Another Brushless REVO conversion

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by AAngel

Actually, it'll be my wife that's killing me if she walks into my shop and sees another RC vehicle.

You simply hide your least favorite one so the vehicle count will be the same. Or, don't let her in the basement. Or, make your work area such a mess that she doesn't see it sitting there among everything else. See? There are ways, you're just not trying hard enough! Where are your priorities? ;)

[SixShooter]

Originally Posted by BrianG

You simply hide your least favorite one so the vehicle count will be the same. Or, don't let her in the basement. Or, make your work area such a mess that she doesn't see it sitting there among everything else. See? There are ways, you're just not trying hard enough! Where are your priorities? ;)

Sounds like someones has done this before :005:


You can also have it shipped to a friends address and say it's his and your working on it ;) Just make sure you pay him cash so there is no paper trail.

[Serum]

Remember; in these circumstances it's the truck of your best friend. If you don't have friends you can make one up, and call it Steve.. You met Steve at the hobby shop you visited because you wanted to sell some of your trucks (because you have got your hands full on 1 truck) and he wanted to have his revo converted.. (Mind you; Don't try this if your name is Pinocchio, because your nose would be most likely poking her eyes out)

It's not that hard to avoid the killing, you see?

[GriffinRU]

Originally Posted by Serum

Remember; in these circumstances it's the truck of your best friend. If you don't have friends you can make one up, and call it Steve.. You met Steve at the hobby shop you visited because you wanted to sell some of your trucks (because you have got your hands full on 1 truck) and he wanted to have his revo converted.. (Mind you; Don't try this if your name is Pinocchio, because your nose would be most likely poking her eyes out)

It's not that hard to avoid the killing, you see?

Rene. that is the best excuse!!!

[BrianG]

Actually, no. lol. It was just a few ideas off the top of my head. :)

You guys are cracking me up. I've already done the hide my least favorite one, and then tell my wife that I traded it for the new one.

[Serum]

You are evil!! we are only suggesting it, and making fun of it.. but you are actually doing it!! you've got Balls boy...

Hey, sometimes, you do what you've got to do. LOL.

In all seriousness though, my Muggy is getting to be a PITA. It is definitely not on par with the real truggies, so I'm ready to move to a new project.

[BrianG]

I know someone who will be sleeping on the couch (or doghouse lol) if that someone's wife finds out. Hmmm, I wonder how much it would be worth to him for us not to tell her? :017:

Oh, now that's not right.

[BrianG]

lol. :) Not right for you, fine for me. :)

[Serum]

Perhaps we can actually gain a nice truck in our collection with this knowledge Brian!

All we will tell our Girls is our little excuse...; 'we got it from some rich bloke who had enough of all his vehicles...'

[Shark413]

Well took the Evo out to the track this weekend and it was fantastic... There were several nitro T-Maxx/Revo's out there and they got smoked. The HV 4.5 is so much faster than the HV 6.5. The only cars that gave me a run for my money were the big block 1/8 scale nitro truggies. Was on my third set of batteries when diasater struck. I just cleared a double double and then nothing, the motor just spun but no forward motion. OK, so the pinion came loose, no biggie. NOT... the shaft actually snapped off.. Don't know if it was a defect, too much power (upgraded from a HV 6.5 to a HV 4.5) or slipper was too tight or what. Sending it back to Novak for service. I Had to spend the rest of the day driving boring nitro cars...

That looks like a 1/8" shaft. If it is, it's not surprising and it's why most of us run motors with 5mm shafts. Novak should replace that.

I've been thinking hard about doing this Revo conversion, but after having thought about it; I've decided not to do it. I found out today that my Compro is still in limbo and I'm anticipating the esc needing to go back to MGM and once that happens, there's no telling how long it will be before I'm running it. My only choice at this point will be to buy a new esc, if I want to get up and running. After all of this waiting, the excitement and anticipation has worn off and my Muggy is just going to sit. I know that all of this electric conversion stuff is really just experimental, but the buying something and having to hope that it will work has taken its tole. My buddy at my LHS called me today to let me know that he got in a T-Rex450SE Version 2. That's going to cost me a lot less than converting a Revo and I KNOW that it will work and if something breaks or doesn't work right, all it's going to take is a five minute ride to remedy the situation.

I'm sure that I will come back to the world of large scale electric cars/trucks, but I need a break.

[Shark413]

Ok, a new rotor is on the way. I have never taken a brushless motor apart so is there anything special to look out for? All I need to do is remove the endbell, replace the rotor and reinstall the endbell right?