T's Losi 8ight-T 2.X adventures (Leopard 4082, Alien 4092, TP4070 40x102mm @6S)
01-18-2015, 02:03 PM
#16
.It's currently in street mode because I'm too lazy to clean it after running muddy fields, but in Summer it will return back to it's true lawn shredding purpose
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01-27-2015, 07:54 AM
#18
Yeah, going WOT is not very easy off-road with >70 mph gearing... I want to see what it can do on street now a bit with some tall gearing, but for Summer I think it'll get its Badland shoes back again and I'll gear back down to 70-ish mph.
01-27-2015, 08:12 AM
#19
Time has gotten a bit scarcer lately, so making only little steps at a time, but at least it's driveable again .
Shimming up new Losi motor mount with cosmic grade aluminIum to reduce play between parts.
Shaping TBR bumper into front wing mount.
Motor mounted up with 27/35 gearing (146 kph, 91 mph no-load).
Next to project X.
Just testing, would fit.
.Shimming up new Losi motor mount with cosmic grade aluminIum to reduce play between parts.
Shaping TBR bumper into front wing mount.
Motor mounted up with 27/35 gearing (146 kph, 91 mph no-load).
Next to project X.
Just testing, would fit.
01-27-2015, 05:09 PM
#20
would bang !
01-28-2015, 06:31 AM
#21
Bang good!
Decisions, decisions...
Arrma Typhon buggy wings; don't worry..., both still need to be cut into desired shape.
Decisions, decisions...
Arrma Typhon buggy wings; don't worry..., both still need to be cut into desired shape.
01-30-2015, 12:10 PM
#23
. Paint is simply Tamiya PS-5 Black on the inside and Tamiya PS-55 flat clear on the outside (~3 layers I think). Cool thing of the PS-55 is that it's really easy to touch-up the paint if you flip or scratch it. E.g., this pic:
is taken after this happened:
Apart from a heat blister in the lexan produced by sliding belly-up over the street at high speed, the scratches were easy to get rid of with some sand-paper and a few new layers of the PS-55.
02-01-2015, 07:18 AM
#26
Thanks, been a fun build!
02-01-2015, 03:03 PM
#27
Thanks! I have no special painting skills whatsoever (I actually suck at it pretty badly) . Paint is simply Tamiya PS-5 Black on the inside and Tamiya PS-55 flat clear on the outside (~3 layers I think).
Cool thing of the PS-55 is that it's really easy to touch-up the paint if you flip or scratch it.
Apart from a heat blister in the lexan produced by sliding belly-up over the street at high speed, the scratches were easy to get rid of with some sand-paper and a few new layers of the PS-55.
. Paint is simply Tamiya PS-5 Black on the inside and Tamiya PS-55 flat clear on the outside (~3 layers I think). Cool thing of the PS-55 is that it's really easy to touch-up the paint if you flip or scratch it.
Apart from a heat blister in the lexan produced by sliding belly-up over the street at high speed, the scratches were easy to get rid of with some sand-paper and a few new layers of the PS-55.
03-07-2015, 12:55 PM
#28
^ Thanks!
Nice weather today, so time to finally test the new set-up. Gearing was 27/35, for a no-load wheel-speed of 146 kph (91 mph). Was a quicky, so no videos yet unfortunately... only had time for one pack. I didn't drive it in a long time and space was a bit limited, so I only dared to bring it up to a GPS recorded 109 kph (68 mph), which it would do within 3 seconds and within a distance of 50 m from standstill. Was fun to be out with it again. To record a good top-speed with the 1 Hz GPS logger I need some more space and confidence. Might try to find a cheap Eagle-tree GPS sensor, as those log with 10 Hz.
I changed too much at the same time (diff fluids, shock oil, spring rate and tires), to be able to pin-point what did what, but I really like how it drives now, seems "sharper" and more controllable than before. Front wing is not finished yet, but at the speeds I did today, the front did not seem to lift.
The 1/5 TC GRP tires are a huge step up from the normal 1/8 truck tires, a lot of grip and car can accelerate quite quick now, found some pieces in the logs the car went from 25kph to 84kph in 1 second. That's an acceleration of 16 m/s^2, ~1.6 g, so 1.6 times faster than Mother Earth would accelerate it if being dropped from the rooftop. That comes with a lot of violence though, I was really impressed to see and hear the car working that hard, and the datalogs do scare me a bit - biggest recorded peak was 336 A, which made the 5Ah 60C Turnigy HD battery drop to 3.28 V/Cell. You can see in the logs it takes the batteriy about 7 seconds to recuperate from such a hit...
Nice weather today, so time to finally test the new set-up. Gearing was 27/35, for a no-load wheel-speed of 146 kph (91 mph). Was a quicky, so no videos yet unfortunately... only had time for one pack. I didn't drive it in a long time and space was a bit limited, so I only dared to bring it up to a GPS recorded 109 kph (68 mph), which it would do within 3 seconds and within a distance of 50 m from standstill. Was fun to be out with it again
. To record a good top-speed with the 1 Hz GPS logger I need some more space and confidence. Might try to find a cheap Eagle-tree GPS sensor, as those log with 10 Hz.I changed too much at the same time (diff fluids, shock oil, spring rate and tires), to be able to pin-point what did what, but I really like how it drives now, seems "sharper" and more controllable than before. Front wing is not finished yet, but at the speeds I did today, the front did not seem to lift.
The 1/5 TC GRP tires are a huge step up from the normal 1/8 truck tires, a lot of grip and car can accelerate quite quick now, found some pieces in the logs the car went from 25kph to 84kph in 1 second. That's an acceleration of 16 m/s^2, ~1.6 g, so 1.6 times faster than Mother Earth would accelerate it if being dropped from the rooftop
. That comes with a lot of violence though, I was really impressed to see and hear the car working that hard, and the datalogs do scare me a bit - biggest recorded peak was 336 A, which made the 5Ah 60C Turnigy HD battery drop to 3.28 V/Cell. You can see in the logs it takes the batteriy about 7 seconds to recuperate from such a hit...
03-09-2015, 08:15 AM
#29
Rebuilt front diff with new outdrives and 50-50 mix of 100k and 40k, so should be ~70k. Current diff setup (f-c-r): 70k-2000k-40k
126 gf/mm (7.06 lb/inch) Durango springs (65 mm front, 75 mm rear), and new bling-bling 3.0 front shocks. Filled shocks with 800 cSt fluid front and rear, should be around ~70WT, depending on brand.
Ltr: Losi 8ight-T 2.0 Rears, 3.0 Fronts (=buggy rears), 2.0 Front.
I think I need a white wing now too
.Saw the squares..must be the adapters...just wondering what all they will fit.
Last edited by kongluc; 03-09-2015 at 08:45 AM. Reason: missed something
03-09-2015, 09:08 AM
#30