T maxx hv conversion

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Just the stock grey 3.3 ones. I have had very good luck with the stock shocks on the maxx. I only bash, and my driving skill is good enough that I rarely ever break anything. If I do anything I may add the al shock caps that traxxas sells. That said I knocked the lower front arm of the crt.5 tonight, but I was driving blind in the dark!

I do believe we have some things in common. LOL

I got so anxious to play with my Revo the other night but it was dark.

I have a quantity of those 9 LED flashlights. You know the ones that take the 3 AAA cells?

I strapped two of those flashlights to the front bumper bracket and made headlights.

It worked. I was able to enjoy my run and have my fun for the day. Was probably freaking the neighbors out a little though. LOL

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by sikeston34m

I have a quantity of those 9 LED flashlights. You know the ones that take the 3 AAA cells?

I strapped two of those flashlights to the front bumper bracket and made headlights.

It worked. I was able to enjoy my run and have my fun for the day. Was probably freaking the neighbors out a little though. LOL

I have a few of those. We actually took on and strapped it to my mini lst (crap by the way) and slowly drove it around the vacant lot across the street. A bunch of people saw the light moving around and could not figure out what it was. I was hiding behind a bush, so they did not see me. Great fun, especially when one person went after it, good thing it was brushless, and good for 30mph, or he may have caught it!

[sikeston34m]

Any Progress as of late?

I'm a little curious as to how well those diffs are going to hold up.

[lincpimp]

I am still waiting on the brake components (linkage, and pad parts) to finish that up. I had the parts for the yusa on road project show up, so I put my attention towards finishing that. I still need to make the motor mount for the tmaxx and the battery tray, but a sunday should take care of that. Work has also been kicking my butt as we are very busy, and it is raining. After looking at the diffs I am confident that they will hold up with no issues. The cas design is better than the emaxx in that if it tries to spread apart, the pinion to ring gear mesh will not alter. The case is split horizontally, not vertically like the emaxx cases.

[lincpimp]

Ok, got a chance today to do some more work on the ol' tmaxx. I made a chassis plate to mount the rcm revo motor mount to. Used a piece of t6 6061 and drilled and tapped it. It mounts to the chassis with screws from underneath and the revo mount bolts to it from the top. It seems very sturdy so I am sure it will be ok. I also picked up a 3.3 tmaxx radio box. It mount in the stock location and just misses the brake pads, I guess the chassis is not symetrical and flipping it over made some difference. The radio box looks big enough to get my receiver and the cc bec in, which should tidy up the chassis alot.

[sikeston34m]

This looks GREAT Linc!

Is that a 6XL?

[lincpimp]

Nope, it is a 20xl! I found it on ebay and paid 50 bucks, brand new. 834 kv, so it should run about 30k rpm on 10s lipo. I also got my Great Planes 60HV esc and prog card in. It looks well made and even comes with a deans connector already soldered on! The card gives some decent options, like timing and freq, plus cutoff voltage and motor reverse, which is handy caus e I like to hard wire and it can be a pain if you have to desolder two wires and swap them to ge the truck going the right way. I have given up on connectors for mtor to esc wiring, they just seem to cause alot of problems!