My Flux Rebuild and Upgrade

[Jahay]

You should be absolutely fine!!! dont worry about blowing the esc....

You know you can blow your esc having too smaller a pinion as well with lipos that do not have adequate capacity ratings! not only from over heating!

i dont mean to make you more paranoid...sorry haha

Just chuck the 5s in there with the 18/44 gearing and it should go like a rocket and temps should be absolutely fine conisdering you are running on the road with very little resistance compared to grass etc..

i dont have the 5s yet otherwise id be ripping already. lol. im limited to 4s till the pack comes in the mail. I got a little more done ionight tho in preparation for 5s running. I adjusted the HPI suspension conversion tonight. I think i have it set up alright, a few test runs will tell me better though. I Also added Lunsford titanium turnbuckles up front, as well as add a skid plate. I used a RPM plate, and just slightly modded it to fit. seems to fit real well actually, and its on there tight!

How the hell did you get that RPM plate to fit on there? And what are the screws going into? i'm amazed at how much crap the skid plate keeps out of the chassis. Since running without it once in the mud, i'll never do it again

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RPM X skidplates have been used before on a Flux. The skidplate is flexible enough to bend to the shape of the Flux chassis. The RPM X skidplate comes with cross beams that have cutouts on the end that allow them to sit in the cutouts in the TVPs. Then you just screw the plate onto the holes in the crossbeams and that pulls everything up tight.

I was going to use one on my build but decided to make a custom one instead out of 3mm MDF. Was very easy to do.



Rear arm mud guards help a lot too with keeping the truck clean.

[Jahay]

88 i have been trying to get my suspension conversion adjusted to give me as much turn in as possible.
I do not think i have been able to get my steering to turn as much this picture below...

Could you take a picture from above with the steering at full lock please?
I am curious as to how you managed to get it to turn that extremely...

ya ill get some pictures for you today after work. And freeze i just mounted it as you see. it was a bit to fanagle it into place (rear mount) and i had to trim a little bit off the underside for it to suck up. i used the smaller screws from the bottom of the skid plate to get it nice and tight. fits like a glove, just two extra holes is all.

Hey guys with Castles big sale i was wondering if any of there great motors would be a good fit for my flux running the 5s hyperion 4200mah 35c packs. any insight?

[Muggydude]

I was looking at that myself. Wondering about the 2 15 series 1800kv motors. Both should fit the stock mounts with a little shaving. The 1512 1.5 turn is about 13mm shorter than the stock 2200kv motor, and the 1518 1 turn is 8mm longer. The 1518 would be ideal, but not sure if it will fit. i'll measure here ina second...

[Jahay]

shaving of the motor mount is required with a dremel... not hard work. i have done it and i am running a 1520.

[Nard Cox]

Muggydude, don't put a 1512 in there, it's less powerfull that the stock 1515 Flux motor.

so by the sounds of things the 1518 and 1520 are both good candidates. is one better suited then the other?

[scarletboa]

Originally Posted by 88gtanotchback

so by the sounds of things the 1518 and 1520 are both good candidates. is one better suited then the other?

the 1518 is better if you are running 4s. the 1520 is better if you are running 6s. for 5s, both are good.

Originally Posted by scarletboa

the 1518 is better if you are running 4s. the 1520 is better if you are running 6s. for 5s, both are good.

excellent thats all i wanted to hear. Motor ordered...