New BL 8ight Project

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Still got nitro residue on the body behind the pipe cutout. Ha

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Just raced it tonight for the first time. Ran fantastically. Tons of power - though the motor was a bit hot (180f) after a 7 minute main. The ESC stayed fairly cool at about 125f.. Batteries were great and stayed under 95f all night. Capacitor and CCBEC stayed very cool (under 90f).

I'm thinking of gearing up one or two teeth on the pinion to cool the motor down a bit.

The batteries seemed to perform very well. I didn't have the chance to check actual run-time as I was re-topping-off between qualifiers.. but it stayed very cool under some pretty hard racing.

We shot some video of both buggies. It should be posted up within a day or two.

-Jeff

Conversion looks fantastic! Definitely keep us updated on the Zippy pack, I'll been thinking of get one to use for practice if nothing else. Can't beat the price

wow this is kinda making me want to build a eletric buggy. since im selling my revo i might just think about doing one of these

good build man.

[MTBikerTim]

I am planning on going with A123 in my savage but if these zippy pack turn out OK maybe I'll get those.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Originally Posted by drkros3

wow this is kinda making me want to build a eletric buggy. since im selling my revo i might just think about doing one of these

good build man.

Thanks! I definitely like 1/8th buggies. Bashing or racing I think they're great vehicles.

Originally Posted by MTBikerTim

I am planning on going with A123 in my savage but if these zippy pack turn out OK maybe I'll get those.

Not much experience with them yet, but after two 5 min. qualifiers and a 7 min. main (with re-peaks between) the battery stayed very very cool and had a ton of power. After the main I was playing on the track and learned I could easily make the back triple which very few cars can do.. and even triple the first 3 whoops which I not a single other car was attempting. The point is - lots of performance so far. I'll hopefully be using this battery for racing 2-4 times a month.. and I'll definitely keep everyone updated on it since they're fairly new to the community.

-Jeff

[KaztheMinotaur]

Is the 8XL C can the same KV as the regular 8XL?

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

Is the 8XL C can the same KV as the regular 8XL?

As far as I know the only difference between is the fins on the can. Same rotor, windings, magnets, etc. I'd ask someone with more experience for the final say - but as far as I know that's the case.

[jnev]

Great looking conversion. I am thinking about doing a 8ight conversion myself... have you happened to upload the video yet?

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Don't have the video of mine up yet.. but I'm uploading a video of Chapitos as we speak. I'll try to post them both up tonight.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Okay so here's some clips of last saturdays races..

http://rc.jeffjassky.com/videos/feb-2-08/

The video will require quicktime. If you don't have quicktime you can download it here http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

The audio mixing is really really rough.. I'll be uploading a fixed version in a day or so along with the video of my buggy.

-Jeff

[jnev]

The video doesn't seem to be working for me. Do you think you can upload it to You tube or somehow host it somewhere else where it will be viewable?

[neweuser]

Originally Posted by JeffEmbracedDC

As far as I know the only difference between is the fins on the can. Same rotor, windings, magnets, etc. I'd ask someone with more experience for the final say - but as far as I know that's the case.

Yes. Fiego, Wanderer, Nemesis all use the same internals.

[JeffEmbracedDC]

Originally Posted by jnev

The video doesn't seem to be working for me. Do you think you can upload it to You tube or somehow host it somewhere else where it will be viewable?

I've updated the URL. See if that works for you.

[MTBikerTim]

The video worked for me. Looks good, makes me want to race buggies. That other nitro buggy was quick.