Got bored of tanks, so did something daft

[billpe]

Ok, I didn't get bored of tanks, how could you? I wanted to try something different, very different:



I've had a few RC cars in the past but decided to go bananas and try my hand at a 5th scale conversion of the normally petrol powered Losi DBXL. It's nearly done, just waiting on a few parts. Will be running on 8S, powering a Toro 780kv motor - it's about the size of a coke can and pumps out around 13hp.

Got a few other electric powered cars but the conversions are easy on those but this was a little different. At least I learnt something, like how to wire up 4 2S batteries in serial. I think I learnt more about electrics doing this than I did at school.

[jackalope]

Bill, careful! When I upgraded a Tamiya AWD on road car to a huge brushless motor and 3c lipo battery all I did was start chasing parts that break! I wound up having to machine my own spur gear center from aluminum.

[billpe]

They always break at some point, that's half the fun. It's not like I put a 15S capable motor in it like you can do!

[Muscleflex]

Nice but surely gas powered is more fun on cars?! You just can't beat the smell of smoke and the sound!
Planes and cars i leave on gas/glow power. helis - definitely electric!

[billpe]

The noise and smell is great but I have to be mindful of where I can run it. Some of the spots I use don't mind cars but a petrol may change that, especially a big 29+ cc jobby with a big pipe. Having it make almost no noise opens lots of places up where it's ok to thrash cars around. If I had a 5th scale track nearer I'd have probably kept it petrol.

Also, these days, you can get some seriously powerful electric setups - this will perform better, albeit for not as long, as a petrol version. Not only is the centre of gravity lower and weight distribution able to be customised but weighs less and has buckets of instant torque.

[brizo58]

Hi Bill,
Yep nice to have a change. I got my 1/7th F1 Red Bull RB7 out to finish off do like the smell of fuel. Then back to me tanks . Brian...