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Re: Green Mountain Girl - Grand Hauler Build
Oh, baby, the FSi6 is an amazing radio. There's a whole ecosystem of new firmware for them to expand them to 14 channels (or more!), change the switches around, add new controls, etc etc.
https://github.com/qba667/FlySkyI6/ is a good starting point, with the original firmware hack, and then if you want to get Arduino-crazy, I have a page too http://www.slosh.com/rc/flysky/addl6switches/ Your paint skills far surpass mine, that's for sure. I'm chuckling at the jackstands, as, well, I might have done exactly the same thing for mine. They're handier than you'd think for multi axle builds like this -- I did a 10x10 military truck that was a total PITA without them. Do I detect a few pieces done in ABS and warped in there? -- A
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Re: Green Mountain Girl - Grand Hauler Build
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I've actually finished up the major build of the truck, just a few more details to add. I'll keep going with my in-progress photos here, and try to get caught up on posting. So, next up was priming the rear fenders: For the tires, I decided to try a few ideas to see if I liked any sort of "Goodyear" look. Running this photo past friends, the overwhelming vote was to leave them factory black. The Tamiya name in white was a very close second. Assembling tires and wheels: Fenders painted and bolted on: Wheels added. Officially a rolling chassis! Adding the side steps. I scraped the chrome off the raised bits and painted them black for a "grip tape" look. Masking off the air tanks, and scraping the chrome so that I can paint the hangers. Passenger step in place: Adding the ESC. I hid this in the driver's side step. I had to carve out a bit of the back to get it to fit. If I was to do it again, I think I'd put it in the sleeper cab. Driver's side step. ESC on/off switch it underneath, and easily reachable without picking up the truck. How she looks at the end of the night: -Elroy |
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