FLM Forward Conversion Build

I made a barrier as discussed to stop the battery from hitting the spur during bashing. I used a dremel and cut it out of a piece of carbon board. I attached it to one of the posts supplied with the kit using zip ties and CA.

It is pretty sturdy and I feel confident it will hold well. The lipo is nice and snug in there now.

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Now that I know how to reduce the size of my pics here are the ones I linked to earlier.

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[jhautz]

Serious beast there. It really looks bad a$$ with all that FLM stuff.

Do you have a scale to throw it on? I'm curouis what the weight difference is between that and mine with the plastic arms and bulks.

EDIT: Man that gonna be some serious power thith the 1521 and 6s.

Very cool, I really have to get pics of mine up on here!

Bye

Originally Posted by jhautz

Serious beast there. It really looks bad a$$ with all that FLM stuff.

Do you have a scale to throw it on? I'm curouis what the weight difference is between that and mine with the plastic arms and bulks.

EDIT: Man that gonna be some serious power thith the 1521 and 6s.

I do need to weigh this thing. Maybe I'll just stand on a scale holding it and then stand on a scale without it.

To update where I'm at:

I've run the truck several times. It is awesome and I hope to get someone who can video it soon. Some of you may have read that I had some problems with my Neu. The can was coming loose from the front end bell. Luckily it is threaded so I have used some blue loctite based on Neu's recommendation and hopefully it will hold. I am also working on getting the pinion set for the best combo of low temps and good top speeds. I thought I was going to be able to put more pinion on it, but now that the ground is totally dry and the truck gets traction the motor temps have increased. It is going to end up around a 19t or 20t. I am also finishing up a plate for the motor mount to sit on so I don't have to use those spacers to get the 1521 to fit. I noticed that the motor mount flexed a bit under throttle and I think it is due to having little support with just the spacers. My battery barrier (to stop the LiPo from hitting the spur) came of and was lost during my last bash so I am making a new one and using Epoxy to secure it to the stock post.

As far as the power goes, this trucks got it. Even with the extended chassis I think I could almost do a full backflip from a standstill. I put a brand new body on this truck and its already ruined after only 3 batteries through it. You really have to be careful with the throttle or the truck ends up on its lid. Even at speed it will flip right over, which is cool I guess but when it flips the truck ends up sliding forever on its top. It destroys the body. I just put a wheelie bar on it to help keep things under control.

That pretty much sums it up for now. I'll get the video I promised soon.

Also, thanks to knotted I ran the automatic setup option on the MGM. This truly helped a lot. I started feeling like I wasn't getting the power I should be. I sent knotted a message and he made some recommendations. If youy have an MGM and you haven't run the automatic setup option do it! It added a bunch of power to my setup.