Another LST XXL Conversion

Another copy

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Need help
Hey,

I am becoming worried about the lower plate. To use pretty much any type of motor mount i will have to remove the brace thingy that goes between the upper and lower plates.

This is where i become worried. I am scared that on a big jump the CF will brek with the weight of the motor/CD and batteries on it.

My plan now is to make a reinforcement plate that sits above the Cf lower plate, this will make the COG a little lower as it will effectively lower the batteries. It should also reinforce, go figure, the lower plate.

My question is this, do you think it's needed and if i do make one what type of plate should it be, (Alu or CF / and what design / and what location)

I hope this makes sense, my mind thinks it just got mindf**ked

NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS SWEARING, IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT DON'T WATCH IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpMmU7AkDvM

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Well after the loud noise of crickets chirping and the occasional tumbleweed i decided to go ahead and make the Alu plate. It is just a square plate that sits between the CF lower plate and the chassis rails. It lowers the lower plate by 2.5mm (go figure). Anything that will be bolted onto the lower plate will be bolted to both of them. That way i can remove one or the other and the other one will have the holes already in it.

also with the batteries i am going to try and mount them to either the upper plate and/or chassis rails while still having them on the sides. I should be able to make a little more progress this week when i get an order in from AMAIN.

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Had a busy night tonight.

But i finally got the driveshafts done. Turns out i don't have to order any custom ones. Revo/Maxx CVD's are the perfect length, if you use two, and fit in the CD perfectly. The only issue is that at the dogbone end, where the bulge is, i had to cut away a lot of material, and i mean alot, these were some THS or something like that CVD's and the centre ones i bought are actually thicker at the dog bone end than the TRX ones so tomorrow i may be putting plastic shafts on my e-maxx sooner than expected. If i had the motor mount i reckon i could be driving this by the end of the week. This motor mount thing is really pi55ing me off. I am actually becoming tempted to use a hyper mount and just mount the servo and esc on the opposite side to the motor to somewhat counter balance it. If i did that though my COG would be at about the top chassis plate, maybe a little higher but not much

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If anyone is interested the wheelbase is about 1/2 an inch longer than my MBX6T and the width is about 1/2 an inch on either side so i reckon that with half offset LPR's it'll be the same width. However if i put some half offset 40's on it it'll be heaps wider.

Also i haven't gotten the towers yet.

This build is starting to annoy me.

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Got some of my goodies today. The body now sits much lower but i don't have to cut it.

For the battery boxes; to mount them i will use some button head screws and some lock nuts. To do this i will need to add another plate to the lower plate section. This will mean that the wings are 5mm thick and some parts of the middle will be 7.5mm thick. I'm unsure as to whether i should make it out of alu or CF. it will get scratched to hell as it will be only a little higher than the rear skid. I am thinking i will make it out of alu and just make it so there isn't much material in the middle where it is already 5mm thick.

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