My $27 Et-Maxx !

[radioman193]

I got my New $5 Water Proof XL5 yesterday
and got the $10 rims Yesterday

and NO More Hotglue!!!!!!!!!!!!


All the electrinics i had on here before are New and Now sit in the Reciver box like
the Headlight and taillight connector
and
the Motor thermal sensor controle board

what you see on the Motor is the thermal sensor for the motor fan
the High speed High output fan starts to spin up @ 100F




















And who sed that a T-maxx with a SINGLE titan 550 Cant be fun ?

[radioman193]

this is my first setups lol

and started out here

I got this truck free from a good friend and I DONT like Nitro
but i do like the truck ALOT so i am maken a few changes to it ....
i took the old motor mount out of my now dead Mad truck and used a traxxas 550 12T
motor and re adjusted the STOCK transmissition for a faster shift to second gear.
i will use 2 12T 550 motors on it as soon as i can get all the parts and the 2 xl5 ESC's
and the t-maxx has all RPM upgraded parts on it .
as it is in these pictures it looks like $#^! but its just in the first phase of the rebuild the "Test Mode"













this is how the body was when i got it





then i Repainted the body and rims

[radioman193]

i added some lights



I Need MORE light!
i think its time to add the lights to the rollbar
Think ill add 9 more thats 3 in eatch
then backup lights and Brake lights.


These are NOT JAP , Radioshack or Ebay led's

the Led's are out of $300 mine helmet lights output 5 watt eatch that is equal to a 15 watt halogen eatch.
so that would be like a total 90watts of pure white light

i still need to do the roll bar lights that will be 3 in eatch housing for 45watt or equal to a 135 watt halogen total or 225watt TOTAL truck lighting wattage .
nite running is AWSOME!!!!!

then the change into this





my Home made motor mount



the motor mount and a battery box



this was after a GOOD test run

[radioman193]

then i did my steering mod

Traxxas Steering SUX !!!!
i did a mod to my steering so i dont need to buy a 40+ dollar servo just to steer the thing.
cause my steering servo went for a meltdown bigtime.
Now i can use a cheeper high speed metal gear servo.
on all the traxxas rc's that i have had the steering was poor and why it is this way because of the leverage is WAY to low .
all you need to do is to extend the leverage and you will not need 50lbs of force to steer with.
and with ALOT less stress on the servo.
now it turns ALOT sharper than with the old 208g servo and the speed is fine.
now i can over steer and flip the truck over verry easy ......

my steering mod here :





the extention i put on the servo will flex as it is NOT HARD plastic!
Acting as a "servosaver"
thats why it was not made of steel.







This is the Same servo i use
and now have 3 of them Completely Waterproof now .



and thay are SWEET!!!!!!!!!!


Dimensions: 1.57" x 0.79" x 1.44" (40 x 20 x 36.5mm)
Weight: 1.78oz (48g)

Operating Speed (4.8V no load) : 0.17sec / 60 degrees
Operating Speed (6.0V no load) : 0.13sec / 60 degrees

Stall Torque (4.8V): (13kg/cm) (180oz/in.)
Stall Torque (6.0V): (15kg/cm) (208oz/in.)

Temperature Range: -30 to +60 Degree C
Dead Band Width: 4usec
Operation Voltage: 3.5 - 8.4Volts





The Gearbox is completely enclosed separately from the controller in the lower half with NO holes in the deck for water to enter.


All brass gears = No rust


Dual ball bearing



you might say this mod is no good and will not hold up..................










Listen to the Sound of the frontend hit a brick that was sticking out of the groung in this one ..

[radioman193]

this was AFTER Mud Bashen with my basher body on it

i went over in the back parkinglot were i can powerslide alot
well the parkinglot is of like a clay and stone mixture .
so there was some large STICKY slop holes in it today well i powerslid into one by mistake at full speed side ways and with 1 tire and i caut a stone that was in it and fliped up in the air about 6 or 7 foot and landed upside down in a NOTHER DAM# Slop hole GRRRR
i wish i was recording then it was AWSOME!!!!!!!!!
i think my bashing body needs to retire now

[radioman193]

Note !!!


yes i built this truck yes to show just what can be done.

but to show you Dont need to spend Mega dollars to do it like most would have you think you would need to invest to do it.

like

like a $250+ brushless system
a new $45+ tranny
motor mounts that dont work on a T-maxx tranny.
$160+ set of shocks
$120 set of tires
$150 set of rims

like i was told Over and Over a single 550 motor would NEVER work in this truck.

and 7.2v Ni-MH would not "cut it"
well i dont like to be told "you cant" do something so i Did it.
and it works Quite fine.


and im proud of what i can and did do with NO money well i now have about $40 invested in it now

and by all the Short videos i have posted you can see thay were verry wrong.


its to show you can have fun with VERRY little or No money.

PS
and i in NO WAY think or Feel that this truck is better or is the best truck on line.

Note:

its slow....

/note

[radioman193]

Pfft


lets see you do better with a SINGLE 550 motor on 7.2v
Aint going to happen!
and for the Offroad things I do Speed is a WAST.

waste.... its spelled waste...

could i do better with a single 550 motor? no... i'll leave it in my drill thank you :)

works fine... yes... works well? hmmm... matter of opinion...

will never be going back to brushed... or nimh...

but its a nice start... kinda like a nikko i had... slow and goes everywhere...

you did get it for a good price... but thats just lucky and you having nice... its nothing more, not amazing... nor truly budget... as you probably have a truck worth nearly $500 in new kit... its just spoiled by some rubbish electronics...

when you fry your first few motors and esc's... because they are so overloaded and will fry... i'm quite surprised they have lasted this long... don't come crying to me :)

you will look back at this thread after you have kitted this nice truck out with a sweet brushless setup and realize how wrong you were...

Your having fun and thats all that really matters... just saying it would be batter, and last longer with a brushless setup...

but at least its not nitro... so theres a start :)

[radioman193]

ummmm................

lol Ok LOL
you cant do the things i do or go were i go with brushless.
Without Big problems Quick.
like

this was just a test
with a bad slipper clutch.

[TexasSP]

I will give you one bit of constructive advice. I am on a very fast T1 connection and there is so much crap in this thread (pics and vids) that it's a pain to load. Get rid of some of it because no one will want to mess with it when the thread loads like this.

I do not know what you are trying to prove coming to a brushless site and posting this, there is nothing innovative going on with what you did. You come across as a Traxxas newb trying to prove up the brushless guys.

The notch you cut in the chassis braces is going to break, I can guarantee, those take a lot of stress at that point. Secondly flexing of you cross member will end up causing more problems than it will help. Servo savers are cheap, why not just install one and have a metal arm to eliminate unwanted flex in the steering.

Lastly the XL5 ESC has a hard enough time in bandits and stampedes, it definitely will not last in a maxx truck. The motor will burn up too, ask anyone (such as myself) who has ever run a maxx on a single 550 motor.

As was also stated you don't with everything you have on it really have a 27 dollar truck. Cost new all the parts you have add up unless someone just gave the truck to you. However, it still cost someone money.

This is really no different than stuffing a 4 cylinder engine inside an F350 and going on pirate 4x4 and claiming how cool you are.

[radioman193]

my page load time is only 3 seconds for this page
on my little 6 megabit DSL
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and the RPM parts were on it
all i added was a ESC and a 550 moter and a homemade motor mount so i have a TOTAL of $40 invested in it.
and the brushed motor was the BEST way to go as the truck is in water 99.5% of the time.
and this motor has been in the truck for over 3 months now with Beating it everyday .
i use it for about 5 to 6 hours a day MOST every day.
and last time i took the endbell off the motor the brushes are about 90% .
thats after all this this thing has been doing so i feel that when the motor is " Toast "
its no big deal to get amother one for $14.95 for another 6 months or more Hard beating.
and i don't think this is just a " brushless site " as you saythis is in the General Discussion part of the forum.
and BTW im NOT " NEW " by far.
LOL

just new on this forum.

you might need to check your speed to see if your isp aint jacken ya.


http://www.bandwidthplace.com/

http://speedtest.net/

[brian015]

It looks like it does what you want it to do - nice job.

[radioman193]

Thank you.

and for the "others "

I was not telling nobody that thay shuld or should not do this.
it was just to show with LITTLE money and a junk truck you can have fun on the cheap.
its NOT about brushed or brushless or spending $10 or $2500.

[What's_nitro?]

I think you should splurge on a new slipper clutch though.