RRTech ERBE - Build Log

[RedRaider]

Well I will be receiving my sons (and mine:) ) ERBE (E-Revo Brushless Edition) tomorrow...:woot:

E-Revo Brushless Edition (http://www.traxxas.com/products/electric/erevo5608/trx_erevo5608.htm)

This will be fun to play with. Starting off easy by running only 4S LiPo's, but I believe we will be procuring 6S LiPo's soon for some speed runs using the local airport runway the company I work for owns.

I'll be posting pics of the ERBE and upgrades in this thread over the coming weeks...:crack:

[RedRaider]

Here is a very 'rough render' of the Proline Slipstream body that I'm having painted.

Final body will fade red/black together.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/3994880191_1a4c679ea6_o.jpg

[RedRaider]

Extras that I've bought so far...:crack:

Associated Silicone Shock Oil 50 Weight 2 oz

Associated Silicone Shock Oil 60 Weight 2 oz

Axial Dual Hex Socket Traxxas 17mm / 23mm

Bad Horsie Traxxas Revo / E-Revo Shock Covers

Castle Creations Castle Link Programming Kit

Dan's Banana Lube

DuraTrax Body Scissors 5-1/2"

DuraTrax Kwik Trak 7" Racing Cones

DuraTrax Pit Tech Deluxe Car Stand Blue

DuraTrax Pit Tech Threadlocker .2 oz.

Great Planes Pro CA Debonder 1 oz

Great Planes Pro CA Glue Thin 1 oz

Great Planes Pro CA Tips

2x HPI Blast Wheel Black 115x70mm 7"

2x HPI Phaltline Tire 140x70mm

HUDY Universal Tire Balancing Station

Lunsford Racing Handy Delrin Spacers

Muchmore Racing Wheel Balancing Tape

Pro-Line Slipstream Clear Body E-Revo

Pro-Line 1/8 Pro-Pulls (12) Body Clips

Robitronic Flat Head Tapping Screw M3x10mm

Traxxas Aluminum Pushrod Spacer Revo

Traxxas Body GTR Shock Aluminum Red-Anodized

Traxxas Body Washers

Traxxas Connector Female Traxxas

Traxxas Connector Male Traxxas

Traxxas E-Revo Brushless Monster Truck 2.4GHz RTR

Traxxas Heavy Duty Servo Saver Spring Revo

Traxxas Mounted Wheelie Bar Tires/Wheels Anodized Red

Traxxas Shock Boots Jato

Traxxas Spring Shock GTR 3.5 Rate Green Revo

Traxxas Spring Shock GTR 4.1 Rate Tan Revo

Traxxas Variable Damping Kit GTR Shocks

Traxxas Wheelie Bar Assembled Revo

Traxxas Wire Harness Series Battery Connection

Trinity Silicone Shock Oil 70 Weight

Tekno RC Sway Bar Kit

2x HYPERION G3 VX 6500 MAH 2S 7.4V 35C/65C LIPOLY PACK

iCharger 208B

Meanwell SE-600-15

Traxxas P3 Rockers

Traxxas Aluminum P3 Pushrods - Anodized Red

Traxxas Aluminum Toelinks - Anodized Red

Great Planes Segmented Lead Weights 6 oz

2x Pro-Line Masher 40 Series Tires

2x Pro-Line Road Rage 3.8" (40 Series) Street

4x Axial 8-Spoke Oversize Wheel Black



To be bought in January...:crack:


RD Racing Products - 8mm axle kit

M2C Racing 17mm Hex Adapters (aluminum, for RD Racing 8mm axles, Revo)

RD Racing Products - Aluminum Black Axle Carriers

RD Racing Products - Aluminum Black Servo Saver Mount

Traxxas Adjustable A-Arms

Futaba 3PKS 2.4GHz FASST Tx Module/R603FS Rx

[smee]

Hey red, I was reading on LiPo batteries yesterday. I highly recommend you read this if you plan on recharging LiPo batteries.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=209187

[RedRaider]

done lots of homework, thanks for looking out for me though.

these little fuckers are very dangerous, not something to take lightly at all.

I commissioned a guy who is a member of all the R/C forums to make me a couple custom harness' to charge my batteries in parallel or series, while using the balancer board that comes with the charger. All wiring will be 12ga.

imo, it will be the best $65 I'll spend on the hobby.

Also will be using a LiPo sack.

[Floyd]

I use Lipos on my electric Trex450 Heli.
Its a 2170mAh 2s1p 11.1V That drives my hovering beast!

[smee]

Great well I'm glad to hear it.
I was really quite shocked at how dangerous they are... dang. xD

Post pictures when you get it!

[Schlosser]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/3994880191_1a4c679ea6_o.jpg

What's up with the Buccaneers thing? :rofl:

It's gonna look great :up: Wish I had toys like that :(

[RedRaider]

Updated POST #3


the 'Jolly Roger' is what Texas Tech rolls, since the are coached by the PIRATE Mike Leach...:pirate:

[Schlosser]

Ah ok :D it just briefly reminded me of Tampa Bay which I couldn't make sense any sense of :D

[Crow]

Holy crap, that parts list looks like a real freakin' car.

One day, I'll get back into the hobby. I remember when I used to own tons of RC cars, I'd take parts from one, drop it in another... Oh, man, good times.

For now, I'm thinking of making a hover-boat with some Vantec Tornadoes. xD

[Floyd]

You ever get these in Joel?

[Marne]

Nicky wants to show you his jolly roger joel :D

hurry up and get the car painted fucker i wanna see this thing

[RedRaider]

Car arrived yesterday. Remember this is my son's Christmas present.;)

The custom painted body will not arrive till right before Christmas.

I will be preforming the 'mods' once those parts arrive, which is scheduled for today but with Houston experiencing sleet at the moment and...HOLY FUCK...ITS SNOWING IN HOUSTON...:woot:

UPS probably won't make it today

[Floyd]

Pssh, UPS and Fedex deliver here with a few feet of snow lol

[smee]

Pictures of the ERBE! Pix pix pix!!!

[RamJetGMC]

very cool i run 3 t-maxx gas jobs -- why 3? -- i can run a 1/2 day then go home and fix all three

[Floyd]

very cool i run 3 t-maxx gas jobs -- why 3? -- i can run a 1/2 day then go home and fix all three

Having owned a nitro T-maxx I understand.
You either have good days and just burn up about 2-3 plugs and a gallon of gas, or you smash into a tree and have to order parts to fix it lol

[RamJetGMC]

it is the trees it would be easer if they would just stay in 1 spot hahahaha

[Snyxxx]

My son and I each have a Stampede VXL brushless. Not a T-maxx, but similar. We usually have to come in and order parts. Curb keeps getting in the way. Love Traxxas. Cheap parts that replace easy.

[Floyd]

Cheap parts that replace easy.
Yea you can have a massive wreck and it only cost you 40 bucks lol.
Well unless you break the block like I did on my buggy :(
Sucker knocked the receiver loose and it went WOT Jumped a sloped curb and got about 40 feet into a guys front yard and smashed into a tree. It sheared the motor right off the chassis!

[RedRaider]

Well I have commissioned 1stGenCRXer to paint me up a Pro-Line Slipstream body for my son for Christmas. This will be only used for when we run our ERBE on pavement.

I'll be buying another body soon, once my son and I decide which one we want, then having 1stGenCRXer p[aint it as well.:)

If anyone here is like me and not a painter, I highly recommend contacting 1stGenCRXer. Harry is a real pleasure to deal with.

I'll be updating this thread as the painting continues.

Enjoy....:crack:

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[Marne]

sick. if they werent so expensive id get one

[RedRaider]

The body isn't finished yet.

He should finish it today or tomorrow...:crack:

I'm real fucking anxious to play with it...

[Floyd]

sick. if they werent so expensive id get one

Cheaper than a PC lol

[THP Dan]

Looks good so far :)
I wish i had money to spend on things for fun...

[Marne]

Cheaper than a PC lol

lies. my rig has cost me part of my soul. O_O

[bigslappy]

damn that's gonna turn some heads !

Very Nice Joel !

[mcoffey]

Cheaper than a PC lol

lol...not by the time you get done with it, at least if you want to race competitively:D

I still have my pit boxes downstairs from back when I raced 1/10 scale pan cars for C&M. I carried about 2000.00 in gear to every race I competed in. Spare motors, batteries, gears, parts, bodies, charger, discharger, power supplies, tires, pit boxes, etc. Adds up pretty quick. Especially those spare parts:D

Nice looking Red, but not as hard as you think painting Lexan from the inside. They make special polycarbonate paint in spray cans, and masking's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Makes me want to dig out my car and give it a run. Have a blast.

andyc

[Floyd]

damn that's gonna turn some heads !

Too bad once he flips the truck the first time its going to be messed up. :(

[smee]

Too bad once he flips the truck the first time its going to be messed up. :(

Yea If I ever got a car, I might just keep it clear plastic. xD it'd kinda look interesting.

Or just ghetto spray paint it whenever it gets real bad...

I'm not all for looks, but for whats inside really. :)

Looking good red, I want some friggin video of that thing zippin down the freeway. :D

[EIGHTLUG]

When I ran my Savage I had a running body and a Body that I put on it when it sat on the shelf. I had quite an assortment of bodies like the Grave Digger, I also had an F250 body painted up like my personal truck, a HUMMER body that I just thrashed, and 2 factory HPI bodies.

[Floyd]

a HUMMER body that I just thrashed

Didnt we all lol.
This is why I only used 2 colors and kept it simple because I knew it was going to be ripped up. Heck the stock body was so bad that it ripped all the holes out that were used to hold the body on the truck and I had to use duct tape to try and fix it. That was my race body though.

[mcoffey]

Too bad once he flips the truck the first time its going to be messed up. :(

LOL..ain't it the truth...

nothing like seeing the paint job you spent 12 hours on sliding down the pavement on it's roof doing 20 + MPH. I usually had a show body for mine painted special, and separate race bodies for when I took mine on the track. Because they're painted from the inside, nothing you can really do to make them look better from the outside where they get torn up from. That's why it's best to keep a little bundle of decals stashed away and ready for repairs:D

When your first starting out like Red and son, better make it a big bundle of 1 mil decals:rofl:

Didnt we all lol.
This is why I only used 2 colors and kept it simple because I knew it was going to be ripped up. Heck the stock body was so bad that it ripped all the holes out that were used to hold the body on the truck and I had to use duct tape to try and fix it. That was my race body though.


Big ass 1 inch washers in my pit box:D


andyc

[RedRaider]

This body is only for street running and shelf queen duties:)

[Floyd]

This body is only for street running and shelf queen duties:)

Keep this body on the shelf if you dont want it messed up. Pavement will eat up that body like 2grit sandpaper. All it takes is one oops...

[mcoffey]

Keep this body on the shelf if you dont want it messed up. Pavement will eat up that body like 2grit sandpaper. All it takes is one oops...

Amen to that...and curbs are a stone cold bitch:D

This body is only for street running and shelf queen duties:)

Just a word of caution. Regardless of what you might think after getting it all together. Do not put the car down on the floor inside the house, turn it on and hit the controller. Not even for a second, don't even be tempted, don't even think about it, I'm telling you. Don't do it:D Just take it outside to check it out:up:

andyc

[EIGHTLUG]

:rofl: I used to fire my nitro burning Savage up in the house... God those were the days!

[Floyd]

Just a word of caution. Regardless of what you might think after getting it all together. Do not put the car down on the floor inside the house, turn it on and hit the controller. Not even for a second, don't even be tempted, don't even think about it, I'm telling you. Don't do it:D Just take it outside to check it out:up:
Same goes for helis... Ask me how I know lol

:rofl: I used to fire my nitro burning Savage up in the house... God those were the days!
Yea I did that once with my big block Nitro buggy lol.

[ablatman]

OK Floyd, I'll bite; How do you know that about heli's?

[Floyd]

OK Floyd, I'll bite; How do you know that about heli's?

Haha hover practice in the house resulted in a dead printer and about 40 bucks in heli parts.
Since then I only fly outside lol.

[Marne]

LOL i can see it now...thing takes off...WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


everyone and there mom come running in wtf is that noise? cat jumps up on printer scared as shit sends it flying to floor, it explodes cat runs off knocking more shit off...someone goes to get cat, other goes to get printer, they collide helo flys into curtains...knocks everything off mantle and into tv....pretty much ww84 in the house cuz of a test flight.



would make for a funny ass video LOL.

[RedRaider]

some updated photos...

almost finished...:crack:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2485/4196252860_ed7a0d99b8_b.jpg

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[craigbru]

Fuck that looks sweet!

[EIGHTLUG]

Zorro is your mascot??? :rofl:

[RedRaider]

That's the Masked Rider bitch, our official mascot.

The rider has been female only since the early nineties. The horses name is Black Beauty.

The other mascot, RaiderRed, came along in 1972 I believe. When the SWC prohibited live animals from traveling with the team.

Now that we are in the Big XII, the Masked Rider travels to games in the State of Texas.

[mcoffey]

Zorro is your mascot??? :rofl:

:rofl: That one got me right there.

Damn nice looking RC Car body there Red, damn nice.

andyc

[Marne]

nuts kid nuts

[Floyd]

nuts kid nuts

snorkel barf snorkel...

See I can do it too...

[RedRaider]

Here are some pics of my starter set of EDS Racing Products tools...

Going to be ordering about 12 more hex drivers and nut drivers...:crack:

Check out the custom engraving, it's on all the tools...:cum:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/4219732683_22e47b9f2c_b.jpg

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[Marne]

snorkel barf snorkel...

See I can do it too...



what LOL :rofl:

[1stGenCRXer]

Since I haven't seen any spoilers, anybody want to guess what the next body theme is? :crack:

[Baleful]

Since I haven't seen any spoilers, anybody want to guess what the next body theme is? :crack:

Hmm.... :limp: :nutsack: ???

Or

:obama: :kfc:

:rofl:

[ShadowHunter]

i doubt ive ever lol'd that hard at a post, bale.