My BL muggy conv.

[roweder]

after many nitro rebuilds and cleanups, I've finally decided to make my muggy brushless. I am planning on a setup a little different from what would normally be expected, and I'm doing it this way so that i can have a servo controling the breaks instead of putting all of the extra heat and stress on the brushless system. I'm going to get the The Mamba Monster 2200kV combo which won't be available until late august which gives you an idea of when I'll be done my conversion. I'm planning on putting the motor where the fuel tank used to be and the battery where the engine used to be and the ESC where the radio box was. I know it's a tight squeeze putting the motor and the battery on the same side, and i know that it will offset the weight by alot, but I like it better than attempting to mount the brake servo somewhere else, and if i don't like the weight offset i can always change it.

I ordered the RC-Monster muggy electric motor mount (hopefully i'll get it tommorow) and I'm putting it in opposite of how it's designed to be put in. But first, the spur gear needs to be in backwards. It took alot of drilling and dremel work, but it finally spins freely:

[BL_RV0]

Nice conversion. I'll watch it closely.

[brushlessboy16]

looking good

[roweder]

well, on my dishwasher salary (i'm 14) this conversion isn't gonna go to fast lol, but the elec. motor mount is coming soon and i'll post a picture when i get it installed.

anyway, here's a video from when it was nitro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NJvmXTOMA8

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Looking good, hope that when it is finished it will be the right way up instead of the photo of your avatar

[bdebde]

I looked at going to the front with the motor in my Muggy, but it doesn't leave much room for motor length. The castle motor may fit if the wires come out the side (which I think they do).

[brushlessboy16]

yeah! im 16 and i dont have a job:D

[roweder]

It leaves about 85mm (3 3/8") for the motor and 155mm (6") for the battery, and i don't know the dimensions for the Mamba Monster motor, but 85mm is plenty for the Tekno-RC Neu edition 2200kV motor

[jnev]

Truck is looking good so far! I'll be watching the progress of this build as well. Just thought I'd let you know that if you plan on back-ordering the MMM combo, then it is much cheaper at B-P-P that at Horizon Hobbies...

[TexasSP]

Motor is built to neu 1515 specs so I imagine it would be the pretty close if not exactly the same.

[roweder]

Originally Posted by jnev

Truck is looking good so far! I'll be watching the progress of this build as well. Just thought I'd let you know that if you plan on back-ordering the MMM combo, then it is much cheaper at B-P-P that at Horizon Hobbies...

I think I'm going to get it from my LHS, but what is B-P-P?

Edit: oh, never mind, it's b-p-p.com lol... I think I'll get it there when I have the money (possibly next week), buy it and buy the other parts i need for the conversion and then just wait for it to come, then i won't have to keep next weeks paycheck in an envelope for 4 weeks (that could be tempting, i get paid every other week)

[roweder]

the motor mount didn't come today... shoulda got ups, if i had known it was coming from southern NY i woulda got ground cuz i'm in eastern PA.

[maxair45]

I'll be watching the progress also. Looks good so far.

[roweder]

thanks

[brushlessboy16]

u got any stand-in motors while you wait for the MMM combo?