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killajb · 09.16.2011, 01:51 PM

Kind of goes back to my point about battery issues. My Redacat XBE weighs in the same range as my converted Muggy does, runs a CC 1520 and after racing the 1/8 scale guys last weekend for fun, my 6S 5000mah packs were hitting lvc at 14 minutes. Motor temp was 112f, esc was 117f and batts were 134f.

Just don't see how much more than that is needed (in terms of weight or power) for 1/5 scale. The XBE is basically a 1/8 scale design with a solid center diff, motor towards the front and sadle pack arrangement. Putting some short course bumpers fore and aft along with side guards and a roll cage to support a short course body is all that's needed.

For the price of a Baja 5B, that could be accomplished along with extra gems such as mud guards for the rear arms and cvd boots all around.

I am neglecting the fact that I replaced the stock motor with that CC1520, and a SportBec bec as well. Don't really need 6S for track use at all. Better stated, a motor with lower kv could be used. So... throw in a decent quality motor (leopard) of similar wattage output and maybe 1200kv and 10,000 mah 6S batteries and I think you've got a 1/5 race class that would rival the original Slash 2wd for bumper-to-bumper fun.

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killajb RC-Monster Carbon Fiber Offline Posts: 247 Join Date: Dec 2007	09.16.2011, 01:51 PM Kind of goes back to my point about battery issues. My Redacat XBE weighs in the same range as my converted Muggy does, runs a CC 1520 and after racing the 1/8 scale guys last weekend for fun, my 6S 5000mah packs were hitting lvc at 14 minutes. Motor temp was 112f, esc was 117f and batts were 134f. Just don't see how much more than that is needed (in terms of weight or power) for 1/5 scale. The XBE is basically a 1/8 scale design with a solid center diff, motor towards the front and sadle pack arrangement. Putting some short course bumpers fore and aft along with side guards and a roll cage to support a short course body is all that's needed. For the price of a Baja 5B, that could be accomplished along with extra gems such as mud guards for the rear arms and cvd boots all around. I am neglecting the fact that I replaced the stock motor with that CC1520, and a SportBec bec as well. Don't really need 6S for track use at all. Better stated, a motor with lower kv could be used. So... throw in a decent quality motor (leopard) of similar wattage output and maybe 1200kv and 10,000 mah 6S batteries and I think you've got a 1/5 race class that would rival the original Slash 2wd for bumper-to-bumper fun.