Another Brushless REVO conversion

[Shark413]

Hi, my first post here. Every since I got my Revo (nitro) I wanted to convert one to electric power. I have a tricked out E-Maxx but the Revo just handles so much better. I can't wait for Traxxas to make one so I started collecting the parts to convert a nitro Revo to brushless. I finally got enough of the parts to start putting my brushless REVO project together. I was waiting on a custom motor mount (thanks Paul) and it finally arrived this weekend. First, many people who do these conversion use the E-Maxx tranny and motor mounts, I wanted to use the stock Revo tranny with it's auto 2 speed and disk brake. So I needed a special motor mount to use the REVO tranny. I had to machine a stock REVO nitro engine mount to fit onto the new brushless motor mount to give it extra support. The brushless motor puts out a lot of torque and without the extra bracing the chassis flexes way too much.


Here is my Nitro Revo and the roller chassis I am using for the brushless conversion


Here is the custom motor mount


Stock nitro Revo motor mount machined to fit the brushless motor mount



Bottom view of the motor mount



Here is a picture of the chassis with the battery trays mounted

I still need make a plate for the receiver and ESC to sit on (waiting on some carbon fiber stock), I have to install the motor, tires, paint the body and hook up the disk brake. Still have a ways to go but I should soon have it ready for a test run. I would also like to mouint the batteries lower, so I may play around with different mounts to get the CG perfect.