When are one or more of the manufacturers make a 1/8th scale electric buggy? I don't have the patience to deal with nitro (I mess with it way too much)and with some of the tracks I have raced at the neighbors complain about the noise from a nitro and now only race electric.

I just would hate to spend $500 for a Losi Eight or a AE RC8 and throw alot of the parts into a junk box before I install a Novak HV system into it.


Later,

Mark

where are you going to race it at?

see finedesign.com They have brushless conversion kits for all kinds of RC

http://www.finedesignrc.com/ here is the link

Stateline---I have heard that some places allow you to run electric 1/8th scale with nitro 1/8th scale.I have also run it by the owner of my current track if I can run my e-max with the nitro's and he is ok with it.

Basketcase---Thanks. But I was probably going to go with Novak. They make "conversion kits" for various 1/8th scales AE,Ofna etc... (but not Losi which is wierd to me because Losi RTR cars used to come with Novak spedo's) and they also have the HV system in a 4.5 and a 6.5 motor version.

Later,

Mark

I would not recommend FineDesign.

Before you spend the first dollar, read this thread on RCTech.net:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=158327

Few there recommend the current Novak HV series because of thermalling issues, but Novak said (in a thread on RC-Monster.com) that they may be updating the HV series soon. Or rather they said "it was about time" to update it.

Actually a factory made electric may not be far off. I believe it was in RCdriver, but one of the mags had an article where they seen Associated testing an electric RC8. So keep your fingers crossed.

The thing that is missing in all the cars so far is a clutch.

The thing that is missing in all the cars so far is a clutch.

But would you really need a clutch? Becasue without power running through it a brushless motor will spin freely in any direction. Thus acting like a clutch.

Why waste all that torque that the electric motor puts out with a clutch.

But if you must have one you can get it here http://www.impaktrc.com/product_info.php?products_id=2054

I can not see any advantage to a clutch on an electric motor. where would the brakes come from? If you added an extra servo for brakes you would need to add shoes, disk, calipers and linkage. that would add up to extra weight, and some rotating weight. all bad things to those who race.:cool:

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The thing that is missing in all the cars so far is a clutch.

I have not seen anyone run a clutch and brake setup at the tracks here thats at BFG, FTR, and Washtenaw.

A clutch will eliminated that instantaneous power burst the brushless gives you. You will not have any brakes without a lot of add ons as mentioned before. It would probably cut down on run time because youd have to run at higer than normal RPMs for the clutch to spool up/grab. Same here......no one uses a clutch where I race.

A clutch will eliminated that instantaneous power burst the brushless gives you. You will not have any brakes without a lot of add ons as mentioned before. It would probably cut down on run time because youd have to run at higer than normal RPMs for the clutch to spool up/grab. Same here......no one uses a clutch where I race.
Wait until the 2009 outdoor season....

Wait until the 2009 outdoor season....


Why would you want a clutch? The amount of drag on these motors is not very much. So couldnt you just put on mechanical brakes and program the speed controller with no brake? Or very little brake and let the mechanical suppliment and add bias?

Not like we can stall out our motors.

Personally I am competative with the Nitro guys at this time in my area and do not see a large reason to add something else to maintain. In the end 99 % of my problems with loosing time come more to my driving than anything that can be fixed with a car setup. =)

Ta Man - I give you 2 races before you toss that clutch.

Why would you want a clutch? The amount of drag on these motors is not very much. So couldnt you just put on mechanical brakes and program the speed controller with no brake? Or very little brake and let the mechanical suppliment and add bias?

Not like we can stall out our motors.

Personally I am competative with the Nitro guys at this time in my area and do not see a large reason to add something else to maintain. In the end 99 % of my problems with loosing time come more to my driving than anything that can be fixed with a car setup. =)

I'm not sure I need a clutch - I want to try it. I have never, ever raced a nitro car or truck. I ran a conversion with motor brakes all last year. One day someone let me try driving a nitro truggy for a few laps. I liked the brakes and brake bias. I had no idea they could be as good as they were.

Ta Man - I give you 2 races before you toss that clutch.

I'm going to try it in practice - it might not make it to the first race. Or it might make it the whole season.

Remember, this is not a nitro clutch setup where the heat of the engine, the vibration and the nitro fuel/oil residue conspire to reduce clutch life.

Remember, this is not a nitro clutch setup where the heat of the engine, the vibration and the nitro fuel/oil residue conspire to reduce clutch life.

That's not the problem. On an electric motor, maximum torque is made at 0 RPM unlike a nitro motor that has to hit 10k+ RPM for max torque.

Ta Man - I may not be at practice? Getting away for 2 days in a row will be tough. Ill see ya on opening day, let me know how it performs?