8ight T conversion

bdebde, the battery placement has always been a concern for me, with regard to its effect on the way that the vehicle flies over the jumps. Oddly enough, the 8ight almost seems like someone was thinking, "hey, we should design this to work with a single pack instead of two." If you look at the chassis from the top, you can see that the center diff is crammed to the right side of the truck/buggy. There is barely room for the motor. Well, maybe not barely, but it's not as roomy on the right as it is with most setups. Consequently, this give you lots of room to bring the battery closer in line with the center line of the chassis.

I was doing one of those, "let's see how it runs" tests last night; and I was jumping our triple without regard for setting up for the following turn. I was aiming for maximum air, to see how the truck behaved. I was getting a good 8' off of the round, maybe more. It was very stable and flat in the air. If I hit the jump anywhere near straight, the truck would land on at least two tires every time. When taking jumps in a manner that minimizes the time that you spend not accelerating, you'd swear that the balance was 50/50 left to right. In short, it's perfect. In fact, I really don't know how you would put two packs on the 8ight, without having one hanging over the side of the mud guard on the right side, completely screwing up the balance.