lowering the body and the electronics getting the electronics in a waterproof box

[m1009cucv]

here is a pic with my new motor from a friend. wires are pretty long.. i was thinking about moving the battery down more by the tranny.. getting the esc sealed up. for the receiver i was going to silicone the box thats there already.. any other ideas pics. please share thanks


pics here: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...57962637tXDLrM

[DaveinSac]

Moving the battery is a good idea helps with lowering the center of gravity. Thats why I did it.

[AX10wannabe]

here is what i did to mine and it works good. took my receiver box and speed controller and velcro'd it to the battery plate then zip tied my battery straps to the shock hoops underneath the batt plate. i've rolled over a lot less this way.



im not waterproof yet but plan on it before winter as i want to finish the snow plow i started earlier in the year. all my electronics will be put into balloons.

[iamsuperbleeder]

is that brushless motor you got from your friend waterproof/sealed?

[m1009cucv]

didnt think to ask him. ill find out. didnt know they came waterproof thanks for the pic ax10 i was thinking about getting rid of the battery plate and putting the electronics right on the chassis .

[DaveinSac]

Do the links hit the battery like that? It seems a bit unprotected.

[m1009cucv]

would flipping the tranny around help at all?

[m1009cucv]

didnt think of that looks like i would hit

[DaveinSac]

Originally Posted by m1009cucv

would flipping the tranny around help at all?

When I flipped it around I noticed right away I had more room for things up front there. The motor can sticks out quite a bit. On a performance aspect after getting it all back together. I noticed my take off is alot smoother with the tranny/motor flipped. Im not seeing as much of that side surge.

[m1009cucv]

ok thanks side surge?

[DaveinSac]

I dont know if you have noticed. But when I accellerated the torque would twist my rig to the right. Kinda lifting the left tire a bit. Turning the motor/tranny seems to have gotten rid of some of that. If you do flip everything thing dont forget to rev the stearing and throttle on your controller.

[m1009cucv]

ok yeah i got it

[AX10wannabe]

my links dont hit the battery i got at least 1/4" of clearance at full flex. flipping the motor/trans around helping with the torque twist, to do that pull links off undo all the screws and stuff spin the whole skidplate 180* and bolt everything back up. once you flip the trans around your throttle/reverse will be backwards not sure what kind of radio your using but on my DX3E all i had to do was flip the throttle switch and its back to normal.

[DaveinSac]

Originally Posted by AX10wannabe

my links dont hit the battery i got at least 1/4" of clearance at full flex. flipping the motor/trans around helping with the torque twist, to do that pull links off undo all the screws and stuff spin the whole skidplate 180* and bolt everything back up.

Yeah it took me longer to crack open the transmission and change out the stock gear inside then it did to flip the motor/tranny. Really glad I did it nice little mod.

[m1009cucv]

thanks will be done soon

[AX10wannabe]

hows it coming along??