installed electronics on "DIRECT" drive emaxximum(pics)

[e-mike]

why use dean....the 6mm will be better for your set-up??!!

[plettenbergs]

i am taking the truck to my LHS tomorrow to look for connectors...they specialize in electric planes and cars!...6mm what?...this is my first electric r/c!...i have been nitro guy!!

The packs look like they could become damaged easy. The packs hang over the chassis almost a 1/2! I'll bet a pair of mikes battery trays would bolt right up and provide some much needed impact resistance.

[BL_RV0]

[George16]

i picked up 4 aluminum show trucks from a dude in ALASKA last year....He was getting out of the hobby and threw this chassis in for free!...It has been in my tmaxx room until last week when i woke it from the dead!....it has one long shaft conected to front and rear diff....

Is that one of the things you bought from Booyah? It's nice. Too bad it's not made anymore.

[plettenbergs]

no,i did not get it from BOOYA!....as far as i know this is the only chassis like this!....Virgil is making me a new mounting bracket for the steering servo!....it will be ready to run after the part is ready!....i plan on runing the LIGHTNING on 2-5s this weekend if the weather holds up!....i am also going to fabricate some new posts for the UE battery hold down kit to work with the larger 5s lipo batts(wish me luck)...it should look very trick!

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by plettenbergs

no,i did not get it from BOOYA!....as far as i know this is the only chassis like this!....Virgil is making me a new mounting bracket for the steering servo!....it will be ready to run after the part is ready!....i plan on runing the LIGHTNING on 2-5s this weekend if the weather holds up!....i am also going to fabricate some new posts for the UE battery hold down kit to work with the larger 5s lipo batts(wish me luck)...it should look very trick!

Can you contact the person you bought it from and ask him where he picked up the frame and what it is? It is a very nice truck and I am sure that you will have a lot of fun with it as long as you get it all hooked up correctly and safely. Good luck with the setup and testing. Go easy on it up front. You seem to have a pretty good build on your hands there.

[lutach]

Here is where I saw that chassis for the first time:

http://www.bk-electronics.com/copper...&cat=0&pos=199
http://www.bk-electronics.com/copper...&cat=0&pos=200
http://www.bk-electronics.com/copper...&cat=0&pos=201
http://www.bk-electronics.com/copper...&cat=0&pos=202
http://www.bk-electronics.com/copper...&cat=0&pos=203

[roweder]

what guage wire are you using? it looks like 16 guage in the picture next to the 8 guage on the li-pos, and that doesn't look like sillicone wire either. without sillicone wire, if the guage is too small and the current is too high, the insulation might melt... and that would not end well.

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by roweder

what guage wire are you using? it looks like 16 guage in the picture next to the 10 guage on the li-pos, and that doesn't look like sillicone wire either. without sillicone wire, if the guage is too small and the current is too high, the insulation might melt... and that would not end well.

Is that 10ga? It looks similar to the polyquest XQ packs, which I heard used 8ga to help counter the higher cell resistance.

[roweder]

I thought it was big for 10guage, maybe they should use copper tab cells instead, maybe solder with a little silver mixed in? imo that's a better plan

and I think the zippy li-pos use china cells, polyquest is an enerland pack

[Sammus]

I assumed the polyquest XQ were copper tab? Theyre the latest polyquest packs I thought, with the highest discharge rating. But for some reason give slightly higher V drop under load (apparently.. none of this is confirmed by myself). I'd be surprised if any new lipos weren't copper tab to be honest. At any rate, if theyre not, they damn well should be! :P

[roweder]

I really hope they are, maxamps uses copper tab cells, but they don't use nice cells.

I like thunder power v2's the best, they're enerland packs. I hope this has copper cell tabs, cuz I'm getting it soon: http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/17987

[roweder]

but really, plettenbergs what gauge is that wire going to the motor? you could be loosing some voltage with that stuff

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by roweder

I really hope they are, maxamps uses copper tab cells, but they don't use nice cells.

I like thunder power v2's the best, they're enerland packs. I hope this has copper cell tabs, cuz I'm getting it soon: http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/17987

Wow if they are at least XP cells thats an awesome price, nearly as good as the polyquest prices (236 for the 5000 6s XP). I'm not sure though because PQ rate their 5000XP to 25C, whereas that one is only 22C...

Originally Posted by roweder

but really, plettenbergs what gauge is that wire going to the motor? you could be loosing some voltage with that stuff

Lol yeah back to the topic at hand, I'm also interested to know :P