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JThiessen · 07:10 PM

Beautiful day here in the pacific NW -mid sixties, great basketball games on the telli, and I found time to get some pictures taken. I also took the the muggy for a spin up and down the street.

Couple notes before the picture.
Had to make a custom center diff top plate out of 1/4" AL to make room for that big 50T spur.
Found a good use for Traxxas parts - had a couple sets of new Revo LT tie rods, and used them as chassis braces. It was a real bugger trying to find 3mm screws long enough to go through the rear center brace mount and the tie rod end.

I ran it for about 5 minutes - thought I was keeping it at half throttle (trying to break in the Slipperential before snugging it down), but then got tempted to give it the full deal.....very dissapointing. It accelerates to 1/4 throttle strong, then just falls on its face. It was almost like the batteries were dead. Checked batt on the hyperion, and its at 19.5 volts. Have to do some more testing on this one...

One last note. I ordered Mikes largest battery tray (without doing a custom order). I figured that my Neu's would be considered a fairly standard size, and that his largest would fit them easy enough. I really had to shoe horn them in, and had to do it with them on their side. Even with that, the straps are far too short for bashing. I only have about 1/4" or so of velcro engagment. I really would have thought that given the nature of this site, Mikes trays would be set up for some bigger than small 4S battery setups. I like the way it fits over the mud guard, but next time I'll likely spend less and get a larger Tekno tray. They have long straps - and they use a third one that goes in the forward direction. Just a little rant...

I'm also going to swap out the shock towers for the LST towers. It'll likely affect the handling some, but I'm more after that truck stance than I am a racer stance.

Now for some pics...

And that "pile" of parts...I started forgetting what I had and didn't have, and now with more parts in the mail, I had to get the new stuff organized and visible. My little Losi parts house!

Go HUSKIES!!!!

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JThiessen RC-Monster Brushless Offline Posts: 2,436 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Edmonds WA	03.20.2010, 07:04 PM Beautiful day here in the pacific NW -mid sixties, great basketball games on the telli, and I found time to get some pictures taken. I also took the the muggy for a spin up and down the street. Couple notes before the picture. Had to make a custom center diff top plate out of 1/4" AL to make room for that big 50T spur. Found a good use for Traxxas parts - had a couple sets of new Revo LT tie rods, and used them as chassis braces. It was a real bugger trying to find 3mm screws long enough to go through the rear center brace mount and the tie rod end. I ran it for about 5 minutes - thought I was keeping it at half throttle (trying to break in the Slipperential before snugging it down), but then got tempted to give it the full deal.....very dissapointing. It accelerates to 1/4 throttle strong, then just falls on its face. It was almost like the batteries were dead. Checked batt on the hyperion, and its at 19.5 volts. Have to do some more testing on this one... One last note. I ordered Mikes largest battery tray (without doing a custom order). I figured that my Neu's would be considered a fairly standard size, and that his largest would fit them easy enough. I really had to shoe horn them in, and had to do it with them on their side. Even with that, the straps are far too short for bashing. I only have about 1/4" or so of velcro engagment. I really would have thought that given the nature of this site, Mikes trays would be set up for some bigger than small 4S battery setups. I like the way it fits over the mud guard, but next time I'll likely spend less and get a larger Tekno tray. They have long straps - and they use a third one that goes in the forward direction. Just a little rant... I'm also going to swap out the shock towers for the LST towers. It'll likely affect the handling some, but I'm more after that truck stance than I am a racer stance. Now for some pics... And that "pile" of parts...I started forgetting what I had and didn't have, and now with more parts in the mail, I had to get the new stuff organized and visible. My little Losi parts house! Go HUSKIES!!!! Losi 8T 1.0, Savage Flux - XL style, LST XXL, Muggy, 3.3 E-Revo Conversion and sitting outside 425hp, 831 Tq Dodge Ram Turbo Diesel. It SMOKES Last edited by JThiessen; 03.20.2010 at 07:10 PM.