Brushless Lightning Stadium Pro conversion

[Joey]

Originally Posted by SpeedAssault

I like it,
Nice design
very nice job

What mill machine are you using?
Didn't see it mentioned

Checkout page 3 ;)

Looks incredible CM, that aluminum work is astounding. Im confused about what you do to cut the long straight lines on the aluminum, how do you do it on your machines?

[Candyman2]

its a Sieg X1,



only little. I have a vice mounted on the table of my mill, most stuff gets clamped in that, im not an engineer, not have I been trained in how to mill, so the way I use my mill is probably not how its "supposed" to be done, i dont know. Its not that hard I find I can do 95% of what I want quite easily.

[Joey]

Ok so... the mill (drill press?) is on the left and lathe on the right? Im still confused, if you clamp the alu down in a vice, what do you move across it to make the long cuts? Or do you clamp it to part of the mill that can slide, and use a special drill bit to slide the alu against to make the cut?

Sorry for the questions, Ive just always wondered about this.

[_paralyzed_]

if you look at the vise on the mill bench (the machine on the left) you can see there are handles to either screw it in or out straight or left to right. The bits are designed to cut sideways, rather than straight down. So you set the bit and then turn the handles until you have the desired cut.

edit: the handles are part of the mill bench, the vise is mounted atop that

[Joey]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

if you look at the vise on the mill bench (the machine on the left) you can see there are handles to either screw it in or out straight or left to right. The bits are designed to cut sideways, rather than straight down. So you set the bit and then turn the handles until you have the desired cut.

edit: the handles are part of the mill bench, the vise is mounted atop that

Clears that up, thanks!

[Candyman2]

Had to beef up the wishbone mounts, they normally just screw to the gearbox cases, I have made these to sit on and bolt to the chassis aswell.

[Superbasher]

Looks very beefy, nice :) Are you running LiPo's in that yet?

[Candyman2]

no of course not, why would i.

[suicideneil]

When hell freezes over...

I like those parts, they look factory.

Any progress on the next-gen emaxx chassis that matches the design of this one?

[Candyman2]

lol, well honestly whats the point, as you can see from the video its got all the power you need. Its only a 1515 Neu (1100kv) after all they dont draw that much current! and judging by the "UNBELIEVABLE Neu on 6S" video that I watched the other day, yawn, i think I can survive with my nimh's.

No more work on the E maxx, I was quite enjoying running my maxx with the new chassis untill I cooked my plettenberg, when I get the Neu in it I'll run that a bit more. Its a lot more stable with the longer wheelbase but still wheelies a lot, I just need to tune it.

[suicideneil]

Cool, fair dos.

On the wheelie issue, I could never tone my truck down enough to prevent them. Non-effective slipper asside, the front would always pick up beyond about half throttle and thats when accidents started happening; I have resigned myself to using my home brew 6" wheelie bar, it works extremely well and still makes the truck enjoyable, but alot more controllable at higher speeds- worth concidering I reckon, even if it was just used for speed runs.

[Candyman2]

yeh, i gave up on the solid center section in the end and switched to a diff. I found with about half 500k and half 100k oil its thick enough to lift the front up, but it does it slowly and give you enough time to let of the throttle without it going straight over.

What do you have in the middle of your maxx?

[suicideneil]

A 3906 tranny, converted to single speed with the GorillaMaxx conversion, and also has an Rc4wd.com aluminium output gear (still running Mike's steel idler though). The slipper is stock 3906, only its glued & tightened down fully; I tried a 3905 slipper (modified input shaft and parts purchased form TDC57 I think it was), but the plate the slipper pads attach to is only pot metal and it cracked when tightened up a bit = chocolate teapot...

[Bondonutz]

Very Nice work ! I'm a big Fan of the LSP's, Have 2 myself and yours is by far the nicest I've seen. A++

Candymann? Could you post a video when you're making an aluminium part with the mill? I still can't imagine that a person can make SUCH beautifull aluminium parts with his hands...
(I can't find anything on youtube, only mini mills that are "converted" to CNC)