Traxxas 4-Tec Conversion

[lincpimp]

Looks good Brian, I know how you feel and bing less than enthusiastic... My 4-tec is just sitting in a box! Maybe it needs a new home?

Anyone want it?

I do like your motor mount Brian, any ideas where/how you will mount the battery?

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Looks good Brian, I know how you feel and bing less than enthusiastic... My 4-tec is just sitting in a box! Maybe it needs a new home?

Anyone want it?

I do like your motor mount Brian, any ideas where/how you will mount the battery?

It's not that I don't think it will work well, it's just that it gives me something to work on in between other projects. The weather right now isn't the best for on-road so I have some time.

For some reason, I still have an old emaxx motor mount plate around, so I use that as a template when I dremel out the adjustment slot and shaft collar area. It is a PITA to dremel the slot to be the exact size and arc needed, but not too bad.

I plan on using 3s with a Medusa 36-60-3100 motor. I can technically get a normal ~140mm long pack to fit, but it will hang off the chassis quite a bit. Not only does this look funny, it makes it unbalanced. So, I think I'm gonna get a couple ~1500mAh+ 3s saddlepack size packs and put them in parallel to get the capacity (at least 3Ah) and length I want. I have the whole layout planned out so it's just a matter of looking around. I'm shooting for around 50-60mph so I won't need super heavy duty packs.