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Dez can you PM me a link to the chassis. Im interested in it. I find it a little over the top all you did is post a link to a "competitor" site and you got your post removed. Only reason I say this is I spend most of my time in the 18th scale forum and theres constantly links to one18th.com and they NEVER get deleted.

dezfan

Be happy to! PM sent!

dezfan

Well took the Shadow out on the rocks today and crawler w/ my buddy who also has a BMVII.

Did pretty well, Climbs pretty good even w/ the slick condition we had after last nights rain.

Found a few things I need to adjust.

I need to gear it down a tooth or two, need to add a cell (only ran 7 today) and I need to add another shim to the rear axle as I had it slipping w/ the new project tires.

All in all, a pretty good debut, still need some more testing before I make my decision for the 07 season starts.

Enjoy the pics!

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Looking good.

Rc EnthuSiasTs

i am sorry dez, but is this a 2.2 crawler.
On the first page you had masher tires on it, now it has Badlands?
Aren't badlands mt tires.
Thanks for clarifying!

Anomie

That's definitely looking awesome.

dezfan

Yes, it is a 2.2 class crawler.

The 07 rules state that the maximum height of a tire "legal" for use on a 2.2 is 6 inches.

Well I looked and no one made a 6 inch 2.2 so I made my own.

Yes Badlands are a Maxx sized tire, but a small one as Max tires go, it's relatively narrow and it's height of 5.84 inch which brings it in under the legal limit!

I had a set of 2.2 Moabs that donated their sidewalls and some time and a good portion of IC2000 later, I had 2.2 Badlands!

Rc EnthuSiasTs

ohh, now i get it, these are those killer tires you were talking about.
That is not only a great idea, they look sweet.
I assume they were good. How do they compare to the moabs?
Looks good dez!

dezfan

I still need to do a bit of testing w/ them, I need to add a bit of weight and play w/ the foams as well.

rocky_boy

dezfan did you have to "seam" the side walls together similar to how carpet is seamed when laying it? the tires did turn out *****n buddy!

dezfan

Nope, I just laid them into what looked to be the centered (and they run pretty true) and slowly glued them to the sidewall of the Badlands and then ran a bead of IC2000 all the way around it.

It's a fairly simple and straight forward mod.

Rc EnthuSiasTs

will this chassis take a pede tranny. or just a stealth?

dezfan

It comes predrilled for the Pede, I just don't like them so I use the Stealth.

Rc EnthuSiasTs

cool. i really like this chassis, after driving my sw2 for sometime i do see its flaws. Not that i dont like it, but i would like better cog, and better center ground clearance. I may just have to build another one

nu2THISgame

"It's an unobtainium composite titanium!" yep. just what i thought it was made of... 1/8 piano wire... give it a couple of tumbles and you will have to bend it back to shape......

dezfan

Yep, thank you Mr. tensile strength expert.

And if by chance it does bend, I think I can afford to replace it!

nu2THISgame

mr. tensile expert???? btw i never said i was an expert.... however, your the one that said AND I QUOTE "It's an unobtainium composite titanium!"... titanium my a**... and i know its wrong to lead people and say "It's an unobtainium composite titanium" when its only piano wire... sure you can afford it but what about the person who buys it and crawls with it. then it gets all bend out of shape. what about those people... so next time you have a chassis and your praising it do yourself a favor and tell the truth.... have a nice day..........

dezfan

How about you get a clue!

"Unobtainium composite titanium" look it up!

It's called sarcasm! Look that up as well!

The chassis works great, it holds up fine, and like any other design, is susceptible to damage and repairable.

dezfan

I had some BM-VII decals made![>:]