Working Towards Rear Steering

Well I began looking into this a couple weeks ago. I started by bidding on a few auctions and loosing, then finally I won one. I picked up a Traxxas TQ3 (3 channel radio and receiver with a yellow crystal). So while I waited for delivery I looked into the different mods that others have done to make it suit the rear steering needs of a crawler. So today the delivery arrived and I got to work. I decided to experiment with some other rc parts laying around my workbench. So I took apart my custom ridez pistol grip controller. I removed the steering mechanism and figured it was totally possible to fit that into the old red toggle switch on the TQ3. After an evening of fitting and soldering and testing. I think I have it set. Here are the pics. (oh ya i mounted a tire from the custom ridez as well).


So it can be used by your left hand thumb while driving, or by switching your right hand from steering the front wheels to the back. So far I have not worried about self centering, so it will actually hold the steering until I move it back. I will post my results when I get a servo mount and steering arms fabricated for the rear axle. Man this is getting more and more fun. Gotta love custom.

More upgrades tested at the Lake!

So since my last post, I've had a birthday and was blessed with great upgrades. I got some great narrow bead lock wheels that really add great flexibility and no more gluing!!! The rubber is the supper soft rock lizzard tires, they hug rock perfectly, I still have to fine tune the foam, its stock right now but it makes the tires a bit stiff, so I think I try cutting them, and test a few options, even testing no foams to see what works. The last upgrade at this stage has been stock HPI Savage shocks. When I first installed them they made the ride hight really high and awkward. So a suggestion from my friend Danny was to use the Savage shocks with black wheely king springs. This has worked extremely well, I get decent ride hight, and then amazing ground clearance when the wheels drop. It turned out to act like a droop setup. Enough talking here are some pics:

Danny's 4x4 scaler, Blazer body on lengthened wheely king chassis. Nice Work!