I believe that you are right, I think it's on page 162 article A. But yes you should only need a battery, reciever, and a servo I dont think you will need a esc for that though but maybe you will. Yeah take the tranny out, a lot less resistance, but here's an idea. Maybe you could build a ramp and well you know what to do. Just make sure you get a good vid of it, and have several video camera's there for different angles especially if you ramp it.