Luke's Rustler MM (mid motor)

[luke66]

i just couldnt wait! this is my mid motor rustler build, kinda inspired by @JCsRCcar. the chassis only costed me 10$ I've gotten pretty far. i have the tranny mounted along with most of the front end. got some pics:

the heatsink is a little sloppy.

i still have to get a upper chassis plate and a new body. ill try to keep this updated as much as possible.

 

[ahr43]

Way cool. I so want to build a MM Rustler. Looking forward to seeing more images of your build.

 

[luke66]

looking forward to giving them to you!

 

[9x19]

Looks like a fun project!

 

[luke66]

major progress. i had a huge shipment come in from jennys rc. i mounted the top chassis with the servo on it, and I've got a whole lot of new parts put in there. Pics here:

My toe is off, gotta invest in some steering links.

Major Question!!!!!
My motor goes backwards (the motor is flipped) how do i get it to go forwards again? its brushless so i can't just flip the wires, can i just flip two of these wires? or do i have to reprogram the esc?

more updates coming soon!

Major Question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My motor goes backwards (the motor is flipped) how do i get it to go forwards again? its brushless so i can't just flip the wires, can i just flip two of these wires? or do i have to reprogram the esc?

 

[9x19]

On a sensorless motor if you swap any two of the wires, it should reverse the rotation.

 

[luke66]

On a sensorless motor if you swap any two of the wires, it should reverse the rotation.

it wont like burn up anything?

 

[9x19]

nope

 

[luke66]

sweet! thanks!

 

[luke66]

the tranny decided it didnt want to be in a rustler. it always wanted to be in a slash. so now its gone, I'm waiting for transmissions to come back in stock on jennys. i readjusted the front links, so now i dont have funky toe. i also chopped part of the upper chassis deck to make space for the battery.

should have an update soon with some pics.

 

[luke66]

planning on making this my logo that ill put on the sides of this rig. i think its pretty sick.

 

[9x19]

Rustler Mini Me?



Looking forward to the pics and test drive.

 

[lambdapriest]

Commenting in here so I get notifications as you continue the build - this looks really slick, love the idea of mid-motoring the Rustler. I know of some reasons that one might do this - but I’m curious about what your reasons were, in particular.

 

[luke66]

update! got my trans in finally. so i put the whole thing back together and drove it for the second time (first time the trans went out) this thing is a total BLAST. wheelies, speed, great handling, its all here! got some pics for yall. the tires were stolen from the STASH.

 

[luke66]

last pics. got my stampede 4x4 body mounted, this thing looks sick!

Edit: these pics lined up weird....

 

[remote uncontrol]

That’s sweet

 

[9x19]

Nicely done!

 

[blaster27]

Nice, like the rear wind shield. Looks stout.

 

[luke66]

thanks guys

 

[lambdapriest]

This thing looks outstanding - I love the big wheels. Would love to see some video of this thing blasting some jumps… bet it flies like a champ!