E-maxx brushless edition rebuild

[rhyscrash]

This is a truck i've owned and loved for many years. She's seen two Tm bashes and now gets a rebuild. Let me know what you think, am open to constructive criticism. That means no hpi savage fanboy's, even though she has savage wheels at mo. Trust me they will be going on the fire!

Edited April 3, 2012 by rhyscrash

[RooBoonix]

None of the pictures show mate, just paste the DIRECT links into the picture insertion tool and it will put the pics in for you

[snchris1]

nice work, get a vid of that running

Edited April 3, 2012 by snchris1

[rhyscrash]

sorry bout the pics, am still new to uploading pics, its a mare!

[suicideneil]

You actually need to use the specific links ImageShack provide in order to embed them properly, they are tricky beggars like that

I would ditch the horrid traxxas servos and buy a single decent digital servo- much better quality with metal gears and more torque will make for a quicker responding truck.

Edited for updated OP.

Edited April 3, 2012 by suicideneil

[rhyscrash]

thanks neil. was gonna go for two savox servos in this setup. prob overkill but hey? Had 2-3 three years outta them traxxas servos, so not so bad eh? But one is fubar now so time for new uns. And yes will try again with pics, too late now work tmoz worse luck.

Edited April 3, 2012 by rhyscrash

[suicideneil]

Pictures are fine now- thumbnails work better for many people as it means the page is quicker to load ( just click for full size ). Truck looks great, dual savox would be overkill for sure, but the main reason for a single servo is to prevent them fighting & buzzing excessively- they are very sensitive like that. A single hitec 7955tg would be more than enough grunt, but there are cheaper options, depends on budget really.

[rhyscrash]

Don't want to sound like a nob, but with the amount of cash already spent, I dont want to skimp on servos of course. Never had a prob with dual servos (until now) as long as they are set up right. As long as the drag link is exactly the right length they wont fight. Have been advised to steer clear (pass the pun) from digital servos, and have also been advised to get a bec for the mmm. What you think?

[suicideneil]

Don't want to sound like a nob, but with the amount of cash already spent, I dont want to skimp on servos of course. Never had a prob with dual servos (until now) as long as they are set up right. As long as the drag link is exactly the right length they wont fight. Have been advised to steer clear (pass the pun) from digital servos, and have also been advised to get a bec for the mmm. What you think?

Digital servos are the best type- they are replacing the old analogue ones which are slower & weaker and less accurate; whom ever gave you that advice needs a slap. An external BEC is something to think about, especially if the servo you get is power hungry- the extra voltage ( 6v instead of ~5.5v ) & current certainly helps a bit sometimes. Another thing to consider is that you can get HV servos that run from 7.4v or thereabouts, so with an external BEC you can really crank up the power your steering will have ( does require some slight rewiring but I have diagrams for that ofcourse ).

If money isn't too much of an issue then by all means grab a castle BEC ( blue one is fine, you need the castlelink or field link to increase the voltage past 6v though ), and which ever powerful servo you fancy- there are some nice HV savox ones if you like them, otherwise futaba, hitec, turnigy, powerhd & spektrum all do things kicking out over ~350in/oz of torque ( hitec 7955 produces 333 at 6v, the wicked savox 1256 makes ~280 at 6v, for comparisons sakes ) in a standard sized digital servo...