Brushless UE Projects

[suicideneil]

Appears to be either a Dace or DieMaker Dave wing mount for the VBS towered bulks- I wish you luck finding one of those for sale anywhere...

[MiRatlhed]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Appears to be either a Dace or DieMaker Dave wing mount for the VBS towered bulks- I wish you luck finding one of those for sale anywhere...

Yes sir it is. A DD mount and they do fit very nice...

Contact that fella on the UE forum Jerry, he will be able to make you one.

[MiRatlhed]

I thank everybody for their comments ! I very much appreciate it!!

Hooked up the steering servo today and it is a Robot servo so it had a Aluminum disc on it instead of a arm. Hooked it up and it will not turn the knuckles very far to one side, instead of extending the link out farther the circle just makes it start to tuck back into the servo limiting the throw. I thought maybe it would have enough but nope! So I have a blue aluminum arm in some Greased Lightning overnight to strip the blue off of it. Waiting on some Black M4 and M5 nuts to come in the mail.

So I got the shoes out to balance and glue up.







Gonna chill out for a few then pop the rubber bands off. Stay tuned.....

[MiRatlhed]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Every time I see this post I start to chuckle........and the muppet with the box of lady parts.....hehe

[MiRatlhed]

Here are some pics outside with her shoes on.









Probably had the biggest freak out moment of the entire build. I had glued the tires up and never ever once looked at the rims and noticed that they are directional. For some reason I thought they were standard pattern but they indeed have a directional pattern to them. I looked and sure enough two were swapped opposite but luckily I was able to swap the rears and I had actually mounted and glued them up the correct way. I was very relieved to say the least!! How much of a bummer that would have been to dis mount them already......

[Overdriven]

This is build is like the rare-est or the rare. Uber rare parts, rare color combo. Kudo's to you sir. Two questions, the battery hold downs, custom? UE? And are the slicks directional? Always loved the look of those big ole slicks on a Maxx truck.

[MiRatlhed]

Those are the UE Lightning Cradles, those were a alternative to the regular straps. Another impossible part to find and paid another testicle for them, no problem though as I am done having kids anyway......

Nope those Panthers are not directional. They seemed to be pretty hard to find until recently. I went on Ebay because I am planning one more UE build and I wanted another set of these for it so they would match this truck. Found a couple sellers that had 10+ sets for sale.....go figure....

Thanks for the kind words Neil! Going to sit tonight and get my stress level peaked drilling holes in the body ....wish me luck! I have to take my front shocks back off and drop the front mounts down some and the holding bolt will not come out with the piggybacks on. Then electronics are going in....

[MiRatlhed]

Got the shell mounted and I had to take the front HCR cross member off the front posts. The connecting bolt heads would hit the lines on the hood where the cowl forms, I even tried set screws and the whole piece actually kept the body up too far to mount on these posts. It is just the awkward angle of the cowl lines and I don't think there would be a way to fix it and still use them. Could go with taller body posts....but......I don't think that would look too good.

Does it need to be lowered more?? Have the small hint of the chassis on the bottom edge of the shell? The rear can only go down just a tad more because it is already on the very top of the shocks and VBS posts so I would not gain much on the back end. I could pretty much drop it just enough to barely see the line of the chassis or slam the front end but I think doing that the lower edge of the shell being off level would look worse. Wondered what you all think. It will probably look totally different outside too....haha

[nastety92]

The truck looks great. Love the truggy body on it.

If you could get it to cover the exposed chassic under the body that would be idea. Your never going to cover the rear of it with that body.

I'd love to try a set of those tires, they would be good for drag racing.

Keep up the great work.

Nick

[MiRatlhed]

Originally Posted by nastety92

I'd love to try a set of those tires, they would be good for drag racing.

Nick

Here is where I got mine from :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/290615029457...84.m1497.l2649

I used these foams for them, these foams are great. They fit superb and are firm yet still spongy enough to allow the tire to give:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320776987950...84.m1497.l2649

I have a complete set for truck # 3 when I get that one started.

[MiRatlhed]

I got the electronics all installed and ready to go. I now need to get a Tekin Hotwire and some different LiPo's. I had traded a set of Clod wheels and tires for a really nice pair of 3S LiPo's specifically for this truck and they are too big. They won't fit under the G1 plate on the one side of the truck so I have to find some that will fit. Or just maybe go with 2S in series for 4S, I even tried all of my 2S packs and none of them will fit as I have all hard case and they are too wide for the cradles. I might even try some 3S LiFe packs for it, I have my eye on some Turnigy ones that look nice but I have to make sure they are going to fit first.

Gear installed :
Spektrum SR3300T
Tekin RX8 ESC
Tekin 2250KV Motor
Hitec HSR-5990TG Servo w/ Lunsford Ti link





I took a Black sharpie to the sides of the slipper pads since these are the high temp ones and with that light vanilla color it stuck out pretty good, now you cannot even see them. I used all black and red wire instead of the factory blue wire that comes with the ESC.

Well I think it is just about finished until testing comes. I have to adjust a little toe on the front end and get some different packs that fit. What a drag the ones I have don't fit.

[nastety92]

The truck looks great. Nice neat job on the wiring.

Are you planning on running the truck on 3s or 4s? I'm pretty sure 6s with that motor is going to be a little much.

Keep up the great work.

Nick

[MiRatlhed]

Originally Posted by nastety92

The truck looks great. Nice neat job on the wiring.

Are you planning on running the truck on 3s or 4s? I'm pretty sure 6s with that motor is going to be a little much.

Keep up the great work.

Nick

Thanks man for the compliments!

I have never run one of these Tekin 1/8 scale systems so if you think 6S would be a bit much maybe I should just run 2 - 2S packs for 4S ?? I have a series connector on it already so I can run a pack on both sides.

What do you think about running the dual 3S LiFe packs here :

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...arehouse_.html

Or maybe 2 of these :

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...arehouse_.html

I appreciate your comments and suggestions, I have not had too many 1/8 scale high power brushless power plants yet.

[nastety92]

The Tekin 2000kv & 2250kv motors are meant to be run on 4s and even 3s. If you wanted to run 6s you should be looking for the lower kv motors like the 1350 or another lower kv truggy motor.

I myself have not had much luck with either of those batteries that you linked to. I would recommend a Reedy 2s or another brand 2s pack that will fit your battery location. I would definettly be looking for two 2s packs and forget about the 3s all together.

Good luck,
Nick

[MiRatlhed]

Originally Posted by nastety92

I myself have not had much luck with either of those batteries that you linked to. I would recommend a Reedy 2s or another brand 2s pack that will fit your battery location. I would definettly be looking for two 2s packs and forget about the 3s all together.

Good luck,
Nick

Excellent Nick, I will look for some 2S packs that fit. Thanks for the information about that motor, exactly what I needed to hear. 2- 2S packs will fit better than the 3S anyway and this won't be raced but just played with so extreme power is not needed anyway.