Lightning basic electric setup???

[bdebde]

8.95 a gallon!?! Time to convert the full size car to brushless!

[nativepaul]

Thats even cheaper than I thought, I was under the impression you where up to $4/gallon, it must have been dirt cheap before, no wonder your love for V8s. My last cars engine was 998cc, very light car tho, bigest I've had was 1312cc.

Originally Posted by bdebde

8.95 a gallon!?! Time to convert the full size car to brushless!

You think I have a full size car! LOL not since I got into modeling.
I have had a car but I had no spending money so it had to go, I did think of a brushless conversion, and the motor and esc was affordableish, but I didn't fancy filling my car with deep cycle lead acids, for the crappy peformance and range, and I could probably buy a house in another country for the price of a Lipo pack big enough.
A MM, 14xl and 12 cells on a bicycle is more my budget.and would still leave me with money for models.

Sorry for sidetracking your thread here aod.
Back on topic, aod have you seen that Mike has finished the lightning stadium mounts and there on the website.
No more about petrol prices, just helpfull info about the lightning conversion for aod, I think he is particularly interested in a suitable battery.

My truggy is up and running!!! The setup goes as follows. 9xl, MM esc, poly rc 4s2p 4000's for 8000mAh on board. I used a motor mount from Mike with my own milled back motor support and installed twin digital "El Cheapo" tower hobbies servos for steering and made my own mounts and hardware for that. I used the simple yet effective boat technique for securing the batteries. Velcro on the bottom,in between the cells, and wrapped around the whole pack. They stay in place nicely and I can move them back and forth about 3 inches for track conditions. It's not pretty but it's for racing not car shows.

It's quite fast with the 9xl and the brakes are crazy! I had no idea how much better they work than discs. I'm running a 44 spur and a 14 pinion. It's too tall so I have a 46 spur and a 13 pinion on the way and it should put me right at where I need to be. I believe the truck to be slightly LIGHTER than when it was nitro. I removed alot of parts and replace a few things with woven graghite parts that I fabbed. What do you guys think?