Project 4x4x4 Escalade

[Bananabrain]

Originally Posted by greenday

awesome, can't wait!

Well you may have to wait a bit longer. lol

Last night I noticed that I was having power problems, even with freshly charged batteries, I couldn't do much. So I reaplaced the motor thinking that was it, but then I mounted it wrong and won't work, so Now I have to re-mount it and try to get a good amount of power again.

[kbekbe]

by the way
how much power are you giving it?

[Bananabrain]

Originally Posted by kbekbe

by the way
how much power are you giving it?

Im running the stock 4 cells, so around 4.6v and also I installed a servo motor for more power, I just need to re-attach some wires that came off of the board, then I am good to go.

[kbekbe]

sweet
i hope everything runs right soon

[Bananabrain]

Update: Got the beast up and running again, hs-81 servo mounted wires resoldered and now I just need to remount the battery packs.

[96SVT281]

that awesome cant wait for new vid

[Bananabrain]

Originally Posted by 96SVT281

that awesome cant wait for new vid

Will get a vid soon hopefully.

Also took out for a spin today, since I got everything re-attached. Alot slower, but way more torque and alot more fun to drive in the mud.

[96SVT281]

What do you use to cover the electronics from the mud

[Bananabrain]

Originally Posted by 96SVT281

What do you use to cover the electronics from the mud

Nothing, but if you look at the pictures you can see that the electronics are high enough up that water and mud won't get on it unless it rolls over.

[Bananabrain]

Here are some updated pictures of the 4x4x4 with the servo mounted.

[avery brown]

man thats looking great, cant wait to see another video.

how does it rock crawl? have you tried it out on some rocks?

and another smaller question, what tires are those on it?

[winner]

looking great =P btwm are thoose battery boxes water proof?

[Bananabrain]

Originally Posted by avery brown

man thats looking great, cant wait to see another video.

how does it rock crawl? have you tried it out on some rocks?

and another smaller question, what tires are those on it?

Will try to get a vid here soon.

Not really sure how it crawls since I have no rocks around me. lol

The tires are Ashomi (Spelled something like that) Super Swampers, and they are very hard to get since they are rare, I was lucky to get a set off of a trade with a guy who lives near me.

Originally Posted by winner

looking great =P btwm are thoose battery boxes water proof?

I'm not really sure, I have driven through water with them, and they kept the water out, so I don't think they are 100% water proof but they can hold back water for a bit.

[Bananabrain]

Well I made a new vid of it doing some offroad crawling. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhRPVkwWSp0

[Bananabrain]

Small little update: Took it out for a spin again, but I'm still having some slight turning issues, like it won't center out so I am either going left or right, which doesn't really affect it much when I am mudding or doing some slight crawling.
Any suggestions? Also I already tried re-centering it and using the trim adjustment on the controller.

[texan_idiot25]

You'll have to recenter the steering pot. I want to say there's a tut on it some place, but you'll have to pull the front ends apart and recenter the steering pot (what the PCB uses to measure steering angle) relative to the servo gears.

[Bananabrain]

Originally Posted by texan_idiot25

You'll have to recenter the steering pot. I want to say there's a tut on it some place, but you'll have to pull the front ends apart and recenter the steering pot (what the PCB uses to measure steering angle) relative to the servo gears.

Ok, I will have to do that sometime.

[Bananabrain]

Well I remembered that I had an Escalade body that I did a few years back & realized that its wheel base Is perfect for this so I mounted the rear and took some pics, let me know if you guys think I should keep my old F-150 Body or Use this one?

Also I need to get rid of the side steps or at least trim them up since the tires rub a bit on them. The right side of the body sits up a bit higher than the left, so I need to either tweak the right so its lower or lift the left a-bit.

Here are some pics:

[Bananabrain]

Well small update put some boggers on it and got the escalade leveled out, and the wheel wells ready to be cut & the body ready to be dropped some.

Here are some pics:







Had to add a zip tie so the motor would stay in place.

[texan_idiot25]

It's coming along great. I'd suggest spraying the chassis flat black to help it's looks, but other than that, I dig!