Suicide's First Crawler

[suicide_star]

this is the first crawler i threw together. i wasn't very interested in a gearbox or a servo mod so i threw in a stock radline 130 motor. they're great because you get mucho torque and decent speed as well. my main mods are shielded bearings, SS body lift, aoshima super swampers, reversed and painted slammed wheels, offroad kit, green trim, bumpsteer mod and a relocated battery pack. here's a few pics
in the mud:








in the grass:

in some leaves:

naked:


on a log:

attacked by a snake:

it's been through a lot

[spartanman]

so did you hummer make it out alive from the snake? it is like a movie python or what ever it is called

[jabari]

Nice looking hummer. Is the radline motor fet safe?

[suicide_star]

the H2 did live to see another day, it convinced the snake that it actually wasn't a hummer, but a very elaborate empty shoebox, so the snake saw no value in it and released it.

jabari: the radline motor is FET safe, i'm running stock fets right now and it hasn't given me any problems. the torque on those things is amazing.

[fordman239]

lookin good homie, i like it alot. i woulda used the other bk for it though, to give it a more offroad look, but thats just my opinion. looks great!

[c1v1c]

Looks good but may i ask why arent you interest in any gearboxes???

[snowboi1289]

It does look good !!!

c1v1c,he might not want to ruin his motor case,i dont want to either..

[fieldfairy2]

Looks nice. I like the rims. THey look preety good. I have a radline and thhey run at 22,000 rmps stock. I put an xmod motor in it and it runs fine. The radline motor won't do anything.

[suicide_star]

Originally Posted by c1v1c

Looks good but may i ask why arent you interest in any gearboxes???

with the radline stock 130 in it, it runs 23 kmh =P it also has enough torque to crawl pretty good. besides that, i didnt want a huge gear box sticking out of my back end

[c1v1c]

Oh okay i get it. I bet you'll make this one paint by iceman also eh?:P

[suicide_star]

Originally Posted by c1v1c

Oh okay i get it. I bet you'll make this one paint by iceman also eh?:P

eh, i haven't thought about elaborate paint yet, i'll come up with something though.

[Lancer_Man]

Nice crawler!

I lol'ed at the naked part...

I should try the Radline motor sometime, good idea!

[ling427ttvette]

What exactly is this bumpsteer mod? I need to do it, and haven't found anything good with a search other than a picture, and I didn't notice much..

Looks nice. How much did that motor run you and where did you get it? I want something with good torque.. but I don't want to hack up the rear gear case.

[suicide_star]

Originally Posted by ling427ttvette

What exactly is this bumpsteer mod? I need to do it, and haven't found anything good with a search other than a picture, and I didn't notice much..

Looks nice. How much did that motor run you and where did you get it? I want something with good torque.. but I don't want to hack up the rear gear case.

this is the bumpsteer mod (bondo's tutorial) http://xmodsforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2077

the motor came from target and they're like $20 for a 3 pack, money well spent =)

[noturday]

very nice hummer SS, it reminds me a lot of mine same motor, same body lift same basic setup, but that green looks pretty tight on it, i think you should do the whole thing in flat green, that would be tight.

i recently found a 6 tooth pinion gearfor mine tho i'll be putting it on next weekend when i go to my house, and i might try to do a makeshift gearbox (if i can set it up how i want to, im still not sure if it will work yet)

[texan_idiot25]

El video por favor?

Looks like a good trail rig. The Radline motors are 130 right? May need to stick it's guts into the S10's motor...

[fieldfairy2]

Yea texan the radlline motor is a 130 size. I have the elite series radline buggy and when you go backwards then forwards really fast it pops a whellie and holds it for 4 feet. I put an xmod motor in the radline and it holds the wheelie longer and goes faster but it can't jump and crawl over things as much.
Over all the radline motor has a lot of torque.

[suicide_star]

viva la 6 cell





i was going to make a video today but my AAA batts are all weak or dead....maybe next weekend. i played with the thing on my saturns back glass which is pretty steep and i can roll **** near to the bottom then hit the throttle and spin out for a lil bit then climb right back up

edit: also added some functional fog lights

[fieldfairy2]

nice a 6 cell. I have that on my crawler. I want to flip the battery case but i have a 6cell in the way and then a steering mod.

It is getting better man. Keep it up.

[suicide_star]

p.s. relocating the battery pack to the top isnt the greatest idea...even with 4wd...it'll do a wheely or flip =/ i played around with it in the back yard on some tough terrain, it didnt really crawl, it kinda hopped lol.