ThunderTiger
Hardcore RCTalk User
Ever wanted to go for a "Quick Spin" but can't be hassled to grab a fuel bottle, glow charger and a handfull of tools ? well, maybe this is what you need. The only thing i have NOT shown (yet) is the tool tray and what it contains.
So, getting down to business, 4 1/2 years ago my fiancee bought a starter box, so until she got her "Rig", i got to use it. This is basically what i did. I completed it 4 years ago around 5 months after it was purchased and after i got bored with carrying fuel and everything else plus this box. I also got bored of flat batteries.
Within the last day or two i have only just got around to cleaning it properly inside and so that i could photograph it, which meant removing EVERYTHING inside, including the wiring harness i made up for it and the switch panel, which gave rise to the chance to photograph the steps i took and what i installed back when i first carried out the work. Wierd thing is, my fiancee didn't mind me doing it, as she got to "Keep" the starter box "as is" for her rig whilst i did the work and payed out for the extras.
Well, I took the starter box and removed the motor and everything else so that this is what i had, which is when i doused it with "Gunk", showered it off and made sure t was clean.
When everything was dry, I added two 1800MAh 7.2VDC Race Paks (Later wired in series for 14.4VDC)
Then a 12VDC Lead Acid Battery
A 360cc Fuel Cell
A 12VDC Fuel Pump
Re-Fitted the motor
And wired it all up to this switch panel
I also added a glow starter wand, so that i remembered to unplug it from the buggy before i took it off the starter. This is also now a dual powered device. It is now powered by either an on board battery or a normal glow plug starter.
And here is a video as proof that it all works (havent shown the remote glow starter working though)
The fuel pump works while the starting motor is running. I have wired the starter and fuel pump for dual power source from a single switch, so that either unit runs via the race packs or 12VDC Lead Acid Battery.
Anyway, let me know your thoughts. Is it overkill or forwards thinking ?
NO, it is not being converted to LiPo ! :
So, getting down to business, 4 1/2 years ago my fiancee bought a starter box, so until she got her "Rig", i got to use it. This is basically what i did. I completed it 4 years ago around 5 months after it was purchased and after i got bored with carrying fuel and everything else plus this box. I also got bored of flat batteries.
Within the last day or two i have only just got around to cleaning it properly inside and so that i could photograph it, which meant removing EVERYTHING inside, including the wiring harness i made up for it and the switch panel, which gave rise to the chance to photograph the steps i took and what i installed back when i first carried out the work. Wierd thing is, my fiancee didn't mind me doing it, as she got to "Keep" the starter box "as is" for her rig whilst i did the work and payed out for the extras.
Well, I took the starter box and removed the motor and everything else so that this is what i had, which is when i doused it with "Gunk", showered it off and made sure t was clean.
When everything was dry, I added two 1800MAh 7.2VDC Race Paks (Later wired in series for 14.4VDC)
Then a 12VDC Lead Acid Battery
A 360cc Fuel Cell
A 12VDC Fuel Pump
Re-Fitted the motor
And wired it all up to this switch panel
I also added a glow starter wand, so that i remembered to unplug it from the buggy before i took it off the starter. This is also now a dual powered device. It is now powered by either an on board battery or a normal glow plug starter.
And here is a video as proof that it all works (havent shown the remote glow starter working though)
The fuel pump works while the starting motor is running. I have wired the starter and fuel pump for dual power source from a single switch, so that either unit runs via the race packs or 12VDC Lead Acid Battery.
Anyway, let me know your thoughts. Is it overkill or forwards thinking ?
NO, it is not being converted to LiPo ! :
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