Electric?

[FearTheSilence]

Does anybody know if anyone makes 1/8 scale 4wd Electric buggies?

[speedydave 2]

Currently, the only electric 4wd 1/8 buggies are(or is...may be the only) scratch built, one-of-a-kind conversions.

[jackhole101]

probobly the best electric buggies that you will find are Losi buggies. The reason that they dont make 1/8 scale electric buggies is because they would handle like crap because they would be off balance and have too much weight

[The JANG]

There's no reason why an electric 1/8th scale would be intrinsically off-balance or too heavy.

[jackhole101]

well, the only setups that I have seen are e-maxx style dual motor setups with the motors set above the center diff.

That is the only reason that I say that it would be unbalanced.

And it WOULD be very heavy due to the 2 battery packs thaat would be needed to run the thing, then if you run into something it would break due to the inertia involved.

Sorry but that is what I have seen. A single brushless design would be cool though. I wonder if anyone could try to have 2 BL motors and have them in a in line formation and have 2 spurs.

Sounds like it could work but the balance issue comes into play again

[speedydave 2]

SoFastICan'tSeeIt made a 4 motor, 2 tranny inline E-Maxx. A few guys on MaxxTraxx converted a Mugen XR Works to BL, using a gear reduction unit. 1/8 buggies are already about 7 pounds, so, take away the fuel tank, fuel inside it, engine, pipe, manifold, disk breaks, throttle servo, receiver pack...I don't think it'd be all that heavy.

EDIT: I just found a link to one of the MaxxTraxx electric conversions. This one is using an EVX with dual Titans, but I have seen the BL MBX-4 XR Works, I just can't find(too lazy to find ;) )the thread with it. Here it is. (http://pub21.ezboard.com/fmaxximumtraxxasfrm71.showMessage?topicID=586.topic)

[The JANG]

My Spyder runs one motor on one side and it runs perfectly well. Batteries are heavy, sure, but if they're too heavy to be practical in an R/C vehicle, how is it there are so many electric R/C's out there? What about all of the 12- to 24-cell E-Maxxes, going 30-68mph?

My questions are rhetorical.

[FearTheSilence]

hmmm. so u can buy conversion kits and just convert a gas 1/8?

[speedydave 2]

Any and all 1/8 buggy electric conversions right now are home-made, one of a kind cars. There are currently no conversions to make a nitro 1/8 buggy into an electric 1/8 buggy.

[renoirbud]

I think making a 1/8 into a brushless electric would rock.

How fast does a nitro motor turn when broken in?? (RPM)

[the_kid]

This thread is two years old...

like 36 grand

[iluvtruenos]

at full throttle?

[racinlosi]

It depends on what motor. Some run 41,000 while some either run 39,000, 38,000, 37,000, or 36,000. But I'm also making an electric buggy with a Brushless, just takes time when your 13. :(