Everest 10 ESC Mounting

[robowarrior23]

Hi all,

I have an Everest 10 that I bought on a whim several months ago and it has turned out to be quite the on going project. I have a castle 1512 2650kv motor and Mamba Monster x that can swap into it from another project, but I am struggling on where to mount the ESC. The Castle motor has 6.5mm bullets to connect to the Mamba Monster X, but motor leads are not long enough to mount the ESC in the factory location ( I am awful at soldering and don't really want to attempt to lengthen the wires). Has anyone tried mounting the ESC upside own under the battery tray? I'm not super worried about the heat soak from the heat radiating back upwards, but are there other issues or concerns that I am maybe not thinking of?

FWIW the Everest 10 is currently running
SCX10 Skid
SCX10 Trans
HR Upper & Lower Suspension Links
AR60 Wraith Axles
2.2 Axial beadlocks & falken wild peak tires
HH 35T Torque Master Expert
Hobbywing 80A Brushed Crawler ESC
3S 30c Lipo
20/64 gearing

Thanks

[hillbillyrc]

Are you still using the stock chassis?

[Vagos2]

I had the esc mounted on the underside for some time and had absolutely no problems! I , later on, have removed the battery/electronics tray and made a little "self" out of space age NASA plastic (or dirt cheap cutting board...) just above the front upper links and Velcro'ed esc and receiver to it. Battery (smallish 1300mah lipo) now sits on a makeshift aluminium plate next to the servo on AR60 axles..

[robowarrior23]

The frame rails and the battery\esc tray are the only things that are still stock on it.

I did end up getting the ESC mounted in the factory location, but there really isn't even a millimeter or two to spare on the length of the wires. Now the problem is the diameter of the motor's can doesn't allow for the gear mesh to be set appropriately (too tight) and the right rear link had to be outboarded to even mount up and the rod end binds on the frame rail and can't flex.

I may end up putting a washer or two in between the frame rail & skid to gain the mm or two needed to set the gear mesh correctly. I'd really like to run an 80ish tooth spur in there, but that'll take up some more space and I'm having trouble locating one. I'll need to find some angled rod ends to get the link issue fixed.

in the few minutes I ran it last night, it is an insane amount of power for the rig. The plastic spur gear stripped within minutes, which I'm sure was helped along by the tight gear mesh. I think my weakest links right now are the cheap china drive shafts I got off eBay and the plastic spur gear. It's still a decent crawler, but is infinitely more fun to drive. Guess we'll see how long it lasts and what parts blow out first.

[the_law_man01]

You can send the stock axles and electronics my way if you like. Would like to build a truck for my daughter.

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[robowarrior23]

send me a PM if you're serious. I have the axles & stock motor. will have to do some searching for the ESC though. They are just taking up space and probably aren't worth the time and effort to list on eBay.

[the_law_man01]

PM sent

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