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I've done it. I've gone full potato.
EXB Roller with a MMX8S pushing a Castle 2028. Tons of upgrades: M2C, JBI, Hot Racing - the works.
Almost everything is in hand, and I have started assembling this insanity. Progress will be slow, but there will be progress. I plan on documenting each part as I install it, and posting pictures here. None of the stock roller, as we have all seen the Arrma press photos, but which pieces are getting replaced and upgraded as they go in.
What new parts? Well, you will see as time goes on. Guesses are welcome, but (for the most part) will be left unanswered until it is in the rig...
Speaking of in the rig - I got started last night:
PPS motor mount, screwed to the 2028. With this much power and weight, screw adjust for the mesh seemed 100% necessary. The screws into the motor do not have thread locker quite yet - I need to make sure it fits first.
Motor mount installed onto the chassis. This is a seriously beautiful piece of machining. Before installing it, I had considered anodizing all my polished aluminum parts red to match the rest, but I am an inpatient man and couldn't wait.
Can anyone notice what is missing? The ESC mounting bracket. The Castle 2028 motor is so stupidly large for the Kraton 6S that the wire guide on the corner of the ESC mounting bracket interfered with the motor shaft as I tried to slide it onto the mount. Even so, it is still a really tight fit, and I had to flex the side guard on the chassis pretty significantly to get the motor to slide into the mount. No pinion yet, but it is in the mail. Any guesses what tooth count it is?
Servo time! Nothing too special here. Just installing a surplus Redcat I had sitting around. 25kg, metal gears, waterproof, metal case, should do the trick. If it dies as fast as their stock ones when given a really heavy load, it is easy to replace.
Installed, but I am leaving the horn and steering linkage off for the moment, besides making it easier to work on the hubs and steering gear later, I don't know where the servo's current default center is, and I'd rather not trim it 60° trying to drive straight.
So there we are. It has begun. One small step in, many more big ones to go. Everything is in hand, or in the mail, minus one M2C part and one TBone part that were both out of stock, but luckily both companies restock pretty regularly. I may have to commission a couple custom parts, but the goal is to use as many "off the shelf" goodies as possible... We will see how that goes...
EXB Roller with a MMX8S pushing a Castle 2028. Tons of upgrades: M2C, JBI, Hot Racing - the works.
Almost everything is in hand, and I have started assembling this insanity. Progress will be slow, but there will be progress. I plan on documenting each part as I install it, and posting pictures here. None of the stock roller, as we have all seen the Arrma press photos, but which pieces are getting replaced and upgraded as they go in.
What new parts? Well, you will see as time goes on. Guesses are welcome, but (for the most part) will be left unanswered until it is in the rig...
Speaking of in the rig - I got started last night:
PPS motor mount, screwed to the 2028. With this much power and weight, screw adjust for the mesh seemed 100% necessary. The screws into the motor do not have thread locker quite yet - I need to make sure it fits first.
Motor mount installed onto the chassis. This is a seriously beautiful piece of machining. Before installing it, I had considered anodizing all my polished aluminum parts red to match the rest, but I am an inpatient man and couldn't wait.
Can anyone notice what is missing? The ESC mounting bracket. The Castle 2028 motor is so stupidly large for the Kraton 6S that the wire guide on the corner of the ESC mounting bracket interfered with the motor shaft as I tried to slide it onto the mount. Even so, it is still a really tight fit, and I had to flex the side guard on the chassis pretty significantly to get the motor to slide into the mount. No pinion yet, but it is in the mail. Any guesses what tooth count it is?
Servo time! Nothing too special here. Just installing a surplus Redcat I had sitting around. 25kg, metal gears, waterproof, metal case, should do the trick. If it dies as fast as their stock ones when given a really heavy load, it is easy to replace.
Installed, but I am leaving the horn and steering linkage off for the moment, besides making it easier to work on the hubs and steering gear later, I don't know where the servo's current default center is, and I'd rather not trim it 60° trying to drive straight.
So there we are. It has begun. One small step in, many more big ones to go. Everything is in hand, or in the mail, minus one M2C part and one TBone part that were both out of stock, but luckily both companies restock pretty regularly. I may have to commission a couple custom parts, but the goal is to use as many "off the shelf" goodies as possible... We will see how that goes...