Losi 8ight building and setup
03-27-2009, 02:26 PM
#8221
Just check your endpoints and you won't burn servos up, I'm going to get a 2.0 radio tray just to be safe. but as long as you don't overdrive your servo on brake or throttle side you should be fine. I don't put any o rings under my radio tray, that was just a band aid from Losi for all the people with the rtr with no knkowledge of how to properly set up your radio.
I also think that if you are going to go with the 2.0 tray you have to get the 2.0 linkage as well. I did this just to be safe. I think the 2.0 linkage is longer.
03-27-2009, 06:32 PM
#8222
u mean the short hex screw that the manuel tells u do use,i got a radio tray stiffer and rubber grumets underneth the throttle servo what that help everything from stressing out the servo,i used to race elec so im not perfect with linkage setup.the shorter screw that the manuel tells u to use under the battery cause not the longer one
03-29-2009, 02:38 AM
#8223
Tech Initiate
pics of my new little monster as it gets closer to completion 
got a 3PKS coming on the way, just need to find some decent performing n priced servos to finish this project and start hitting the track.
If anyone's interested, I got the following deals online:
- Novarossi N21R (this is the newer club racer 3 port to replace the N2001BF) $170 from speedymodels.com
- Futaba 3PKS Synthesized 75mhz for $214 from stormerhobbies.com
I think the radio is a great deal! catch them while still in stock.
Catch you folks later (probably when I break something
)
got a 3PKS coming on the way, just need to find some decent performing n priced servos to finish this project and start hitting the track.
If anyone's interested, I got the following deals online:
- Novarossi N21R (this is the newer club racer 3 port to replace the N2001BF) $170 from speedymodels.com
- Futaba 3PKS Synthesized 75mhz for $214 from stormerhobbies.com
I think the radio is a great deal! catch them while still in stock.
Catch you folks later (probably when I break something
)
03-29-2009, 11:15 AM
#8226
Suspended
xbt's are in blue compound.
Last edited by CodyRothe; 03-29-2009 at 03:43 PM.
03-29-2009, 12:19 PM
#8228
My receiver pack is dead and i need a new one. I'm thinking i would like to get a lipo. Can you suggest and one over the other? Or are they pretty much all good. I know to get the highest mAh i can but one company over the other (and best deal wouldn't hurt either) Thanks
03-31-2009, 05:15 PM
#8230
03-31-2009, 09:34 PM
#8232
i run nimh 1500 recever pack and it last i say about 3 runs or so depends on how fast your servos are and things binding . i never messed with lipos u do have to get a voltage cutoff though.
03-31-2009, 09:43 PM
#8233
thats what i thought, I picked up all the pieces to convert the buggy over for like 190 bucks after live cashback. t.u. ebay.
I pretty much built an entire new buggy except the shocks, bearings and diffs (which mine are 2 smart, 1 reg). It needed it, the nitro pit really wears the car out fast.
Does anyone else break wing mounts pretty consistantly? Mine always end up cracking and I dont crash a whole lot.
03-31-2009, 10:17 PM
#8234
I broke a wing mount last time I was at the track. It was about a 5-10 foot step up and I hit the jump at an angle and put too much braek in the air and thats what broke it. I found out that the wing mount itself didnt break, the screws just took off some of the plastic. It ran fine with it broken, but the wing was more at an angle.
04-01-2009, 05:35 AM
#8235
My receiver pack is dead and i need a new one. I'm thinking i would like to get a lipo. Can you suggest and one over the other? Or are they pretty much all good. I know to get the highest mAh i can but one company over the other (and best deal wouldn't hurt either) Thanks