FG Monster 1:5 Truck / Plettenberg Bolido Brushless
 

OK after my disaster with the Lehner 3080 motor and the BK 36.150 I ended up replacing it with the Plettenberg Bolido and the Schulze 40.160. Inspite of what the htreads says this motor is more than capable of powering the FG monster. In fact I never hit the throttle more than 30-40% of fear of crashing the truck. The videos was shot outside my house on the road which is a bouncy road. I will take the truck to a flat piece of land or tarmac and open it up.

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Cool video and nice truck. You almost hit your cameraman too :rofl::rofl:.

Yep - the thing bounces on the road and it loses traction. It is like trying to aim a missile.

Here are some pictures of the truck
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0203.jpg
Picture of truck with Rollcage for protection - you can see the Schulze is mounted on the rollbar (in case it cathches fire).



http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0206.jpg

Only 1 bank of lipos - 5S Enerland lipos x2 = 10S 6000MA

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0204.jpg

Where you see the velcro on side was where the previous BK controller was mounted - you can still see the soot of the fire on the rollcage

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0205.jpg

Closeup of Plettenberg Motor - H&M Modellbau motor mount is really good
http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0207.jpg

wow, very nice truck! Not too many trucks round the place with setups of that size, that's for sure! =)

Those capacitors would be worrying me every time it flipped on it's lid mounted like that tho.... please tell me those pics are just deceiving my eyes...

Yes the caps are at least 2 inches from the top of the rollbar. I was very mindful of this and ensured that when the truck rolls over the schulze wouldnt get damaged by knocking the capacitors off.

Mohan

i assumed you wouldnt have overlooked it - it's just the pictures are deceiving hehehe

The motor mount is from a boat then, being H&M? Any problems mounting, or pretty much a straight bolt in?

(I've always wanted to mention how awesome that heli is in ur avatar btw - big ups :D)

Very nice 5th scale you have there Mohan. I would love to see some data from the runs you make.

I will get the eagle tree conencted - I made a bit of a problem by hooking the 2 deans male plugs in series to the controller. So when I hook up the eagle tree I can only meassure the results from battery. can i just double the voltage and assume that the current draw is the same from each plug.

H and M modellbau do a fg motor mount specific for cafs. they trade from a website I called onefive.de

Mohan

I just double the voltage setting on my data recorder when it's hooked to only one pack. Since the packs are in series, each one would be delivering the same AMPs and that's what I really want to see.

Thats a very nice fg you've got their. Thats one thing I dont like about 1/5's. They tend to be very clumsy at higher speeds because of how narrow they are.

That truck is quite something. Whats that yellow and black thing behind the red steering servo- rx pack?

Looks to be a receiver pack or something.:yes:

Thats very nice. Sounded like a firecracker when you plugged it in.

Are your tires balanced? That can help get rid of the bouncies.

Oops - didnt try to balance them. I have read a few threads about balancing them but these tires are a bit on the big side. Any tips?