My first 1/8 BL conversion

[Steeni]

Hey and thanks for all the feedback...

Well the MGM controller seems to do fine now and had my first full run. Reading the blackbox data and "feeling" the thing move gave me some directions, that I'll try to explain here:

1. The springs...Well, due to the enormous torque the 2200 kv motor gives out I'll have to go stiffer in the rear, I managed several times to get the rear touch the ground by accelerating only, and my setup allows to put the batterie more in front for weight distribution pourposes, which somehow improved the effect of the truck wanting to pull wheelies all the time but did bring him "down to its knees", as explained.

2. Differential... While I'm happy about front/rear, I'll have to try out to lock the middle one further, the truck is unable to tranfer the torque to the rear wheels, making the front wheels balloon, got better with more front load, but still needs tweaking.

3. Controller lockouts due to Batterie voltage... I'm afraid there will be no easy way out of this one. I can perfectly run the truck on a track to under 10% capacity, but if I spin out and don't have brakes applied, the currents the motor is taking for a relaunch whilst rolling slowly backwards are too high and controller locks out due to sudden batterie voltage drop. I'll try to alter controller setup to see if it helps....a slipper would be the perfect solution to this, but sadly, as far as I know, it's current not possible to use a slipper and a differential in a 8ight T, makes me thinking of Mike eventually wanting to release more versions of his "slipperential" then just the Revo one.

Well before this post gets "epic", I'll stop with the fact, that I was marvelled by the behavior of the truck on the track, it's very agile and the power you can pull out at accelerations makes me smile each time I'm pulling the throttle, I ran those things on nitro and must say that it's a complete different thing. Still have to learn the setup, as it seems this one needs something quite different from the nitro version and I don't want to loose the agility the chassis has right now.

[Overkill]

Originally Posted by Steeni

a slipper would be the perfect solution to this, but sadly, as far as I know, it's current not possible to use a slipper and a differential in a 8ight T, makes me thinking of Mike eventually wanting to release more versions of his "slipperential" then just the Revo one.

In stock now Thought I'd let you know

http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...rential&cat=41

Will fit in the 8ight no worries by the sound of it

[Steeni]

Ordered today, will post some more pictures after I have it mounted and going

I´ll go for a higher grade oil all around now, I have tweaked my suspension further now and can instantly turn the truggy around (180 degree), it´s incredibel agile, so I guess I´ll go for 10.000 front /15000 middle/ 5000 rear to see if it´s still agile enough. This should make it easier for the diffs to cope with the enormous torque.