***__ The 1/8 Onroad Think-tank __***

Originally Posted by BrianG

I didn't, but I just whipped one up specifically for you.



The green circles are to show where you should zip tie the balancer leads to the main harness leads. The red wires with the gray ends show where those wires should either be removed from the connector, or put some heatshrink on them.

Hope it's not too confusing, but all I could come up with in a few minutes...

You mean like this Brian?

Progress is going well. I have made up some temporary battery trays (I'm going to make the permanent ones from CF) from 3mm alloy, I'm going to take to them with a drill to reduce some weight this weekend. I have attached a pic with the tray and my fake batteries (my 3 X NEU 2S1C 5000 mAh are in the mail) as you can see it looks like the L/R weights should be close. I will know more when the packs arrive.

I have also attached a pic (far left) of my temporary motor mount system (it hasn't been line bored or machined for weight reduction) it is a simple band clamp setup for testing only, the permanent one which I have nearly finished deigning will be CNC'd and include a integrated 12 fin heatsink and will still be a band type clamp. It will use the original 21 size motor mount bolt holes as well. A friend is going to transfer my hard copy to CAD so if anyone in the industry knows what format I need to give the machining shop please let me know.

Still waiting on the motor (NEU 1512 1.5y/s) to become available from Mike's shop so I can order the speed control and motor at the same time. Hopefully they arrive soon so I can get this thing up and running.

If any one has a NEU 1512 1.5y (smooth can) they want to sell please PM me. I will consider a finned can but would prefer smooth as I would have to machine off the fins to have it fit.

I would also consider other NEU 1512 motors around the 2000KV range.

Please help as I'm having extraordinary issues trying to get my hands on one of these motors. I even called NEU directly and they are out of stock and expect there to be a six week delay minimum before they have them back in stock.

Cheers Andrew

Just took delivery of my NEU 1512 2.5/D, MGM 16018, 2 speed pinion adapter (thanks Mike) and a few other bits and pieces. I will post some more pics soon, hopfully have it running in some form by the weekend.

[MTBikerTim]

Nice setup. I went racing on the weekend and was surprised at how well my brushless mini-t could keep up against the 1/10th scale tourers. They were flogging me due to my inability to keep it pointed in the right direction but it wasn't that much slower then them when I did keep it on the track. It was great fun though. I'm keen to go road racing again now.

I can't believe it. I just received my MGM 16018 speed control and I'm having trouble programming the basic transmitter setup. I have a Futaba 3PK radio and use a Futaba R203HF HRS receiver.

I have tried all the suggestions I can find and still nothing. I can report that when in HRS mode the motor will continuous beep...beep...beep etc after holding full throttle and the switching on the speed control. I have tried reversing the channel but still get the same response.
When I switch to either PPM or PCM mode I get no recognition from the speed control or motor. I have tried reversing the throttle channel in all modes and still nothing. I have even tried to on hold the throttle on just slightly to see if it makes a difference and nothing happens, no beeps, nothing....
Maybe I should find a standard (non HRS) receiver and try it. (wish there was a crying smiley)

Just tried my old JR XR3 radio and it programmed it fine. Might send this one back to MGM and have them install the latest firmware. Another set back urrrgghhh.

Gave my car a shakedown run today. Very promising results. I will post pics and maybe a vid over the next few days. I should also have some data from the eagle tree data logger for viewing also.

Got a small vid of it's second shakedown run.


Sorry about the audio I think the tape was bad.

[tashpop]

man that thing has some spunk.

[jhautz]

Damn.... Wont be long before that is the standard and the nitros are second class racing.

Nice job.

[jnev]

Damn!! That thing rips! Nice job on the conversion btw.

Just wanted to say thanks to the guys who have given me advice on this forum, I couldn't be happier with the results and would of ended up wasting a heap of money without you. Next stage is to reduce weight and make things look prettier.
I will get some more footage and take some pics this week.

Here is my setup so far

CAR: Serpent 950
MOTOR: NEU 1512 2.5D/S (2000 Kv.)
SPEED CONTROL: MGM 16018
BATTERIES: 3 X NEU 5000Mah (6s)
GEARING: (1st gear 20t P / 48t S) (2nd gear 23t P / 45tS)
BRAKE: Mechanical (standard setup)

[jhautz]

Please do post the pictures. I for one would really like to see them.

[Patrick]

That's pretty damn quick. Have you gotten to see how it compares to some of those noisy cars?