Project : Mugen MBX6-T Racer

[wallot]

icharger is ok if you get adapter board adapter from amain as sometimes it is quite complicated to connect balancing plug directly into the charger and also it supports only JST-XH

[itbvolks]

Any other options you would suggest?

I like Hyperion's 0720i but obviously it's a bit more cash. Seems like a nice option though...

[wallot]

cheap - i charger 106b with balance board adapter
better - hyperion 720i
best Fusion Emperor/Raytronic C60

[itbvolks]

Thanks man!

Too keep the thread jack to a minimum, truck is coming together awesome! I've actually followed some of your recommendations on setup with regard to my mbx6t. Hoping to get it out there this weekend possibly for some shakedown testing.

Hoping the T8 - 1700kv is a nice match on my S5 4200's for this truck.

[wallot]

hurray, package from RCM left customs today afternoon so battery trays will arrive tomorrow. I have buggy and truggy one to test.

[wallot]

Except misplaced mugen flexible antenna mount all is done

RTR with VTR calibers - 4120g with JC body, 4150g with Proline Body
all with 3300mah hyperions


needs just little bit of wire management

[itbvolks]

Not bad weight wise. 9.14lbs...

Based on that, depending on motor/servo setup I should be roughly 9.37lbs (~4250gr) depending on a few things. I'm running 4200mah batts so 101gr more there.

I dropped the aluminum servo tray and cut my factory carbon setup so that should be a few grams lighter. Planning on servo taping the rx to the batt tray or steering servo depending on space availability. I also stayed with the carbon shock towers. Should be able to get it on the scale this week sometime once I get it wired.

Awesomely light for a brushless setup though. Impressive.

[itbvolks]

Love the paint scheme too ;)

[wallot]

I used the aluminum servo tray because Tekin rx cable is not long enough to reach on my custom carbon mount.

Actually anything under 4300g is very lightweight as sometimes the car can struggle with lack of traction on slippery tracks. I have heavy 5000mah batteries for this purpose

[wallot]

Few pictures from a first race.
we had just 4 groups in the race and were running with almost no breaks and i had 2 nitro cars I was pitting for so I had no time to finish tweaking suspension to my liking

I went from 15k-20k-8k in the diffs to 20k-20k-8k and it worked quite well

stock shock Mspec setup did not work well for me and I am going back to my old 5T with 6Tshocks - 300cps oil and AE bronze springs







oh and BTW - Hyperion G3 35c/65c 3300 mah did last almost 15 minutes which is very nice (we did run 10min amains )

[Nard Cox]

That is some very nice run time!! Truggy looks great as well.

ps. With my RC8Te (Neu 1y and MMM) I got 14 mins, but it's a 5A 30/40C LiPo. Ofcourse it depends a lot on the track and situation. I was running in fairly loose dirt.

[itbvolks]

That is some pretty awesome battery life at race pace. Dirt looks fairly loose so probably helped a little there.

Truck looks great. Gotta sort a center diff issue but ready to get some track time for sure!

[wallot]

actually traction with M3 calibers was OK, tried softer AKA cityblocks and had too much traction to my liking. next race is next weekend so will see how the truck does after suspension tweaking

[wallot]

next race I plan to try JC Crosshairs as they worked great on a buggy and they should be as light as proline VTRs

few more pictures from the race

[swiftneed]

That looks like a hell of heat for first nice runnnin