Originally Posted by rootar (Post 279124)

im in awe of the idiot who was allowed to desgin that hotbodies, WTH were they smoking when they decided itd be great to put ALLL the weight on the same friggin side of the car........

the ishima is what other already said something that has been done, the cg is higher and the weight is farther out to the edges of the chassis which doesnt help anyhting thing, there are much better setups than that.


that rc8 looks good!

and the durango looks like we'd expect "overly complicated" .

Originally Posted by RC-Monster (Post 5662014)

A servo weighs about 2 ounces(4 oz total). The Novak ESC weighs 5 oz. The receiver and box weighs perhaps another 4 ounces. 6 oz for the center diff - 19 oz total weight on the non-motor side.

The Novak HV motor weighs 8.5 oz.(most 1/8 motors are heavier yet - a 1512 Neu weighs in at 10+oz)) and the battery tray weighs perhaps 2 -3 oz. - this leaves 8-9oz for battery weight(or 6-8oz if using a 1512 Neu).

It is reasonable to conclude that if we can find a 7-9 ounce battery that can propel the 8 pound buggy to competitive track speeds for 10 or so minutes, the proposed setup is perfect.

Hot Bodies is simply ahead of its time - give it a few more years and this battery will probably be available. :)

Originally Posted by rootar (Post 279124)

im in awe of the idiot who was allowed to desgin that hotbodies, WTH were they smoking when they decided itd be great to put ALLL the weight on the same friggin side of the car....

Originally Posted by rootar (Post 279172)

jnev i thought mike was being somewhat sarcastic in that post....maybe not i dunno, mike sells the lightest battery you can run in an 1/8th buggy for 10 minutes racing.....its a 6s 2500 pack and in josh's mp9 with a 1512 3.5d it is GREAT runs for right at 12 minutes doesnt get hot, has all the punch in the world, and isnt carrying around any wasted energy..... its the perfect setup, and josh's mp9 doesnt even make legal weight, its unders 7 pounds, he would have to add weight like a 1/10th scale 2wd lipo setup.

Originally Posted by Nek (Post 279273)

Do you stop running it at 12 minutes or does the low voltage cutoff kicks in at 12 minutes?

From what you are saying Mike's 2500 (weird it says 2600 on the site now and I am sure I always saw 2500!! :neutral: :neutral: ) can take the amp draw of a 1/8th system. Now I was wondering if I could pull off a 10 minute run on a smallish track using the 5S 2500(2600?) pack on a 1900kv engine in a rather light buggy like the mp9 or 808.

The 5S packs come in at 314g (380g for the 6S). This is close to the motor weight alone! Finned Neu 1512 is 290g and Tekin's T8 4030 is 341g. Using that 5S could make balancing the buggy even easier right?

Originally Posted by rootar (Post 279661)

from our simple math of power consumption per minute in watts compared to the total watts of power the lipos contain we opted for the 6s because our math put us at 9-10 minutes on the 5s while the 6s put us at 11.5-12.5 and yes itll hit the cutoff right after 12mins the 5s would be cutting it extremely close and wouldnt garuntee the runtime needed, while the 6s leaves a perfect amount of room of "saftey". its the same size as a 3s5000 pack and with a 1700kv or lower the power-to-runtime-to-temperature setup is dead on.

Originally Posted by rootar (Post 279661)

from our simple math of power consumption per minute in watts compared to the total watts of power the lipos contain we opted for the 6s because our math put us at 9-10 minutes on the 5s while the 6s put us at 11.5-12.5 and yes itll hit the cutoff right after 12mins the 5s would be cutting it extremely close and wouldnt garuntee the runtime needed, while the 6s leaves a perfect amount of room of "saftey". its the same size as a 3s5000 pack and with a 1700kv or lower the power-to-runtime-to-temperature setup is dead on.