My excavator nothing special.
Here is my excavator it is a 4200 from RC4WD. I bought it minus some hyd parts but I have replaced them and have it back up and running. It is set up with the newer 4 valve set up with RC4wd’s pump and motor. I set mine up with the forth valve as an unloder and mixed it to the pump for a soft start set up. I run it on7.2v and it runs fine other than the track speed being a little slow. I plan to put a 4:1 gear reducted motor on the pump so I can bump it back up to 12v. The gear reduction and 12V will accomplish two things I will be able to run the esc full throttle so I am not heating it up and the gear reduction will allow me to do that and start the pump under a load if needed. The slower pump speed and the unloader valve will make the excavator much smoother to operate.
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What radio did you end up going with for this Travis?
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Yay it's altogether , in time for the Oct event.
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Small update I played with the excavator in the yard fixing the spot where the town fixed a water line in our yard. I have now decided to take it apart and do some painting as well as putting on the new style cylinders and upgrading the motor on the pump to a 4:1 gear reducted out runner. I have not decided on a color yet but I may paint it gray to match my Izzy dozer. Here is a pic of me playing in the yard and a pic of the tear down.
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Have fun with your project :)
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Get'er loaded on the lowboy for a trip to Illinois this coming weekend!
Look'in good! -Terry |
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WOW you wasted no time stripping her down!!!
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i just priced 4 new rc4wd cylinders for my kat $279.00 then valvebody pump
by the time i get it working i could have bought a 4200 |
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looks good Travis:D what pump and valves you end up using?
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It is back together and running again but I still have some detail work and tunning to do.
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Looks great Travis what are plans for the side openings ? My eyes are playing tricks on me is the new color white or gray ?
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that looks sweet
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It's looking good Travis, it'll be great to see a picture of them all together when they're done. What about the dump truck?
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I still have some straitening up to do but have been asked what I am running for power so here are the pics. I am running the stock set up that come in the newest version with one change I am using an AXI motor with a 4:1 reduction so I can keep the rpm up and keep the ESC cool.
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