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JERRY2KONE · **Nice -** 02.10.2009, 09:51 AM

Hey Jordan nice to see you finally having some fun with it. With that much power you need to put some Axial beadlock rims on that monster. It looks plenty powerful enough to do some damage. I am looking at doing something very similar with my UE Lightning SuperMaxx. I have a double monoblock on it, and plan to extend the width 2 inches to give it a little bit more stability for running some high speed passes. What batteries are you running in that again? How were all of your temps this time? How is the drivetrain holding up for you? Everything looked ok from the videos. Have fun man.

jordan... · 02.10.2009, 08:39 PM

Hey Jerry, yes i've seen your crazy stretched lightning

Cant wait to see it running, are you still going to put a Bolido in it

I'm running 2 5s 5000mah Neuenergy packs in parallel. The V1's mind you, just a slower charge rate i think. As for temps, it was really hot out, around 95 F, so i cut the run short a little bit. They were;

motor: 130-150F
batts: 110-120F
ESC: 120-140F (fan came on a couple of times, but after 30 seconds went off)

The drivetrain is holding up really well, make sure you run hardened steel pinions and spurs on your speed machine, no melting here. Really happy with the UE gear, certainly doing its job. The RC alloys dogbones are really beefy as well, you'll definately be pleased with them!

JERRY2KONE · **Yes sir. -** 02.10.2009, 11:33 PM

Yes Sir I am looking forward to playing with mine as well, but it will be much like yours in the way of taking my time to do it right. As you saw even with all of your careful planning things still can go wrong. I am still considering the Bolido, or maybe even the 1527 like you. Either way if I gear it up and do some experimenting I should be able to reach some pretty impressive speeds when the time comes. Its all good.

SV6000 · 02.11.2009, 07:57 AM

Hey Jordan that looks terrific!!!!

I had given up on the idea of running a 1527 because i didnt think the MMM would handle it. But that looks like it will handle it just fine

. I may have to use the aluminium G3R chassis i have lying around. And make up a custom rear dog bones.

Hardstyle · 02.11.2009, 06:04 PM

Nice to hear that you got it running again. That thing is powerful, dang. Could even hear the tires ripping off the rims when hitting the gas on turns..
You have quite much battery weight on there now. That would be crazy with smaller lipos.. But on the otherhand that motor must take a lot of juice from them.

Did you record that with iphone? Heard some ringtone from it.

jordan... · 02.11.2009, 08:13 PM

thanks guys,

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Hey Jordan that looks terrific!!!!
I had given up on the idea of running a 1527 because i didnt think the MMM would handle it. But that looks like it will handle it just fine. I may have to use the aluminium G3R chassis i have lying around. And make up a custom rear dog bones.

Great to hear, would love to see another truck like this, especially in perth, keep us updated if you decide to start the build. Would be sweet to have a 1527 revo based Gmaxx. Im moving to Melbourne on Wednesday for Uni, but will be back in the middle of the year for holidays, should get together for a bash then.

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Nice to hear that you got it running again. That thing is powerful, dang. Could even hear the tires ripping off the rims when hitting the gas on turns..
You have quite much battery weight on there now. That would be crazy with smaller lipos.. But on the otherhand that motor must take a lot of juice from them.

Did you record that with iphone? Heard some ringtone from it.

Thanks man, i am wondering how i could cut some weight. Im tempted to just get 2 3s zippys and chuck em on there for a fang. But like you said, not sure how they would handle the amp draw. Haha, that was my dads iphone, he's the cameraman.

SV6000 · 02.12.2009, 05:59 AM

Yeah it would be good. I just ordered my schulze speedy. I think i will run the CF C3R with the Big maxximum and have the alloy set up as to swap the running gear when i wanted to run 1527. They are really cheap when compared to other motors out there as well.

Hardstyle · 02.12.2009, 08:37 AM

If the money isn't problem, which I don't think (just looking your truck

). Then some 30C lipos should do the job. Maybe fp packs 2x11,1v series? Dunno what are you now running, but those looks very big 8000mah?

02.12.2009, 07:40 PM

Or maybe some of the new 40C TP 5000mAh packs 2*3S for 6S

Hardstyle · 02.13.2009, 08:56 AM

Even better

jordan... · 02.15.2009, 01:57 AM

hmm... i'll think about it, money's a bit tight now thanks to the damn US>AUD exchange rate.

and a quick update. I changed the gearing to 46/12, so its now geared for around 58mph without any tyre ballooning. the extra speed is really awesome and it sounds like a jet when it comes past now, im thinking of making a kind of splitter from a crt.5 wing for the front, as i can see it starting to lift. I was quite surprised, the truck seems to run better at this gearing, the motor and batts are cooler, with the frequency of the MMM fan coming on about the same. Mind you its been cooler here the last couple of days. I took it out this morning for a run and the temps were:

motor: 100-110 (got upto 140 right towards the end after 5-6 speed passes)
batts: 80-90
ESC: 110-120 (fan kept coming on, but went off after about a minute, same old story)

The only trouble im having now is keeping the tyres on the rims, last run i pulled the bowties off of the Wabash's. i reglued them really well, so this morning only half of one of the fronts came unglued

Unfortunately i dont think there'll be many updates on the truck from now on, im going to strip it down and clean it in the next couple of days, as i leave for 'college' on wednesday. Probably wont run it until June when im home for holidays. Any tips for storing the lipos for that long, they are at about 60-70% charge now, i was just going to leave them in the liposack?

JERRY2KONE · 02.15.2009, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jordan...

hmm... i'll think about it, money's a bit tight now thanks to the damn US>AUD exchange rate.

and a quick update. I changed the gearing to 46/12, so its now geared for around 58mph without any tyre ballooning. the extra speed is really awesome and it sounds like a jet when it comes past now, im thinking of making a kind of splitter from a crt.5 wing for the front, as i can see it starting to lift. I was quite surprised, the truck seems to run better at this gearing, the motor and batts are cooler, with the frequency of the MMM fan coming on about the same. Mind you its been cooler here the last couple of days. I took it out this morning for a run and the temps were:

motor: 100-110 (got upto 140 right towards the end after 5-6 speed passes)
batts: 80-90
ESC: 110-120 (fan kept coming on, but went off after about a minute, same old story)

The only trouble im having now is keeping the tyres on the rims, last run i pulled the bowties off of the Wabash's. i reglued them really well, so this morning only half of one of the fronts came unglued

Unfortunately i dont think there'll be many updates on the truck from now on, im going to strip it down and clean it in the next couple of days, as i leave for 'college' on wednesday. Probably wont run it until June when im home for holidays. Any tips for storing the lipos for that long, they are at about 60-70% charge now, i was just going to leave them in the liposack?

As for the tires I mentioned to you before that the only way you will come close to keeping those on the rims is to get you a set of Axial Beadlock rims. (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXPEJ4) These are the black ones, but they also have black chrome, Chrome, and white. Then you have to change your hex's to 17mm (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1p?&I=LXXE06)m which fit directly onto the 6mm stub shafts. I also have a Thread that tells you how to setup your wheels for taping and balancing for higher speed runs. (http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14978). Once you do these tasks you should be good to go for some really high speed runs.

As for the Lipos I would just charge them up to 100% and store them in a good metal case in the garage or some place cool. I have had two sets stored for over a year and they are still holding a full charge voltage wise.

Good luck in school, and we will miss having you here every day updating us on the truck. It sounds like you finally just got it close to being completed for some really good runs. This will give me some time to get my two beasts completed and posted up for some good runs, while you are getting educated. Have a great day Jordan.

_paralyzed_ · 02.15.2009, 03:18 AM

I'm not having luck with my axial beadlocks. They are constantly losing the bead, and now the inner lip is crushing just like the pro-line beadlocks did. My maximizers are still holding...........

JERRY2KONE · **Thanks harold -** 02.15.2009, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

I'm not having luck with my axial beadlocks. They are constantly losing the bead, and now the inner lip is crushing just like the pro-line beadlocks did. My maximizers are still holding...........

Thanks Harold for sharing the experience on the Axial beadlocks. Mybe we can try some thin double sticky tape under teh locking ring to hold the tire in?? Just trying to think of a solution since the beadlocks are such a great idea.

Kcaz25 · 07.09.2009, 04:35 PM

Yay jordan is back!

Its a too bad for me your are not selling your Strobe sprong slipper setup seperately. I'd would be interested. I have all that other stuff. How did your half case mate up to the GMaxx tranny? Sorry if this has already been said. I can't remember from my reading.

Good to have you back! Are you going to whip this thing out again and wow us?