Ofna DM-One Brushless Conversion (DM-1)

[jhautz]

New project time. This one will probably take a little while to get through. I am planning to take my time and get it right. I have basically till spring. Somehow I'm afraid I will dig into it and get completely sucked in and be done with it WAY earlier than I intend to.

I'm going to do my best to photo docment this one from begining to end. Here are the first pictures. Opening a box with a new RC is one of the most fun moments.

I have been doing a ton of research on this DM-1 and it shares MANY components with the Jammin Buggy and Truggy. This means 2 things to me, A) most replacement parts shoud be easy to get even though this is not a super popular model. B) The motor mount is going to be very easy as the RCM Jammin Buggy mount should be a direct bolt in since the DM-1 uses the same center diff mounts.

Dimensions of the chassis are the same width as a standard 1/8 buggy but with a narrow 3 inch extended chassis and no kick up

I am planning to keep the 2 speed and the mechanical brake for this one so it will hopefully lighten the load on the ESC to the point where I can run the Quark without needing any crazy mods and still not overheating it. The motor is going to be a Lehner 1950/7 and I'm planning 5s.

First step will be to decide how I'm gonna lay this out. This chassis is so long I think I have some options. I just need to figure out what will work best and where I want the brake servo to go.

Here are the pics: More to follow when I make some progress.
The box got here Friday:


I could hardly wait to tear into it:


The body on this thing is going to take a gallon of paint to cover.... Its huge! (I got the Carrera body)


Ahhh... There it is.


All of the other stuff that still needs to be assembled. But honestly most of it is notro bits that just wont get used.


Some of the other parts that I have collected for this project.