My baja 5E....sort of

[jhautz]

wont you need mechanical brakes with HV110?

Sweet project by the way. Cant wait to see the finished poduct.

[lincpimp]

That is very interesting!

i am in te process of making a very similar buggy using emaxx chassis components. My chassis will be a welded steel tube affair, with lots of cross bracing and a solid skid in the center.

I am still in the design phase and an trying to get a good chassis design figured out. I may even fab up a sheet steel box section that will run from the front bulk to the rear, and then weld some outrigger tube sections to that. Or it may be all tube with a sheet steel center skid (prefered design).

I am going to go with a 4wd setup most likely, and use a center diff. That way I can have fornt and rear mech brakes and use a kb45 motor on 8s-10s lipo. Need a big motor to move this beast around!

[lydiasdad]

Thanks for all the positive feedback! As for the controller, I need motor braking.

@lincpimp: That sounds like a good idea for a chassis. I noticed the baja's chassis is incredibly stiff. No flex what-so-ever. So I tried to design something strong and rigid yet light weight. My chassis is pretty solid, but I plan on adding a couple more aluminum stand-offs where my batteries are going.

[BL_RV0]

id suggest the 100a turnigy, but you need motor brakes.... wny not some rear discs on the wheels? itll handle 12s. get a pair of 6s. and a series connector... and a kb45xl....

[t-maxxracer32]

he already has 12s.

but i suggest going with a higher voltage also instead of lower voltage higher kv rating.

you could always put the 9xl and 6s2p on there just for some fun.

but dont go out and buy them.

save it for something you will use for this project for a while.

[lydiasdad]

Sorry for the confusion. I have 16 a123 cells 4 3s1p packs and two 2s1p packs. So I can run 12s1p or 6s2p...etc. I am only running 6s2p because I don't have a controller to run a higher voltage. 12 cells, whether in 12s1p or 6s2p will have the same power output. I will just have to pull more amps to get the same power. I know thats not ideal, but it will work for now. I am really looking at the 55-10-32 kontronik. It has proportional brakes right?

How do u plan to mount the steering servo?

[lydiasdad]

The servo is aready mounted on the front upper deck. I have several runs on it already.

I didn't know if u had finished or not, but how well does it run?

[lydiasdad]

no prob, just check out the eariler posts, handles amazingly, just needs more power

[SpeedAssault]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

That is very interesting!

i am in te process of making a very similar buggy using emaxx chassis components. My chassis will be a welded steel tube affair, with lots of cross bracing and a solid skid in the center.

I am still in the design phase and an trying to get a good chassis design figured out. I may even fab up a sheet steel box section that will run from the front bulk to the rear, and then weld some outrigger tube sections to that. Or it may be all tube with a sheet steel center skid (prefered design).

I am going to go with a 4wd setup most likely, and use a center diff. That way I can have fornt and rear mech brakes and use a kb45 motor on 8s-10s lipo. Need a big motor to move this beast around!

I also have a different All4wd creation and looking for a good power plant and what to use for center diff and if do a front diff ?

[lydiasdad]

I know i said this before but new vids are coming soon, I promise. Its a lot faster with the kb-45 8l motor instead of the wanderer 9xl and I got the flm 7075 diff cup. So far the diff is holding up after 5 or so full runs. I think i'm going to get a kb45-10xl motor as it's slightly over geared as it is. With 200 less kv and more torque I think it will be the ticket. Thanks for the complements guys.