Taking the FJ to the rocks

[860Crawler]

Some ice cold weather fun down the street at the town hall parking garage.

Sorry for the grainy shots, I had to brighten them since my flash was dying















Current configuration:
Tamiya 35T CR-Tuned motor
Robinson Racing 21T pinion
Tamiya Short barrel Springs (hard front/med rear)
soft stabilizer bar in front/medium in the rear
104mm GMade Team Zero dampers
45 wt Team Associated damper oil
"ziptied" cantilevers
Tamiya high clearance links
rear upper links flipped to the top of the servo plate with a 1mm spacer
Tamiya "Star" beadlock rings
Tamiya strengthened axles
no weight in the tires

Seems to run as well without weights but with a Lipo as opposed to my other wheels that are 9oz in the fronts and 6 oz in the rears with Cliff Crawler tires. Those wheels helped offset the Nimh pack and roof rack/accessories/TLU-01 unit/lights on my other FJ body.

[Arcocustom]

Your rig is looking good. Very nice!

[Mort]

Great looking Fj 40...just on with one of these...slow build...i suffer with arthritis...if i want rocks like this, i have to travel over 100 miles...to the Lake district...great place!!...smart colour...like it a lot!!

I see a lot of great vids on this site...can anyone recommend a good on board camcorder...sorry for asking such "basic" questions but i am new to this Scale...trail...rock crawling thing!!...back in the day...i was a racer...slow is better and i need i reasonable camcorder...ideas please...something i can fix to a rig...help......please...

[Waterboy]

Great looking Fj 40...just on with one of these...slow build...i suffer with arthritis...if i want rocks like this, i have to travel over 100 miles...to the Lake district...great place!!...smart colour...like it a lot!!

I see a lot of great vids on this site...can anyone recommend a good on board camcorder...sorry for asking such "basic" questions but i am new to this Scale...trail...rock crawling thing!!...back in the day...i was a racer...slow is better and i need i reasonable camcorder...ideas please...something i can fix to a rig...help......please...

you could get the Go pro Hero camera about $160 mounts to your crawler

[Arcocustom]

i need i reasonable camcorder...ideas please...something i can fix to a rig...help......please...

I think Joe was using an EPIC sports cam.

I also googled mini RC camera and Venom mini camera

[860Crawler]

I have a small digital HD video camera by a company called DXG. Its pretty cheap as well. Its probably small enough to put inside the body or strap to the roof, but I haven't tried it yet

Here it is




Next to my 55-200mmVR Nikkor lens

[Mort]

Hi Guy's...my thanks to you all, i will be taking on board all your suggestions over camera choice...cheer's

[Waterboy]

good luck buddy