hunter306

I just completed the tenative form for my Electric Conversion LST-Maxx project. I posted this over in the Electric Forum too, so If you have already seen it I apologize. I just thought you guys might enjoy a look at it too.

Check out the project pictures and commentary on my website:

http://www.deependstudios.com/rc.html



I'm going to try to get a video of it in a few days.

Chronic

Very very cool.

rscharp

I'm sorry, but are you only using one steering servo?[X(]

Otherwise looks very nice!

hunter306

Lol, yep I was trying to keep that quiet

Only 1 steering servo right now. As long as she's rolling, it works perfectly (it's a little lighter than the nitro engine, fuel, exhaust, and heavier transmission) so it works good for now.

I'm going to add a second 590m servo to match the first when I get a better mounting situation for the 2-Speed Gear Shift Servo.

I think a little bit of coaxing might get the shift servo next to the reciver, but we'll see. Hope you enjoyed the pics.

JSRacer

Why not just upgrade the 1 steering servo with something much better than a 590?

mikewoodkozar

can we get soem more pics? Like where the heck are the batteries?

*Nitstklr72*

make a vid

hunter306

Yeah, I'll shoot some more pics tommorow.

Remember, it's still a work in progress, but the three runs I made today confirm that it works pretty well. 2nd Gear really gets her rolling, enough to lift it up on 2 wheels around a corner and throw the tail out in loose terrain.
1st is great for climbing up rocks and in my case yard bricking (heh, only thing to test it on). I need to tighten the slipper a bit to make it more punchy overall, but I don't want to put to much stress on the Transmission, as the LST is a heavier vehicle.

@Mikewoodkozar
Batteries are strapped in behind the rear shock tower right now. I want to mount them on either side of the motor, using velcro straps, but I haven't gotten to the hardware store yet.

hunter306

Some new images of the battery mounts, transmission mounts, and other shots of the Electric LST have been posted at my site.

[link=http://www.deependstudios.com/rc.html]DeepEndStudios RC[/link]

I took some video, but holding the camera and steering didn't bode to well for the truck. I'm going to try and get one of my buddies to film.

schmacher

my conversion has been done for a while...check it out at www.losibk2.com it's been stikied so you can see progress of the build....any q's just ask

hunter306

Sweet, I like the top tray. Didn't even know anyone else had tried to convert one before.

Nevertheless, nice work.

schmacher

every once in a while i have someone asking me to make them a chassis so they can convert their lst...but i never made a template of the chassis so i would have to rip my truck apart to do it...so i tell them no....nice to see that i did something right though

senna94

Nope

schmacher

why nope?

hunter306

Check out the updated pics on the site. I just installed the new brushless motor system... What a difference in speed an acceleration.

[link=http://www.deependstudios.com/rc.html]Deependstudios RC[/link]

hunter306

Posted a video of the Truck in action on my website. Quality is low, but you finally get to see it rolling.

The video is pre-brushless installation, and I couldn't drive and film when I had the truck at fullspeed. Oh well, when I get a camera man, I'll try again.

It's about 9.75mb so it could take a minute to download. You can right click, save-as if you like.

http://www.deependstudios.com/rc.html