LOSI LST XXL Conversion ideas

[Chadworkz]

One word...wing!

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

One word...wing!

It's a MT, not a truggy... No WING!!!

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

It's a MT, not a truggy... No WING!!!

Maxxes, Revos, and E-Revos are all MTs...the E-Revo and Revo Platinum both come stock with wings, and most people add wings to their Maxxes and Revos.

[mistercrash]

I have been thinking about a wing, but if the truck doesn't wheely, there's no need for a wing. You see, I can put one of my eight scale CD in the E-Revo tranny if I want. But for now, the wheelies are in check with this very effective slipper I put on and some throttle control.

[Manne]

This came up Nice Mc just lite the revo. Hope it will give you tons of fun :). Good work!

[jpoprock]

If you like to do jumps with the potential to wreck... a wing is not a good idea. I took mine off because I got tired of ripping my rear shock towers out of the frame. The trade off, is that the rear of my stock body is now mangled.

That being said... I tapped my rear shock towers and bulks for 4mm and used 4x25mm screws. I'm going to do the fronts too, but I'm going to wait until the XXL build begins before I do that.

[jpoprock]

I just checked out the vid! LOVED IT!!! That truck is quite nimble! That little area you've got there is exactly what I am going to make for myself and the boys!

Man, that last jump that you land at 4:00 was sweet nectar! I thought for sure you were going to plant the nose of that into the ground, but it circled right out of it onto all fours. Gotta love it!

That just goes to show you that you don't need giant dirt hills to do cool jumps.

J

[Chadworkz]

To me, wings just look awesome, and they make the truck look so much better. Plus, wings help the truck "fly" right when jumping, and also protect the rear of the truck if you have a wreck and land on the lid...on nitro trucks, wing's protect the engine and cooling head, but they protect a lot more than that on both nitro & electric (shock towers, body mounts, etc.). And of course, there is the best reason for installing a wing...it makes a great handle to pick up and carry the truck! And yes, they work great as wheelie-bars!

If having a wing is causing you to break other parts, I believe it is due to the actual wing you chose and the mount. I run nothing but JConcepts wings, which are soft enough to flex and twist, but strong enough not to crack, tear or break. I also use either JConcepts Revo wing-stays or Mugen MBX-5T wing-stays, because like the JConcepts wing, the are soft enough to bend, flex, and twist, but durable enough not to crack, tear, or break. If your vehicle uses a wing-mount to mount the wing-stay to the truck, you might want to figure out a way to make it bend, flex, twist, etc. without breaking, or maybe even mount it in such a way (like cut half way through the mounting screws, so that they snap if the crash is bad enough) that it breaks away from the truck in a hard enough crash, but stays solidly mounted in place during normal driving and minor crashes.

Just my opinion and $0.02...

[jpoprock]

I agree with all of that. I use Proline Downforce wings usually. But let me be clear on this... I'm not experienced with doing "flip jumps" and landing on the money every time. So, for me... it's likely that I'll end up landing tail first.. and moving downward at an angle. Which always breaks something! OR... I'll end up landing completely upside down... which usually means mangled body and/or something broken!

I don't have so much of a problem with my ERBE because the body fits better, and the wing is lower as well. These Losi bodies aren't very strong, and the wing sticks up up there quite a bit. So if you're a jumper... and keen to some big spills... it could invite more problems eventually.

But... they sure do look good!

[Chadworkz]

I feel ya...pretty much all I do is jump and do jump tricks now. My ramp is built to throw the truck up very high (but I still get good distance), which gives me plenty of time to do some insane tricks and get the truck settled for landing, but I don't always land perfectly. I jump up onto the roof of my house pretty often, then jump off, jump over real cars/trucks, jump over smaller buildings, over creeks and ponds, etc., etc.. I usually stay out jumping until I break something, which is almost always an a-arm...you can look closely at pics of my Revo and see where I have repaired broken a-arms (CA the break together, cut a groove with my Dremel, CA a finish-nail into the groove, completely wrap the length of the groove/nail with strong black thread, then soak the thread with CA. The fixed area is actually stronger than the rest of the a-arm). I have a few sets of new a-arms, but because I break them so often, I just keep fixing the broken ones until I can no longer fix it anymore, then replace it.

Ray,

Great build as always ! The thing i can't get out of my head was how big that bastage is!...So you like the new slipper that much huh? I may have to get one...

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by Deahttub

Ray,

Great build as always ! The thing i can't get out of my head was how big that bastage is!...So you like the new slipper that much huh? I may have to get one...

Thanks and yup, I like the slipper. It's been working great so far and that's with a torquey 1521 1Y on 6S hauling a 14 pound truck.

I think I will go ahead and make the B2201 parts out of CF. I think I have enough 2.5 mm CF to make them. Might even make a vid of how I duplicate aluminum parts on CF.

[jpoprock]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

Might even make a vid of how I duplicate aluminum parts on CF.

WOW! Please do!!! I would love to see how you do this. It would really help a guy like me visualize how to do it. I'm a visual learner. I have to see something done in order to grasp it better.

It would help so much to see what this modified part is you put on your router, that you took from another tool...etc.

jason

[mistercrash]

Here's the vid on how I make CF parts. It's dark in my garage so I hope you can see well. Geez my French accent really shows in this vid Lots of hand porn in this one.



And just for you jpoprock, Here's the adapter I use to fit a 1/8'' shank in a 1/4'' router. You can see the 1/4'' hole of the router made for 1/4'' tools like the one on top and the 1/4'' to 1/8'' adapter to fit 1/8'' shank tools like the Dremel bit on the left.



Looking at the movie, I realized how annoying the sound of a carbide bit cutting CF is. It's worst than a dentist's drill.

[Muggydude]

Chad, I have one word for ya. RPM! Pick up a set of their a-arms, they are much stronger and more flezible than stock. I loved them on my Muggy, and I have them in the Rear of my revo. I'm going to pick up a set of fronts here pretty soon too, I just haven't gotten around too it.