I found it to make the truck get hung up a lot in the spots I test ran it, I think on long rocks that go up and down it don't hang up to much but for the condition I was in it definitely ran better with it flat on the bottom. Thanks for watching.
Hi it's been so long I don't recall but you need to use screws that are longer than the stock ones by the extra length of the traxxas metal ball ends I used so it can be threaded in the same as the stock ones..
Great idea. This is definitely the point where mine is getting hung up the most. I don't have any ball spacers, so will have to figure something else out for mine.
won't be getting snagged on a silly center bump anymore! what were they thinking, "lets expose the bottom of the center casing so it can suffer some abuse!"? "we'll just put a hole here so it can hang down a little lower waiting to take a good hard smack!"? hmmm.....lol
Nice one...I wonder if there are a lot of people like yourself who would call or contact Redcat Racing ask for a fix for a design flaw like this or offer hop-up parts to change it. I'm sure it doesn't take long to AutoCAD it and then manufacture one since they do their designs in-house now.
Hi I am sure that Redcat seen my video already and it sure would be easy to make a aluminum bottom skid plate that was flat but we all know how that goes. Probably have to wait for after market companies to make one. Thanks for watching.
@@ShenRC They better learn from their little mistakes and implement the improvements in their next RC maybe called Gen 9 if they want to be one of the top dogs in the RC world.
Hi it hardly increased at all the spacers are only a few mm. Mine is still running strong and working awesome! In fact redcat now makes a smooth skid that does the same exact thing as mine does so they must have liked it. Thanks for watching.
sorry I missed this I'd set the reminder as well. Neat mod. As an aside one 'the' best Dremel bits I've bought is the disc cutting kit. It lets you cut out in straight lines and it'd be ideal for cutting that centre section out. It's about $20+ but it's super useful, cut screws off etc. And one of the best uses is to cut a slot in busted hex screws, lets you then use a flat head screwdriver to remove them.
This was an informative video, even if we've to wait for about a year again, until the car comes to Austria! The Redcat Gen.7 was first available in November 2018! Great work! 👍👍
you could of used stryene to put in the cut out an then painted it an you would not know it was even messed with i know it late but i just now getting into the rock crawleing
Hi no way that would hold up at the place I run my G8 also I used the thin metal so I could drop the geabox as low as possible if you stuff a section of plastic in the hole you cut out you then need to raise up the center gearbox a few mm of the thickness of your plastic you are using... Why I went my way for all out performance.👍
thanks for leting me knoe why the thick piece oh yeah i got a redcat everest 10 can i put a frame under it an get rid of them two sides so i can put hard body on it some people say everthing will just bolt up but i thought i would ask you sence you been in the rc s for a bit hollor back thanks keep on crawleing
Great mod was awesome you pulled it off without raising the battery so it shouldn't affect the cog much. Now I'm curious how it will affect the durability if at all. 🤔
😃👍Thanks it's awesome now i really like it! It only raised the center gearbox a few mm so it's nothing bad at all and the shaft coming out of the front gearbox now run perfectly level also.
Hi this was a nick name I had for my pet Boxer that was the best dog ever shen is short for shenlonco a little song I used to sing to him he is shenlonco 1 he is shenlonco 1 something silly i did with my dog so that's what it is all about dedicated to my best friend 👍
Very good video. I'm most likely going to pick up a Gen8 Saturday so I've saved this video so I can do the mods. Got you a sub from me also. Thanks for doing this video.👍
Looks good! but not sure i would want to weaken the middle of the frame right there where alot of stress occurs between the driveshafts transmission and the shock links are all attached, some of the frame looked pretty thin in areas after you cut it out
Let me guess he explained why he's right lmao he's never wrong and won't ever admit it. Crazy hacks lmao I don't care if it is a slow crawler that will eventually crack and break.
@@stpbasss3773 BS it will never break I drove it for miles already beating the hell out of it and the the frame rails will need to twist before it will break!! Lot's of guy's did this now and have all good results no problems at all . You must always think your right obviously you have not done the mod and tested it or even own a gen 8 don't see any gen 8 videos on your channel showing yours running if you have one?You can see plenty of my Gen 8 videos and clearly see my skid is not broken. Are you ragging out on all the other gen 8 owners that did this also or 3D printed flat skids or purchased after market flat skids telling them they are all wrong also?
That is a very clever idea!! 👍👍😎 I share the concern of others... The stress factor on the Skidplate - over the LONG run. Again, great idea.... The only thing I would do differently is, first - use a Two-Part Epoxy instead of Shoe Goo. I wouldn't want anything flexible holding on a major structural Center point. Using the STEEL plate was a great idea. I would have made it a little larger, since the Driveshafts are no longer in the way, you've got the clearance. And second, some sort of reinforcement on the top, around the TRANSFER CASE. One could even replace the Stock Plastic Transfer Case, with one of the METAL ones, sold on EvilBay, fairly cheap. Most of those even have FLAT BOTTOMS!! The big difference is that many of the Aftermarket ones have a 1:1 Gear Ratio, instead of the 1.8:1 Ratio on the Redcat's. The mounting holes are in the SAME place! 👍 To compensate, go 2 teeth smaller on the Pinion Gear. As a plus, you'll have a little more top speed, without sacrificing low-end Torque!!! 😀 I've been doing this for over 37 Years.... Like you, I can look at something, and see solutions. I HOPE that I can afford a Gen 8 someday, this will be my FIRST mod! Except for the Toy-Like BLACKED OUT WINDOWS - Redcat hit a GRAND SLAM with this Rig!!! 👏👏👏👏👏🍺🍺 Carmine 💥 ⛽
😁👍 Hi The goop glue is 100 times stronger and will hold way better than epoxy done it all before ..once you use goop glue you hardly ever will use epoxy again. the center skid don't get weak at all you only take a small square out of it and the l ump is only a couple mm thick so the trans can sit down in it also the way the skid is screwed into the sides of the metal chassis rails you would have to twist the metal chassis for it to flex... No worries about cutting the lump off at all. You could have went all the way across the center with the steel plate but I did not want to I wanted a small section so it would not get hit as much no need for a larger one in my opinion your just making more surface area lower down to get scraped on stuff. 😁👍O and I been doing this for probably 37 years also and owned hundreds of RC's and did everything imaginable ...so trust me when I say this that cut hole on the bottom wont effect anything and with what i did it works 100 times better than stock. 👍 Thanks for stopping by.
I have to run a lipo in my gen 8 it was acting like it had no horse power to crawl now that I put a 2s lipo in it it now acts like it has horse power to crawl
I’m sure it might work fine for a little bit. I’m not worried about the drive shafts. What worries me is the parts of the skid directly in front of and behind the transfer case along the centerline. They look really thin now, those 2 points and the battery tray are the only things keeping the skid from cracking in half. Have a feeling that one good roll over on the mountain would break the glue loose, bend the tray and crack the skid down the middle. Your links transfer a lot of shock directly to the skid. A lot of the time, only on one side when bouncing a bit or during a roll over. Would like to see a skid with raised mounts and a solid flat belly though. I’m sure someone will print one.
😃👍 Hi I tested it today and it works 100 times better than the stock skid..in my future video you can clearly see the bottom going over rocks smoothly no hang ups but the stock skid with the hump would have gotten the truck stuck and you would wobble back and forth with the tires spinning rocking until one grabs good enough and then pulls you over the rock. The case is strong and the middle section is also with hole it was strong and the way it's screwed into the chassis you would have to bend the metal chassis rails to make the skid plate bend...Also with that goop glue on the bottom of the metal and then beaded around the back hole cut out it will never fall off I done this before with using just goop glue on a metal skid and it don't come loose... another thing you could use one dab of the goop glue on the gearbox bottom so it glues down on the metal plate and that will make it secure even stronger...goop is awesome glue its strong but can be removed if needed. One last thing you can drill 4 small holes and use button top allen screws and hold it on the bottom of the skid plate but I like perfectly smooth method with the glue. No problems here ran it up some steep inclines bouncing the truck up and down on power no issues at all the slipper clutch will slip before it gets any pressure enough to break anything on it...That's why they used it on the new gen 8 model. WOW wrote a book..Hope this helps . 😉 look here for a photo showing me run it ua-cam.com/users/shenloncocommunity?disable_polymer=1
I am sure for your application you understand what will work and what won’t. My point made in the original comment is this does weaken the skid. With or without metal and glue. That is important to know for some. In my neck of the rocks, that skid’s days would be numbered. Good job and good luck. Most of all. Happy Crawling.
durn nitofukashun junk! (lmao) couldn't tell if you'd put clear hard plastic skid rails to the bottoms of the frame rails or no (like vacu-form package material or similar). might help slip over stuff without scratching paint off the metal. trans raised/covered looks good, a little black paint it'd look like it grew there.
Nice mod. I cannot understand why anybody would make such a skid. When I think of my 1/14 Thunder Tiger Kaiser I could kick someones ass. The hump on the Kaiser is superhuge.
😁👍 I hear ya that's why I did anything I could to get that darn hump off the bottom it ruined everything about the truck...don't know who the hell works at redcat but If i was helping for the design it surely would not have had that lump hanging down on the bottom!
Another awesome vid Steve, great updates...you have some great ideas...you very adventurous though with your new gen8 but much better...one question, did I hear right you don't run your trucks on lipo batteries. Beautyyyy steve
😎👍COOL! thanks for the nice comment. I mostly use 6 cell Nim packs in my crawlers only sometimes I try my lipos ..don't know why maybe i should run the lipos more often.
Great video but as someone pointed out I’d also worry about the stress put on the truck at that point and also the fact you raised the transfer case and changed the drive shaft angles would that also put extra stress on the shafts?
😁 Hi the center section was strong with the hole in it and when you put the center skid on it makes it even stronger..also it don't flex because it's screwed into the chassis on each side and you need to twist and bend the chassis sides to make it flex so that wont happen. The shaft angles hardly change that much it the center gear box is only lifted up a few mm no worries here. Thank you
😁 LOL! yes I don't know who they have over there working for them but I for one would have never let them release this gen 8 with that big ol lump on the bottom!
😁 I dd not remove it because I don't know how to drive I removed it because It makes it a better more capable truck. I always try and improve my RC cars by modifying them with the stock parts to make them work better without spending a lot of $ on upgrade parts. Thanks for watching.
All this for really nothing, I've never been hung up or unable to climb something because of the hump everyone freaks out about. If you get the gen8 you won't ever notice the hump and you will never say "man I could climb this but that hump" sorry I wouldn't hack away at my nice gen8 for nothing.
Sorry to say if you turn your truck over and the hump on the skid has hardly any scratches on it then your never pushing your truck to t's limits so you won't need to take the lump off or buy a after market flat skid for your gen 8 because your not running it hard, It runs much better flat on the bottom. this is why after market companies are now making flat skid plates for the Gen 8, Are you going on all the other guy's that made them flat or printed 3D flat skids or purchased flat after market skids and also ragging on them telling all them they are wrong also?
All Redcat did is trade one hang up, the pumpkins, for another, the skid plate. You would think they learned their lesson. That said I think if you used styrene to cover the hole you could build a much stronger plate and the plastic cement would make a near 100% bond.
😁 Yep for sure... this method is much better than using styrene plastic... The hole cut out don't do nothing hardly because the lump is thin material and the skid is screwed into the metal frame rails and you would have to twist them to make it bend. I went with the thin steel method for most ground clearance and smoothness...I done this before on many RC's and that goop glue it don't come off unless you manually take it off with tools and that metal skid will bend like a pretzel when you try and get it off because that goop glue is like one of the best glues you can use on most anything.epoxy and all those other glues are garbage compared to the goop brand glue I tried them all and I mostly always use goop.😁👍 Tried true and tested! Thanks for watching.
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😃👌 UPDATE tested this today and it works like a BEAUTY so much better than stock Video soon!
Any way just to buy the version 2 base instead of cutting it?
@@radkuwahara Hi yes you can do that but when this G8 first came out they did not have that part so I made it flat myself.
I realize I am kinda randomly asking but does anyone know of a good website to watch new series online?
@Lee Bo i would suggest Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)
@Chandler Moshe Yea, been watching on FlixZone for since march myself :)
Tu as de très bonnes idées 😊
Thks for sharing bro 😎
😁👍 Your welcome
nicely done steve have fun RCing
😁👌 Why thank you.
I like the hump, it helps in some situations
Very nice video tho 👌
I found it to make the truck get hung up a lot in the spots I test ran it, I think on long rocks that go up and down it don't hang up to much but for the condition I was in it definitely ran better with it flat on the bottom. Thanks for watching.
😁👍 Thanks
Wow I gotta do this thanks so much
😁👍 Video coming up today it worked like a charm!!!
looks good shen
😁👍 Thank you.
What screws did you use?
Hi it's been so long I don't recall but you need to use screws that are longer than the stock ones by the extra length of the traxxas metal ball ends I used so it can be threaded in the same as the stock ones..
@@ShenRC Oh, well that's ok. Thanks
@@brickbros-m41a Redcat now makes a flat skid plate for the gen 8.
@@ShenRC I know, I just don't want to have to take everything apart to put one in
@@brickbros-m41a👍 I hear ya that is a pain.
Awesome! You're a good mechanic bro. 👍
Thank you very much. 👍
Great idea. This is definitely the point where mine is getting hung up the most. I don't have any ball spacers, so will have to figure something else out for mine.
Hi redcat kind of copied what I did on the AXe version of the gen 8 now you can buy a flat skid plate they now make.
Awesome modification Steve should work real good 🐢🐢👍👏👏👏
😎 Yep how it should have came out of the box! Thanks
@@ShenRC if it came like that you couldn't had a brainstorm to fix it bro 🐢🐢👍👏👏👏👏
awesome Steve, great video..
😁👍 Thanks brother.
I missed it! But good thing there’s replay. Good job Shen RC!
😃👍Thanks she should work great now!
won't be getting snagged on a silly center bump anymore!
what were they thinking, "lets expose the bottom of the center casing so it can suffer some abuse!"? "we'll just put a hole here so it can hang down a little lower waiting to take a good hard smack!"? hmmm.....lol
Thanks for putting in the time to find and implement this solution. Great tip Steve. 👍👍👏👏
😃👍 thanks now I really love the gen 8!
Awesome,no lump,that's good,thank you for sharing👍👍
😃 Thanks for watching.
Excellent work and upgrade , nice video !!
😃👍Thanks...Now I really like the gen 8!
😊👍@@ShenRC
Looks very interesting...this is the next level for the gen8...should work like a BEAUTY
😃👍 Thanks, now I really like the gen 8 now that it's been SHEN RC"ed up! BEAUTY! 👍
Nice upgrade
👍 Thanks for watching.
Nice vid! Just picked up an orange Beauty and I'm pretty impressed so far. Thanks for sharing your tips
COOL! check out my other videos..definitely do the bump steer mod. Have fun with your new truck!
Another great mod Steve. Look forward to the test run.
😁👍 Thanks
my bro rc Beautiful😍😍
😃👍 BEAUTY! thanks man.
Good Job,,, Brother
👍 Thanks man now it should run sweet!
Cool mod steve👍👍💣💣
😁👍 Thank you, now it's a real BEAUTY!
nice work! good mod
😃Thanks , it's going to be a nice truck now just how I wish it was out of the box!
Great work man!!! Nice mod for sure. Liked and subbed 😉👌🏻👍🏻
😉👍 Thanks very much. test video coming soon!
Awesome video buddy. Definitely some great info. Nice work👍👍
😁👍 Thanks now it's a BEAUTY!
Nice one...I wonder if there are a lot of people like yourself who would call or contact Redcat Racing ask for a fix for a design flaw like this or offer hop-up parts to change it. I'm sure it doesn't take long to AutoCAD it and then manufacture one since they do their designs in-house now.
Hi I am sure that Redcat seen my video already and it sure would be easy to make a aluminum bottom skid plate that was flat but we all know how that goes. Probably have to wait for after market companies to make one. Thanks for watching.
@@ShenRC They better learn from their little mistakes and implement the improvements in their next RC maybe called Gen 9 if they want to be one of the top dogs in the RC world.
Love the video! I wish it were a little shorter, but there is a lot of good info here
😉👍 I hear ya but I wanted to show everything possible so anyone can watch and do the mod. Test video soon!
Great mod brother!
😃👍 Thanks man!
Big increase in angle of drive shafts though. Bit too much i think?
Hi it hardly increased at all the spacers are only a few mm. Mine is still running strong and working awesome! In fact redcat now makes a smooth skid that does the same exact thing as mine does so they must have liked it. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, I needed that! 😀
😁👍👍 COOL! This makes a huge radiance it works awesome now!
AWESOME BROTHER
😃👍Thank you
Nice! Thanks for doing this, pushing to make it better. Let us know how it runs on the rocks.
😃👍 Thanks it's how it should have came out of the box now.
sorry I missed this I'd set the reminder as well. Neat mod. As an aside one 'the' best Dremel bits I've bought is the disc cutting kit. It lets you cut out in straight lines and it'd be ideal for cutting that centre section out. It's about $20+ but it's super useful, cut screws off etc. And one of the best uses is to cut a slot in busted hex screws, lets you then use a flat head screwdriver to remove them.
😃👍 No problem, yea those cut off wheels work wonders!
This was an informative video, even if we've to wait for about a year again, until the car comes to Austria! The Redcat Gen.7 was first available in November 2018! Great work! 👍👍
😁👍 Thank you, That's to bad you have to wait so long for the trucks.
Awsome mod steve
👍Thanks bud!
Looking forward to see it perform out on the trail, great job on the mod! 👍👍
😁👍 Me to but I still have a bunch of video footage of it stock to post up. Thank you
Nice, I think you should go further and just make that plate cover the whole skid so that it's even throughout the bottom.
😃👍 You can do that if you want to very easy. Thanks for watching
That was my first thought also this looks funny if hole plate was covered it would look awsome
Great work Steve definitely a big Improvement😃👍
😁👍 Thanks and yes it's like removing a bag of cement off your back when walking up a hill! so glad I found a way to get that hump off the skid plate!
you could of used stryene to put in the cut out an then painted it an you would not know it was even messed with i know it late but i just now getting into the rock crawleing
Hi no way that would hold up at the place I run my G8 also I used the thin metal so I could drop the geabox as low as possible if you stuff a section of plastic in the hole you cut out you then need to raise up the center gearbox a few mm of the thickness of your plastic you are using... Why I went my way for all out performance.👍
thanks for leting me knoe why the thick piece oh yeah i got a redcat everest 10 can i put a frame under it an get rid of them two sides so i can put hard body on it some people say everthing will just bolt up but i thought i would ask you sence you been in the rc s for a bit hollor back thanks keep on crawleing
@@bobbyspencer1490 Hi thanks, the everest 10 uses the same axles as the gen 7 so you should be able to hook it up some how.
@@ShenRC what about an axial scx 10
Great mod was awesome you pulled it off without raising the battery so it shouldn't affect the cog much. Now I'm curious how it will affect the durability if at all. 🤔
😃👍Thanks it's awesome now i really like it! It only raised the center gearbox a few mm so it's nothing bad at all and the shaft coming out of the front gearbox now run perfectly level also.
@@ShenRC awesome 👍👍👍
Pro tip: "Don't lick the shoe goo."
😁 He he ... Yea that stuffs nasty! Thanks for watching.
Redcat now sales a flat bottom skid plate for $12
Yes I know that's much better now than the big hump sticking out of the bottom plate for sure! Thanks for watching.
Just curious what does Shen mean for Shen Rc?
Hi this was a nick name I had for my pet Boxer that was the best dog ever shen is short for shenlonco a little song I used to sing to him he is shenlonco 1 he is shenlonco 1 something silly i did with my dog so that's what it is all about dedicated to my best friend 👍
Mine i youst reseved got a flat skid plate brand new
Very good video. I'm most likely going to pick up a Gen8 Saturday so I've saved this video so I can do the mods. Got you a sub from me also. Thanks for doing this video.👍
😁👍 Cool it's a awesome truck with some FREE and easy mods! check out my bump steer fix mod. Thanks
I expect I'll be relying on you and RC Reviews a lot.
Awesome 👊🤙✈️
😃 Thanks very much.
Looks good! but not sure i would want to weaken the middle of the frame right there where alot of stress occurs between the driveshafts transmission and the shock links are all attached, some of the frame looked pretty thin in areas after you cut it out
😃 Hi no worries the section was strong without the brace I put on over the hole. Thanks for watching.
Let me guess he explained why he's right lmao he's never wrong and won't ever admit it. Crazy hacks lmao I don't care if it is a slow crawler that will eventually crack and break.
@@stpbasss3773 BS it will never break I drove it for miles already beating the hell out of it and the the frame rails will need to twist before it will break!! Lot's of guy's did this now and have all good results no problems at all . You must always think your right obviously you have not done the mod and tested it or even own a gen 8 don't see any gen 8 videos on your channel showing yours running if you have one?You can see plenty of my Gen 8 videos and clearly see my skid is not broken. Are you ragging out on all the other gen 8 owners that did this also or 3D printed flat skids or purchased after market flat skids telling them they are all wrong also?
@@ShenRC yeah i have seen you beat it pretty good since the mod and it seems just fine!
Thanks for this vid!!!!!!!!!!!
😁👍Your welcome.
That is a very clever idea!! 👍👍😎
I share the concern of others... The stress factor on the Skidplate - over the LONG run. Again, great idea....
The only thing I would do differently is, first - use a Two-Part Epoxy instead of Shoe Goo. I wouldn't want anything flexible holding on a major structural Center point.
Using the STEEL plate was a great idea. I would have made it a little larger, since the Driveshafts are no longer in the way, you've got the clearance.
And second, some sort of reinforcement on the top, around the TRANSFER CASE. One could even replace the Stock Plastic Transfer Case, with one of the METAL ones, sold on EvilBay, fairly cheap. Most of those even have FLAT BOTTOMS!!
The big difference is that many of the Aftermarket ones have a 1:1 Gear Ratio, instead of the 1.8:1 Ratio on the Redcat's. The mounting holes are in the SAME place! 👍 To compensate, go 2 teeth smaller on the Pinion Gear. As a plus, you'll have a little more top speed, without sacrificing low-end Torque!!! 😀
I've been doing this for over 37 Years.... Like you, I can look at something, and see solutions. I HOPE that I can afford a Gen 8 someday, this will be my FIRST mod!
Except for the Toy-Like BLACKED OUT WINDOWS - Redcat hit a GRAND SLAM with this Rig!!! 👏👏👏👏👏🍺🍺
Carmine 💥 ⛽
😁👍 Hi The goop glue is 100 times stronger and will hold way better than epoxy done it all before ..once you use goop glue you hardly ever will use epoxy again. the center skid don't get weak at all you only take a small square out of it and the l ump is only a couple mm thick so the trans can sit down in it also the way the skid is screwed into the sides of the metal chassis rails you would have to twist the metal chassis for it to flex... No worries about cutting the lump off at all. You could have went all the way across the center with the steel plate but I did not want to I wanted a small section so it would not get hit as much no need for a larger one in my opinion your just making more surface area lower down to get scraped on stuff. 😁👍O and I been doing this for probably 37 years also and owned hundreds of RC's and did everything imaginable ...so trust me when I say this that cut hole on the bottom wont effect anything and with what i did it works 100 times better than stock. 👍 Thanks for stopping by.
Great mod, but why did they make the hump longer as the angles would of made it go over things better.
😃👍 Don't know would have been better. But I rather have no lump!
I have to run a lipo in my gen 8 it was acting like it had no horse power to crawl now that I put a 2s lipo in it it now acts like it has horse power to crawl
Yep that will do it! Thanks for watching.
Great mod👍🏻
Will you be getting a Redcat Everest 10 to mod? Seems to be a lot of interest in this budget crawler.
😁 Thanks my buddy next door has the everest 10 I don't really like it so no everest 10 here for me.
I’m sure it might work fine for a little bit. I’m not worried about the drive shafts. What worries me is the parts of the skid directly in front of and behind the transfer case along the centerline. They look really thin now, those 2 points and the battery tray are the only things keeping the skid from cracking in half.
Have a feeling that one good roll over on the mountain would break the glue loose, bend the tray and crack the skid down the middle.
Your links transfer a lot of shock directly to the skid. A lot of the time, only on one side when bouncing a bit or during a roll over.
Would like to see a skid with raised mounts and a solid flat belly though. I’m sure someone will print one.
😃👍 Hi I tested it today and it works 100 times better than the stock skid..in my future video you can clearly see the bottom going over rocks smoothly no hang ups but the stock skid with the hump would have gotten the truck stuck and you would wobble back and forth with the tires spinning rocking until one grabs good enough and then pulls you over the rock. The case is strong and the middle section is also with hole it was strong and the way it's screwed into the chassis you would have to bend the metal chassis rails to make the skid plate bend...Also with that goop glue on the bottom of the metal and then beaded around the back hole cut out it will never fall off I done this before with using just goop glue on a metal skid and it don't come loose... another thing you could use one dab of the goop glue on the gearbox bottom so it glues down on the metal plate and that will make it secure even stronger...goop is awesome glue its strong but can be removed if needed. One last thing you can drill 4 small holes and use button top allen screws and hold it on the bottom of the skid plate but I like perfectly smooth method with the glue. No problems here ran it up some steep inclines bouncing the truck up and down on power no issues at all the slipper clutch will slip before it gets any pressure enough to break anything on it...That's why they used it on the new gen 8 model. WOW wrote a book..Hope this helps . 😉 look here for a photo showing me run it ua-cam.com/users/shenloncocommunity?disable_polymer=1
I am sure for your application you understand what will work and what won’t.
My point made in the original comment is this does weaken the skid. With or without metal and glue. That is important to know for some.
In my neck of the rocks, that skid’s days would be numbered.
Good job and good luck. Most of all. Happy Crawling.
Nice dude that hump shouldn't of ever been there from the start. Big improvement
😁👍 Yep that's for sure! Thanks
durn nitofukashun junk! (lmao) couldn't tell if you'd put clear hard plastic skid rails to the bottoms of the frame rails or no (like vacu-form package material or similar). might help slip over stuff without scratching paint off the metal. trans raised/covered looks good, a little black paint it'd look like it grew there.
😃 Hi thanks sorry about the YT a lot of guy's told me they did not get the notification, I did paint it black 👍
Dude you sound just like Malek from Conan the destroyer...lol
😁 LOL!
@@ShenRC Lol
Nice mod. I cannot understand why anybody would make such a skid. When I think of my 1/14 Thunder Tiger Kaiser I could kick someones ass. The hump on the Kaiser is superhuge.
😁👍 I hear ya that's why I did anything I could to get that darn hump off the bottom it ruined everything about the truck...don't know who the hell works at redcat but If i was helping for the design it surely would not have had that lump hanging down on the bottom!
Another awesome vid Steve, great updates...you have some great ideas...you very adventurous though with your new gen8 but much better...one question, did I hear right you don't run your trucks on lipo batteries.
Beautyyyy steve
😎👍COOL! thanks for the nice comment. I mostly use 6 cell Nim packs in my crawlers only sometimes I try my lipos ..don't know why maybe i should run the lipos more often.
Great video but as someone pointed out I’d also worry about the stress put on the truck at that point and also the fact you raised the transfer case and changed the drive shaft angles would that also put extra stress on the shafts?
😁 Hi the center section was strong with the hole in it and when you put the center skid on it makes it even stronger..also it don't flex because it's screwed into the chassis on each side and you need to twist and bend the chassis sides to make it flex so that wont happen. The shaft angles hardly change that much it the center gear box is only lifted up a few mm no worries here. Thank you
No issue. It’s a crawler, if it were a speed demon that would matter but it’s not.
What u gonna premier everyday now? lol I cant keep up, I missed it but checking it out now, NO LUMP BEAUTY!!!!
😜 Na not every day but this was something very important that's why I tried it. Thanks bud!
@@ShenRC I just finished watching, great mod bro
"Use a little spit" That's what she said
👍 Yep!
Better call redcat and tell them you're available to remove the LUMP on the Gen 8 when it rolls off the assembly line..... 8^)
😁 LOL! yes I don't know who they have over there working for them but I for one would have never let them release this gen 8 with that big ol lump on the bottom!
Or learn to drive the truck ..wow..can't believe guys need to remove this to drive a trail truvk...😥
😁 I dd not remove it because I don't know how to drive I removed it because It makes it a better more capable truck. I always try and improve my RC cars by modifying them with the stock parts to make them work better without spending a lot of $ on upgrade parts. Thanks for watching.
All this for really nothing, I've never been hung up or unable to climb something because of the hump everyone freaks out about. If you get the gen8 you won't ever notice the hump and you will never say "man I could climb this but that hump" sorry I wouldn't hack away at my nice gen8 for nothing.
Sorry to say if you turn your truck over and the hump on the skid has hardly any scratches on it then your never pushing your truck to t's limits so you won't need to take the lump off or buy a after market flat skid for your gen 8 because your not running it hard, It runs much better flat on the bottom. this is why after market companies are now making flat skid plates for the Gen 8, Are you going on all the other guy's that made them flat or printed 3D flat skids or purchased flat after market skids and also ragging on them telling all them they are wrong also?
All Redcat did is trade one hang up, the pumpkins, for another, the skid plate. You would think they learned their lesson.
That said I think if you used styrene to cover the hole you could build a much stronger plate and the plastic cement would make a near 100% bond.
😁 Yep for sure... this method is much better than using styrene plastic... The hole cut out don't do nothing hardly because the lump is thin material and the skid is screwed into the metal frame rails and you would have to twist them to make it bend. I went with the thin steel method for most ground clearance and smoothness...I done this before on many RC's and that goop glue it don't come off unless you manually take it off with tools and that metal skid will bend like a pretzel when you try and get it off because that goop glue is like one of the best glues you can use on most anything.epoxy and all those other glues are garbage compared to the goop brand glue I tried them all and I mostly always use goop.😁👍 Tried true and tested! Thanks for watching.