8s 808
 

The title sounds so cool.
more to come.....

Building it up
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Okay i have it up to the roller.
Plans are to have 8s lipo
MGM 16024 Car
Hacker C50-9XL
Stay tuned!

lookin good! can't wait to see this, love the HV set ups!

Thinking about stacking 2 of these together http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=14967

800g of lipo is going to be very heavy in a buggy. Why not go down to a smaller lipo? Also, a 9xl is 4-5s motor. Not sure if the rotor wil lstay together when run on 8s. 1400kv is better for 8s, maybe 1600kv if you have a well made motor.

I would try to keep battery weight around 400-500g. And a 1512 size motor of 1600 kv or so will be a great place to start.

Well i might go with the aveox motor you are sending me with lower voltage but somebody is getting out of rc and is giving me this mgm hacker combo. i know it works and it works well. you just have to be very careful with the gearing. Its has been in a e-revo most of its life and he raced it in the mt class and all on 8s.
im thinking about going with 3ah batterys instead of 3.6 to keep the weight down but i really want to try the 8s setup. mostly speed runs and goofing around. and for racing i will go with lower voltage for sure

I wont be able to use mikes 808 tray because mounting the mgm is all sorts of funky. Im thinking about making one out of carbon that bolts onto the center diff mount

I am blown away with the lightness of this buggy out of all the kits i have built this is the lightest at the roller stage
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Nice. However, by the time you install the motor and batteries, it will be about twice that weight.

For sure! My 8ight was right at 9.5 pounds! but i think this one will tip the scales right around 8.5 or 9. depending on my choice in cells. Plus im going to be switching to a plastic spur. that will save me lets see.....not enough to count lol!

Link takes me to "link not available" page. Could be it's just not ready yet, or you have to set sharing permissions to others besides your friends...

Try it now.
Hey linc what size threads are these they dont seem to be m3

Nope, same message...

hmmm hold on :)

Okay should work now :)

still not working

the picture is what the link is

The aveox is threaded for 2.5mm screws vs. 3mm Interesting... But it makes It Lighter!

Whoops. forgot to tell you the threads are std not metric. Not sure of the size, 4-40 maybe. If you have a lst the small m3 looking screws are the ones. Never was good with std threads. I have always just used the screws that I acquired with my lst...

Maybe someone else could help? Looking for the std thread size closest to m3, but slightly smaller.

I found that the ones that hold the battery vents on from the e-revo fit it. Once i get the motor mount ill test mount it.

Taking a chance on this esc http://www.bidproduct.com/part/Produ...0ESC_101c.html
i have no esc's at the current time except for a 30amp hobbycity one which i must say i am impressed with. runs my vendetta with tons of power. A little on the warm side but what do you expect for $14 ? I was expecting 15 feet and then a fire ball but no. i have 30+ runs on the sucker and it keeps ticking! So i figure give this one a shot. For 4s running at least it looks good. I have the mgm for everything else. I hope it doesnt lay an egg on me. If it does.....lesson learned. If they are worth a hoot i may buy a few sets of them and sell them locally

Nice progress!

Are you still going for 8s? I´m wondering since the esc you linked is limited to 4s...

I assume that it´s from this family of escs:
http://www.himodel.com/search.php?ps...&Submit=Search

I have had several of them in my revo conversions, they are great. One Important thing tho, they do have a "car version" of it..:

http://www.himodel.com/electric/HiMo...125A_OPTO.html

But I could never get the breaks to work properly, no mather what setting I used they would lockup.

If you are going for 8s I suggest this one with mecanical breakes:

http://www.himodel.com/electric/HiMo...-200A-BEC.html

Good luck!

EDIT: Nevermind, didn't look closely at the ESC. Thought it was a plane ESC.

I have a mgm 16024, im just not going to run it all the time since its such an expensive esc i don't wanna burn it up

Updates!
I have chosen my lipos for this setup.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9951
these should do nicely for my 8s setup and be good for hot laps on 4s light setups

Steering servo ordered! http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=JRPS8711

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HV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This Motor looks So good. C50 = One of the hottest looking motors ever next to the bigmax

Only 4s on the buggy right now. Waiting on an extra pack to make it the full 8s

I am a castle junkie Bust this setup is way smoother than anything i have ever driven. Videos to come!

I always liked the Hackers, they are awesome motors... It sure does look good in there..

Im using 4s 3000 right now and everything stays really cool. getting about 20min of bash time