1/18th Project

yep i do! great system, 6.8 on 830mah 4s lipo 75+mph with 35min runtimes...........:027:

[squeeforever]

75 you say?!?! Were did you get that number from? Guess?

Originally Posted by squeeforever

75 you say?!?! Were did you get that number from? Guess?

well, i have seen the mamba 8k, 3s lipo on radar hit 70, i am running about 10,000 more rpm than that and BrianG's speed calc says it should actually 118.64mph but i don't think that is realistic......

[squeeforever]

Yea....75+ sounds VERY realistic. What kinda temps though? I would imagine it gets kinda hot...

esc likes to run at 130 and the motor at 150 geard 55/20 and batts at 110, this is all after a full run.

[squeeforever]

Wow...Thats pretty good....

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by cemetery gates

well, i have seen the mamba 8k, 3s lipo on radar hit 70, i am running about 10,000 more rpm than that and BrianG's speed calc says it should actually 118.64mph but i don't think that is realistic......

Well, at that speed, wind drag really comes into the picture...

[captain harlock]

And I thought the 2s 1800mah EVO20 is not enough. I dont think it'll fit in place, though.

[Guerilla]

I can agree with the above about the speeds of the 6.8 tekin.

Im running the 6.8 too. Using 4s 1500 flightpowers. the flightpower is a great fit on my carbon chassis.

[captain harlock]

Wow!
That's really great. I said the Evo20 would not fit in the tamtech frog, but I checked the dimensions and I can say that it'll fit.
What speed did you reach, Guerilla?

[Re~Mix]

Well back on topic. What are my options as far as Neo motors? At the moment I think I'm going to pick up a factory team rc18t or rc18b. They are by the far the best bang for the buck, especially with the used price as the other kyosho cars have an overpriced resale value.

So far I still want to do Li-ion. I'm wondering if you could help me out Batfish in finding a Li-ion pack that works. I'm guessing 2300 mah will do, as I heard mini's have huge run times in comparison to 1/10th.

[crazyjr]

I have an rc18mt and a miniquake on the way and both will be brushless. the rc18 will have a 5400 mamba and the mini quakewill have a mamba esc with a golden horizions 4700 heli motor in it

[aqwut]

Excellent idea... I should do something 1/18th scale also.... Guerilla, how much did you spend total on ur setup.?

[captain harlock]

I believe he spent something like $850-950. I did some math a while back.

[seth556]

That rc18 has a mess with all those wires. But all in all it is very nice.