1/8 Buggy Pic Thread

[AJ Roberts]

Its a kit, well a 80% built roller, its in no way a nitro conversion, it has electric specific chassis and also a different shell to the nitro, giving room for large lipo packs

[Nas]

Thats a actual kit from Hong nor,and i believe it comes pre build,you just have to put the shocks and wheels together.

Looks good,big bore shocks look sweeeeeet.

Thanks.

edit-Didn't see your comment AJ.

[AJ Roberts]

Shell finished

[Nas]

Errr,hmmmm

I found Seb's girlfriend next to my RC8.2E!!

[Raphalite]

Just finished a project car which has finally come together and thought I'd share.

Proline Losi 2.0 slipstream body trimmed to MP9 and fit narrower chassis, paint scheme based it on the Nissan Leaf Nismo RC.

The weight distribution is bang on and I will sing the praises of Tekno and of course Kyosho as nothing short of awesome. Balance left to right was to the gram bang on, rear is biased by 80 grams.

Few posts seem to exist with MP9e's, let alone Tekno conversions so thought anyone looking to build one might find this of interest:
Weight,
3709g with 2x 6600mah 2S
3509g using 2 x 4000mah shorties (heats)

Initial set up as follows:
Diffs 5/7/3
Shocks - Losi shock oils
35 front with grey springs 1.3x8 pistons
30 Rear with std blue springs 1.3x8 pistons

I have opted to run with Tekno's traktion drive and the mechanical brake option. My ESC, TEKIN Rx8, 1900kv T8 motor mated to 18T clutch bell and 0.9mm springs with alu shoes.

Anyone else running Tekno chassis, mech brake set ups and or traktion drive on 1/8th EP buggy? I need to commission the brake aspect so will update once I've got her dirty this coming weekend.

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[Raphalite]

Originally Posted by Raphalite

Just finished a project car which has finally come together and thought I'd share.

Proline Losi 2.0 slipstream body trimmed to MP9 and fit narrower chassis, paint scheme based it on the Nissan Leaf Nismo RC.

The weight distribution is bang on and I will sing the praises of Tekno and of course Kyosho as nothing short of awesome. Balance left to right was to the gram bang on, rear is biased by 80 grams.

Few posts seem to exist with MP9e's, let alone Tekno conversions so thought anyone looking to build one might find this of interest:
Weight,
3709g with 2x 6600mah 2S
3509g using 2 x 4000mah shorties (heats)

Initial set up as follows:
Diffs 5/7/3
Shocks - Losi shock oils
35 front with grey springs 1.3x8 pistons
30 Rear with std blue springs 1.3x8 pistons

I have opted to run with Tekno's traktion drive and the mechanical brake option. My ESC, TEKIN Rx8, 1900kv T8 motor mated to 18T clutch bell and 0.9mm springs with alu shoes.

Anyone else running Tekno chassis, mech brake set ups and or traktion drive on 1/8th EP buggy? I need to commission the brake aspect so will update once I've got her dirty this coming weekend.

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Images attached this time, doh!

[HOTSHOT III]

Originally Posted by Raphalite

Images attached this time, doh!

Nice ride mate

Only thing I would say is, I use the 6000mah Nano-Techs stood up like yours and the centrifugal force from going round high-speed corners causes the 4mm power leads to come out of the battery connectors, so it's a good idea to gaffa tape these in place before your final starts. Other than that I think you'll be leaving the 2-stroke boys in a cloud of LiPo fumes

Currently i'm running a 150A XERUN/2700kv EZRUN combo which gives me 18mins runtime with my 6000mah Nano-Techs. I really want to do 20min finals against nitros so can you let me know what runtime you get with your 6600/1900kv setup?

Thanks!

[Raphalite]

Cheers Hotshot III

Thanks for the tip fella, gaffa tape is also now packed in amongst my ever expanding hauler.

TBH from what I have read and the advice I have taken from some mates who all run 1/8th EP buggies, with a mindful corner exit trigger and sensible ESC set up I am hoping the 20mins is achievable. I'll let you know fella, how it goes in a couple of weeks when I have a meeting lined up.

I chose to gear up to achieve circa 45mph in the knowledge 1900kv run on 4S is less power hungry than a 2200kv on say a 16T to achieve similar top speed. All will be revealed when I hit the track if my gearing suits me and the track layout.

If you've not seen or used the RC calculator at the link below it might be useful or of interest, certainly helped me get my head round which range of pinions could be useful with which motor.

http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/top_speed.html

[Chris-S]

Looks good. Although no rear chassis brace?

[Raphalite]

Nice one Chris-S, its been fun building it!

According to the sales patter it doesn't need one, I must confess it looks odd without. The deck is 4mm instead of 3mm, a little stiffer, so I am told. Owners who have fabricated a rear brace out of a mixture of ball ends and an upper tie rod seem to all agree that it handles better without, and then go and remove it.

Personally I looked into this and fabricated my own rear brace, but bolting it to the centre diff top plate in place of the fuel filter holder is just asking for gear meshing issues under compression. Theres little / no room on the deck down the centre line. It might be possible to fit one off centre alongside the rear servo? I'll check this out after a few runs if needed once I get a handle on how it handles.

[petere001]

Just some pics of my 1/8 scale buggy

[slowjun]

Wow, Im suprised, no posting of TEKNO EB48 here... well ok, will have to post mine.

here it is...

Bare



with shell





Electronics



Great buggy (well For me), first 1/8th and loving it. due to durability as parts are hard to break, well maybe some issues with the first batch but that was sorted out, great product support from Tekno, they listen...

anyway post up more guys!!!

cheers!!!

[MHeadling]

New conversion! Gone from the losi conversion and now to a tekno, got to say it builds up really nicely and the quality is fantastic.

Running 2200kv hobbywing combo but have a Castle speedo and a toro sensored 1750kv motor on its way.

Pics:

[Nas]

Looks very good, my only concern would be that everything seems to be balanced on one side, the battery itself is heavy enough.

[Fluclear]

Yeah, I realise it's a buggy mutation.

Finally, after far too much expense........

Hot Bodies / Tekno RC D8Te.

Full Tekno RC brushless conversion with heaps of other upgrades. Lunsford titanium, King Headz, Upgrade Vortex wing etc.....Thanks to JayJ (decent fella from MSUK) for allowing me to buy this beautiful chassis, it's a class piece of kit.
Tekno RC Traktion Drive with mechanical brakes. Not sure how it'll perform. No doubt it'll prove to be an asset on the track rather than just playing.
Viper RC VTX8 ESC. Lovely kit, really is. I'm whacking one in my Hara too, can't resist. I reckon this thing will provide some real competition for Tekin regarding top-end racing controllers. Build quality is excellent and the adjustments available far exceed any bashing needs by a considerable margin. Nifty program box came with it too.
Tekin 1550kv truggy motor, rated for 6s use.
Savox 1256TG steering and 1258TG braking servos.

All set up for 6s LiPo, hopefully it'll perform as good as it looks.

Beautifully understated and ridiculously sparkly shell sprayed by Jon Miller of RCS.
Sanwa M12 radio makes it go and steer.
Pictures provided by my friend, Ian Fakenbridge (Eyeayen). Cheers mate, appreciate the time and help.

[Nas]

All set for the 2014 season with my Kyosho MP9E TKI!