Green Mountain Girl - Grand Hauler Build

[dremu]

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

[TaltosVT]

Originally Posted by dremu

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/

I'm definitely going to have to check these out. The further I've gotten into the build, the more light channels I'm finding that I want. I'm also just starting to teach myself Arduino (I can blink LEDs :-) ) so that'll be interesting to study.

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