FLM Tranny Forward Brushless Conversion (FLM49000) - Page 3 - RC-Monster Forums

thzero · 02.04.2010, 10:48 AM

Hehehe... :)

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Looks like someone needs to put decent information on their website then.

You made me curious so I'm going to measure it myself now :)

Nard Cox · 02.04.2010, 10:54 AM

Ok, from the centers of the front to rear my FLM is now 393mm. No idea what it was before. To show the extension of this chassis over the stock Flux I took two mounting points and measured the distance between them.

Stock Flux : 203mm / 7.99''
FLM Flux : 248mm / 9.76''
Difference = 45mm / 1.77''

Nard Cox · 02.04.2010, 01:25 PM

Ups, sorry. As can be seen on my pictures the Flux Blur barely fits and the motor is 42mm in diameter I believe. So any thicker and you will have some issues making it all fit. Of course you can fab an own mount but then the LiPo space question also comes into play.

Bondonutz · 02.04.2010, 01:34 PM

Lenth is the bigger issue, can a longer motor squeeze in ?

Thanks !

Nard Cox · 02.04.2010, 01:45 PM

That depends on how long you want it. There still is some room left as you can see in this picture. If you give me the length of the motor I will check it for you.

Nard Cox · 02:03 PM

Just did some measurements and made some pictures for you : click (and click to the right).

Roughly is risky in this case. 1'' (2.54 cm) would fit, but just barely. Of course you would have to cut some materials of the TVP's.

Bondonutz · 02.04.2010, 02:29 PM

Fab pics, thanks !
Q: can the ESC tray/shelf be put on the other side of the chassis and ditch the RX box and put they lipos in front ?

Nard Cox · 02.04.2010, 03:06 PM

No problem.

There's no way you can make that all fit, at least I don't see how:

Bondonutz · 02.04.2010, 03:31 PM

I see now with the over head shot, puts the lay out in perspective.
Thanks again !

Nard Cox · 02.04.2010, 03:51 PM

Yeah, I saw I lacked pictures of the complete overview, my bad.

Glad to be of help.

_dV · 02.06.2010, 11:43 PM

Some Qs, thnx for any reply.

What are the battery tray area dimensions with the flux motor and ESC installed? If i built this i would really like to run a single 5s battery.

What is the distance from the base of the ESC to the rear shock tower? Wondering if it would get hit like the stock Flux setup.

What are the dimensions of the front tray area? Wondering if the ESC could be moved up there and if that would create more battery tray area.

Can the Flux spur gear gear cover be fitted?

Also, any jumping yet? How does it fly?

Nard Cox · 09:18 AM

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What is the distance from the base of the ESC to the rear shock tower? Wondering if it would get hit like the stock Flux setup.

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What are the dimensions of the front tray area? Wondering if the ESC could be moved up there and if that would create more battery tray area.

73mm / 2.87'' wide and 80mm 3.15'' long

But I doubt it would create more space because the motor is sticking out more then my battery tray (again with stock spur and pinion). For the weight distribution it is not needed and as you can see you would need some modding to get it to fit up front.

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Can the Flux spur gear gear cover be fitted?

Not without mods. You could attach it to the handlebar somehow.

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Also, any jumping yet? How does it fly?

Well lots last sunday and it jumped really well. I will upload a 'raw' video today of some jumps (hopefully).

Sorry that it took this long.

EDIT: movie is online. Not the best because of the angle but it shows a bit.

[YOUTUBE]f01fNwZCBf8[/YOUTUBE]

_dV · 10:47 PM

Many thanks.

Btw i meant from the base of the ESC to the base of the shock tower. Since you have a ruler in the pic though i figured out that distance is around 45mm which is what it is on my Flux now. My ESC used to be about 40mm from the base of the tower and it would get hit and the wires damaged on the occasional bad landing. No damage since i moved it, though i haven't done that many runs yet.

Nard Cox · 02.07.2010, 06:09 AM

Hi there,

1. (dimensions) Dimensions depend on the spur/pinion you are running. I'm running stock spur and pinion and the with is about 37mm, will be about 2 to 3mm longer if you will use the supplied spacers on the left TVP to widen it a bit more. The length is about 160 or more I guess, The hight is about 60mm but pretty much unlimited. What battery with what dimensions are you trying to fit?

2. (base ESC) No idea, will measure that when I have time.

3. (front tray area) No idea, but will check that asap.

4. (spur gear cover) If you can mod a little I'm sure it can, but I don't think it fits without any mods, but again will have to check this to be sure.

5. No. But today the whether is good so I should be getting some air time today. It's 11:08 here now and will go bashing (hopefully) @ 12:00. Will bring my camera for some footage.

I'm in bed right now and will try to give an answer to your questions asap!!

_dV · 08:37 AM

Currently i'm running 2x 6500 mAh Hyperion 2s batteries. They are about 154x42x28 each so it seems two of them would not fit. I was hoping to run a 5s pack(145x50x49mm) or 4s single pack(145x50x38mm) but it seems they are too wide (without spacers). Although in your first post you said that your existing batteries were 148 x 49 x 33mm ..or was that the dimensions of 2 single packs together?

..Looking further ..going down capacity there are 4s batteries that would fit or 5s. Lower capacity then i would prefer though and the last 5s would be a bit low on max amps.

Update: Checked out your picasa pics. You have two very skinny batteries in one pic and one large battery in another. What batteries are they? What run time do you get?