Hot bodies 1/8 diffs

[cmac]

I think if I bought the topkick body that fits the savage it would have fit over the bumpers and I could have dropped it more. Mabey some day. I'm about to drop $400.00 more on Hitec brushless servos in the next few weeks if they ever come out. So the thought of dropping almost 200.00 on another body is not all that appealing. I think I have already spent enough on this. I think I will just drive this one for awhile, and leave well enough alone. Thanks for the compliments.

[JERRY2KONE]

Hell I would not even run that body and take the chance of damaging that beautiful body work. You should have a beater body for driving it around, and only use the one for show.

[MiRatlhed]

Originally Posted by cmac

I think if I bought the topkick body that fits the savage it would have fit over the bumpers and I could have dropped it more. Mabey some day.

I didn't think you owned a Savage, I was referring to the above statement you made earlier and I was just advising you that the Savage shell might not fit on your Maxx.

[cmac]

Yes Jerry,
The solid black body is my basher body, and the "True flame" will never be mounted on it when it is rolling.

I think my flm stuff should be here Monday because Fri I got a click n ship notification from them. It's only 500 miles and 2 days mail generally so on Monday I just may be building a truck that will be FLM'IfIed

[cmac]

Are you going to start a build thread?

Not sure but if I do it probably wouldn't be as elaborate and good as yours. If I want to even come as close as yours I'm going to have to pony up a lot more money. Are your rims aluminum ?? If so what brand if you can remember?

[cmac]

Go back to page 6 in this thread. If you go back to page 5 you will see why I had to go to 14 mm wheels.

[cmac]

Well, Traxxas ends soldered on, suspension set, and 10t gear mounted, gear mesh set, and now waiting on battery pack for the Futaba radio to charge. I will try the first shake down run this morning. I will let you know what happens. Once I get it all tuned I will take some video of it and post it to Youtube. I hope all goes well!!!

Nice and I hope all goes well to.....

[cmac]

I got to take it out and I'm having a problem with the truck pulling to the left. I have the wheels pointing dead straight. It seems that the servos don't want to center. They will center when I give the wheel a quick turn left or right a few times. That is fine when sitting still, but if I have to do that when the truck is up to speed that will = a crash!!!! I guess I'm going to have to wait till the Hitec 9380's are released:(. I will tell you guys it sounds really cool when running, much different than the stock brushless. It will pull the wheels off the ground at will. Even though it has all metal gears it is not as loud as my stock truck. I'm just afraid to bring this thing up to speed if it's going to act all squirley. Yes I did center the servos when mounting the steering linkage. I don't have another set of servos that I could use, and I don't want to buy something that I won't end up using later.If I adjust the trim when the servos truly center they will pull the side so I don't think that would be the solution. The servos are Hitec HS 5625's. Any thoughts guys?

[JERRY2KONE]

Your truck looks amazing. You did a great job and you have somethng to be proud of for sure. The issue you are having seems to be pretty common and I am sure that most of us have run into this issue at one time or another. How about trying to use just one servo and then the other to see if it is one servo or both that are giving you the problem. Are you using a BEC, or just running both servos off of the ESC? Running two servos on the ESC might just be too much servo draw to deal with. Especially if they are high torque servos. I have had servo issues myself and still do not quite get how different some servos are when all the specs seem to be the same. The other thing that I believe you are going to have a problems with is using aluminum rims under power. Super-glue just does not stick too well to aluminum, and they will seperate fairly easy under load. There are several threads inhere about using beadlock rims, balancing wheels, and also taping the tires to prevent balooning whih yu will more than likely see if you use a good range of power, torque, and speed.

[cmac]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Your truck looks amazing. You did a great job and you have somethng to be proud of for sure. The issue you are having seems to be pretty common and I am sure that most of us have run into this issue at one time or another. How about trying to use just one servo and then the other to see if it is one servo or both that are giving you the problem. Are you using a BEC, or just running both servos off of the ESC? Running two servos on the ESC might just be too much servo draw to deal with. Especially if they are high torque servos. I have had servo issues myself and still do not quite get how different some servos are when all the specs seem to be the same. The other thing that I believe you are going to have a problems with is using aluminum rims under power. Super-glue just does not stick too well to aluminum, and they will seperate fairly easy under load. There are several threads inhere about using beadlock rims, balancing wheels, and also taping the tires to prevent balooning whih yu will more than likely see if you use a good range of power, torque, and speed.

Jerry, I have tapped the tires. I'm hoping that they wont separate. I took extra time to sand the wheels and clean the release agent from the wheels. No I'm not using a separate BEC, but these servo's are not super high torque. I'm hopping the Hitec 9380 brushless servos with the low power draw will fix the problem of using high torque servos without a separate BEC. As for balancing I found a solution for my Dynamite wheel balancer.
Dynamite makes an 12mm axle, and I just bought a 12mm to 14mm adapter so I will be able to use the Dynamite balancer with these 14mm wheels. Balancing all my 17mm wheels has made such a dramatic difference in how my other truck ran I will not drive a truck/car without having the wheels balanced. I'm hoping all the extra time and care that I took gluing the tires on will result in no tire blow outs. Only time will tell. I was not planning on any real high speed runs until I balanced the tires. Just like everything else I have done with this build I will take my time and think things through before proceeding on. Thanks for the advice, input, and kind words.
Mike.

[George16]

The 5625's has about 164 oz.in of torque and should be adequate for your truck. In fact, it should be able to center itself easier when it's running compared to when the truck is at a standstill. Less torque is needed when the vehicle is in motion.

If I were you, I'd try with just a single servo. Two servos are more of a liability and headache if they are not synchronized together. It seems to me that they are fighting/canceling each other a little bit.

Great-looking truck you got there! Don't be scared in running it up to speed. Just find a wide and clear area to run so you can minimize the chance of hitting something.

[cmac]

Thanks,
I'm not afraid to bring it up to speed. I was going well of excess of 55 to 60 with my old brushless Emaxx. This truck won't go straight and I'm fighting with the steering. I will try one servo at a time in the next few days. I can already tell that this truck handles much better than the stock brushless truck, and should be a missile when I can steer it straight. I think you are right they might be fighting each other. I'm sure I will work this out. I knew it was not going to just fire right up and be perfect. I have not come this far to give up or mess this up now. It's just going to take some time to work out all the little kinks. I guess this is just part of the fun.