G-Made Stealth

[suicideneil]

Lol, have you considered something like a 'saddle pack', that way the 2nd pair of cells could mount on a custom shelf mounted maybe up front or in the rear- like a parcel shelf in a 1:1?...

As for weight, yeah, I see how lots of guys stick their cells as low as possible, some even manage to fit them on the steering knuckle joint area, so they are almost inside the wheel rims on either side. Not for me/you though- my TXT-1 creation weighed 12.5lbs; definately not for comp crawling....

[ClodMaxx]

sweet googly-moogely.

ran some tests today on the stealth - no steering yet (STILL waiting on that stupid y-harness from tower), but i tested it over some backyard rocks with the following a123 configurations:

* 3s - not even worth it. i was right - it does run, but has almost no climbing power (quickly realizing how bad these tires are for climbing too. no stickiness)
* 4s - now we're getting there! much better power. i was able to climb most things, but taking a vertical wall made it work. it climbed, but...just a little... more juice...
* 5s - PERFECT! lots of power at hand, and nothing stopped it. it scaled the vertical wall like spidey, even with the garbage tires.

so, 5s it is! i checked temps on the MM, and it was hardly even warm - even with no fan (i am using the CC BEC to get 6v to both 645mg servos, though). this thing is amazing - a waaaaaay better crawler than my old modified JPS clod. it has a longer wheelbase and lower COG, which helps immensely.

bad news? with 5s2p a123 batts, the weight is 12 lbs. 6 ozs. heck, just the batts alone are 1 lb 14.3 oz. (with a parallel deans harness and series deans harness included).

that's 16.5v through the latest MM esc - internal BEC disabled, of course.

can't wait to really give this a workout! now if only that tower order would show up...