D90 class 1. by mjderstine

[v84x4]

YELLOW?????

JK..........Looks good bro

But, Wheres the Driver?

Video Please...........

Regards, Rick

[Bart bender]

I think you have a problem.



Just like the rest of us

[mjderstine]

its gonna look like this when the scale stuff is done. and yes it needs a driver. but its ready for a test drive tomorrow. should be good enough. but man these hard bodies are NOT light.

yes, bart, i have a problem. a big one. i have the deuce, F-Toy, M-715, D90, and a Mog. 3 run. two are being built... all need more scale goodies.

[Hoosierdady]

Nice work MJ. You've got alot more progress to show at the moment. Nice work with the battery tray.

[mjderstine]

thanks man. i had the first failure today. the drive line from the tranny to the t-case stripped, i only got to drive it for about 10 minutes. but it was fun. need ot dial back the drag brake too. and get shorter shocks. maybe only 80mm front and back.

[mjderstine]

got the new drive shafts in. mega truck axle for the power line from tranny to t-case. and some MIP no name thingys that i had to trim down. messed up on that though, and had to braze them back together, just hoping that is strong enough to hold up. thanks axialjeepster. they are def a good deal.

[mjderstine]

well since everyone is so interested in this thread-o-mine, i figured i'd post up my headlight progress. got some cheap Cree led flash lights from ebay. about $6 each, and like 300 lumens. super bright little thing. so i just took the led assembly off, filled down the tactical bumps on the end, and using some E6000 to attach to the body. they should be about as bright as you can get on an rc truck. i was gonna just use the led assembly, but they creat some heat and i wanted the clunkier part of the flashlight in there to act as a heat sink and also protect the thing from the elements. this thing will have to be going through some completely submerged obstacles at our upcoming even over at VAscaler.com VA-Scaler hosting 1st Camel Trophy Team Challenge June 1st, 2013

here are a couple pics of the things getting glued in.

exciting stuff isnt it!

[Desert Rc]

Please do a how to on the wiring on the headlights, what's removed, sanded, ect.

I have some premium LEDs flashlights that I want to use but don't understand how to wire, where to solder ect so they work right.

Thanks....

[mjderstine]

Originally Posted by Desert Rc

Please do a how to on the wiring on the headlights, what's removed, sanded, ect.

I have some premium LEDs flashlights that I want to use but don't understand how to wire, where to solder ect so they work right.

Thanks....

will do brah!

will have something posted up a little later.

[step child]

Originally Posted by mjderstine

will do brah!

will have something posted up a little later.

Working on a headlight set up now, very interested in how your doing this.

Looking forward to your report...

[mjderstine]

ok, so here is the how to. its pretty simple man. so dont get scared of it. if you can do some simple soldering you should be fine.

on my led the inner circle is the postive, and the outer brass circle is the negative. should be the same on just about all CREE leds.

take the solder iron and tin a small part of the brass on the positive and negative. also tin the wire you are using. then just solder them together.



the other side is a little bit trickier only because you soldering 4 wires onto one led. tin 4 spots on the led, and solder the wires from the first led to the correct spots. then solder the power supply wires on. they just get plugged into a battery.








the battery is the cool part, at least i think so. these cree leds are designed for a single cell lipo. so just use an old cell phone battery. solder on a plug and switch and away you go. you can now charge the cell phone battery with your charger too. cell phone batteries can be had on ebay for about $7 shipped.

[Desert Rc]

Thanks I going to break mine out and see what them look like. Isn't there a way to add a resister so that you can just link into the reciever?

[step child]

Very cool ... Have you tried it out yet?

[mjderstine]

you def could man. i dont usually get into the resistor stuff though. this is just as easy for me.

[mjderstine]

Originally Posted by step child

Very cool ... Have you tried it out yet?

yup. they are extremely bright. cant look into them at all

[mjderstine]

yeah, they are bright! need to take some outside in a couple hours.

[v84x4]

DAMMMMMM

I had to break out my sun glasses




Regards Rick

[step child]

WOW thats bright. Great idea, looking at picking a couple up... Thanks for the pics...

[mjderstine]

how's this for lights!

[step child]

I like it....