Castle moving sale

[Riko]

Originally Posted by toplakd

My own Savage to Baja conversion with 560mm wheelbase
Place for batteries up to 157x74x55mm and 1717 motor sizes.
I'm using 7075 Aluminium for TVP's and motor-servo-battery plates.

Dejan

Nice!
I saw it on some board with this picture:


and I see you even sold one on ebay it seems
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1156


do you still sell kits? now or in the future?

[JERRY2KONE]

Nice looking setup. Well I recieved two 1717 motors in the mail yesterday from CC, and I have one more coming in Monday or Tuesday from a personal sale. So now I will have three of them in case I have any critical failures. Of course we are packing up for our move, so it will be a few months until I get to play with any of our R/C toys. Next year should be a fun time in The Hill house where R/C is concerned.

[Riko]

What set up, from who?

[Riko]

Originally Posted by toplakd

My own Savage to Baja conversion with 560mm wheelbase
Place for batteries up to 157x74x55mm and 1717 motor sizes.
I'm using 7075 Aluminium for TVP's and motor-servo-battery plates.

Dejan

also wondering, a battery like this for instance would not fit in the battery compartment of the kit? http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...C65007S&cat=18
since the battery dimensions are 160L x 74W x 55H


lol final edit :
But I think this is the only of the Hyperion VX lipo's that will fit, namely 2 of these placed on their side in the kit's battery compartement:
G3-VX4200-5S Length 136.3 x Width 42.8 x Height 36.5 I got the dimensions from here: http://www.rclipos.com/Hyperion_G3_VX.htm

And when you place 2 of these in series, and on their side next to each other (so not on each other) you get 8s with a capacity of 8400 mah and dimensions will be:
same Length: 136.3, Width becomes the previous Height x2 : 73, Heigth becomes previous Width: 42.8


So, with a little adjustment I think for a + 100mm motor you can have a really nice 8s set up already :)

[Bmr4life]

That's nice, but why not put the motor up front like some of the better conversions. I sold my TCS 5B because all it did was wheelie.

[thzero]

Note he also has the batteries inside the chassis. As I recall you didn't. This helps a lot with the weight distribution.

Originally Posted by Bmr4life

That's nice, but why not put the motor up front like some of the better conversions. I sold my TCS 5B because all it did was wheelie.

[Bmr4life]

Originally Posted by thzero

Note he also has the batteries inside the chassis. As I recall you didn't. This helps a lot with the weight distribution.

That's correct, but batteries up front wouldn't have helped nearly enough. I'll have to post a video of my 5B on asphalt. Simply moving the batteries up front wouldn't have solved my problems.

[thzero]

You might be surprised. 5S/6S batteries are fairly heavy. However, yes I suppose that the traction would probably increase when running on asphalt. Much different than on grass, loose dirt, etc.

Originally Posted by Bmr4life

That's correct, but batteries up front wouldn't have helped nearly enough. I'll have to post a video of my 5B on asphalt. Simply moving the batteries up front wouldn't have solved my problems.

[Bmr4life]

Originally Posted by thzero

You might be surprised. 5S/6S batteries are fairly heavy. However, yes I suppose that the traction would probably increase when running on asphalt. Much different than on grass, loose dirt, etc.

Yeah, I was only running 4s. 2 hard case 2s Turnigy lipos. With 5s/6s, I'd think it would be even more likely.

I was using the Terrapin tires, not sure if their large diameter had any effect on it.

[toplakd]

TCS uses stock savage rear dogbone, this one is moved forward and it uses xl size rear dogbone.

Here is the picture from test cuts, i made and weight distribution.

[Bmr4life]

Oh ok, that's a lot better then. The weight difference between the 1717 and the titan 550 in your mock up shouldn't be a problem.

How'd you machine that?

[toplakd]

With CNC mill.
I hope I will mill all parts till weekend and then show A complete Piece.

I will offer this product online, but I'm still waiting my custom dogbones from 303 stainless steel.

p.s.: The Titan is 775 :)
Dejan

[toplakd]

Because of this, in my TVP's motor is moved 60mm forward compared to TCS.

Dejan

[Semi Pro]

very nice gst, i take it the motor mount is custom?

[snellemin]

Nice motor mount maneba.