Typhon Typhon 3S - Mojave 4S suspension arms and CVD's

[Neelis]

Hi all, recently I bought a second hand Typhon Mega for a reasonable price.
Idea is to convert it to 3S brushless and that will happen soon, expect to pick up the parts tomorrow.

Done so far:
- Purchased 2S lipo
- Purchased and mounted original wheels
- 60wt oil in shocks
- Removed 1 preload ring from the shocks, that did improve the handling
- Pinon gears came off, remounted and applied some thread lock


Future parts:
- Hobbywing Ezrun Max10 SCT ESC
- Hobbywing 3660SL 3200kv motor
- Driveshaft bearing
- 48dp 17t 5mm pinion
- 3s turnbuckles to fix extreme toe out
- 10.000cst oil for rear diff, 30.000cst oil for front diff
- Convert to EC5 connectors

Let's see how long the 48dp slipper clutch assembly holds up, if it fails, I know what to upgrade.
Also want to fix the wheel wobble, I find the engineering of that assembly a bit poor to be honest.

So, tomorrow I expect to have a nice update

 

[Ron Burgandy]

Awsome
My oldest got a mega for Xmas and we did the 3s conversion as well
Great lil rig imo

 

[Neelis]

Previous owner started to take off some decals of the body and I finished the job. Like the end result.

Finished it off with some Gyeon Cure for some protection and shine.

 

[Neelis]

Ready for the transplant.

 

[Snorlax823]

Here’s my rebuild from a typhoon I recently bought on Facebook with a beat up chassis. Not even close to being done but this rips like bat out of hell! Can’t even control the damn thing.

 

[Neelis]

Picked up the parts today

Ow yes, brushless baby!

This seems about right

Job done

Was a pretty straight forward job. Converted to EC5, put the on/off switch in a convenient spot, charged the battery and gave it a try on 2S, yeah baby yeah, this is some power
Linking the transmitter to the ESC was a little challenge. The transmitter does not work until you power up the receiver first. But the ESC wants the transmitter to be turned on first, before linking. In the end I made it happen, but it took some effort.

Not a big fan of this transmitter, but it works:

Installed the turnbuckle units to adjust the toe in/out. Some sad pieces of equipment, but we will work with it.

Future plans:
- 3S lipos
- DumboRC with gyro receiver
- upgrade the servo

 

[Neelis]

Just went out for a bash and that was enjoyable Have to admit that I was expecting a bit more top speed with 2S and brushless and I see that I want this thing to be mental, a handful, so time for 3S lipos I guess.
Everything held well, except for the body, I cracked it.
Struggled a bit with full speed turns in the grass, keeps flipping over. Will play a bit with the pretension rings on the shock and see how that works out.

Video over the flip:

 

[Snorlax823]

Just went out for a bash and that was enjoyable Have to admit that I was expecting a bit more top speed with 2S and brushless and I see that I want this thing to be mental, a handful, so time for 3S lipos I guess.
Everything held well, except for the body, I cracked it.
Struggled a bit with full speed turns in the grass, keeps flipping over. Will play a bit with the pretension rings on the shock and see how that works out.

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Video over the flip:

Looking good! I just installed a wheelie bar and some Rpm arms to adjust the height. Gonna give it a try later.

 

[Neelis]

I get it already regarding the top speed 'disappointment'.

The Mega has a 91t slipper clutch gear, the 3s/4s is 57t. In my mind I was theoretically comparing my setup with a 3s setup in terms of top speed, but I understand now why my expectation where wrong.

I am running 17/91 vs a stock 3s that is 15/57.
That makes a huge difference in top speed.

 

[Ron Burgandy]

looks good

 

[Neelis]

Today was diff day, changed the diff oil to 10k in the rear and 30k in the front.
It was necessary, the oil was very grey and there was to little in it.

Used some locktite on the screws that hold the diff and shaft together.

Also was creative with velcro tape.

 

[Neelis]

First drive on 3S, fack.

 

[Furious Ferret]

What happend?

 

[Neelis]

What happend?

Hit the wheel of a parked van at full speed. Shouldn't drive with 1 hand, film with the other hand when I am driving 3s for the first time with obstacles around.

 

[RAMPAGE2092]

Hit the wheel of a parked van at full speed. Shouldn't drive with 1 hand, film with the other hand when I am driving 3s for the first time with obstacles around.

Video?!?!

 

[Neelis]

Video?!?!

You don't see the impact on video, you just hear it...

Started the transplant.

 

[Neelis]

I have to admit, it is nice to work on a virgin chassis and Arrma did a good job engineering this platform, what a pleasure to work on.

 

[fozzy71]

And this is why I will never start a build log.

 

[Neelis]

And this is why I will never start a build log.

Why, because you don't want to share your failures in life?

 

[fozzy71]

I am drunk, not sure what your excuse is, but you totally interpreted that fully ass-backward. I will assume you are a youngster that takes offense at everything and unsub this thread and block/ignore you.