LOSI LST XXL Conversion ideas

[Manne]

We all are small attention wh*res

It´s really nice to see a new project from you MC since your Erbe project is as near as "done" goes It´s a shame tho that a proper LST forum doesn´t exist Can´t wait to see your build

[mistercrash]

I received the XXL chassis a couple days ago and had a chance to look at it closely. I really like this chassis, the way it's done, the way it looks and how stiff and strong it is. I'm not sure I want to change it as much as I wanted to before. So here's another idea to convert with a low CG. This idea would be very easy to do, just a new middle skid plate in 3mm CF, a new upper main chassis plate in 3 mm CF and a couple straight blocks for the new middle skid plate. Then there would be the battery covers I would make with 2 mm Kydex.
The lipos would be on their sides instead of flat. I chose to limit the size of lipos on their height to 35 mm so that the truck doesn't become too wide. There's still room to go a little wider though.
I put the E-Revo tranny in the center of the truck so it would use the same length middle shafts front and rear. I also put the motor up front with the ESC and receiver box.
The whole thing would be 200 mm wide and it would fit inside the XXL body.

The middle skid


The upper main chassis plate


a view from the top


a view from the side


a front view of the battery space

[JThiessen]

Another option for those batteries would be to just buy some Flux battery cases and mount them to the side of the chassis (someone on here did that on theirs). Very easy to mount those, and you can probably adjust the height that they sit at.

[mistercrash]

Didn't know about those, I'll look into that. Thanks.

[mistercrash]

I searched but couldn't find the dimensions of the Flux battery boxes. From the pics and the discussions on the web on what lipos fit in them, they don't seem much bigger than the E-Revo battery compartments which are too small.

[JThiessen]

I'll get you dimensions from mine tomorrow. I run a pair of 3S 4300's in it, and there is length to spare on them.

[mistercrash]

Stuff is slowly starting to come in. I got the Neu 1521 1Y and the LST2 for now. In 2006, I bought a Revo 3.3 even though my LHS owner at the time was advising me to get the Losi LST. Now that have the Losi in front of me and had a chance to look it over I'm thinking, why didn't I listen to that guy. My last experience with Losi kits (aside from my son's present Mini-T) was with a JRXT stadium truck, a XX buggy and the Street Weapon. I loved Losi kits in the past and I'm glad I have a new one to play with now.

[mistercrash]

This is a slow build. Sifting through boxes to find my tools and then move boxes to set up an area to fabricate a part is time consuming. Nevertheless, I am slowly moving forward with this build. I am now figuring out a way to fit the Muggy steering bellcrank with minimal modification to the chassis rails.
I am trying to win an auction on an E-Revo tranny on ebay but I haven't been lucky yet. I plan on upgrading the slipper to the Hot Racing double slipper but I won't use stock pads. Instead I will make an aluminum disk like I did in the past with the E-Revo.
Running the E-Revo tranny means I will have to fabricate another motor plate. The one I have now has been very good at supporting the CC 2200 Kv but I fear that the heavier 1521 might need some more support so I'll be looking at making something to support the rear of the motor, something like this but probably less pretty.

[JThiessen]

Good luck with the ebay on those. I tried for months on them, and they sold for 40 to 50 every time, then were magically relisted the next day. I reported the crap out of them, but apparently the ebay rules have no teeth. I've got a new maxx tranny that I bought a couple months ago that I'd sell you for what I paid for it (I'd have to go back and look it up).

[mistercrash]

Thanks for wishing me luck JT, I just won an E-Revo tranny for $35 plus $6 for shipping

I think I have the Muggy steering almost figured out, I'll post pics tomorrow. In the mail today were the Losi sway bars, the Losi 17 mm hex adapters and RC Monster drive cups.

[jpoprock]

Hey guys... I broke a couple pins inside my tranny and have repaired numerous diff's with broken pins. I've heard that the HPI 2.5 Hellfire pins work well. But do you think that a 3mm rod would work too? Cuz if so, I found this: http://www.diversehobbies.com/catalo...roducts_id=108 3x275mm Titanium rods. If 3mm will fit, you can cut your own to length, and surely they would hold up better than the steel pins that keep breaking? Just a thought.

jason

[JThiessen]

Couldn't sheared pins be a sign of a diff that might not be shimmed properly? You've probably got too much free rotation of the input before it engages the gears. I don't think I have ever sheared a pin - but I'm also not going to claim that I know what I'm doing when shimming!

[pinkpanda3310]

That mock up looks very very nice If I could make one criticism though, it would be the esc is a long way from the motor wires.

Awesome build sir crasher

[mistercrash]

Thanks and yes, this is one thing that tore me inside when I decided to put the ESC where it is. It was really too tight in the front. I will have to solder on longer wires no matter where I place the ESC. They will just be a little longer. Like 4 inches longer