Traxxas 4-Tec Conversion

[BrianG]

It's funny, everytime I finish a little project, I pull the 4tec back out and do some more pondering about how things are gonna lay out. After a while, I get discouraged and shelf it again. But just the other day, I had an epiphany!

The problem I had was that I needed a really short lipo. Somewhat easy enough to solve, but I would MUCH rather use regular size lipos (in the 6 NiMH cell size range). But, that stupid side belt!!! Well, this might not be the best way for side to side balance, but here is the plan (and I've already done some of it):

- Move the steering bellcrank to the other side. DONE
- Relocate the steering servo to the middle of the chassis as far right as possible, and extend the steering link. DONE
- Add supports to the front belt mount area. DONE

This will allow plenty of room for the battery on the left side of the chassis. I figure if I mount everything else possible towards the right, it should offset the battery weight. Some preliminary layout experiments look favorable. But, I need a motor where the leads come out the side (hence my email to medusa).

I don't have any fresh pics right now, but I suppose I could snap a couple tonight...