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Savage XL Brushless Build
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Finally started getting things together, been mainly waiting on my KD Direct Drive gearbox which finally came in after almost a month... Anyway, here's what I've got so far... Attachment 2238505 Attachment 2238506 Attachment 2238507 Attachment 2238508 Few little snags along the way, but managed to get everything together for the most part. Looks like I've got a kaput front diff once again too, and I haven't even tried the BL conversion yet! [:@] That distinctive clicking noise, man I hate it. Oh well, I won't be running for a while anyway until I get some Lipo's, a charger/balancer, new spur/slipper set up, etc. I'm very anxious to try it out. The Mamba motor is bigger than I had expected, I've only really seen pictures etc. but in person it's pretty damn big. The KD gear box had a few little set backs as well, mainly things not fitting 100%! But that's to be expected I guess, hopefully things loosen up a bit after a couple slow break in runs later on. Now, I've got questions: - How should I attach this Mamba Monster ESC to the engine plate? Zip ties? - What the hell should I use for a slipper setup? The 52t steel spur that comes on the XL stock isn't going to work, the gears don't mesh properly (motor gear and spur gear) - Going to ask about Lipo's once again just to get another set of opinions from people, I'm half decided on Zippy's, but I would like to see what other guys like to run as well. - DIFFS! - CEN diffs??? What's the deal with this and what do I buy? These stockers don't seem to hold up well at all I'm finding. Pictures of your guys' setups would be great!! -Troy |
RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
I'd move the ESC way back away from the motor, that way the heat from the motor isn't heating up the ESC.
On my RC8T, I use the heavy duty velcro (Radio Shack is about the only place I've seen it) to put down the ESC. |
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ORIGINAL: thzero I'd move the ESC way back away from the motor, that way the heat from the motor isn't heating up the ESC. On my RC8T, I use the heavy duty velcro (Radio Shack is about the only place I've seen it) to put down the ESC. I think I will just zip tie it for now and then go from there, maybe if I find some velcro I can use that instead as you suggested. |
RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
I'd go get some aluminum from a hobby store (or metal shop is better) and cut it out and attach it to the braces for the engine plate (take out the engine plate as its not needed) and put the ESC on it, so that its basically sitting just in front of the rear diff.
Or you could go and do a mid-tank mod (without tank of course) and put the esc up front. ORIGINAL: TJ31 ORIGINAL: thzero I'd move the ESC way back away from the motor, that way the heat from the motor isn't heating up the ESC. On my RC8T, I use the heavy duty velcro (Radio Shack is about the only place I've seen it) to put down the ESC. I think I will just zip tie it for now and then go from there, maybe if I find some velcro I can use that instead as you suggested. |
RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
ORIGINAL: thzero I'd go get some aluminum from a hobby store (or metal shop is better) and cut it out and attach it to the braces for the engine plate (take out the engine plate as its not needed) and put the ESC on it, so that its basically sitting just in front of the rear diff. Or you could go and do a mid-tank mod (without tank of course) and put the esc up front. ORIGINAL: TJ31 ORIGINAL: thzero I'd move the ESC way back away from the motor, that way the heat from the motor isn't heating up the ESC. On my RC8T, I use the heavy duty velcro (Radio Shack is about the only place I've seen it) to put down the ESC. I think I will just zip tie it for now and then go from there, maybe if I find some velcro I can use that instead as you suggested. |
RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
Well, the motor can go up to 200F, thats a lot of heat. The more ventillation and air flow you can keep between the two it'll keep unnecessary heat from transfering to the ESC. Then again, look at the Flux they pretty much have the ESC sitting on top and to the side of the motor.
ORIGINAL: TJ31 [/quote] |
RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
for mounting my esc's and rx's i use 3m Dual lock, i get it from my dad, its pretty sweet stuff like velcro on steroids
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RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
Yeah, thats pretty much the stuff I'm talking about now that I went and looked at it ([link=http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Manufacturing/Industry/Product-Catalog/Online-Catalog/?PC_7_RJH9U5230GE3E02LECFTDQGLE0_nid=4KLF11TF46beN 1J2KJ2SJCgl]3M Dual Lock[/link])
ORIGINAL: rclugnut10 for mounting my esc's and rx's i use 3m Dual lock, i get it from my dad, its pretty sweet stuff like velcro on steroids the lug |
RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
as far as lipo goes you should go with tenergy packs,they are verry good price and have full warranty.if you are planning on running 6s i can set you up with 2 f our super duty 5000mah pack,they have full width internal coper connetors between the cells and huge 10 guage wires and they can be had for arround 110 bucks.if your wanting to run 4s i can get you 2 of our 5000mah 14.8v that you can run in parrellel and youll have 10,000mah of runtime.those packs are only 100each.give me a call if your interested,those are 2 packs i designed specially for the savage flux.707-803-3195.
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RE: Savage XL Brushless Build
Firstly, you should know that you don't need flux specific tvp's for the KD gearbox. Here is my setup, with the KD gearbox mounted backwards (motor forward), and the ESC in fron of it with an alum barrier between the ESC and motor. Also, I have my lipo batteries safely tuckd inside the TVP right behind the KD gearbox. My rig has changed since then, so if you want better pics let me know. (those pics weren't taken to show layout).
http://s437.photobucket.com/albums/q...r/Roll%20Cage/ here are a few of the pics: (upfront: the hybrid in the background isn't mine) http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...e/IMG_5057.jpg http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...e/IMG_5053.jpg http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...e/IMG_5052.jpg http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...e/IMG_5051.jpg http://i437.photobucket.com/albums/q...e/IMG_5051.jpg |
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