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[carmst74]

After getting a bit fed up of breaking a diff every time i took the lightning apart, i fixed and sold it.

And after speaking to roie (Revomadness) about what buggy to get, i finally decided on a Losi 8ight.

So off i went in pursuit of a nice losi and i decided to get the Tekno RC V4 Chassis Conversion kit for it as well. Which i ordered before i bought the buggy

Then i found a buggy over on maxbashing and pmed the owner and a deal was done. I paid and sat back and waited..... and waited and waited and waited. It never arrived. As you can guess i was less than pleased, especially when it took paypal about a month to sort it out

But i got my money back and looked for another. I ended up with a better deal than before as this time i got a losi 8 E roller and an AMB transponder for £110 posted. As anyone in the know will know, an AMB transponder will set you back about £60-£70 new and about £40-£50 for a good nick used one. So i was well pleased

I actually had the Tekno kit sitting in its box on my bedroom floor for about 3 weeks before i got the losi lol

So the losi arrived and i set to stripping parts out of HUNTER.Ps temporary donar hyper 8E, only to find that my castle 1717 wouldnt fit in the Tekno motor mount.

So i fitted HUNTERs castle 2200KV for the mean time along with my Tekin RX8, Ansmann W3 RX, Zippy flightmax4S  5000mah 30C lipo and an Ace DS1015.

And here she is, in all her glory









Difference in the 2 motors





Then i got into contact with Dejan at Alza Racing

After a couple of PMs of measurements etc, a design was drawn up for a new motor mount to fit the Castle 1717 and still use the holes that the Tekno mount would have used.

Dejan does some seriously good work and ill definately be using him again.

And hes cheap as well at 25euro for my new mount posted to Northern Ireland.

Here it is









Also fitted a capacitor to ensure the RX always has power







Time for some amazing cooling











But theres a snag. The shell doesnt fit with it on. Always something

I think ill heat the shell and press it out to form a bubble where the fan is.

Speaking of the shell. Its crap and was ruined on the first run so i duct taped it and CA glued it lol





Also have a 45 tooth spur to fit so i can get a bit more speed out of it. Not that it needs it lol

Big thanks to Roie for helping me out and to Dejan for making me the mount

Edited by carmst74, 30 December 2011 - 08:36 PM.

[HUNTER.P]

carmst74, on 13 May 2011 - 09:03 PM, said:

Big thanks to Roie for helping me out and to Dejan for making me the mount

And to me for the lipos, charger, motor, servo, pinion......... oh and the nandas   

great fun to drive and the teckno kit is real nice, makes me want to get rid of hyper and get this  

[revo madnesss]

its looking great!

could be all that better if you just sorted out some of the wiring with some new heatshrink  

do you have any pictures of the mount with out the motor, i cant see how it mounts to the chassis?

you welcome with the help, and if anyone else needs some dont hesitate to pm me  

[carmst74]

Have heatshrink on the way   NLB stuff actually

Ill get you a couple of pics

[HUNTER.P]

revo madnesss, on 13 May 2011 - 09:12 PM, said:

could be all that better if you just sorted out some of the wiring with some new heatshrink  

dont ever look at the pics of his rx8 before he resoldered it recently  

but yeah chris get down to mine and i'll sort ya with hs, will make it look so much better!

[Stormbringer]

yehh but urrrgghhh its electric
even with the shoddy wiring it looks like it will shift tho nice 1  

Edited by Stormbringer, 13 May 2011 - 09:25 PM.

[carmst74]

I dont actually know if it will shift yet.

On its first speed test, it got to 52.3MPH and the front lifted of the ground and threw the tires off the wheels

Roie your pics sir







Any ideas on how to power the fan?? I was thinking of running a nitro hump pack or else just a really small heli 3S to make it a bit faster??

[Stormbringer]

unless you have a lipo cut off /low voltage alarm for the fan i would run it of a humppack

[HUNTER.P]

to be honest, i dont it will be needed, its just another battery to be worried about. see how it runs without it

[carmst74]

Stormbringer, on 13 May 2011 - 09:34 PM, said:

unless you have a lipo cut off /low voltage alarm for the fan i would run it of a humppack

I have LV alarm. Well hunter has one for me

[Stormbringer]

carmst74, on 13 May 2011 - 09:36 PM, said:

I have LV alarm. Well hunter has one for me

cool glad he is of some use there

[carmst74]

Stormbringer, on 13 May 2011 - 09:46 PM, said:

cool glad he is of some use there

Not really

[HUNTER.P]

bullied much  

[carmst74]

Meh you deserve it

[Stormbringer]

awwww
sincerely hope not at least on forum mate

Edited by Stormbringer, 13 May 2011 - 10:08 PM.