Rampage creation !

[Relic-1]

Well,,,, got board , took on this redcat rampage mission . I just got a new ddm 32 zenoah for it , no mods , lipo induced servoes , all the aluminum upgrades except the arms n stuff I never do those on anything, oilmat pipe is on its way , bocca bearings kit , roll cage , billet filter , super bee Killswitch , and outerwear for the engine and intake , I've heard all the good and bad fallout on this thing but I need a gas monster truck for our track area , raminator just scared everybody , but I'm studying and watching stuff to understand what's going on here , the redcat folks are great so far , calls right back on stuff , anyways diff cases are next payday then I'm ready to get r done ,, again with the YEEEEEHAAAAW!!!!1this is the throttle servo I put in with the futaba servo brace , savox 1210, holes were off a good 1/16 , and had to trim the servo tabs a tiny bit , but fit like a glove really strong fit

 

[Clubin]

Yep. It’s all coming back together me now. Have fun. Sounds like a fun build.

 

[blackrain]

Nice to see something different getting built

 

[RcJunkie13]

hope u have better luck then me lol. maybe you will encourage me to give mine another chance

 

[Clubin]

hope u have better luck then me lol. maybe you will encourage me to give mine another chance

My first one wasn’t great. But they are in revision 3 now?

Any update today? New pics?

 

[Relic-1]

Waiting for the outerwear ,so I can put them on the engine before mounting it ,prolly get the center diff mount and bearings today , then I'll get going on it , decided to do the diff cases to ,so I'm not complete till next week , wait ung in stuff for now

 

[RcJunkie13]

My first one wasn’t great. But they are in revision 3 now?

Any update today? New pics?

the v3 been out for a while that’s the one i have also

 

[Relic-1]

Got the engine , Killswitch in and a few parts , still waiting on the bocca bearings kit to put stuff together ,and the outerwears

 

[RcJunkie13]

looks good... u gonna get the dominator pipe?

 

[Relic-1]

I'm thinking the oilmat pipe , I've got one of those redcat pipes for starter stuff for now

 

[RcJunkie13]

yeah thats the one i got
the redcat one

 

[Relic-1]

Redcats idea of a full diff is just silly but that's always the case with a lot of rigs , anybody end up super glueing outerwears to make them fit right ? Got bothe diff housings put in , anded fluids to both , dam zenoah engine mount holes didn't line up , had no choice but to notch the chassis hole ,DAMIT ! GOT THE KILLSWITCH IN receiver is administered , center diff mounts and brake mount are all metal now , found two bearings that were badly damaged during assembly , replaced with bocca bearings , wich are the stock bearings by the way , just gotta link the futaba and READY TO GO !!

 

[Rep732]

Yes I super glue the velcro onto the pullstart covers, keep them from pulling off

 

[Relic-1]

And here I thought I was being a news breaking hero !! I glued the crankcase to , it ain't coming off for sure

 

[Relic-1]

First run !!! Weeeeee !!! , Untill the steering servo went out !!! I'll be addressing this issue with redcat , they have been great so far , I'm going for two new servos on this court case , course I'll just get two packages with absolute crap servos in them , but I'm thinking I can set them up better than ten year old kids for crap sakes , if not I'll get two spectrums in there , but I love that truck , it's a blast in the back yard and out in the neighborhood

 

[Relic-1]

I took the steering servo out after it blew in the first 5 minutes of the first run , redcat was great about it , sent me two new servoes , after taking out the servo , I found the factory's settings were waaaat off ! Got the bad one replaced and reset bott sides , wow ! This thing steers so well now , took it out to our orv park , it's a blast in the big loose dirt hills out there , this thing is a blast !!

 

[Relic-1]

Took out the rampage for the first time at our track , that thing ran all day ! Got it tuned and ran it with all kinds of other trucks , it held up great ! Love the stock tires , got those servoes dialed in and they throw those tires around well enuff fer me

 

[edl]

What did you need to do to dial in the servo? I have a Redcat MT as well, I've been lucky with the steering servos so far just curious

 

[Relic-1]

When I got my servoes from redcat , I took the stock servoes off of the steering link , centered both servoes , the left one was literally a 1/8 of a inch off ! Centered both servoes put arms back on both servoes , straight up and down, adjusted to length to fit onto links and they are working very well , I can't believe how good they work with those big stock tires , this thing is a blast ! Time for some carpet racing today !!! This is my new losi db pro , more driver training for the big stuff this summer , guys are all going in on a outcast roller for the big prize this year in September, I'm allll over that , I've already built the outcast from hell , but I still wanna beat a couple guys who have troubles getting there heads in the entry gate at our track

 

[edl]

Thanks for the reply, good info