My XT8
 

My new Xray XT8... still in the build process, but its taking shape quite nicely. Thanks again to mike for putting together such a nice conversion kit.

Looks good, only one question, why did you mount your batteries so far back? With the motor back there I'd think you want those batteries much further forward. Just my $0.02.

DM

It was to make use of existing holes in the chassis. The nice thing is that I didn't have to drill any new holes yet. If the weight distribution becomes an issue, the batts can be moved forward very easily. I'll keep your point in mind when I start fine tuning everything. Thanks.

Yeah, mine looks a bit like swiss cheese from all the holes I drilled. I moved weight forward and it handles MUCH better than it did with it heavy in the rear.

DM

Where is your center of balance on your truggy? Mine is about 2cm behind the spur gear right now, and almost dead center.... I'm assuming that's too far back?

What battery tray and batteries are pictured?

the tray is from an e-maxx (cut to look clean), and the batts are Neu Energy's 2s 5000mah 25C hardcase lipos.

I assume you are asking me and unfortunately I can't really say I've employed such scientific measures. All I can say is when I first converted my CRT, it was very rear heavy, it ran good and I didn't really know any better, I was upgrading from an E-Maxx and it handled much better. Then I did a rev 2.0 and moved things forward, the handling was MUCH better and since then I've tried to keep weight forward. Jumps more level because the motor can pull the nose up or down and it's got way more bite in the turns.

DM

Finished up the body last night. I'm using a proline cp2 for the mbx5t. The design is very basic since my painting skills aren't that great. Some of the lines got a little smudged, but I think it came out ok in the end. The last pic is of my current on-road cars with similar themed bodies.

Wow, it even looks fast! Very nice...love the paint colors!

That looks amazing! I really love the "big and little brother" theme on it. What is the body on the larger of the 2 onroads? And how do you trim your bodies to make them that smooth?

Sick truck man! I love the T-Phalen colors. Look amazing!

Thanks for the compliments. Its been a really fun build.

The body on my corally is a protoform dna1. And I just use lexan scissors. They aren't all that smooth if you see them up close. I think the pictures make it look smoother. :intello:

Looks awesome!! I'll have to post some shots of my XT8 soon too. :yes:

Just mounted up the wheels/tires last night. Its really starting to look good. I'm so tempted to cannibalize a MM from another truck and toss it in here. All I need is the esc, but waiting is so hard!

Oh btw, MacII, I did move the tray forward like you suggested. I might as well get that out of the way while I have the time.

(In a william shatner voice)
"Must..... resist......urge.... to..... tear apart the revo."