Traxxas 4-Tec Conversion

[BrianG]

A little more progress. Made a top plate. Functions as a place to mount receiver, ESC, steering servo and as a chassis brace. Yes, that tan flat piece labeled "MM ESC" is the new MM Pro ESC; very very thin and is wireless!



Showing how the steering servo is mounted.



This one shows where the UBEC is gonna go. I removed the middle section from a servo case and screwed the bottom plate directly to the top part. Should be perfect for a DimensionEngineering ParkBEC (little one). The enlarged hole is for cooling.



This is turning out to be a "kit bash", lol:

- Wing stay from a Mugen MBX5 serves as a standoff for the brace.
- Turnbuckle from a Jato serves as the brace itself.
- Steering link and servo mounts from an XRay XT8 serving as intended.

Next up is the battery tray, which I'm still doing some thinking on...

[JERRY2KONE]

Looks like your both having some fun with this. I have been thinking about picking up a 4tech for a while now. I would love to fun something on road, but the nitro stuff really stinks if you ask me to. The conversion looks to be quite a challenge though. How is it going now? I am looking forward to seeing your finished projects and some videos on how well they run for you. Good luck with that.

[lincpimp]

Looking good Brian. I am not sure if i will bother to brace the top of the chassis or not... Considering my batt tray is in the center it might be difficult to add any sort of brace. Hopefully the chassis is strong enough with the bent sides...

I do like the wireless esc, it was about time someone did something with all of those wires. I made a cordless toaster once, wanted it to be bathroom safe, just in case it fell in the tub.