New Flux and some questions

[what the FLUX]

Here she is

Aussie dollar sux.

I got a couple of hop-ups as well, GPM LST shocks and IRC conversion

as well as XL axles and Integy rear carriers. Yes I know Integy, we'll see.

I fitted the carriers and axles.

I'm not to impressed with the stock hex. Is there a 17mm conversion for the XL? One that doesn't fall apart every time you take the wheel off and has 17mm nuts.


With the IRC conversion kit I am trying to keep it as low as possible, so I'm not going to use the inner mounting points on the arms,
(The spring retainers are touching the braket on the arms, so I'll need to shave a little off the ends of the brackets and it should be fine)

or the outer points on the towers. But I need 20mm longer screws.

Going with the Axial beadlocks and Big Joe's. 4 of the stock tyres are the same width as 3 of the joe's, damn their wide.

Now to my questions. I've never had electric RC's so I know absolutely FA.
The leads from the motor, can I just unplug them from ESC? I'd like to run the battery leads under them to make it tidier

Are PolyQuest LiPo's a good quality battery? I'm think of getting some of there 6000mah packs. Don't know wether to go 2S or 3S though.
If I go with the 3S is it possible to program the ESC so it's not a drivetrain destroying beast, and have 2S performance with longer run times.
I going to use my 3PM 2.4 TX, do I program the ESC same way with 3PM RX, the same as I would with the HPI RX?

I had some other stuff I wanted to know about, but can't think of it right now so I'll post more questions when I think of them.
Thanks guys.

A few more pix.

 

[]-[0pa]0ng]

That's one wicked setup. IRC has never been known for cutting flimzy parts. His parts are stout. Having 3 savages is enough for me but hell that Flux has me with the I wannas. Have fun with it. Let us know whats good and what sux.

 

[FluxedSavage]

The flux is pretty fun and wayy over powered. You will love the thing and if you do go with the 3S packs tune it down with the castle link. Its insane pain and simple.

One thing I don't understand is those losi shocks they look redick to me. Why do people switch to them? The stock shocks are fine. It's the drivetrain that needs upgrading IMHO.

 

[what the FLUX]

Thanks guys. Well so far I think the the stock hex set-up sux, always falls a part.
I like the look of the beefy LST's, although the red is pretty bad, but that will change. I might change back if these can't handle being exposed out front.

 

[frddyj]

can someone with rich parents talk them into adopting me please... nice truck & upgrade parts, good luck with it, I'm sure you'll love playin it.

 

[what the FLUX]

can someone with rich parents talk them into adopting me please... nice truck & upgrade parts, good luck with it, I'm sure you'll love playin it.

The tax man paid for mine :FarleyParty:

 

[what the FLUX]

Got another question. Manual states M3x15mm screws for the diff cups, but will 16mm fit?

I ordered some hexcrews to replace all the phillips head, and used the exploded view to get the quatities, and only realized today I forgot the diff cup screws, so I'm hoping 16mm will be ok.

Also ordered a pair of Polyquest 3s 6000xp's, Xtreme Racing straps, RRP 20t pinion and a spare drive gear. Hopefully they all get here before next weekend and I can give it it's first kanning then.

I modified the carriers I took off

and add cooling holes to the body.

 

[sgm182]

Nice upgrades so far!

Those Big Joes are monsters...

 

[what the FLUX]

sgm182 :Xfingers:. With the XL axles and Big Joe's it's 489mm/19.25" wide.

:cheers:

 

[what the FLUX]

Hexcrews

Here's some pix before tear down

in pieces

 

[what the FLUX]

Hexheads

The Hexcrews arrived today so I can start doing some rebuilding, but I'm still waiting for shims and some other stuff so I can't complete it yet, unfortunately.
Hexheads

Will the threads of the screws be a problem in the carriers?

The bulks, awaiting the shims

The leaking was from the grease that they cake the outside of the diffs with. Why do hpi do that? I wont be redoing it. Only the rear diff needs side to side shimming may need one or two shims on both pinions though.

Tranny needs shimming

I'll need to shim behind the slipper too.

Filed down the corners of the arm mounts to clear the spring retainers

Trimmed carriers

 

[what the FLUX]

Update she back together.

I got 2 of the short versions of the Proline Baja Bug, they are apparently savage size bodies and they're too short. :duh:
It needs the long version and the high body mount on the rear to mount at the top of the rear window, instead of mounting it below the wing mounts like I did with this body. That way you get to keep the engine on the body. It still look half decent I think.

 

[Shaun]

nice build my friend!!

 

[Jon]

thing looks good but its sooooo short needs some extended chassis

 

[what the FLUX]

I hear ya Badass. It's 19" wide and only 20" long. I'm thinking of going desert boy, limited body chooses is the only problem.

 

[sgm182]

Definatley needs the bigger sized body. Looks awesome though dude.

 

[Combuster]

that flux looks pretty awesome :resp:

 

[what the FLUX]

Thanks guys.

I got the LiPo plugs done at RC Garage in Bayswater, Vic. Great guys/store. I stuffed 2 plugs practicing and it was cheaper a pay them to fit'em then to buy more plugs. :lmao3: But I'll keep practicing.
While I was there I got myself a new charger a Swallow EQ. Has an in built balancer old one doesn't.

So she's all charged up and ready to rock. Sunset beat the charger.

I'm trying out an Outerwears pre-filter over the ESC fan. I'll do a better job of fitting it after I had some fun. It should just fit tightly over the base.

When I trimmed the carriers, I only took off a little because I wasn't sure how they'd hold up to hard bashing. I took the same amount from both sides of the uprights, but I've got more turn in (113%/ \ before binding) then out (93%\ /) on both sides, so I've set the EPA to the lesser 93%. Am I missing somethings? How much can I safely take off the uprights and still bash hard? Any aluminium carriers worth buying for bashing? Thanks.

 

[FluxedSavage]

Nice packs!!! Your the only other person ive seen with them. Most people don't buy them because according to the spces they won fit in the stock battery boxes. But they do, perfectly! I got 4 of them and I'm pretty happy.

 

[what the FLUX]

It dried out today so I finally got to get my first run. All was going well she was flying for about 10 mins then it started slowing down and finally stopped, motor was warm not hot. I had a look and pinion and spur were still turning but not the tail-shafts. I didn't bring all my tools so that was it for today. The bead-locks held up fine for the time I got to run, I've taped the Big Joe's so there was only a very small amount of ballooning, but they need balancing.

At first I thought the predictions had come true and I'd slipped the trans, but on closer inspection at home the slipper was just spinning, So I've tighten that and I'll give her another go tomorrow, if it's not wet out.

loose

tighten

While I had the tvp off I fitted the pre-filter completely over the base.

Nice packs!!! Your the only other person ive seen with them. Most people don't buy them because according to the spces they won fit in the stock battery boxes. But they do, perfectly! I got 4 of them and I'm pretty happy.

Yeah, I wasn't sure they'd fit, but after reading your thread I when ahead and got them, thanks man. I've left the foam in the boxes so they don't fit perfect in mine. I've taken out the hinge pins for easier battery installation so it's not a problem.

 

[what the FLUX]

Esc Fire

:dmt:The ESC burst into flames after only 2-3 minutes running on sunday. :cussing:

The pre-filter wasn't such a good idea.

 

[RcWheeling]

have you called hpi yet??

 

[what the FLUX]

I e-mailed them but haven't had a reply yet. I might have to give them a call.

 

[RcWheeling]

you'll get a better response by calling

 

[what the FLUX]

Got around to paint the Baja body. It took a couple of attempts to get the checkers to fit/look right. There's a little bleeding on the body line but other then that I think it turned out pretty damn good. :loveford:

 

[sgm182]

Sure is bright in here lol.

Looks good man I like it.

 

[Shaun]

looks sweeeet!!! thanks for sharing.......

 

[frddyj]

any updates? did HPI warranty your ESC?

 

[what the FLUX]

I've got the new Flux 45t spur, RRP pinions 14/15/16t and slipper pads. I still don't know about the ESC, it has been a nightmare. I contacted HPI in the US, and about ten days later got a reply telling me I'll have to contact HPI Japan. I didn't get any reply from them after three e-mails and a few weeks. So I e-mail the store in Australia were I brought it and they said they'd return it to HPI for me. It's now been 3 1/2 weeks and still no joy. So I decided it would been easier to just buy a new one, but now Tower has none in stock until late July :duh: and that will probably end up been mid August. FFFFAAARRRKKK :istupid:

 

[frddyj]

ouch bro,that hurts. your lid came out killer btw.