Project: Flux XL

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This project is already a few months along so it might take me a bit to catch up. I'll be posting some pics but most will be on photobucket.

The main focus of this project is to build a simplified Flux basher by removing legacy parts (gearbox, radiobox) and to use a single large battery with the TVPs. I was happy with the length of the Flux, the XL chassis is just a necessity for having a battery within the TVPs. Initially i looked at conversion kits but all of the XL ones had limitations that i did not want. Like small battery compartments and they all still used the gearbox.

So i started investigating if it would be possible to have a decent sized battery compartment within a custom XL TVP layout. Initially i was inspired by Janezki's Savage XL-E build and various center diff builds. Whatever i looked at it either had a small battery compartment, batteries still in boxes, batteries or motor mounted high.

After testing layouts with a cardboard prototype i discovered the limiting factor was the steering assembly. It limited a front mounted motor from being moved forward and\or forced it to be mounted rather high. So the real crux of this build is that i have reversed the servo saver arm to move the steering linkage away from the center of the chassis. I tried various other solutions but this was the only one that looked like it might work.

Initial cardboard protoype


This the first project thread i've ever done so please feel free ask questions, make suggestions or critique etc