards (diff and internal gears etc...) work in the 4gear casing? Obviously I will need to get a new idle gear/bearings/shims. thanks for your help


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Punch X-factory into your search engine. you will find their webstore where all the parts you need for the tranny are available. At one time I do beleive that had a bundle that included all the parts you needed for the 4 gear tranny.
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Old 01-15-2010 | 01:03 AM
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mopar check out my choosement - I'm happy with it http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27655
However low profile servo is required
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Old 01-15-2010 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by rammstein88
i still cannot get over that body...i want to paint one now lol. mix up a green and make it look like the ship...maybe do an "awesome express" from when the kids took it over. lol.
"Awesome Express" from the episode" The route of all evil" Good stuff right there.
I was actually thinking about doing an awesome express body when I did the planet express shell. Heres "the Slurminator' as my truck was called for our outdoor season this year
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Old 01-15-2010 | 01:50 PM
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for the durango mm vehicle shown here:

http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=258247

as it doesn't use a counter gear, are they reversing the motor direction i take it?
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