Castle moving sale

[toplakd]

Hi.

Yes, the Conversion kits are already available, but my e-shop is still offline :(

Dejan

[Riko]

Cool, just some questions:

Can a baja 5b body fit on that kit?
What is the max lenght + diameter of motor that can fit on this?
And would the biggest ESC's fit on it?

Thx!

[toplakd]

Hi.

Yes, 5b body fits.

Opening for the motor is 100x55mm, and can be customized if someone wants to mount even bigger motors than 100mm lenght.

Bigger escs can be mounted above the motor.

Dejan

[Riko]

thx!

so just hypotetically speaking, these new 1/5 scale electric baja conversion from Castle can fit your kit too?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwEflVjbhFs
Mamba XL ESC and motor
http://www.bigsquidrc.com/mamba-xl-1...ess-conversion


I havent done any research yet about the best motor-esc combo, but it would seem that there are better alternatives from Neu for a 1/5 motor.

[toplakd]

Hi.

Yes, it could fit with modificated TVP.
Does anbody know the dimensions of the motor?

Dejan

[Riko]

good question :)
the base of the esc is 100.1 mm and here you see its bigger than the esc in length


I would say about 13-14cm in total lenght for the CC motor?

I think that kit of yours + this CC combination + a Hyperion lipo would give a nice alternative to a Baja? :) And I think much cheaper?


ps nice website, its not online but promising pics http://www.alza-racing.com/soon
and I bet if you make some advertising of your website, you would get alot of orders for your kit as soon as the Castle Creations combo hits the stores :)

[toplakd]

How many KV has this motor?

I did some measuring on those two pictures, to get aprox. motor lenght:




Dejan

[Arct1k]

Originally Posted by toplakd

how many kv has this motor?

dejan

750kv

Sorry motor is in the car - i can try to get some apprx measurements

[Riko]

well, I dont seem to find the information of that motor (yet...)
It seems the ESC will be on sale by the end of this month/year, but I dont see a combo package (not even on towerhobbies) or a seperate offer for the motor.

Lol 12.4 cm, good guessing :)

I was wondering if you had any youtube films of a Savage Flux with your kit? :)

[toplakd]

In my opinion, this motor will be overkill for a savage FLUX. I think that 1520 or 1717 will be much better.

And if you look at this picture you will see how far out will the motor be with 25 pinion.

Dejan

[Riko]

Originally Posted by toplakd

In my opinion, this motor will be overkill for a savage FLUX. I think that 1520 or 1717 will be much better.

And if you look at this picture you will see how far out will the motor be with 25 pinion.

Dejan

Hmm pictures does not show how much it sticks out...

But if you use a 8s set up with a XL ESC, isn't a 1520 or 1717 motor underpowered?

When you have a full 1/5 set up and only the motor is not really 1/5 like the rest I assume that motor wont last long :)

Just wondering that it might be interesting if you could fit +100mm length motors in the kit.

[toplakd]

That battery won't fit.

Orange area: 157x22x74mm
Green area: 167x32x74mm

Dejan

[Riko]

edited previous post...;)

I assume with you measurments 157 x 74 x 55
you mean 157 Length x 74 Width x 55 Height ?

if so, than my findings in my edited post above should prove out that the battery set up will fit and that would be awsome

[toplakd]

If you decide that you will only use standard size servo and forget
the option for jumbo servo, the battery tray can grow 12mm in lenght.

But you will loose option for jumbo conversion then. The holes for it
will stay on TVP's, but you will get shorter servo plate.

Dejan

[Riko]

Originally Posted by toplakd

If you decide that you will only use standard size servo and forget
the option for jumbo servo, the battery tray can grow 12mm in lenght.

But you will loose option for jumbo conversion then. The holes for it
will stay on TVP's, but you will get shorter servo plate.

Dejan

aha so you mean when the battery compartment is completely used, there are issues on to wich kind of servo's to use? hmmm

I have been calculating and if one was to buy a
- Flux
- your kit (130 euro)
- those 2 batteries
- the Castle combo
The total price would be around 1470 euro.
That is without reinforced parts, so everything still stock from the HPI Savage Flux...


But if one was to buy a Baja and did the conversion with the kit sold here on RC Monsters with the Castle combo and only 1 battery of 7s the cost would be 1707 euro's...


But I assume the baja itself is already heavy duty proof so you wouldnt have to invest in extra reinforced parts...
And there seem limitations in Flux conversions if you wanna use big batteries...although I dont know yet what kind of batteries can be put in a converted Baja.
Maybe Arct1k can help me out with this, what are the dimensions left for batteries in this converted beast? :)

So maybe after all a Baja conversion is more interesting? even though its like 230-240 euro more expensive.