Official Electric Conversion Thread
12-25-2007, 06:25 AM
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RE: Official Electric Conversion Thread
ORIGINAL: Fiegs
Im going to convert my revo to brushless with the money im getting from x-mas.
Only thing is im a little confused on the motor/esc selections.
Ive heard the feigao motors are good for the money.
Im going to be using the gorilla maxx chassis. Does anyone know if the new e-maxx tranny will fit in the gorilla chassis?
Also is the larger brushless motor going to fit in the transmission or am i going to have to rig something?
I am going to use lipo batteries and im wondering how many cells these things can handle.
Thats all my questions for now. I'm not on a budget so if theres a killer combo thats a few extra $$$$ let me know.
In the mean time im going to read through the forst 16 pages to see what everyone else is running.
Merry Christmas
Im going to convert my revo to brushless with the money im getting from x-mas.
Only thing is im a little confused on the motor/esc selections.
Ive heard the feigao motors are good for the money.
Im going to be using the gorilla maxx chassis. Does anyone know if the new e-maxx tranny will fit in the gorilla chassis?
Also is the larger brushless motor going to fit in the transmission or am i going to have to rig something?
I am going to use lipo batteries and im wondering how many cells these things can handle.
Thats all my questions for now. I'm not on a budget so if theres a killer combo thats a few extra $$$$ let me know.
In the mean time im going to read through the forst 16 pages to see what everyone else is running.
Merry Christmas
12-25-2007, 10:56 PM
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RE: Official Electric Conversion Thread
ORIGINAL: Dev0r
HEllo!
I have got LRP Brushless combo 6.5T and i want a nitro car to electric... but.. i don't know how one [X(]
PLease help me
Thanks !
Dev0r
HEllo!
I have got LRP Brushless combo 6.5T and i want a nitro car to electric... but.. i don't know how one [X(]
PLease help me
Thanks !
Dev0r
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXAXV2&P=7
You will need to get a radio also, and some batteries. Would you like a monster truck instead? Its a fairly simple process, you just have to figure out how to mount all the stuff yourself.
12-25-2007, 11:01 PM
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RE: Official Electric Conversion Thread
ORIGINAL: hemiblas
I like your setup bombers 410. the titans may not be stellar in an emaxx, but on a buggy that weight 4-5 pounds less you should be able to get some nice speed out of it. I run my titans on 16 cells geared down a tooth on my emaxx and they are pretty strong motors. The brushless stuff is nice but unless you are running top quality batts you are just going to let the smoke out. You've got no cogging with that setup and the way youve got it right now it probably all stays pretty cool. Now throw some lipos on that puppy, gear it up a little more and youve got yourself a fast light setup. You may not be setting speed records vs the brushless version but your drivetrain will last a lot longer. Dont get me wrong I like the brushless stuff, but until there is bit better support and more options this is a good way to go.
I like your setup bombers 410. the titans may not be stellar in an emaxx, but on a buggy that weight 4-5 pounds less you should be able to get some nice speed out of it. I run my titans on 16 cells geared down a tooth on my emaxx and they are pretty strong motors. The brushless stuff is nice but unless you are running top quality batts you are just going to let the smoke out. You've got no cogging with that setup and the way youve got it right now it probably all stays pretty cool. Now throw some lipos on that puppy, gear it up a little more and youve got yourself a fast light setup. You may not be setting speed records vs the brushless version but your drivetrain will last a lot longer. Dont get me wrong I like the brushless stuff, but until there is bit better support and more options this is a good way to go.
It was considerably cheaper this way, and I like how simple it was to do this conversion. I dont see why all conversions have to be brushless, not all dual motor rc's like the emaxx are brushless so why should my buggy have to be. I'd say it goes in the upper 20's now (mph) with 16 tooth pinion gears. I would try it higher but those gears are freakin expensive!!! So I only bought one pair of them... I originally thought about putting a single 775 motor in it, but I went with the 2 titans because their motor armatures were long enough to allow me to mount them. I havent been able to get a complete run out of it because its been snowing like crazy but i just recently waterproofed it, so I cant wait to get out and give it a real test!!
12-27-2007, 04:15 PM
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RE: Official Electric Conversion Thread
the savage x is 100 times better than the esavage.
you should wait for the new MMM(one of the lower k/v motors if your going to run on 5 or 6s) then run it on a 6s setup. the emaxx tranny will fit in the gorilla max chassis but IMO the revo chassis with revo tranny is stronger, and is just alot better and cheaper way to go.
Im going to convert my revo to brushless with the money im getting from x-mas.
Only thing is im a little confused on the motor/esc selections.
Ive heard the feigao motors are good for the money.
Im going to be using the gorilla maxx chassis. Does anyone know if the new e-maxx tranny will fit in the gorilla chassis?
Also is the larger brushless motor going to fit in the transmission or am i going to have to rig something?
I am going to use lipo batteries and im wondering how many cells these things can handle.
Thats all my questions for now. I'm not on a budget so if theres a killer combo thats a few extra $$$$ let me know.
In the mean time im going to read through the forst 16 pages to see what everyone else is running.
Merry Christmas
Only thing is im a little confused on the motor/esc selections.
Ive heard the feigao motors are good for the money.
Im going to be using the gorilla maxx chassis. Does anyone know if the new e-maxx tranny will fit in the gorilla chassis?
Also is the larger brushless motor going to fit in the transmission or am i going to have to rig something?
I am going to use lipo batteries and im wondering how many cells these things can handle.
Thats all my questions for now. I'm not on a budget so if theres a killer combo thats a few extra $$$$ let me know.
In the mean time im going to read through the forst 16 pages to see what everyone else is running.
Merry Christmas
12-29-2007, 10:06 AM
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RE: Official Electric Conversion Thread
Ok guys, Here are a few pics of my warhead with the custom battery tray and new 5s FlightPower 3200mah 30-60c lipo.
12-29-2007, 11:23 AM
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td before you finalize that, check your COG, that looks like its gonna be tail heavy, not good for turning or high speed stability..
12-29-2007, 11:44 AM
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ORIGINAL: brushlessboy16
td before you finalize that, check your COG, that looks like its gonna be tail heavy, not good for turning or high speed stability..
td before you finalize that, check your COG, that looks like its gonna be tail heavy, not good for turning or high speed stability..
12-29-2007, 11:45 AM
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RE: Official Electric Conversion Thread
Well I really dont want to spend $100 on a motor for the warhead so im thinking of getting another Feigao XL series motor. What do you think would suit this best? Im was thinking 10xl-11xl.
12-29-2007, 12:10 PM
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i could hav sworn on more then one occasion that you said that the feigaos werent up to standard, you soo confusing...
so after all that fussing ur gonna end up with the feigao xl....
this reminds me of the lipo argument.
so after all that fussing ur gonna end up with the feigao xl....
this reminds me of the lipo argument.
12-29-2007, 01:06 PM
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I never said for sure. If I can save for the ammo 36-88 then I'll end up getting that for sure but the XL's are cheaper so go figure...
12-29-2007, 06:02 PM
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Id like to convert a Cen Nemesis to brushless and just run the nitro's over lol.....jk
Most of the Cen stuff looks pretty cool. The CRT.5 would be an awesome brushless project for me also.
In 2 years I'll start an electric conversion. Dunno what to convert there is alot of choices?
Most of the Cen stuff looks pretty cool. The CRT.5 would be an awesome brushless project for me also.
In 2 years I'll start an electric conversion. Dunno what to convert there is alot of choices?
12-29-2007, 11:25 PM
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I got my 3s batteries in so tomorow I will see how the 10xl runs on 5s, and if my MM will take 5s. if it wont im going to murder it and throw it in the lake.
12-29-2007, 11:32 PM
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i've heard of people doing 5s on MM but man that's really pushing it. i rather drop one of those letter's of the motor than chance the esc !
12-30-2007, 10:35 AM
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The best setup for a nitro to electric conversion would be a Nemesis brushless motor with a mamba max esc.
This would be great in the Cen Nemesis, Nemesis with a Nemesis brushless motor LOL!![sm=thumbs_up.gif]
This would be great in the Cen Nemesis, Nemesis with a Nemesis brushless motor LOL!![sm=thumbs_up.gif]
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well my esc never gets over 90 with 4s so 5s shouldnt hurt it. im just worried I got a newer one and it will just blink. I got mine about 2 weeks before I started reading about the MM being updated, so im not sure if it will work. we will find out. 5s should put me at about 42-45mph(48 on paper) with my 10xl geared 17/36. I may go to 17/38 or 40 because I found that 35 was plenty of speed for me. But then the added torque is going to shred things. IDK I will just check the temps.
12-30-2007, 02:43 PM
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My reccomendations...
ESC= Mamba Max- $112
Lipo= 4s FlightPower 3700mah 25c lipo- $170 or FlightPower 4s 3200mah 30c- $160
ESC= Mamba Max- $112
Lipo= 4s FlightPower 3700mah 25c lipo- $170 or FlightPower 4s 3200mah 30c- $160
12-30-2007, 03:05 PM
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ORIGINAL: brushlessboy16
my only discretion with that is the newer mm have a max voltage cutoff and wont runn on 4s....
my only discretion with that is the newer mm have a max voltage cutoff and wont runn on 4s....
12-30-2007, 03:10 PM
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ORIGINAL: brushlessboy16
are you still selling any of your esc's?
are you still selling any of your esc's?