My Brushless 8ight Project

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Finally after 4+ months I have most of gear now to start building my 1st brushless 1/8 project. Ended up deciding on the Losi 8ight as have owned 4 other Losi vehicles in the past and parts for Losi are really easy to get. The Losi 8ight I got was the Roller version which had most of the chassis built which made life abit easier and quicker I started looking around for Brushless kits and got talked into getting the RCPD kit. That took around 2 1/2 - 3 months to arrive on my doorstep which was abit of a pain as I couldn't start working on it until those parts arrived. It took me a while to decide on what motor to go with but ended up deciding on the Neu 1512 2.5D/F 2050kv and running it off 5S which works out to be 37925rpm. I ordered a MMM which has been sitting on my computer desk for 3 weeks now still in the packet as still waiting on other parts and free time. I went to order 2 x Maxamps 5S 5000mah but the day I went to order was the day that my discount went from 15% back to 10% which I ended up changing my mind on. Deciding on a battery probably took the longest and eventually ordered 3 x Protek 5S 4000mah (4000mah is the highest they make) . It takes usually 2 weeks to get goods from US to Australia and by the time the batteries arrived a few MMM's had died and rumor was going around that it was because of the batteries. The Protek batteries are 20C Cont. and 30C burst for 3 seconds so after more deciding I ended up sending them back to Amain and purchasing 2 x Thunder Power V2 Extreme 5S 5000mah 25C/50C which only arrived yesterday. So finally the building has started today. The RCPD kit is all installed and I cut down the radio tray with a small hacksaw. Probably paint them down the track but for now just get it all together and going. Radio gear will be my old JR XS3 Radio and JR RS300 RX running a Airtronics 94358Z Steering Servo. The RS300 is a real tight fit in the RX box which will have to get changed down the track. The 5S lipo battery is fairly tall and does manage to hit the body but doesn't make the body sit up.
This was also my 2nd body I have painted.



Body painted and fitted


Some of the parts


RCPD installed


Size difference of the Neu 1512 compared to a 540 Silvercan