Project: Savage Flux 5T - RC-Monster Forums

thzero · 03.02.2010, 01:42 AM

A wooden Savage?!

Well maybe not. It is a wooden mockup of a 22.4" front mounted tranny bolted up. Was almost perfect, however tranny mount needs to go back by about 1mm. Now just to find someone who has better metal skills than I do to do it. :)

thzero · 04.08.2010, 03:28 PM

Well, I got the 5T conversion finished (for now). Updated the album (http://picasaweb.google.com/thzerodo...ux5BConversion) but here is a shot of the "finished" project.

TCS Crawlers 5T TVP Conversion.
ProLine Badlands on Maximizers (for now).
2200kV Tork + Mamba Monster ESC.
5S 5800 Zippy Flightmax batteries.
Custom internal battery mount.
Ofna buggy wing attached to the rear body mount.

Weighs in at 15.8lbs fully loaded. Not too bad considering I think in nitro format it was around 12 or 13lbs.

It ended up being more of a 4WD buggy! And I've decided that going to the 7.5" diameter 5T wheels are probably more than the Savage 8th scale driveline can handle, I'll probably go with the buggy tires which are no bigger than the Big Joes I've run on the nitro savage. Not to mention it saves having to buy a $150 body!

Looking towards the buggy tires, I'm probably going to drop to a Castle-Neu 1600kV. This will of course mean grinding out the motor mounts and will means some material removal on the TVPs to let it fit.