Hpi_DirtDawg57
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I have wanted to do the mid tank mod for a long time now, in fact I bought a mugen tank cheap on ebay last year with the hopes of doing it. But I went to college and ran out of money and time to get it done. But for some reason I just can keep my rc addiction suppressed so a few days ago when I had a couple hours with nothing to do I decided to sit down with some tools and see what I could do. I didn't have time or money to buy the stuff needed to relocate my servo and cut up my radio box and all that jazz so I had nothing to loss. I tried a couple ideas of where I could mount the tank and finally found a spot it could possibly fit and went for it, here is how it turned out.
I bent a small piece of metal and drilled holes in it to form a bracket.
I used the original rear tank mounting bracket for the back and just drilled a new hole in the chassis plate for it.
I like it the tank position because of it keeps the center of gravity much lower than most mid tank mods while still balancing out the chassis by moving some weight forward. But I was concerned that the tank was in a good position to get a hole knocked in it.
So I came up with a crude skid plate that I formed out a simple piece of sheet metal.
I put a upward slant on it to try it redirect harsh blows and prevent it from getting caught on things.
The only issue I encountered was that the fuel lid wouldn't open with the stock brake wire in the way. To fix the problem I replaced the old rigid wire with a piece of bike brake cable, I used an adjustable stopper on the brake lever side so the brake intensity could still be adjusted.
This way the cable just flexes out of the way when the lid opens, even while braking. Even though these pictures aren't very clear, it actually looks pretty cool too.
It isn't the most beautiful tank mod known to man but that wasn't really my goal, considering that I didn't have to buy anything except the mugen tank, the servos remain protected in the radio box, the CG was dramatically lowered, the weight was moved forward making it much more balanced over jumps, all leaning issues were cured and it only took a couple of hours to complete, I think I'm satisfied. With more time and resources I think it could be made much better.
I bent a small piece of metal and drilled holes in it to form a bracket.
I used the original rear tank mounting bracket for the back and just drilled a new hole in the chassis plate for it.
I like it the tank position because of it keeps the center of gravity much lower than most mid tank mods while still balancing out the chassis by moving some weight forward. But I was concerned that the tank was in a good position to get a hole knocked in it.
So I came up with a crude skid plate that I formed out a simple piece of sheet metal.
I put a upward slant on it to try it redirect harsh blows and prevent it from getting caught on things.
The only issue I encountered was that the fuel lid wouldn't open with the stock brake wire in the way. To fix the problem I replaced the old rigid wire with a piece of bike brake cable, I used an adjustable stopper on the brake lever side so the brake intensity could still be adjusted.
This way the cable just flexes out of the way when the lid opens, even while braking. Even though these pictures aren't very clear, it actually looks pretty cool too.
It isn't the most beautiful tank mod known to man but that wasn't really my goal, considering that I didn't have to buy anything except the mugen tank, the servos remain protected in the radio box, the CG was dramatically lowered, the weight was moved forward making it much more balanced over jumps, all leaning issues were cured and it only took a couple of hours to complete, I think I'm satisfied. With more time and resources I think it could be made much better.
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