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Friday, March 29, 2024

Projects and Builds

Project Time! The Losi Desert Buggy DBXL

Phantom_DBXL (7) copy

Mark Himes of Red Arrow is a master of all things large scale. He has built some of the most unique HPI Baja and Losi 5IVE vehicles I have ever seen. He emailed me the other day with another project …

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Project RCD Jallopy Part 2

It’s Part 2 time of the Project RCD Jallopy build and we’re going to find and build the rear end of the machine from our pile of extra parts. Transmission case, gears, bearings… everything seems to be here, lets get …

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Project RCD Jallopy Part 1

We’re back at it, gathering up spare parts left behind from various Traxxas Slash builds and projects we’ve created over the years and now we’re going to free-style a build and see what we come up with. There are plenty …

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Tamiya NEO Fighter

Project: Tamiya NEO Fighter

Tamiya is great for designing all sorts of interesting RC vehicles and keeping every format of our hobby fresh and interesting. The DT03 chassis is more geared for beginners in stock form, the cost is low and many design cues …

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Pro-Line Racing Pro-MT

  Pro-Line pretty much shocked the RC community when they released the Pro-2 Short Course truck. This RC accessory giant made the leap into offering car kits and the Pro-2 is a pretty impressive machine for those who want the …

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RC4WD YJ Goes Topless

Topless RC4WD YJ

Building A Scale Rock Crawler In the rock crawling industry there are two types of people, Toyota people and Jeep people. It seems to be a never ending battle and in some cases, the battle lines have been drawn in …

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Wheels, Tires and Body

Team Associated B44.3 Build – Wheels, Tires and Body

The Build – Part 11 The final chapter to our Team Associated B44.3 has us assembling the wheels and tires and mounting the body and wing. The first step in the final step is to glue up your tires. You …

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Electronics

Team Associated B44.3 Build – Electronics

The Build – Part 10 Time to install the electronics in our Team Associated B44.3 Buggy. Even though we’ll be using a single shorty LiPo instead of the optional saddle-pack setup, we need to attach the left side battery tray …

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Shocks

Team Associated B44.3 Build – Shocks

The Build – Part 9 The Team Associated B44.3 comes with the super-plush V2 12mm Big Bore shocks. They’re easy to build and are top-notch at damping the buggy on just about any surface. One with the build. Our first …

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Anti-Roll Bar

Team Associated B44.3 Build – Anti-Roll Bar

The Build – Part 8 Part 8 will be short and simple; we’re assembling and attaching our rear anti-roll bar. Three steps and then it’s back to something else; or the next build step. Build 2 anti-roll bar links, popping …

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Turnbuckles / Driveline

Team Associated B44.3 Build – Turnbuckles / Driveline

The Build – Part 7 In Step 7 we move on to the turnbuckles and driveline components. I don’t like building turnbuckles. Ever. That is, unless I have a cool tool to help me to the job. Check out this …

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Upgrading the RC4WD Trail Finder 2

Upgrading the RC4WD Trail Finder 2

Once upon a time the RC4WD Trail Finder 2 was released and like any new product, there wasn’t much support for it. Fast forward to today and there are bumpers, body parts, panhard setups, drive shafts, shocks, 4-link, fender flairs, and more available to tune your Trail Finder 2 however you see fit.

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Top Decks

Team Associated B44.3 Build – Top Decks

The Build – Part 6 In this step we’ll be installing the front and rear top decks to the Team Associated B44.3 Buggy. Find the front top deck and attach both the front body mount and inner camber link studs …

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Center Bulkhead

The Build – Part 5 The next step in the Team Associated B44.3 Buggy Build has us attaching the center bulkhead and installing the center diff and motor. The manual has directions for assembling in either saddle-pack configuration or shorty …

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Team Associated B44.3 Build – Suspension

The Build – Part 4 Time to assemble the suspension and attach the gearboxes to the chassis. Let’s start by pressing the locknut into the front bulkhead. Now attach the front bulkhead to the chassis. Find your gearboxes and grab …

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