hpi savage 21 to "flux" conversion

[badass_savage]

when i first came on this site my savage was nitro well not anymore... it is now converted to a BL beast.

old truck:
http://xmodsource.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16295

new:

UPDATE:
Got the truck ALL together.... just need the batts, power supply and a pinion gear and finish soldering the batt connectors and its ready to go!

i decided against extending the wires and decided to just run the wires on top, ill be putting them in wire loom to protect them a bit and clean it up, also saves the hassle of making extensions.

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii427/badasssavage/brushless%20conversion/DSC01702.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii427/badasssavage/brushless%20conversion/DSC01705.jpg

sits sooooo wide but it will help a little on handling the power plus when i get the extended tvp's it will look better but i still like it.

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii427/badasssavage/brushless%20conversion/DSC01706.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii427/badasssavage/brushless%20conversion/DSC01708.jpg

[badass_savage]

ok so it was an INTERESTING AND FUN FILLED DAY to say the least at the bash with freddy, bank, jud, baileiz and magoo today lol.

when i first got to the bash site i knew i had to charge the batts WELL i didnt know you needed different wires to charge the batts and balance SO i had to make a quick run down to hobby fever to get the right plugs thankfully they had what i needed.
got back to the site, plug the charger into my car batt and bank proceded to program it and read the directions since i hate reading..... after bout 15 mins it was ready everyone was jumping away from the car after hearing the horror stories about the batts catching fire and what not so i was the brave soul that held the enter button to commence charging.... all went well lol and after 55 mins i had 2 completely charge batts.

NOW TO THE GOOD PART, i was skeptical of plugging the batts into the esc as i didnt want to see flames or smoke but i got over it and pluged them in and all was good for all of 2 mins... we turn the truck on and hear beeps (we were all electric noobs so didnt know what it ment lol) bank proceded to read the (drivers ed) book and we figured out how to sync the remote the the reciver and what not... after reading the book and on the LAST STEP i was fooling with the trigger and as bank read "and the truck is now armed" the truck JUMP unexpectingly at full trottle hitting me in the arm and shooting rocks allll over the place as everyone was taking cover i walked to the truck to shut it off... well the idiot that i am shut the TX off before getting to the truck and what do ya know the dam thing goes full throttle back flips lands on its lid and all i see is a tire go shooting under banks car and pieces just fly EVERYWHERE.
i stripped the pinion gear, the knuckle exploded into 3 pieces the anntena broke off the RX and blew the bead on a second tire.... all within 1 min of plugging the dang batts in... lol

to be continued....

[badass_savage]

well now that i knew what NOT to do we proceded to the bmx track were i wrenced for about 1-2hrs to get the truck back together and i had to borrow a spectrum from JUD since my antenna was basiclly lost.... at this point i would say "pluging in batts" and as i say it everyone would get as far away from the truck as they could lol
got it running and played around for about 2 mins then i nailed the throttle and found that i only had FWD, i brought it in closer and me being and idiot AGAIN nail the throttle and all you see is the front wheels get huge and a foam go flying about 15ft from the truck, the foam ripped into 3 different pieces lol, thankfully the reason i had FWD was that the set screw in the pinion cup backed out.... brought the truck into the pits to also find ANOTHER BROKEN motor pinion.... bank went to touch the spur and burnt is hand lol it got near 300* since the locknut backed out.
i wrenched another 1-2 hrs and go to get the truck going and find that the stupid switch is fried on the esc so now i got some work to do...

more vid to come of this beast....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFcwLFgdy6c

[Donziikid]

Awesome conversion. From the video it seems like she has power to spare! :cool:

Cheers,
Kyle.