brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

I'm using Dark Soul extended Baja rears and it works fine.

really? where does the carbon disc sit on the hub? i swear when i tried the disc was on the round part of the hub and therefore wouldnt work. anyway, i already ordered those uberrc hubs. i found a place that sold them in pairs so i was able to just buy 2 sets of rears.

[BL_RV0]

Dude, that looks dead sexy. I'm not sure about the yellow lid though- I think metallic gray would look great.

[florianz]

go to your cnc shop and ask them to build them. thats done in a few minutes, probably cheaper then buying some. get a 24mm aluminium hex bar and get it drilled.

dammn, I can't wait to see that baby runnin'!

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by florianz

go to your cnc shop and ask them to build them. thats done in a few minutes, probably cheaper then buying some. get a 24mm aluminium hex bar and get it drilled.

dammn, I can't wait to see that baby runnin'!

i had thought of doing that but i found some uberrc's on ebay and got them for a decent price and was able to buy 2 rear pairs as needed for this truck instead of having to buy 2 complete sets.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Dude, that looks dead sexy. I'm not sure about the yellow lid though- I think metallic gray would look great.

that is crazy, lol. i just picked up some gun metal gray and some lame flake paint at the LHS a couple of days ago. its gonna look sick and match the gun metal wheels but have a nice metallic flake hue to it. i just need to sell these bodies first and then buy the new one.

[BL_RV0]

Originally Posted by Ryu James

that is crazy, lol. i just picked up some gun metal gray and some lame flake paint at the LHS a couple of days ago. its gonna look sick and match the gun metal wheels but have a nice metallic flake hue to it. i just need to sell these bodies first and then buy the new one.

A great mind and one that has a spark of "oh that might be good" (me) think alike!

[KaztheMinotaur]

That 3/8 aluminum that I got for my new motor mount sure was hell on jig saw bladed. I went through 4!

I have both motor mount cut out and shaped. I drill & tapped 1 last night and I am headed out to do the other one now.

I bench tested my motor and ESC yesterday. The 10S sure did make a hell of a big arc when I hooked it up.

[BL_RV0]

Kaz- you should look into doing this-
http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/_nospark.html

[aqwut]

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Kaz- you should look into doing this-
http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/_nospark.html

I'm thinking of that too... big sparks, does one hell of a damage on the bullets

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

That 3/8 aluminum that I got for my new motor mount sure was hell on jig saw bladed. I went through 4!

I have both motor mount cut out and shaped. I drill & tapped 1 last night and I am headed out to do the other one now.

I bench tested my motor and ESC yesterday. The 10S sure did make a hell of a big arc when I hooked it up.

hey kaz,
how is yours coming along? are you building more than one motor mount? did you pick up some pinions from RCM or just that 12t from SDP? Mike has as low as 15t mod 1.5 pinions avail. i would consider getting one of those. for some reason it runs so much better. i think the long shank pinion has more binding with chassis flex and i could tell it was putting a lot of stress on the motor shaft. and i have aluminum front and rear chassis braces. anyway, just a thought. if your setup weighs in at about 30lbs or less you should be fine with the 15t as i have found out. if you are closer to the 38lb mark like aqwuts then you may want to gear down. one thing you could do that i had thought about is cutting the 12t pinion in half. just cut off a section to make it smaller and that could help too. anyway, keep us up to date on how things are coming.