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12.17.2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by magman View Post
The wheelbase on my custom chassis is 11.5". I love my crt.5, but, it is a little brittle IMO. If you keep adding weight to it, how will it hold up? If I tried to make it bulletrproof, w/Mike's AL kit and such, it would weigh a lot more than my 3s setup could handle.


You would be essentially making a 1/12 vehicle into almost an 1/8 scale.
However, w/the possibility of a superstretch chassis, a 4s set up would be killer.
On a regular track I had little issues with my much heavier than stock E-CRT.5, but at our backyard supercross style track I did break a lot of stuff regularly. Eventually, I upgraded the following parts:
1. Aluminum steering rack (way too expensive)
2. Aluminum front hubs (expensive)
3. 4mm Ti upper arm turnbuckle (cheap)
4. Boiled all lower arms for 10 min (free)

This car has Mikes chassis, 1/10 truck wheels, and runs a Medusa 50x3300kv motor with 3S 4000mah lipos. It's heavy, but that motor and lipo combo would clear any jump out of any corner I ever came across. If it got heavier, which it will with a SC body, chassis, and bumpers, it will still be plenty powerfull. I'm actually hoping it will break less with the bumpers and body to protect the arms.


E-CRT.5 Monster - RCM chassis, MM/Medusa 50x3300/3s, truck tires, 1/8 shocks
E-CRT.5 Stock - Sidewinder/4600/2s, buggy tires
E-8ight - Tekin RX8 2000kv/4S
E-8ight T- Tekin RX8 1700kv/5S
   
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