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Small Factory's "Beast from the East" (Now with Burt Reynolds approval)
Topic Started: Jan 11 2013, 06:37 PM (7,502 Views)
NightWolf
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I have both! Bought the SR, and while looking for some parts at the local hobbyshop the owner offered to sell me his new-in-box DF-300 at sticker price. So I accidentally ended up with 2 Blizzards :)

And yes, Reaper and I are working on the conversion parts deal.
Edited by NightWolf, Jan 12 2013, 03:14 PM.
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irishman
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Looking forward for more pics on this DF-300.
I'll be doing so of these mods for sure.

Thanks for sharing Timmy.
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Oh Nightwolf so you love the DF-300 that much to convert the SR too. Cool I thought you just had the SR, my bad!!

And accidentally ended up with two blizzards is great!! Hahaha :D

Tim I am sorry we are clogging up your post!!
Edited by ZippoMan, Jan 12 2013, 03:22 PM.
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Excuse me also for the chitchat. This has been a very informative thread, I'm soaking up every word and picture. Looking forward to the progress! Carry on :)
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ZippoMan
Jan 12 2013, 01:35 PM
For carbon fibre will these brake disks work? http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/cPath/1_25_1460_994/products_id/33941/n/Xtreme-Racing-Kyosho-MP9-Carbon-Fiber-Brake-Disk-2

If so buy them up and I need some, hehehe. They are on sale!!
It seems that they just might fit, from just viewing the picture. I just placed an order from them a few days ago. I wish I knew about them, I would have purchased me a set to test...
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Jan 12 2013, 01:31 PM
Tim with the HR Servo clamps is it this AXR24C01 Alum. Servo Clamp Plate for Std Serv? I just ordered one but I have no idea how they work, is this all I need for one servo? http://www.liquidrc.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2681632_199&products_id=63754
Thats the ones I used here. I purchased a few sets, and have slowly been installing them on my RC's. They certainly are not necessary, but I must say that they do an amazing job of holding down the servo (no spreading of those little servo holes where the mounting bolts go).
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NightWolf
Jan 12 2013, 03:44 PM
Excuse me also for the chitchat. This has been a very informative thread, I'm soaking up every word and picture. Looking forward to the progress! Carry on :)
Thanks so much. Glad I can help...

Threads seem to get derailed rather easily on this forum... hehe
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Timmy2Tracks
Jan 12 2013, 11:14 PM
ZippoMan
Jan 12 2013, 01:31 PM
Tim with the HR Servo clamps is it this AXR24C01 Alum. Servo Clamp Plate for Std Serv? I just ordered one but I have no idea how they work, is this all I need for one servo? http://www.liquidrc.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2681632_199&products_id=63754
Thats the ones I used here. I purchased a few sets, and have slowly been installing them on my RC's. They certainly are not necessary, but I must say that they do an amazing job of holding down the servo (no spreading of those little servo holes where the mounting bolts go).
So Tim how do these work? Are the HR tabs threaded or do we need our own nuts? I only bought one pack and looking at your pictures it is hard to tell how you mounted them. I should have asked before buying.....Liquid RC is the cheapest for me. Well I have to see what I get though..lol :D
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Next on the agenda is the motor mount and spur gear. Here is what you remove from the Blizzard.
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You can see behind that c-clip, I already have installed the bearing...
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Remove c-clip, and slide spur gear and shaft out. You would find a bushing here on this end...
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...and on this end as well.
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Edited by Small Factory, Jan 13 2013, 09:50 PM.
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So, the main reason why I have been putting this build off for a while is this part in particular... I have been looking around for one of these dual motor plats for quite a while. Chris had made a small run of these a few years ago, and I knew I just would not be satisfied until I tracked one down for this build. I finally contacted Chris and he happened to have this last one stuck somewhere in some long lost box, at the back of the Rogue Element skunk-works. With my family connections in the black market body parts world, we struck a deal, and this was in my mailbox...
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Dos. Uno.
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Giddy as a school girl.
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I wanted to find a metal spur to go along with the new plate, but no luck as of yet.
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Here's the main concept.
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Some cutting required.
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Since I did not have the plate, I did not know that the top plate would have to be modified, so I removed it again...
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And stripped it back down...
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By adding dual motors, both motors will now sit much lower in the chassis plate than the single motor on top of the chassis plate. Therefor, you must essentially cut the hole much wider to accommodate this. You will loose the original mounting holes the the original single motor plate used. So, using my nice sharp pencil and square, I drew two parallel lines and marked the width where the wider mounting holes would be...
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The planned body will require two new front mounting hole as well, so those were marked also.
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Over here.
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Brad point bit. Fingers crossed X4.
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New front body mount holes.
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Edited by Small Factory, Jan 13 2013, 10:24 PM.
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What's the advantage of dual motors on a DF?
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Time to cut.

First I decided to cut just a small section to allow the plate to sit where it belongs first. Baby steps. Square and pencil, again.
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Went to fetch my CNC, or wait, my Bosch jigsaw. It's okay, don't worry, it's variable speed...
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Using a thin metal blade, and running very slow RPM's, I was able to cut right along the line.
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Half-way there.
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Both the way there. You can see that some material will have to be removed in front of the motor plate as well, to access the lower motor screws.
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Edited by Small Factory, Jan 13 2013, 10:36 PM.
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irishman
Jan 13 2013, 10:29 PM
What's the advantage of dual motors on a DF?
More power! More torque!

And, honestly, just to put this build a little "over the top".
Edited by Small Factory, Jan 13 2013, 10:32 PM.
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