lightning pro-r.
 

I am doing this conversion for viruss, perhaps anyone can do something with it,

I like the fact that the motor points forward and the batteries sitting on one side, standing up. (to overcome the problem of the relative small chassis) they can hold up 4-5S lipo and, and it's made from U profile aluminum with nylon braces.

the motormount is made from L profile, and the motor sits low enough, so the lower angle is also a brace that supports the motor.

the setup viruss wil use is a 1930 with a quark 80 and 4S flightpowers.

If the weather is getting better, i will get some decent pics of it.

Me like! :D I LOVE the VP braces. You might want to put the front brace in the rear. The VP rear brace is designed for it to go from the little notch to the center diff. I would also put the Lightning buggy aluminum front brace instead of the rod up front. Its ALOT stronger and looks alot better.

Yeah, i have seen that aluminum brace. Something for the future owner to think about. It can do without imo.

I wondered where that little hole was made for.. This makes sense..

Nice work Serum!

So I'm curious . . . you build these setups for people? How does that work, and what do you usually charge? I'm assuming they provide you with the rolling chassis and then tell you their batts, motor, etc. and you work from there?

In this case, i layed my hands on the roller cheap, I was planning on selling trucks, but this was an offer i couldn't let go.. I asked Viruss if he was interested in it, which he was.

I normally don't do this, i have got more than enough time to spent to keep/get my own vehicles running.

I see. You should consider offering some of the components for sale like the battery trays and motor mounts. That was one of the hardest things for me to get acomplished because I don't have access to the tools or materials. That's the case with many people. Any chance you might do something like that?

Again, great work. I love checking out your conversions - very clean. I still haven't seen one of your buggy conversions yet - any photos of one of them?

Yeah, i have got some pics of the buggy conversion.

I will hoop up an esc on in this weekend.

Thanks for the kind words.

My (metal)tools are very limited (not for long though), i only use a drill, dremel, file, sandpaper and an electric jigsaw.

Small update, few more pics.

Very nice Serum, as usual. :003:

So when do we get to see those pics of your buggy? :027:

Hang on..

Nothing fancy, really, it's a dream to drive with though.. it's one cool as heck must have RC.. nimble, agile and very, very controlable..

RChippie deserves credits for this, it was his mugen. I just re-designed the motormount/speedoholder a bit..

If you know my bash-savage, you can see that the 9920 that sits in it, is a 1:1 drop in for the mugen.. (just have to remove two nuts, and the 9920/ubec are ready to swap)

A few more. (Since you asked for it...) LOL

http://rc.stuurmijmail.nl/Savage/Bas...Bashavage2.JPG

this is the one i was talking about.. those two nuts need to be removed to swap the 9920/ubec

Perfect! Thanks! As you might imagine, I really enjoy seeing other people's projects in the photos. Plus, I'm still debating my next project. Not sure if I'll go with a truggy or a buggy. Right now I have the Lightning Stadium 10 that I've converted to brushless and it's great, but I think I want to "expand" my horizons. :027:

Get a truggy.. that's my advice. Either that, or a revo.

Postman dropped a note in the mailbox today. tomorow is g2r time! whoohooo..

That's what my gut is telling me too. I had an Ofna Jammin and loved it except for the gas part. I ended up selling it to do my Lightning 10 conversion.

Why would you suggest a Revo? I mean I've seen some nice ones, but what do they have over a Truggy?

You can put them low and put crimefighters on it, and you have a racer/truggy thing, and if you put it high, you have got a nice crawler kind of basher with Superior suspension. they put the E in engineering..

I see. Well that's something to consider I guess. The Revo doesn't have as long of a wheel base thought does it? Seems like the truggies are longer from my memory.

If you get the 3.3 or the gmaxx chassis, it's about an inch longer than stock. with the setback arms it will be extended another 3/4 of an inch.

Nice. Hey, thanks for the info Serum!

Anytime.

Rene that buggy looks familier :eek: . Your lightning looks great .

Side note for you, I'm pretty sure i'm going to sell my CF racebomb & limited edtion 7075 Aluminum top it's #5 of 10 i belive.

Also i dont know if i told you but my buddy gave me a Mugen mbx 5 thats in real good condition.

Wow, I wish I had friends like that! :) Sorry, I know that part was meant for Rene, but I just had to comment...

Brian it cool :eek: . That comment was really meant for everybody. But since it was rene who started the thread i titled it to him. He gave me the buggy because i buuuilt him some custom tire racks for his rc pit trailer.

Yeah, i know about the mbx5 Mike. What i don't remember; did you get it with the nitro motor?

That's a great buggy! what are you planning on doing with it?

i am interested in your racebomb chassis. It would suit some other parts i have got laying..

The finish
 

The super cool Serum conversion...
With my setup....
Lehner 1930/8
Flightpower 4S lipo
quark 80

Great to see it together.

Hook up your eagletree to see if te quark is runnin in speicifications. I guess it is.

Looks awesome with the mulchers. Hey serum how did you cut the perfect motor hole and screw holes in the motor plate?

drill, dremel, files and patience.. They are not 100 percent perfect.

True maybe, but better than most factory plates

...Pure brilliance...Serum it seems that recently EVERYTIME i research my upcoming project i get references back to you...You ARE the master...My PSP is just FULL of shots of your work...

...Hopefully i can direct you to some upcoming posts to get your ideas / opinions / impressions? Be great if i could...

Nah, don't overreact..

I think a lot of points can be improved. Considering the tools, it's relative okay. Not top-notch though. I think i will buy a vice to start with.. And finish the work in and around the house, to get a mill and lathe..

I hope you are willing to share your truck! i would love to see it. Sorry for responding this late.

That Lehner 1930 seems a little small - does it work pretty well and stay cool? I would have thought a 1940 or 1950, but I'm no expert by any means.

that 1930 is up to do the task.

The small motors spin up amazing quick..

He reached 85 km/h with that 1930 on 4S in a buggy..

Interesting. I plan on doing a truggy conversion next year and thought I would have to use the Neu 1515 or the Lehner 1940 or 1950. Like I said though, I'm still learning a lot of this stuff.

...You know those movies where the bad guy has all those newspaper clippings of the hero and they are all stuck his wall and circled with chicken blood and candle wax? :026: Well thats pretty much the situation right now..lol...

...I have a HellFire roller arriving that will get converted...I pretty much have eveything planned out in the shouldertop computer thanks to looking at alot of stuff that you have done previously...

...I have already miscalculated though and forgot to order an M1 pinion...I had this false belief that i could get the HF to run with a 33p E-Sav pinion...But anyway...That will all come up in my own thread...