My BL Savage

Oh wow! It's been too long since I last worked on this project. I've been way too busy for the past few months. My school year is coming to an end next week, so I think I will finally get this project back on track. Since the last update I unfortunately haven't done much.
I'm planning on having a crude mockup of my chassis in a few weeks here, then I will follow that up with the slipperential, then the motor mount/esc mount after.
I am also thinking about getting CEN GST wheels an Tires to match the scale of my truck better. Does anyone have any experience with these wheels?

[jnev]

If I am not mistaken, lincpimp is running those tires/rims on his Savage. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Alright, well here's a bit of an update. I just finished drawing a mount/chassis brace for my slipperential as well as a motor mount. If anyone has any suggestions on the design of them let me know. I'm going to get started on the radio and battery tray next, then the chassis last. Please tell me what you think! Thanks!

Slipperential Mount/Chassis Brace



Motor Mount (6 holes on the back that face the TVP to adjust gear mesh)

Not a big update or anything, but I am out of school for summer and I'm getting a protractor this weekend so I can draw the TVPs in Solidworks. My front and rear end are sitting here waiting for all of the stuff to go in between them. They now have the FLM hybrid bulks, and they look just amazing. It's nice to think that this project is slowly getting closer and closer to being finished, it'll get there, I promise!

[MetalMan]

Ah, good idea with the protractor! I while ago I too was going to make a chassis for my Savage, but couldn't figure a good way to base it off the stock chassis. Thanks for the idea!

Haha yeah, the places on the TVPs that mount to the bulkheads is the hardest thing to reproduce on the chassis, otherwise I can do whatever I want to the middle, really. I have the idea for the chassis in my mind, but I just need to recreate how it attaches to the bulkheads.

So the drawings are coming together, slowly. I'm almost finished drawing everything, but I'm a bit stuck on what to do next. Is there anything special I have to do to SolidWorks files in order to be able to run them on a CNC mill? Also, does anybody know of a someplace or somebody that would be willing to do this? (There's probably going to end up being 6 or 7 pieces)
Cost isn't really a huge problem at this point, as I've recently sold a bunch of my old junk, and I really just want to see this thing finished.

[jnev]

Mike can do it for you! He is quite busy, so it may take a little time. but when it comes to machining, he IS the man.

Alright, I think I will shoot him an e-mail once I finish the drawings then, thanks.

I'm so close to finishing the drawings!
All I have to do now is to finish the chassis, and then modify some of the existing drawings a bit, then add a few more bits into the assembly to make sure everything is going to fit. I'm leaving for Canada this Wednesday, so I hope I can finish either tonight or tomorrow. I'll post some pictures of the assembly when I am finished.

Well, I have decided that my SolidWorks hates me.
It's crashed twice now, and of course it always crashes at the worst possible times. I'm going to sleep now(almost 5 am, wow)
I'll finish up the little bits (all I have left, really) and post some pictures tomorrow.

Well, I finished the drawings (for the most part). My SolidWorks keeps crashing because my computer hates me, so I'm done with it for now. All I have to do is add some holes to the TVPs, and add a section on the top electronics plate for the ESC/BEC (when I decide what ESC I am going to run, I don't think I want to use the BK 3695). Other than that, the drawings are done, sorry I couldn't get very great angles, I'm pretty bad with the displaying of things in SolidWorks...

General View:


View from the side with one TVP hidden:


View from the front:

So I'm redoing the drawings in SW so the chassis can accommodate 12s and a new motor I just ordered to power this beast, a 1527/2D. The LMT motor is going to be put to use in another project... I'm also going to go with mechanical brakes (brake bias woo!) and a HV-110, I really don't want to use the BK in this, and MGM's are just too dang expensive, and apparently the software has problems. I am also making the wheelbase shorter than the last drawings I did, so the wheelbase should be very similar to the FLM extended kit. I thought I wanted to make this truck into something resembling a 5th or 6th scale, but with the recent headache of trying to find a place to put my Baja, I think I'm going to tone it down a bit. Although with this new power system, I hardly think it will be toned down!
The only problem I can for see really is that I think that I am putting a bit too much weight in the rear of the truck, but we will see. I can always modify these new drawings I am working on to adjust the balance a bit. My personal deadline for these new drawings is 1 week from now. Once I finish these, there will be no more changes and they will be sent somewhere to be machined, and I will (hopefully) have my Savage I've always dreamed of!

So, I now have a question:
will this thing have too much power?
I'm afraid...

[lutach]

Originally Posted by E-Traxxer

So I'm redoing the drawings in SW so the chassis can accommodate 12s and a new motor I just ordered to power this beast, a 1527/2D. The LMT motor is going to be put to use in another project... I'm also going to go with mechanical brakes (brake bias woo!) and a HV-110, I really don't want to use the BK in this, and MGM's are just too dang expensive, and apparently the software has problems. I am also making the wheelbase shorter than the last drawings I did, so the wheelbase should be very similar to the FLM extended kit. I thought I wanted to make this truck into something resembling a 5th or 6th scale, but with the recent headache of trying to find a place to put my Baja, I think I'm going to tone it down a bit. Although with this new power system, I hardly think it will be toned down!
The only problem I can for see really is that I think that I am putting a bit too much weight in the rear of the truck, but we will see. I can always modify these new drawings I am working on to adjust the balance a bit. My personal deadline for these new drawings is 1 week from now. Once I finish these, there will be no more changes and they will be sent somewhere to be machined, and I will (hopefully) have my Savage I've always dreamed of!

So, I now have a question:
will this thing have too much power?
I'm afraid...

No, it will be fun power . I still have to try my 1527/1.5Y in my BPP truck. I tried my 1521/1Y with 10S that was still geared for 6S and that was too much. You will have a good time with that set up.

[BL_RV0]

Lutach, that BPP truck is your major test mule eh? 6s gearing on 10s?! Jesus.
E-Traxxer (sp?) What are you going to put the Lehner in? Hope you have fun with this thing, It's gonna be NUTS!