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Tyco Bandit King

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Post your hobby conversions
« on: August 19, 2012, 11:14:13 »
Thought it would be fun to see all the hobby conversions out there. I will start by posting all of mine

New bright 1994 4wd chassis with dodge ram ss/t body instead of jeep body. Dual motors running on 11.1v lipo-waterproofing and rear locker coming soon





New bright 1997 F150 2wd hi/lo gear transmission. Custom painted body running 11.1v lipo-waterproofing and rear locker coming soon





Radio shack extreme machine fully waterproofed traxxas electronics with vxl-3m speed control, 2075 125oz hi torque servo and 11.1v 5400 mah venom battery.

Rc4wd 4:1 gear reductions, rear difflocked and battery remote mounted on the front bumper

Now 6x the stock torque





New bright 1997 corvette 1:10 scale 11.1v lipo





Tyco outlaw 7.2v nimh-team associated mini electronics





Radio shack off-roader 4x4 w/ remote operated winch. 7.4v lipo trinity mini monster horsepower 380 motor conversion






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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 14:45:02 »
I brought my radio shack enforcer axle to work and ended up fitting a titan 550 motor in. It uses a tamiya 19t pinion gear which is more than double stock but it feels super torquey still. Im soo anxious to try it out but it will probably fry the stock electronics so its gonna get a full conversion by the weekend

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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2012, 08:44:56 »
Niiiiiiiiiiice!!!,,are you running the stock motor in the outlaw if so how's it holding up?
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Tyco Bandit King

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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2012, 10:46:11 »
Its done pretty well so far, i actually need to take it out more. Last time i messed with it went 19mph on my bushnell radar only running the stock 7.2v lol.

I tried out the enforcer with the titan 550 on stock electronics and it had no power on 9.6v. Then i hooked up my vxl speed control and wow it had sooo much controllable low end torque in lo and hi gear. It will be perfect for crawling and hi gear seemed to turn the tires at least 20mph. Gonna set up the steering tonight so i can make some videos.

Just changing the speed control on stock voltage made 2-3x the power on the outlaw and about 6x the power on the enforcer using the 550 in both tests putting the truck at now 10x the stock power on an 11.1 lipo. Its unbelievable what you can do on a stock motor

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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2012, 17:13:31 »
i bet that corvette i wicked fast!, i just put the body from mine in the trash since the car is dead.

i still want one of those corvettes from you haha
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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2012, 17:02:20 »
Darn I would have bought that body from you lol. If I sell one I will let you know.

I still need to make videos of the corvette, after im gonna swap a better motor to really make it haul
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Re: Post your hobby conversions
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2012, 21:52:45 »
Anyone ever run or seen one of those old jrl stock cars with the digital proportional steering and the mechanical speed control? I had one way back when and stock it went 30 mph I'm thinking of getting one off ebay ans putting in hobby stuff and seeing if it can break 50 with a brushless 380 motor and a 3s lipo.

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Re: Post your hobby conversions
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2012, 12:56:53 »
One of those would fly with a Traxxas mini e-revo esc and motor hooked up to 12 cells. I can't even imagine.

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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2012, 13:00:39 »
hey king i still have the body its just in a trash bag, its a little beat up though
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« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2012, 14:29:55 »
I run the mamba micro pro and 11.1 on my smaller cars and with just a brushed motor they all fly. Having a brushless would be ridiculous.

CZ- If there are no breaks or cracks I might want to use it to paint.


I am almost finished with the hobby conversion on the enforcer. It has got to be the most difficult conversion by far with the motor and steering having to be completely set up by scratch. Im gonna have it finished and running tonight and it should be an absolute monster. No idea how fast its gonna go in high gear but realistically 35mph wouldnt surprise me.
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Re: Post your hobby conversions
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2012, 00:23:42 »
Finally finished the enforcer, i took sooo much time trying to make it perfect and it was worth all the wait. Has to be the hardest hobby conversion ive ever done. Its a torque monster in low and in high gear it goes pretty fast.

The steering is really tight and it uses axial links. Now all i have to do is install the reciever box and its 100% water proof and yes its gonna see lots of mud and water.







« Last Edit: August 24, 2012, 09:19:16 by Tyco Bandit King »
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jeffescortlx

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Re: Post your hobby conversions
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2012, 11:48:50 »

Here some of the hobby conversions I have at this time. All have servo's and ESC in them.
The 1980's Nikko Buggy has a Traxxas Titan 380 18 Turn IIRC.
The Radio Shack Truck has a Propulse motor.
The New Bright has a "Monster 400" or somthing like that, some mod motor I got from a hobby store 10 years ago.
« Last Edit: September 05, 2012, 20:38:22 by jeffescortlx »
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-Tyco.
-Nikko
-Tamiya.

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Re: Post your hobby conversions
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2012, 21:46:37 »
^ there, got the images up.
I have the build threads floating around here if any one is curious how it went together.
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Tyco Bandit King

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Re: Post your hobby conversions
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2012, 22:03:40 »
Nice! I always wanted one of those red 97 dodge rams. I run the black and silver sst body on my 4wd one. I need to run a mod motor in my 2wd
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