Brushless lightning stadium

Continued from last time...

This was because I planned to sit the motor to one side of the centre diff. However, I quickly changed plan and decided to mount the motor ontop of the centre diff. Now by doing this, you can utilize the hole i mentioned earlier. You can see in this picture:



The red line indicates the edge of the circle.

If anyone would like a close-up of the motor plate mounted or un-mounted, please ask and I will get one for you.

Now, to attatch the motor plate to the centre diff. I didn't think that two 2.5mm self tapping screws would cut it. I took the drill to the holes and enlarged them to 3mm. Then I counter-sunk the inner side (Diff gear side) of that block to bolt the motor plate on. It seems prety solid. Next, the centre diff brace. As standard the centre diff brace is some space ship-shaped item instead of a simple square. If you cut this so that it looks like a bracket, one of these ( then you will be able to use the other side of the bracket to make the new 'bracket'. Now there is no flex in the mount as before. Now we have to mount the esc. From this picture:



You can see the area marked out where the ESC can go, plenty of room. You can velcro this on, use a strap, cable ties, or make a plate and bolt it on. I bolted mine on.

Lastly is mounting the batteries. This is an easy step. If you have some battery straps, simply put 4 holes in your chassis (2 per side) and counter-sink them on the underside and put a nut on the battery strap washer. Easy.

And that's you pretty much done any other personal touches wont take very much work, cable tie-ing ubec's on etc...

All I needed To do this whole conversion was.

Maxx Motor plate (Now quarter of original size :018: )
Battery Straps

That's it. Simple.

Remember, All I had was a dremel and a 12V cordless drill. None of this pro lathe cnc stuff. I didn't even use a vice, I used a person. His thumbs are a little burnt from the heat of the motor plate, but he'll live.

Any pics etc..., needed, just ask.