brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions.

[KaztheMinotaur]

It ended up being $42 for the machine shop work. Seems reasonable to me considering they got it done in a day.

I'm going to my mechanic tomorrow morning to have him help me harden the gears.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

It ended up being $42 for the machine shop work. Seems reasonable to me considering they got it done in a day.

I'm going to my mechanic tomorrow morning to have him help me harden the gears.

thats great. i found a new machine shop i am gonna try working with. this last one had a $100 min and usually took weeks to do anything cuz they are always so busy. the good thing is they were stones throw from my house. the new one is miles away but sound very low key, do small jobs, and are ready for work.

[Ryu James]

did everyone see the newly posted 10s brushless baja on yt?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L73aNJ-wlIk

that is with the Neu 2215 600kv on 10s. all temps are cool and running sweet. hope that is a good indicator for me. that thing is awesome huh!

[KaztheMinotaur]

I got some clear LED lights to use as headlights...thought that might be interesting. I could mount them on some alum in back of the bumper.

I have a 3S 2500 mah LiPo to power the fans and RX. I'm going to run the fans through a switch that I can control from the RX. I will also have a BEC to power the RX / servos.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

I got some clear LED lights to use as headlights...thought that might be interesting. I could mount them on some alum in back of the bumper.

I have a 3S 2500 mah LiPo to power the fans and RX. I'm going to run the fans through a switch that I can control from the RX. I will also have a BEC to power the RX / servos.

thats a great idea. hadnt thought of doing it that way. i just got my fans today. got some big 60mm ones. one is made out of aluminum. they are the perfect size to mount on my motor mount but the 40mm i think will be more effective looking at it now cuz the entire fan fits inside the square hole on top of motor mount and i think will provide better cooling. the aluminum fan looks cool though. oh, plus it has 4 blue led's on it so it would look pretty cool having blue lights all around my motor with that shiny fan spinning.

i have a question though. it came with a weird connector. it is a 3 pin connector but not like a typical servo wire connector. can anyone tell me how i can convert this to a connector that would plug into my rx? i will post some pics in a bit.

[KaztheMinotaur]

Maybe the motor is brushless?

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

Maybe the motor is brushless?

i think youre right. i remeber seeing something that said "brushless fan"