On the rocks at Proline By the Fire 2018

Shown at rideheight without tires and wheels. This is a very low profile portal rig.

UCFab Karnivore

The Karnivore is based off of a famous full size crawler originally made popular by BFGoodrich during the release of the Krawler tire, where it was seen on the iconic orange poster (seen below). The buggy had a fiberglass Hummer style hood which was popular in this time frame. This scale chassis was designed to mimic the lines of the iconic buggy, and while it currently sits on top of portal axles which are more inline with current rock crawler trends and also doesn’t run a hood at all, it still reminds me of my most early influences in rock crawling. The chassis was built by Kyle Listul of UCFab and was only the second one like it made. At the time of writing, only two of them exist. I finished the build using the Vanquish Products F9 portal axles to debut them to the public in a running video.

Custom 3D printed ESC mounting makes for a unique open style

Build Breakdown:

Base Chassis: Custom UC Fab Karnivore Chassis (#2 of 2)

The chassis was based on the iconic rock crawler that was seen on the BFG advertisements in the early 2000’s. This was a buggy that I never forgot and always admired.

Axles: Vanquish Products Currie F9 Portal Axles (Front and Rear)

Vanquish Products Servo on Axle mount

Shocks: Incision 90mm Scale Shocks

Transmission: Vanquish Products aluminum case,

Incision machined transmission gears, Vanquish Products Gear Guard and Motor Plate, Vanquish Products Hurtz Dig, Incision Slipper Eliminator, Vanquish Products Idler Gear Pin

Driveshafts: Incision SCX10-2 driveshafts

Links: Incision SCX10-2 12.3” Link set (yields 13.5” WB)

Interior: HPI WR8 Driver (discontinued years ago)

Wheels: Vanquish Products KMC Machete with 350 SLW hub in front with a 1.9 Stainless brake weight and a 350 hub in the rear

Tires: Proline BFG Krawler in G8 Compound

Foams: Crawler Innovations Lil Nova 4.75” Tall

Motor: Holmes Hobbies 2700KV Puller Pro