Super Berg Build

June 2010

Axles

Front

Rear

October 16 the build regains momentum

T1E Super Low Profile Chassis

Custom Knuckle weights

Courtesy of Steven (SVEN)

Custom 17mm hexes

Courtesy of John (SuperDave)

Front Shocks;

3.5' Big Bores w/custom end link

Also fitted with Losi Mini T Rear Shock Springs Firm LOSB1119

Rear Shocks;

4' Big Bores w/custom end link

Also fitted with Losi Mini T Rear Shock Springs Firm LOSB1119

It's a roller!!

October 21

Completed the steering links using Traxxas Rustler VXL turnbuckles #2443

Front

Rear

Knuckle weights installed

Starting work on the electronics

Dual FXR's now in place

CC BEC cables cut to length

Double ended female connectors made to accept male

connectors from both the servo and BEC

BEC's for each servo

October 24

My plan was to build my own Y harness but after pricing out male servo connectors I thought to go the less expensive route.

I picked up a couple of 6" JR y harnesses and shorten them to size

With the harness complete I was able to finish up the servo/CCBEC set up.

October 29

Stuffing all the electronics took a little more thought.  There was no more room in the chassis.  The only thing I could think of was to mount

the BEC's on top of the upper links.

I cut a couple of pieces of lexans and wire tied them to the upper links

Then used double sided tape to mount the BEC's on top of the links.

The BEC wires were soldered right on to the power cable

Electronics finish

I was still able to keep everything below the top of the chassis.  Hopefully this will clear hood panel

Skinz finally came in.  Neil with Freq-E Dezigns aka FREQESKINZ.COM  did and awesome job with the artwork.

First off is to make the panels for the chassis.

Starting with the roof.  I heated one end of the panel so it will wrap around support bar at the roof line

The test fit was perfect

For the side panels all I did was take the skins and laid them right on the Lexan sheet.  Then simply cut as needed. 

I taped the panels onto the chassis and trimmed them out, then used the chassis as the template to drill the holes.

As you can see I had to outline the holes by removing some of the skin.  This is because when I would tight the screw the skins would wrinkle.

After a lot of trimming, test fitting, and more trimming, the result came out pretty damn nice

March 12, 2011

At last months WPRCCA comp I thought I had snapped an axle on course 2.  After taking the gear case apart I found that I had forgotten to reinstall the 10x15mm bearing.

The axle shaft had spread one side of the locker out allowing for it to spin freely.  After some coaxing with vice grips I was able to slip in the 10x15mm bearing and continue with the day.

For reassurance I picked up some RcBros 7075 aluminum lockers.  I took apart my gear case to find the original locker had split in half.  The only thing keeping it together were the 10x15mm bearings. 

After running a couple of the guys Super rigs with 8+ inches of tire I new I had to have them for my rig.  Diamond Dave had a buddy make us some custom aluminum bead lock wheels.  This combined with cut and shut Rover/ Moab XL tires (thanks JB) and Eddie's Crawler Innovations Super Nova Dual Stage foams,  resulted in 7.5" tall sexy shoes

Wheels installed.  Some eye candy for ya!