My e-revo brushless edition build

[sjcrss]

JST/XH is also known as Align

Hyperion is also known as Polyquest

this info is taken from here...
http://www.rctech.net/forum/r-c-item...-adapters.html

Wow! Nice build!

Have got ALOT of inspiration from you ;-)
- Thanks!

[phatmonk]

Tested my e revo today for some speed runs and my POS TRX am radio glitches like crazy.I have a MMM and Neu 1512 2x2s 5200 30c.The throttle cuts out under full throttle 80 ft away.Doesnt do it at short range.Also lost all control at about 120 ft.Do I need a servo spliter to run 2 servos off of 1 number 2 channel I will try my MX3 fm radio?

[suicideneil]

For dual steering servos you mean? Yeah, just a regular Y-splitter will be fine- I used to do the same but then I discovered the joys of channel mixing with a 6 channel radio & 8 channel rx!

[mistercrash]

Brown Boy brought me a big box today and I received another smaller box from Japan also. I have two new Lifepo4 3S 4500 mah Turnigys, 8 Proline 40 series Mashers, 8 Axial 40 series chrome wheels and tomorrow I will pick up some Parma liquid mask at the LHS to start painting the two Proline Ford F650 bodies I have. Soon I will post some cool pics of the two ERBEs with the new bodies and wheels and I will post some graphs of the Turnigys and of course I will try them out in the snow.

[rawfuls]

I wish my friends would call UPS brown boy......
And my dad be like you.

The LiFePo4 were new right?
...I thought they came from HongKong/China....

[mistercrash]

Man I suck at geography. Yes they came from China.

I put my new lifepo4 Turnigys on the CBA analyzer and this is what came out.

LiFePO4 1:
Discharge rate: 9.60 A
Starting voltage: 10.30 V
Ending voltage: 7.30 V
Total time: 26 minutes 49 seconds
Tested capacity: 4586 mah



LiFePO4 2:
Discharge rate: 9.60 A
Starting voltage: 10.40 V
Ending voltage: 7.30 V
Total time: 25 minutes 41 seconds
Tested capacity: 4105 mah



And the two graphs overlay ed



There's a small difference in the two as far as run time and capacity. I will analyze these packs again after they have a few cycles through them to see if they get better.

[rawfuls]

*Facepalm*
I need to go back to school.. It's been too long, I guess I wasn't thinking, nevermind..
I'mmmmmmmm an idiot.

[mistercrash]

No you're not.

Some bashing this morning with the new 3S lifepo4 Turnigys. It's pretty much like running 5S lipo. But unlike lipo, the discharge curve of the lifepo is more progressive close to the end of the cycle. I mean that the packs don't dump suddenly like my lipos do. So after about 8 minutes (I didn't time it precisely) the power started to be less, like 4S for about a minute. Then it started to drop down even more, that's when I brought the truck back. The packs were slightly warm to the touch. Back on the charger, my CellPro showed 10% charge left. My lipos give me full power until the LVC kicks in and when I put them on the charger, they show 2 or 3% charge left in them.
Personally, I wouldn't use these lifepo for racing, I would rather have full power through the whole discharge that lipos give. But for bashing and having fun, the lifepo is awesome. No LVC, no puffing, recharge very quickly at very high rates and tough as nails.

One last thing, the water proofness of the ESC and servo proved to be excellent again and the double party balloon on the batteries kept them bone dry again.

[mistercrash]

I mounted those Mashers on the Axial wheels. I also put a little paint in the recesses of the wheels to give it a unique look. My F0rd F650 body will be red so I have a set of wheels with red accents and my son's F650 will be blue so a set with blue accents for him.



The tires and wheels/tires are big. At 420 grams each, they are going to be the biggest and heaviest wheels/tires I have evr used on my ERBE. But I think they look sweet. Real Monster Truck like.



My son's wheels are going to look even better because they have blue accents which will match the blue hue in the chrome from the Ofna adapters.

[Bondonutz]

Real Purty Mr.C !
That boy of your is lucky to have an Ol' man to spoil him like you do !

[Chadworkz]

And here I am spoiling my Dad with his own E-Revo and Supermaxx... :(

[mistercrash]

The Proline Ford F650 bodies are finally done. I hate painting bodies so the paint scheme is very simple. So right now the bodies are mounted on the trucks very low. I like it like that. My F650 body is red and my son's F650 body is blue.



You probably noticed that there are no bumpers. These bodies are long and the stock ERBE bumpers almost fit inside. I don't want to cut the bodies too much to fit around the stock bumpers. I could just raise the body posts and have the bodies fit over the bumpers but I really like the low slung look. I'm thinking of maybe making a couple plates out of Kydex that would screw on the bumper mounts and support the body from the inside? To install the stock bumpers, I could use some long spacers and longer screws but the bumpers would be poking out of the front grill and tail gate. I don't think it would look to good. I'll have to think about what I'm gonna do.

the bodies look great! finally someone else who likes the low slung look like me,it seems as though other people like the look of straight axle truck height by raising the body but dont get it isnt the same as a true "monster truck".as for bumpers i used flat pieces of alu. screwed to the skids.simple yet effective--josh

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by bigsteel

for bumpers i used flat pieces of alu. screwed to the skids.simple yet effective--josh

That's a good idea. I'll remember that. Thanks.