Building a $2000 'Belly Dragger' LCG RC Crawler - Part 1

Fingering grease in & sliding shafts in the wifes behind me ironing looking over at me like im on x hamster

GSpeed Chassis are what everyone runs out here in the Bay Area in California USA. It's kinda fun to see them making their way around the globe!

Agree 100% about build videos, takes ages!! I’m doing one on the Mayako prototype race buggy, with NO manual, you can guess how many times things were taken apart and rebuilt before the final edit 😃 Still waiting on engine and servos before I can upload the running footage 👍 I’m glad you done this, looking forward to to the next one

Fantastic work, Tomley! Beautiful build! 😃 Looking forward to the next part!!! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

It's looking like an awes build. I've been thinking about an LCG Belly Dragger for ages now, but never got round to it. This might be the inspiration. 👍🏻

Very nice . Love wheel and tire combo. I like the longer vids on this kind of stuff . That's going to be awesome .

I'm binge-watching all your crawler videos. You sure know how to set them up correctly. Love these videos.

It’s looking amazing so far , really looking forward to the next video 👌

That's looking so epic!! I can't to see this build finished

Great video, really useful information. Looking forward to seeing part 2

Great build. it’s looking stunning. can’t wait to see it out on the track 👍🏼

NICEEE! Now you can join us taking it to the top. My gspeed is by far my favorite build and trust me you will love your dravtechs

Excellent stuff been looking forward to this!

Looks like a great build! Appreciate the longer video

great thing you got built with that indoor outdoor carpet thing you was crawleing on oh my that is something i will be building thanks for the great ideal

Wow bud top notch parts your belly dragged going be sick! Awesome my man 🤘🏻💯

I really enjoy videos like this that gives you detail of step by step 👍👌

I just watched this one again - I must have paused it to comment, then forgot to finish it - V8 Slap, here! Phil, I'm nearly lost for words - you've built one damn fine chassis that's just simply gorgeous. A quality piece of workmanship that I'm sure you'll tune to perfection. Did you ever think, back in the days when you were reviewing WPL(?) products, that you'd be building something like this on camera for nearly 75,000 subscribers? Back then I watched you because you were the only one giving inexpensive hobby-grade RCs any attention. Well, the only one worth watching, anyways. Now, building a crawler for which you've clearly given a lot of thought to the process, ie: designing weight into the bottom but protecting your drivetrain by reducing the rotating mass. Smart guy, you. That's something I'll remember if I ever graduate from building $100 trail trucks. I could go on, but I'll finish by saying this: If you ever decide to sell it for a dollar, you know who to call 🙂

I love tinkering. Love my FTX and VRX stuff. A crawler is on the wish list. Thinking about building my own too. Excellent content as usual. Keep it up Phil

When building the shocks and getting the top cap on, if you have your bladder pushed down so some oil comes out, when the shock expands it'll suck in the bladder a bit and allow for the cap to go on smoothly without breaking the "seal" the bladder made. Took a few times to get it right, but it's worth it.