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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-23-2021, 04:20 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

Got industrious and replace the TX's two dials, which I'd been using to drive the lift and hook arms, with on-off-on momentary switches:

before

http://www.slosh.com/rc/frank/IMG_2254.jpg
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-22-2021, 01:55 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

LOL, yeah. Still nowhere near the detail of many builds -- I'm thinking of a RNoAF crash tender in particular :) -- but still fun.
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-16-2021, 11:20 AM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

Thanks for the kind words. It was definitely a labor of love. While I'd set the scope in CAD and was reasonably sure I could complete the project, I was not 100% sure it would have enough strength to...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-15-2021, 08:54 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

Since I had the big box rack and a crane, needed to make stuff to fill it up. Some printed, some fabricated, bits bought off-the-shelf (because, again, Chinesium can be so dang cheap it's not worth...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-15-2021, 08:35 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

Sweet mini-me Fiero! At least you don't have the Indy go-kart. Or do you? :) There's those guys on Pennock's with three or more sizes of Fieros. Which is almost as bad as having multiple full-size...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-15-2021, 04:44 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

So what's that thing on the back, you ask? Why, it's another kind of rack, a "Hippo" (used for water or fuel delivery.)

http://www.slosh.com/rc/frank/WEW-pr-3.jpg

As always, we start with a...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-15-2021, 04:34 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

In comparison to the truck proper, the trailer was pretty straight forward. There's not a ton of information on the web about them, and there's some variation, either due to multiple manufacturers or...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-15-2021, 04:04 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

"Crazy Fiero owner" is redundant, btw :)

The problem I have with the load/unload -- besides, yeah, the weeks of designing them and having to recall high school trigonometry! -- is actually doing...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 07:37 PM
Replies: 20
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

Thanks for the kind words! It's definitely a learning curve, especially if you're not coming from a programming background. But both are increasingly pervasive, especially the Arduino stuff. There's...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 02:54 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

Some other details: The hook for the flatrack is hinged on the 1:1 to reduce height for airlift:

http://www.slosh.com/rc/frank/IMG_2191.JPG

http://www.slosh.com/rc/frank/IMG_2192.JPG

Again,...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 02:50 PM
Replies: 20
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

As mentioned, I get happy with lighting on my projects. Arduinos lend themselves very nicely to these programmable LED strings popularly called "NeoPixels". Instead of a star topology where you have...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 02:27 PM
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

With the loading mechanism sorted, the next trick was the center loading crane. While it's not used to load the conex, it can be used to load stuff onto a flatrack.

This uses more linear actuators...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 01:58 PM
Replies: 20
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

While I like build RC stuff that's accurate to the 1:1, I'm not remotely a rivet counter. I also want mechanical functionality, so I'm willing to to tweak things as I see fit, either for my own taste...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 01:32 PM
Replies: 20
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

As I said, my styrene fab skills aren't fantastic, but in 1:10 the bits can be big enough for me to manage. In parallel with building the truck, there's also a conex ("shipping container", "ISO",...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 01:23 PM
Replies: 20
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Posted By dremu
Re: 1:10 10x10 "HEMTT" (actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer)

While greebling detail is not my strong point, I try where possible. One example is the wheels. RC4WD had a good military-tread tire that matched my scale, but I wasn't able to find anything remotely...
Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks 04-14-2021, 01:00 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 5,926
Posted By dremu
1:10 10x10 "HEMTT", actually M1074 PLS w/ M1076 trailer. Warning: pic heavy!

[Side note: if images don't load, see https://rctruckandconstruction.com/showpost.php?p=170587&postcount=16 ]

Bit of background: I like to build things, large and small, and a while ago I got a...
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