Planning E-Revo

[Pliska]

Thanks for the replys, I will be locking it into second, so I will try out the gearing Finnster said, as well get a few other pinions. He has almost the exact same setup as I will be running. I already have some extra 40T spur gears so that helps me.

As for the Lipo, I will check out the 4s2p packs, I think that will be the way to go, so i dont have to mount two batterys/charge two and run the wiring for two, I think one will be more simple. I am going for as simple as possible for ease of working on it.

I will look into the chargers before I decide on witch one I will go with. Thank you all for the insite!

[lincpimp]

With the 4s2p keep in mind that weight balance will be off on that side. That being said there is not alot of real estate to mount 2 battery packs on a revo with a stock tranny. The emaxx chassis really makes nice trays. I found a new chassis on ebay for about 15 bucks shipped and a few minutes with the band saw got me two nice strong battery trays. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by lincpimp

With the 4s2p keep in mind that weight balance will be off on that side. That being said there is not alot of real estate to mount 2 battery packs on a revo with a stock tranny. The emaxx chassis really makes nice trays. I found a new chassis on ebay for about 15 bucks shipped and a few minutes with the band saw got me two nice strong battery trays. Just a thought.

It wouldn't be unbalanced with a single side pack as bad as you might think. We just had this discussion before the forums went down and I weighed my Revo (single battery set up) with a (14) cell subC pack in place. Here's what I found out:

The battery block is on the right side. It's slightly out of balance to the front right corner by 3.25 ounces (1.7% of total 11lbs 10ounces). The rear is off balance to the right side by .3 ounces (.16% of total 11lbs 10ounces).

LF 2lbs 4.74ounces ----------- RF 2lbs 8.01ounces

LR 3lbs 6.8ounces ------------ RR 3lbs 7.1ounces

The (14) brick is about 880g. 4S MaxAmps 10Ah pack is 820g, the 8Ah is only 725g. So it may actually get you fairly close to being balanced. Here's a pic so you can sort of see the layout. The battery tray is over there where the tank and receiver box use to be.