What's your 1/8th electric selections?
 

Hey Guys, I am sure a lot of 1/8th scale electric prospects would love to see this, as I would. Could you guys give your setup as such?

1. <Car>
2. <Motor>
3. <Speed controller>
4. <Lipo Battery>
5. <Charger>
6. <Conversion Kit>
7. <Cooling Fan>
8. <Likes of your setup>
9. <Dislikes of your setup>
10. <Description on your motor performance>
11. <Battery Life>

Thanks!!!

RC8
Neu 1512 1.5d
Quark 125b w/ RC-Monster Heat Sink
Flightpower 4s 5000 25c or Maxamps 3s 8000
Hyperion w/ LB10 balancer
RC Product Designs tray & motor mount
RC Monster servo & receiver mount
No Fan
Likes: Buttery smooth throttle of the Quark
Dislikes: Quark gets pretty hot and brakes a little too strong
Motor Performance: Excellent. Blistering fast. Nitros aren't even in the same ballpark when it comes to power.

1. RC8
2. Neu1512/2.5D
3. Mamba Max
4. Neu Energy 4S 5000
5. Hyperion 606i
6. RC-Monster
7. 8.4 CFM from Prime Electronics
8. Not sure as I'm still waiting on parts.
9. Cost!:lol:
10. Not sure, from what I've seen and read, it should be amazing!:sneaky:
11. Will report back.

Car #1
1. 8ight
2. Neu 1.5y
3. Mambamax 2 fans
4. Maxamps 4s5000
5. Checkpoint/Ice
6. RCProduct designs/2nd gen battery tray
7. 2 on ESC
8. low temps, 110 max, wicked power
9. heavy brakes can fry ESC
10. very cool, geared 14/46. pulls everywhere.
11. 26-28 minutes

car #2
1. 8ight
2. Feigao 7xl
3. Mambamax 2 fans
4. Maxamps 4s5000
5. Checkpoint/Ice
6. RCProduct designs/1st gen battery tray
7. 2 fans on ESC
8. cheap. good beater
9. much hotter than the Neu, about 150.
10. better for small tracks, still has a bunch of torque. smoother response than the neu.
11. 22-25 minutes

Sorry, I added one... <battery life>. I am sure everyone would like to know this with your setup.

1. losi 8
2. neu 1512 3d
3. quark 125b
4. polyquest 5s 4350mah
5. hyperion 640i and hyperion 1210i
6. rcproduct design
7. <Cooling Fan> none
8. very smooth and runs cool
9. car seems on edge, prefered my hyper better, motor and esc work great.


1. losi 8t
2. feigao 12xl
3. MM
4. polyquest 5s 4350 or maxamps 5s 6000mah
5. hyperion 610i and 1210i
6. rcmonster motor mount, rcproduct design battery tray
7. novak fan
8. like the truck, dont like the feigao. only running because I sold my other neu's for $$$ for the MMM
9. motor runs hot, but will change when MMM comes out

1. Jammin x1cr
2. Lehner 1950 8t hi amp
3. MM
4. Flightpower 4s 5000 mah
5. hyperion 610
6. RC producdesigns kit
7. 2 fans with hole mod
8. fast & temps are great
9. Very smooth power delivery

Here is mine

1. <Car>Losi 8ight
2. <Motor>Neu 1512/2.5d/f
3. <Speed controller>Castle Creations Mamba Max
4. <Lipo Battery>Poly Quest 4s 14.8v 5000mah
5. <Charger>Duratrax ICE
6. <Conversion Kit>www.rcproductdesigns.com
7. <Cooling Fan>two Novak 25mm
8. <Likes of your setup>everything
9. <Dislikes of your setup>nothing
10. <Description on your motor performance>same or better than the fastest nitro at the track
11. <Battery Life> 28 to 30 min

Good battery life. How much less battery life do you think with a 2.0d/f?

I don't have any hands on with a 2d.

Hey! Thanks!
That's what i needed to know!

I think i'm taking the 2.5D, with 4S 5000mah lipos too(maybe i'm going with 4S 8000mah) for my 8ight, if it's possible to have more than 25 minutes of runtime with a "same as nitros" performance.

badassrevo, could you tell me which pinion are you running to get that?

I run 14/46 gearing

baddassrevo... has a similar runtime to what I have had when running indoor. It's pretty insane to see something run that long :eek:

I don't get as good outdoors... but at the indoor track I get about 170 mah per minute on average with a similar setup. = 29 minutes on 5000mah

Here is my info:

1. MBX5 with Type R Front Arms and steering rack
2. Neu 1512 2.5D motor
3. Mamba Max ESC with hole mod, RC Monster BEC
4. Maxamps 4S 6000mah, PolyRC 4S 4900mah (Enerland cells)
5. Hyperion 610i
6. RC Product Designs 46T spur based conversion, short tray
7. 12V heavy duty fan
8. <Likes of your setup>
- Fast
- no mess or tuning issues
- Long runtimes

9. <Dislikes of your setup>
- Maxamps pack is heavy
- Would like to eliminate fan if possible
10. On a 200ft straight, geared slightly under what I would go with (14T, should do 15T or 16T), it tops out about alittle past half way down the track, and only the top guys engines are slightly faster.
11. With the maxamps 4S 6000mah, 20+ minutes


I am looking to use the PolyRC 4900mah battery now as it is:

- Much lighter than the Maxamps 4S pack (1/3 lb lighter)
- Fits dans original MBX5 tray so I don't have to buy another
- uses Enerland 25C cells, same as the trackpower lipo packs
- Has big gauge wire
- excellent price from RC Lipos
- Low profile and will fit under any body
- Is 100mah less than the common 5000mah Enerland based pack and assuming 25 minutes with the 5000mah enerland, should do 24 minutes, and weighs about 50 grams less too.

I should have a test on the pack this weekend at an other big race.

If someone could make a staggered tray, could run two hardcased lipos with a slight offset so I can still reach all the wires like the trakpower and orion packs (don't want to stand on side) would work great. Or, just get 1 bigger hardcased lipo pack.

8IGHT T Truggy
Neu 1515 1y/f
Mamba Max (one fan)
Rc Monster motor mount
Home made 1/8" plexie glass battery box
Maxamps 3s2p 8000mah for racing / 4s 6000mah for bashing
Duratrax ICE

This truggys the boom, 0-40mph in 2.23secs(nitros dubble), runs about 30mins stright....
out runs nitros:):)
quite for midnite parkinglot bashing
Can clear a 30ft tripple with less then a 8-10ft run up:):):)

i dont dislike anything, well mabey this was never out in 1996 when i first got into rc cars. could have saved around $10,000 on all the small 1/10th scales i brought, two cars a year drive one when cooling off drove the second an keept switching, mabey 10-15 batterys every year, at least 5-8 motors a year carappy $80 dirtinators an d2's an d3's, an $500 comm cutter, me an my best friend use too drive everyday, from 10am-7pm, oh those where the days of crappy 6cell 1500mah's an the NEW 1700MAH's lol.(this was when i first became parolized and since i couldnt race my bmx bike or dirtbikes anymore i spent 95% of my time playin with my rc, an haven my dad or friend build my carsc an trucks)


now u really only need 1 or 2 5000-6000-or 8000mah packs too run all day long....
12years ago u were lucky to make a 4min main with a 10turn & 1500-1700mah, oh and change the brushes every 4-8 runs, @ $4 a pop it adds up, an u hve too cut ur comm every 10-15 runs.... WOW THIS HOBBY HAS COME A LONG WAY...now with brushless & lipos, an big 1/8th scales that dont break every other run, this hobby is awsome