Cliff Climber

[OldSchoolRC]

That was a good write up of the cliff climber this month guys. I fully blame the excellent article for coercing me to order an CC ARR this morning.

However, i plan on immediately dissasembling it and using the axles for another project. I have a 4door jeep wrangler with full interior and i was trying to figure out how i was going to stuff a tranny in there and not hack the interior to bits. With the motors mounted on the axles, that takes care of that problem! let the build begin!! (well, in a few days when the magic UPS guy shows up)

on a side note, these are "low RPM" 380 motors. i downloaded the manuals and couldn't find any specs on them. has anyone ever tried running parallel 380's on a standard ESC? i cannot imagine that would blow anything up....but who knows!

[CM_113]

i have seen it done in the past, since the 380 is about half the size and pulls about half the amps, a standard esc should be good enough

make sure to keep us updated on your build

[rcjwp]

Yes, please keep us informed! Always enjoy all your posts.

[OldSchoolRC]

Project Cliff Climber Unlimited underway!

I received the CC ARR and immediately tore it apart. nice axles - bearings would be nice, but very stout overall. I cut out a lower chassis from acrylic and polyurethane to fit a new bright Jeep 4 dr. body I had sitting here just waiting for axles. It had a nice interior, and I wasn't sure how I was going to get a tranny in there, but the 380's on the axles were perfect. i cut out the chassis to fit inside the body and it is coming together great! Everything is being mocked up here, lots of work to be done.

[master_of_desaster]

wow thats gunna look amazingly scale. subscribed

[LSXEric]

The jeep body. Is it a model, toy, or am I just plain confused.

[OldSchoolRC]

the jeep body was from a 1/10 new bright RC. i took the body off and trashed the chassis. The interior looks great, needs quite a bit of paint and detail, but overall a pretty solid body. it's a much harder ABS then the Monster Mo so it should take sanding and paint much better. i like the green, but i have to sand down a few mold marks, so it's gonna go.

[Been 2780]

nice start u have there

[OldSchoolRC]

little more progress - I love 3 day weekends. got the shocks mounted and the suspension mostly sorted out. Project is coming together a little too easy, it's much nicer when you don't have to shoehorn a transmission in there somewhere. Tried out the stance with a set of 2.2 beadlocks that I think i'm going to keep on there, not sure yet. Tires look a little wide...hmm. I narrowed the axles slightly with smaller hubs, but the axles are still very long and stick out quite a bit. The chassis is pretty much ready for paint at this point, i have plenty of room for a std. battery and all the electronics. The painting and details on the body are going to take some time though, lots to do. i started sanding off the mold marks - tons of them on the body and bumpers and stuff. just about ready for primer.

[rcjwp]

Its realy starting to come along! Im liking the looks of that body.:cool:

[master_of_desaster]

thats sweet Oldschool! i really like the rims and tires on there! are the tires geolanders??

[OldSchoolRC]

thanks guys - yes, they are geo's with star cut foams on rc4wd beadlocks. I had them on my F-350, but upgraded to bigger shoes. I like them, but they are a little wide for this body, i am debating trying my tire narrowing skills for the first time and using a narrower set of BL's. As the budget allows of course. :)

finshed sanding the body tonight and filled in the corner markers with some filler, should be ready for some primer tomorrow!! i have 3 ABS bodies to paint, going to try and get them all with primer tomorrow.

[Slashman]

You do really nice work Oldschool :cool:

[OldSchoolRC]

interior time!!! This body has a sweet interior, I'm excited to work on some scale stuff. First time i have attempted a true scaler, so lots of new things to learn. (including patience, lol)

The only thing I didn't like about it was the seats looked very plastic-y and were hollow in the back. Not very real looking..so i used some R12 foam and carved out the seatbacks. I sanded them down and covered them with epoxy for strength, then sanded everything flush. Dirty job to be sure, but so far coming along well. I also removed the rear seat headrests, not sure why, I just didn't like them. I have them removed in my full size car too - go figure. Going to lay down a primer coat and then fill any remaining holes with filler. Other than that, the rest of the interior is all ready for paint.

[JasonC]

That was a good write up of the cliff climber this month guys. I fully blame the excellent article for coercing me to order an CC ARR this morning.

However, i plan on immediately dissasembling it and using the axles for another project. I have a 4door jeep wrangler with full interior and i was trying to figure out how i was going to stuff a tranny in there and not hack the interior to bits. With the motors mounted on the axles, that takes care of that problem! let the build begin!! (well, in a few days when the magic UPS guy shows up)

on a side note, these are "low RPM" 380 motors. i downloaded the manuals and couldn't find any specs on them. has anyone ever tried running parallel 380's on a standard ESC? i cannot imagine that would blow anything up....but who knows!


The motors are 1000RPM per volt.

As stated in the article, I knew that the axles would be the big draw with the Cliff Climber. Just wish it had bearings.

Your build is looking good. Plan on putting LEDs in?

[bugz2002]

that looks sweet. all of your projects look sweet. i swear some of them have inspried me to try and make my own. i think that is were i got the bug to build my own frame.

[rcjwp]

The seats look much better with them covered up now.

[OldSchoolRC]

thanks for the kind words, and thanks for the info Jason..I was going to run this on 7.2 volts, but that might be a bit slow.

LED's maybe, the headlights have built in bezels, but the taillights would need something custom.

[JasonC]

Try it on 8 cells.

TCScrawlers.com sells 8 cell, 2/3A packs that I've been using in a couple of crawlers.

With the tight space and all on your project they might just be the ticket.

OR...you could go to cheapbatterypacks.com and have them make a couple of 8 cell flat packs...or any combination of cells to get what you need to fit. I'd go with 2/3A cells on that build.

Depending on your ESC, you could also go with a 3-cell LiPo.

As for LEDs, go to www.radioshack.com and type in part number 276-270. I've used those before as tail lights on 1:18 builds.

The images no longer work, but the text with part numbers is still there..
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15253&highlight=shack+led

[OldSchoolRC]

Thanks for the info Jason - love the mini crawler build. With no center tranny, I have room for a standard size battery believe it or not. I do like the idea of the smaller packs though.

A little time in the paint booth and looking better! That olive green just had to go. I used textured black paint for the interior and it looks great, and standard jeep yellow for the outside. I'm still debating on painting the fender flares black, I have seen jeep pics with them the same as the body color, and some that are black - not sure which way I want to go yet.

Seats came out pretty well, using foam filled them in perfect and they are still pretty light overall.

Also, on my travels yesterday I picked up a 1/8 scale NB, hacked the chassis off, and will be building that one up later.

[bugz2002]

that jeep body is sweet, i think the wheel base on it is just alittle over 12.5, i know you will do great things with it.

[LSXEric]

Wow, yellow/black looks killer!

[master_of_desaster]

yellow jeep... project mellow yellow lol... looks great! cant wait to see it on stilts!

[OldSchoolRC]

Got a little paintwork done. progress, progress......

[spackman]

holly details man when you build you do it right good work

[bugz2002]

i just have one question, do that jeep come with butt warmers? lol great job on the detal.

[rcjwp]

Good going oldschool! That black on the inside looks great!;)

[master_of_desaster]

sweet interior Oldschool!! this is a cool lil project!

[OldSchoolRC]

thanks all - i'm pretty pleased with how well it is coming together. nothing custom except for the seats, it's amazing what a little paint can do. have to get back to the chassis again - my WB is just a tad too long for the body so i have to make some mods.

[master_of_desaster]

thanks all - i'm pretty pleased with how well it is coming together. nothing custom except for the seats, it's amazing what a little paint can do. have to get back to the chassis again - my WB is just a tad too long for the body so i have to make some mods.

pshh nothing new to you!:D

[OldSchoolRC]

The truck has not fallen into the forgotten swamp of abadoned projects, been busy with some home remodelling in the meantime and no time for the RC lately. (though as a thanks for all the work around the house, my wife just picked me up Rock Band 2!!! ...should be a fun winter diversion..can you say best wife ever??)

i finshed and painted the chassis, modded and did some detail paint on the windows, and added a driver! She's lean and mean... :) pics coming as soon as i get my office back together.

back to sanding hardwood....:(

[OldSchoolRC]

got some time to sneak into the workshop over the weekend, and did some painting. I cut out the front windows, but left the back ones and I painted all the window frames and chassis and started reassembling the body a bit. I added Toni, she'll be wheeling the jeep through the rough.. :) Still some detail to add to the interior, but finally moving forward again.

[master_of_desaster]

lol figures, a girl driving a jeep... well anyways it looks really good so far! what scale will it end up being?

[OldSchoolRC]

she's a manly girl - tattoo, bow for hunting critters, and a large bowie knife :) Although she is now legless to fit in the seat correctly, so she'll need some help getting around outside the jeep.

1/10 w/2.2's is the plan currently, i'd really like to use 1.9's or smaller, but need to work on the axles to make that happen.

[Maxx man]

this thing looks awsome! good job old school!

[master_of_desaster]

she's a manly girl - tattoo, bow for hunting critters, and a large bowie knife :) Although she is now legless to fit in the seat correctly, so she'll need some help getting around outside the jeep.

1/10 w/2.2's is the plan currently, i'd really like to use 1.9's or smaller, but need to work on the axles to make that happen.

hmmm sounds like a babe to me! lmao well anyways its gunna look good with the 2.2's but like you said the 1.9's would look really good as well

[OldSchoolRC]

progress, slow and steady, lol. I have 2 new additions to the OldSchool fleet as well, a Mercedes TB02 that's going to be a drifter and Jero CC01 that are fighting for time as well as a revamp of my Xtrail (moving to a droop setup and a new body). Working on all 4 at the same time, and hope to get some pics of them tonight.

Toni's promised to use her bow in a not so nice way if i don't get her ride finished soon though.

[master_of_desaster]

yikes! that don't sound good! git r' done! i mean the Jeep of course!