:lol::lol:HHhahahhaaaa.. Thanks SIR.. (I think) :wink: hahhahaa...

For what it worth:whistle:, I've got a spar 1515 1.5 i can send you to tie you over if you want ?? :neutral: Just send it back when yours come in.. Just a thought... :angel:

Have a great week Jordan..:intello: and PM your addy if you want.. :tongue:

Shaun.

Hey Jordan i have a spare Hacker motor, brand new in the box if youre interested. IT is for sale if anyone else is interested. The KV rating is around 1600KV

:whistle:So are you back up :neutral:? got any new updates for us the less fortunate :lol: :wink:

Have a great one Jordan..

Sorry no updates as of yet. My motor is still at the Neu factory getting repaired. I think its still on the waiting list, should be about a week until they have a look at it. Im getting it converted into a smooth can 1527 with no fan, so that should eliminate the weak point at the fan endbell threads, and also give me a little more clearance between the ESC mounting posts. Until then, there isnt really much i can do :neutral:

Hey Jordan i got an update from MGM about the brakes on the controller. Apparently they have been having a problem with people hooking the system up and instead of switching wires to get the motor to run the correct way they simply reverse revoloutions on the controller. They said this is why they are having brake problems. I havent had time to give it a try yet but might get a chance this weekend.

Thats good to hear, i actually did reverse the controller instead of switching the wires to get it spinning the right way, maybe thats why the brakes were dodgy, looking forward to hearing about your results!

Anything new to report Jordan?? :neutral: hope all is well Sir..:yes:

have a great one!..

P.S. :whistle:
I sent in 3 MGM controllers two weeks ago and I'm thinking I wont get them back for another 2+ months.. :no: How long did your take ???:wink:

Hey Jordan tried switching the wires but it just leads to other problems. ARGGHHHH:grrrrrr:
When you switch the motors wires around reverse on the controller becomes forward so if you limit reverse like i do than you only get 40% forward throttle and the brakes still aren't anything special, or that much better really.:cry:
Having a Futaba radio means that you need to reverse the throttle channel to set the transmitter limits, if you set it to standard the controller wont pick up the signal and set limits. I will try a different brand of transmitter tonight and see what happens. Otherwise i will be selling two 28025 controllers, 2 2s 8000 batteries 2 3s 5000 batteries, a lehner 1940 1600KV motor and a brand new Hacker C50 1600Kv motor if anyone is interested and serious about anything mentioned above please PM me.
Damn MGM so frustrating i might have to go MMM or schulze.:grrrrrr::grrrrrr::grrrrrr:

hmmmm... nice findings there, maybe that first run with the MGM i had, i was only getting 40% throttle :neutral: AARGHH it seems really confusing, is that why your getting rid of the MGM? Are you going for an MMM now (wont be dissapointed, much easier to program, but on the down side, not as good specs wise)?

Sorry for the late reply Shaun, was over east and just got back today. Good news!!! I just sent the payment through to Neu and should get the motor shipped back express ASAP. That means by the middle of next week i should be up and running :party: As for the MGM customer service, make sure to contact Martin Dvorsky with any queries, he was very prompt with replies and was really helpful.

As for the timeframe, it took around 1 month, that was over chrissy and new years, so there were some delays there, also it got held up at customs for a week and a half becasue i wrote it was worth $450 AU :whip: So i would assume it would take under a month if the problems are not to major :neutral:

have a good one guys
jordan

yeah thats one of the reasons i am getting rid of it. i run my neu with my mmm. the mmm cant handle the plettenberg on start up. it cogs regardless of timing or start power. Will try a schulze see what happens. I put a lot of stuff on ebay today one of the MGM is there. It still works just fine if you want a spare, there are some motors as well. I started a thread on it in the general section

Fair enough, i see wha you mean why you cant use the MMM. Schulze is worth a shot i guess, they're a little old now though arent they? But i guess they were designed with Pletty's in mind. I saw your items for sale, i would be all over that lehner if it had a 5mm shaft, and if i didnt have to make a new motor mount to use it :lol:

the Hacker has a 5mm shaft:whistle:

Ok, so i got my motor back today, smooth can 1527!! Had it back together in no time and ready for a run, unfortunately i shorted one of the lipos on the pinion gear, dont ask :no: But luckily i 'very carefully' put a charge through it and it held up fine. i was bracing to throw it out the back door if it burst into flames :lol:

Anyway, got some pics of it back together, and ready for a run:

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...x/DSC00366.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...x/DSC00368.jpg

Unfortunately after about 3-4 speed runs i ripped 3 of the times off of the UE rims. Here is a pic, no joke, i just pulled the wheels off and took the pic. Couple more layers of duct tape should do the job.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...x/DSC00373.jpg

Got some new vids as well, enjoy. Oh, and 'so there' to the people on the noob forum who were complaining that it was slow, and not doing wheelies even with a mono, setbacks and CD :na:

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...h_MOV01329.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...h_MOV01332.jpg

oh and one last pic, she looks a little dirtier now, not by much mind you :lol:

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...x/DSC00371.jpg

enjoy the long awaited updates!!

Nice
 

Hey Jordan nice to see you finally having some fun with it. With that much power you need to put some Axial beadlock rims on that monster. It looks plenty powerful enough to do some damage. I am looking at doing something very similar with my UE Lightning SuperMaxx. I have a double monoblock on it, and plan to extend the width 2 inches to give it a little bit more stability for running some high speed passes. What batteries are you running in that again? How were all of your temps this time? How is the drivetrain holding up for you? Everything looked ok from the videos. Have fun man.

Hey Jerry, yes i've seen your crazy stretched lightning :lol: Cant wait to see it running, are you still going to put a Bolido in it :whistle: I'm running 2 5s 5000mah Neuenergy packs in parallel. The V1's mind you, just a slower charge rate i think. As for temps, it was really hot out, around 95 F, so i cut the run short a little bit. They were;

motor: 130-150F
batts: 110-120F
ESC: 120-140F (fan came on a couple of times, but after 30 seconds went off)

The drivetrain is holding up really well, make sure you run hardened steel pinions and spurs on your speed machine, no melting here. Really happy with the UE gear, certainly doing its job. The RC alloys dogbones are really beefy as well, you'll definately be pleased with them!

Yes sir.
 

Yes Sir I am looking forward to playing with mine as well, but it will be much like yours in the way of taking my time to do it right. As you saw even with all of your careful planning things still can go wrong. I am still considering the Bolido, or maybe even the 1527 like you. Either way if I gear it up and do some experimenting I should be able to reach some pretty impressive speeds when the time comes. Its all good.

Hey Jordan that looks terrific!!!!:yipi::yipi:
I had given up on the idea of running a 1527 because i didnt think the MMM would handle it. But that looks like it will handle it just fine:yipi::yipi::yipi::yipi:. I may have to use the aluminium G3R chassis i have lying around. And make up a custom rear dog bones.

Nice to hear that you got it running again. That thing is powerful, dang. Could even hear the tires ripping off the rims when hitting the gas on turns..
You have quite much battery weight on there now. That would be crazy with smaller lipos.. But on the otherhand that motor must take a lot of juice from them.

Did you record that with iphone? Heard some ringtone from it.

thanks guys,

Great to hear, would love to see another truck like this, especially in perth, keep us updated if you decide to start the build. Would be sweet to have a 1527 revo based Gmaxx. Im moving to Melbourne on Wednesday for Uni, but will be back in the middle of the year for holidays, should get together for a bash then.

Thanks man, i am wondering how i could cut some weight. Im tempted to just get 2 3s zippys and chuck em on there for a fang. But like you said, not sure how they would handle the amp draw. Haha, that was my dads iphone, he's the cameraman.

Yeah it would be good. I just ordered my schulze speedy. I think i will run the CF C3R with the Big maxximum and have the alloy set up as to swap the running gear when i wanted to run 1527. They are really cheap when compared to other motors out there as well.

If the money isn't problem, which I don't think (just looking your truck :whistle:). Then some 30C lipos should do the job. Maybe fp packs 2x11,1v series? Dunno what are you now running, but those looks very big 8000mah?

Or maybe some of the new 40C TP 5000mAh packs 2*3S for 6S

Even better :yes:

hmm... i'll think about it, money's a bit tight now thanks to the damn US>AUD exchange rate. :whip:

and a quick update. I changed the gearing to 46/12, so its now geared for around 58mph without any tyre ballooning. the extra speed is really awesome and it sounds like a jet when it comes past now, im thinking of making a kind of splitter from a crt.5 wing for the front, as i can see it starting to lift. I was quite surprised, the truck seems to run better at this gearing, the motor and batts are cooler, with the frequency of the MMM fan coming on about the same. Mind you its been cooler here the last couple of days. I took it out this morning for a run and the temps were:

motor: 100-110 (got upto 140 right towards the end after 5-6 speed passes)
batts: 80-90
ESC: 110-120 (fan kept coming on, but went off after about a minute, same old story)

The only trouble im having now is keeping the tyres on the rims, last run i pulled the bowties off of the Wabash's. i reglued them really well, so this morning only half of one of the fronts came unglued :intello:

Unfortunately i dont think there'll be many updates on the truck from now on, im going to strip it down and clean it in the next couple of days, as i leave for 'college' on wednesday. Probably wont run it until June when im home for holidays. Any tips for storing the lipos for that long, they are at about 60-70% charge now, i was just going to leave them in the liposack?

As for the tires I mentioned to you before that the only way you will come close to keeping those on the rims is to get you a set of Axial Beadlock rims. (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXPEJ4) These are the black ones, but they also have black chrome, Chrome, and white. Then you have to change your hex's to 17mm (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1p?&I=LXXE06)m which fit directly onto the 6mm stub shafts. I also have a Thread that tells you how to setup your wheels for taping and balancing for higher speed runs. (http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14978). Once you do these tasks you should be good to go for some really high speed runs.

As for the Lipos I would just charge them up to 100% and store them in a good metal case in the garage or some place cool. I have had two sets stored for over a year and they are still holding a full charge voltage wise.

Good luck in school, and we will miss having you here every day updating us on the truck. It sounds like you finally just got it close to being completed for some really good runs. This will give me some time to get my two beasts completed and posted up for some good runs, while you are getting educated. Have a great day Jordan.

I'm not having luck with my axial beadlocks. They are constantly losing the bead, and now the inner lip is crushing just like the pro-line beadlocks did. My maximizers are still holding...........

Thanks harold
 

Thanks Harold for sharing the experience on the Axial beadlocks. Mybe we can try some thin double sticky tape under teh locking ring to hold the tire in?? Just trying to think of a solution since the beadlocks are such a great idea.

I'm trying clear silicone. It sucks, I like the axials. The inside ring the beadlock screws thread into is cracking off as well. High speed passes would hold up, but i do a lot of bashing and powersliding.

Holding power.
 

The silicon is just too flexible not to mention messy. If you can get your hands on some double sticky tape like carpet tape it is not only easy to work with, but comes off a lot easier when you want it to. Just put a strip of it around the metal ring so it will help keep the tire in place. I am doing the same with my wheels, as I now have 4 sets of the Axial brand, with another set on the way. Let me know how things work out for you.

Yay jordan is back! :yipi: Its a too bad for me your are not selling your Strobe sprong slipper setup seperately. I'd would be interested. I have all that other stuff. How did your half case mate up to the GMaxx tranny? Sorry if this has already been said. I can't remember from my reading. :rules: Good to have you back! Are you going to whip this thing out again and wow us? :oh:

I've got a Strobe slipper kit on spare.. Interested?

Good to see you here too!! Man this is good! PM sent!

Hey guys, its been awhile!!

@kcaz: the halfcase just went straight together with the tranny :neutral: sorry about not selling it separately, i know alot of people are looking for a strobe setup in good condition, but i doubt i could have sold the tranny without a slipper.

So ive hooked the MGM back up, just for some fun, and took it out for a quick run the other day, not long enough for any video though :eyes:. After a few passes the ESC was upto around 145 F, and thats when i stopped running. Both hthe motor and the batts stayed cool. I thought that the higher rated MGM would have run cooler than the MMM? :neutral: Its geared for about 58mph at the moment, would gearing it more towards 45mph theoretically bring the temps down?

heres a quick pic, looks alot slicker with the mgm i think.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...x/DSC00713.jpg

jordan

That truck is so awesome! Probably one of my favorite builds so far. Hey jordan what are you using for a body these days?

For 5s lipo (it was 5s still?), gearing for about 40-45mph is plenty.

I would have thought the whole setup could manage alot more than that without getting hot, but... escs are funny things.

Oh yeah I don't blame you! I think I'm going to buy Serum's if he ever logs back on LOL!

Yeah you never really did get the power just right. I know you will though! As has been said this is possibly the greatest Maxx ever. Candyman's is nice as well as any UE truck with that Emaxxler chassis.

Welcome back.
 

Hey Jordan nice to see you back in here playing around again. It has been a while.. Of course lowering your speed just a tad should bring the ESC temp down. Your builds are always good examples for the rest of us to use in our own projects. Anything new on the horizon?

Hey Jordan,

Which MGM do you have? Mine seems to run a little cooler than my MMM.

Hot motor + cool esc = under geared.
Cool motor + hot esc = over geared

IIRC jordan has the 28025. Maybe the fan on the MMM keeps it cooler than the MGM?

there is only one e-maxxler chassis and plettenbergs owns it. jordans truck is a gorillamaxx. Neither serum or anybody besides plettenbergs owns an e-maxxler. Candyman's was also a gorillamaxx. I think you done got your maxxes confused!:lol: