After 14months, its finished!!!
08-17-2010, 05:55 PM
#1
After 14months, its finished!!!
Hi guys, I finally have my custom built brushless E-Revo up and running!!! I originally started the project of building my E-Revo just over 14 months ago! 
Ever since then, I’ve been slowly buying pieces for it, part by part, as funds allowed. I’ve already had a chance to put a few sets of lipos through it and it sure is a BLAST! A few of the major accessories include, the Castle Creations 1518 1Y 1800kv motor, 6s 5800 flightmax lipos, custom made (by me) 7071 5mm aluminum motor plate, and Futaba 3PMX radio. The set up has TONS of power and seems to run forever (at least 30minute runtimes). When geared 21/62 (apprx 45mph), it does 1 ½ standing backflips with ease, and I think if I put the pushrods in the innermost holes in the arms (currently set in the middle hole), it would be able to do a double standing backflip. I built this tuck with a few things in mind. I wanted it to look cool, be light, and to be strong. I believe that I have accomplished that. 
Here’s the extensive mod list:
Castle Creations 1518 1Y 1800kv motor
Caslte Creations CC blower
6 Flightmax 11.1v 5800mah lipos
Mamba Monster ESC
Ace digital DS1015 servo (awesome servo btw!)
Futaba 3PMX radio
Proline Paddle tires on dish wheels
Proline Mashers on RPM Revolvers
Imex All T’s on E-Revo stock wheels
Proline Road Rages on Jconcepts Rulux wheels
Proline Badlands tires on Jconcepts Rulux wheels
Proline Slipstream body painted by me
Upgrade RC radio skin
Custom made (by me) 5mm 7075 aluminum motor plate. Motor flex is no longer an issue since its about 5x as strong
Full set of Traxxas CVD’s which work great just as long as you don’t use RPM arms J
Golden Horizons front and read differential aluminum cases
ST racing 17mm hubs with the threaded bass insert mod to stop wheel wobble
Hot Racing aluminum knuckles
RD logics aluminum rockers with P1,P2, and P3 holes drilled in them
Titanium pillow balls
Lunsford titanium push rods
Lunsford titanium turnbuckles
Used to have a full set of RPM arms on, but they flexed too much for the CVD’s to work properly
Traxxas VDP pistons
Traxxas swaybars
Traxxas T-Maxx brake disk in the slipper clutch (works waaaaaaaaaaaay better IMO)
Aluminum shock mounts
Racers edge crimping servo horn
Proline steering arm deanodized and polished
Traxxas wheelie bar wheels deanodized and polished
Front/rear bulkhead braces deanodized and polished
RPM front and rear bumpers with RPM front bumper mount
Custom made carbon fiber rear body brace
Traxxas exocarbon wing, don’t spend the extra money on this. The paint chips.
I’m sure I missed a few of the mods.
That's enough of the yappin' pics to follow in next post.......
Ever since then, I’ve been slowly buying pieces for it, part by part, as funds allowed. I’ve already had a chance to put a few sets of lipos through it and it sure is a BLAST! A few of the major accessories include, the Castle Creations 1518 1Y 1800kv motor, 6s 5800 flightmax lipos, custom made (by me) 7071 5mm aluminum motor plate, and Futaba 3PMX radio. The set up has TONS of power and seems to run forever (at least 30minute runtimes). When geared 21/62 (apprx 45mph), it does 1 ½ standing backflips with ease, and I think if I put the pushrods in the innermost holes in the arms (currently set in the middle hole), it would be able to do a double standing backflip. I built this tuck with a few things in mind. I wanted it to look cool, be light, and to be strong. I believe that I have accomplished that. Here’s the extensive mod list:
Castle Creations 1518 1Y 1800kv motor
Caslte Creations CC blower
6 Flightmax 11.1v 5800mah lipos
Mamba Monster ESC
Ace digital DS1015 servo (awesome servo btw!)
Futaba 3PMX radio
Proline Paddle tires on dish wheels
Proline Mashers on RPM Revolvers
Imex All T’s on E-Revo stock wheels
Proline Road Rages on Jconcepts Rulux wheels
Proline Badlands tires on Jconcepts Rulux wheels
Proline Slipstream body painted by me
Upgrade RC radio skin
Custom made (by me) 5mm 7075 aluminum motor plate. Motor flex is no longer an issue since its about 5x as strong
Full set of Traxxas CVD’s which work great just as long as you don’t use RPM arms J
Golden Horizons front and read differential aluminum cases
ST racing 17mm hubs with the threaded bass insert mod to stop wheel wobble
Hot Racing aluminum knuckles
RD logics aluminum rockers with P1,P2, and P3 holes drilled in them
Titanium pillow balls
Lunsford titanium push rods
Lunsford titanium turnbuckles
Used to have a full set of RPM arms on, but they flexed too much for the CVD’s to work properly
Traxxas VDP pistons
Traxxas swaybars
Traxxas T-Maxx brake disk in the slipper clutch (works waaaaaaaaaaaay better IMO)
Aluminum shock mounts
Racers edge crimping servo horn
Proline steering arm deanodized and polished
Traxxas wheelie bar wheels deanodized and polished
Front/rear bulkhead braces deanodized and polished
RPM front and rear bumpers with RPM front bumper mount
Custom made carbon fiber rear body brace
Traxxas exocarbon wing, don’t spend the extra money on this. The paint chips.
I’m sure I missed a few of the mods.
That's enough of the yappin' pics to follow in next post.......
08-17-2010, 05:55 PM
#2
continued........
08-17-2010, 05:56 PM
#3
I also went to as far as to de-annodize and polish the front and rear bulkhead braces (pictured above) and the wheelie-bar wheels. They look sweeeeeeeeeet.
before/after polish
tires mounted
on the truck
While building my E-Revo, I also built a “charge box” for both keeping my Hyperion DuoIII charger safe, and for charging my lipos. I LOVE the Duo. In 30minutes, it will charge two of my 5800 lipos up to 95%, and in about 42min, they are complete. Having the charge box really makes carrying the charger around very easy and keeps things tidy.
continued............
before/after polish
tires mounted
on the truck
While building my E-Revo, I also built a “charge box” for both keeping my Hyperion DuoIII charger safe, and for charging my lipos. I LOVE the Duo. In 30minutes, it will charge two of my 5800 lipos up to 95%, and in about 42min, they are complete. Having the charge box really makes carrying the charger around very easy and keeps things tidy.
continued............
08-17-2010, 05:57 PM
#4
Charging
08-17-2010, 08:29 PM
#8
Nice truck. I am in the same boat as my Revo build keeps getting pushed back because my race vehicles take priority! I'm 10 months into it and still have 95% of the parts in their original packages!
08-17-2010, 09:33 PM
#10
Awesome Revo. Seems like revos are pretty popular for builds lately. Never really considered getting a truggy for racing, but was interested in getting a nitro revo and converting it.
How much did all this cost you respectively?
How much did all this cost you respectively?
08-18-2010, 02:56 AM
#11
nice..all you need now is a strc alum diff cup and case with ibeam mod...it will help out the diff alot.
08-18-2010, 09:03 AM
#12
thats tits
08-18-2010, 12:48 PM
#14
Nice looking rig ! The only thing I would change is the steel CVD's , I twisted one and bent several before I went back too the stockers .
Also , whats with the extra caps on the ESC ? I would think running on 6s with that motor they wouldnt be needed ? Unless you have it geared for high speed ?
Also , whats with the extra caps on the ESC ? I would think running on 6s with that motor they wouldnt be needed ? Unless you have it geared for high speed ?
