Clear Concepts brushless buggy!

Written on February 15, 2007 – 12:47 am | by webmaster | 2,345 views

I just got this email at 1125pm from Dustin Peckham aka glassdoctor!. The creator of this awesome Brushless Buggy Clear Concepts mod. I’ve checked his work and his rc video. I think his work deserved to be in this blog for his great creation. I love good people with great invention. OK, you said he’s not the only one can do this… i can do this too. But you know what… he is friendly and he is willing to share his invention with all the visitors and subscribers of this blog. To that, he’s already a champion. he definitely deserve to be in this blog for all to know. you can contact him through his email address down below.

His explanation starts here:

Here are the specs of the conversion, which is still a work in progress. Improvements are comming soon.

The conversion is relatively easy. The center diff is in the stock location, with the diff flipped 180 degrees. THe motor mount is made from two layers of 3mm carbon fiber and bolted to the center diff tower and chassis. The servo is mounted in what’s left of the stock radio tray. The battery is held in by a heavy duty Velcro strap with bumpers on both sides to keep it in the car and out of the gears. A Velcro bed helps keep the pack in place also.

The result is actually a car that is balanced pretty well side to side, with a little more front bias that a nitro. That can be adjusted a little by shifting the battery placement.

Motor: Neu Motors 1512 1.5Y finned can, geared 14/46-16/46.
ESC: Mamba Max, with the BEC disabled and using an separate bec device.
Battery: 4s 8000mah lithium pack made from Maxamps 4000mah cells.
Pinion gears are from various sources, and I use plastic center gears from Kyosho and HPI.

I also use a fans for the esc and motor as needed in the summer. No fans were needed in the video… it was about 40*F at the track that day. In the video I actually had a 1515 2.5D in the car geared 16/46. But it runs just as well with the 1512.

The car clocks mid 30’s geaed for the track as in the video, and hits 45mph with the 1512 geared 18/46.

Runtime is incredible as typical 5 min heat, with a few warm up laps is only using about 1500-1700mah according to the charger I use. With the 8000mah pack it will make a 30 minute main without a problem.

I am working on a new battery mounting system and new one-piece 7075 CNC motor mounts. If anyone is interested I should have some soon.