LOSI LST XXL Conversion ideas - RC-Monster Forums

Chadworkz · 05.13.2010, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jpoprock

How thick is yer CF plate going to be? Aren't you concerned with it not being durable for "bashing"?

Like MC said, carbon-fiber is MUCH stronger and stiffer than aluminum, so there will be zero problems with strength or durability. In fact, the strength & durability of the carbon-fiber will be 10 times that of the stock aluminum...maybe even more!

JThiessen · 05.13.2010, 08:22 AM

Hey MC - I just noticed your location for the steering servo. It appears to be about a half a servo behind the stock location. What drove you to locate it there (I'm cutting my templates today....).

JThiessen · 05.14.2010, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JThiessen

Hey MC - I just noticed your location for the steering servo. It appears to be about a half a servo behind the stock location. What drove you to locate it there (I'm cutting my templates today....).

Hey - curiosity is killing me here man....

mistercrash · 01:38 PM

Sorry about that, It just seemed a proper location to me having it a bit further to the rear. It gives me more room for my thick fingers to work on it.

I just tried the truck again with a fresh set of 3S lipos. My batteries were empty before

That was the problem. With a freshly charged set of 3S, the thing is a beast and there's plenty of top speed. So with more speed I was able to try to get the truck to flip on it's lid when cornering. Couldn't do it. The truck won't flip. Beautiful. I'm going to have fun with this thing. Gotta make a vid of this truck running.

nitrostarter · 05.14.2010, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by mistercrash

Sorry about that, It just seemed a proper location to me having it a bit further to the rear. It gives me more room for my thick fingers to work on it.

I just tried the truck again with a fresh set of 3S lipos. My batteries were empty before

That was the problem. With a freshly charged set of 3S, the thing is a beast and there's plenty of top speed. So with more speed I was able to try to get the truck to flip on it's lid when cornering. Couldn't do it. The truck won't flip. Beautiful. I'm going to have fun with this thing. Gotta make a vid of this truck running.

that sounds better. I know the powertrain is an animal on 6s and well worth the cash. I knew you're gearing or lipo's had to be off.

What were your temps like? should be 100F and below

Videos are nice, but there is just raw power made by the 1521. It's hard to capture in video. But I'll gladly watch!

mistercrash · 05.14.2010, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by nitrostarter

What were your temps like? should be 100F and below

I didn't have enough time to run the whole capacity of the lipos but after 6 or 7 minutes of running, wheelying, speed passes and just fooling around with it to see what it could do, the motor and lipos were not even warm. I didn't check the temp of the ESC but the fan wasn't on. It's really nice to see that everything was so cool even when moving such a heavy truck. I need new batteries for my scales but I think the truck with lipos in it is around 14 pounds

I'll have to convince my wife to film the truck. I'll try tomorrow.

mistercrash · 05.15.2010, 02:40 PM

I went through a whole set of Turnigy 5800 mah 3S lipos this morning. Not on the street and grass but in a construction site. It's a tough place for an RC with dirt mounts, gravel, rocks, 2X4s with nails, empty coffee cups and cigarette butts. But IMO that is where these trucks belong. Other than the first battle scars on the underside of the truck, nothing broken. Temps where 115 motor, 120 ESC and 75 lipos. I was having so much fun that I totally forgot to check for run time.

Still working on the vid.