hotbodies Ve8 pics

The mechanical brakes was the main reason I wanted ve8. That and the d8 suspension is just awesome. Go mechanical brakes!

[Marvin]

I'm running 18/50 gearing, but would like to get my slipperential in there - problem is it rubs on the motor plate, even with a load of grinding (with the 48 spur - the 52 won't fit in at all). I'll have to see if Mike could do me a special 50T slipperential spur.

Thanks for the comments on the body, one of the guys at the track I race at jokingly said that my car ran on AAs, so I though 'aha - Duracell, maybe they'll stop picking it up when marshalling thinking it has cut.'

The copper colour was a little hard to find though. It's brushed on (as in hand painted - I don't have enough money, time or talent for an airbrush, but I could always hand-paint well).

[rchippie]

Here are some pics of the battery mounted with the spacers i made to prevent the lipo from sliding in either direction. There is no vecro underneath the lipo & it does not move at all .

[rchippie]

I modded one of the velcro straps. This will make it eaiser to get the lipo in & out of the car . Plus i it will be more secure . I have to get another strap to do the other one .
what do you think ?.

[bdebde]

Originally Posted by big greg

im still trying to decide if i wanna run mech. brakes, everything gets here monday for mine, it will be like christmas lol, car/ batteries/ motor,and a few other odds and ends, i even bought a new power screwdriver to put it together!

You will need it when it comes to the diffs, the screws are very long and get pretty hard to turn.

Originally Posted by rchippie

I modded one of the velcro straps. This will make it eaiser to get the lipo in & out of the car . Plus i it will be more secure . I have to get another strap to do the other one .
what do you think ?.

I did the losi straps on mine.

[sebsta]

Here is mine:







- Tekin T8 1900 kv (shortened shaft)
- Turnigy 3000 4S 30C
- chopped MMM
- Tekno straps

I still have not much run time on it due to the snow over here. Looking forward to spring.

cheers

sebsta

Lookin good Sebsta!

[sebsta]

Thanks!

btw I call it "the skunk".

[Marvin]

Finally some pics of mine under the body:







You can see (just, the pics aren't great - there's no sunlight in the UK):
A Castle Creations MMP, with 3 220uF 35V 105° capacitors
A Castle Creations BEC Pro
An MKS HV-380 Servo - 0.03s transit times
A Tekin T8 1400KV motor
A Neu-Energy 30C 6S 2500mAh pack
Spektrum DSM2 Rx
Lots of wires.

Just a note - I'm running the radio equipment on 9.5V.

9.5 volts! holy cow! No mechanical brakes eh?

I have my m11 setup so I can switch models and go from mechanical brakes to motor brakes with a touch of a button. Its MUCH easier to drive with the mechanical brakes. It just fits my driving style I guess. I suppose you could tune the way the car slides with the motor brakes with diff fluids... I am running the stock diff fluids and shock oils and I love the way it handles.

BTW, is there a pro setup guide for this car yet? Im interested to know what diff fluid combos you guys run and the shock oil and other setup help.

[Marvin]

With the tracks I run on, the surface is so loose that you really don't want to entice the back of the car round. It's also not my driving style - I'm the more controlled - perhaps slower - 'let the rear follow the front' type driver (and my set-ups go the same way). I never used brake bias as a tuning option when I ran nitro - I just set them up equal front and rear.

I haven't seen any set-up sheets for this, though if you want a set-up 'guide' then there's always Hudy's offering.

Thanks for the link.. Some good reading there!

you do not like the internal bec of the mm pro?

[Marvin]

It's not that - it only goes up to 7V. I'm running on 9.5V.

[stum]

Anyone know if this ve8 motor mount will bolt into a d8t (truggy) verison for a quick e conversion?