egg80 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 hi all ive been away from the site a while but found all my old cars the other day and am now looking at converting 1 into electric see how i get on then look at doing the others i am looking at doing the first as a little project as cheap as possible so i need pretty much everything motor to pull a 1/8 truggy matching esc, batteries anything else required oh and ill need new radio gear as want to upgrade to the 2.4 from the 27mhz thanks in advance any help is greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Hi it would help if you said what the model actally is as it will enable people to offer better advice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg80 Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 hi sorry it is a thunder tiger st1 im not very clued up on electrics and as all the local hobby shops have closed down i dont have easy access to nitro fuel so plan on converting to electric i have seen a few people have converted these trucks already, so my plan is to do this as a little project with the little one and if i get into it I plan on converting my hyper 7's and my usa 1 nitro crusher which ill need a steel spur gear for like i say everything is greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 You can order parts and nitro fuel online. Hyper 7 is a popular conversion and there are many many threads on here about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) At a guess u'll need a mt4g3 motor mount. ...losi 8e battery tray....flysky gt2/3b/c tx/rx....and a 150amp 1900-2200kv combo.....all.of which can b found on line /e bay for ur st1 conversion ...... Edited November 20, 2016 by evssv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) esc + motors, 150a hobbywing, Skyrc, goolrc or those cheapo 2000kv black can 4076 size motors. Ship from China or Hong Kong and wait. Same with the flysky. Save yourself around 40%. Those fake Castle motors are meant to be fine as well. Edited November 20, 2016 by dazp1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg80 Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 thanks both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R46 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Inbox full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Still after a motor & esc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evssv Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I got a traxxas tx/rx...not 2.4g but it`ll get u going....pm if interested... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg80 Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 Sorry been away for a while thanks for the replies I have everything I think but I'm having trouble setting up the motor and esc I seem to have steering but the motor doesn't seem to want to engage anyone have any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Did you calibrate the esc? neutral, throttle, brake etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg80 Posted January 7, 2017 Author Share Posted January 7, 2017 I have tried it seems to start the calibration but then it doesn't seem to go any further than the neutral part I am probably making a common newbie mistake but it Has me baffled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazp1976 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 27 minutes ago, egg80 said: I have tried it seems to start the calibration but then it doesn't seem to go any further than the neutral part I am probably making a common newbie mistake but it Has me baffled Which esc? Most are: Press/hold set button, turn on switch, release set button. Starts beep.beep.beep. tx in neutral, press set again it goes beep. Now hold tx throttle, press set again it goes beep,beep. Now hold tx brake, press set again it goes beep,beep,beep. Turn off/on then test. Should work if the beeps went correct during calibration. Can be a faff sometimes. Don't have the setup box plugged in while trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg80 Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) Cheers for the reply daz I do the first part where it beeps a few times then I press the set button for the next step nothing happens not sure if I got a dodgy esc or its something I'm doing wrong room could it be something simple like the esc not matching with this tx do you think it would worth trying get a different one Edited January 8, 2017 by egg80 Missed a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Tell us the make and model of esc and we can help more also what radio gear are you using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg80 Posted January 8, 2017 Author Share Posted January 8, 2017 It's only a tx and rx is a cheap flysky fs-gt3b combo and the motor esc is team orion vortex r8 esc and orion neon8 motor running a 4s 45c 3300mah lipo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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