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Hi everyone! I'm new here, new to the hobby, new to the forum.
I've been trolling around looking for answers for a while, but now i find that i need to ask some questions:
So here's what I've got:
What your looking at is a Maisto Rockzilla 8.6v. they're not in production any more as far as i know. they have a rockzilla but its smaller than this one now. this one is about 16" long.
short story I'm a mechanic by trade, found this old toy grade thing that my wife got me a few years back, so i decided to tinker around with it after some studying... i start thinking "you know, you've got a small 12v battery floating around somewhere... wouldnt be cool if you could get that to work!??"
yeah... not so much. fwd and reverse work just fine but i burned out the steering motor or esc. alright, cool
so I've watched videos and searched forums. but i'm not really finding what it is that i'm looking for... a dummies explanation or a list of where i need to spend money to upgrade this dumb toy for absolutely no reason just because i can
alright.. FINALLY!! what does this guy want.. right??
here we go. plain and simple, really ... i wanna put it on a 3sLipo.
heres what i've got so far reciever and servo:
so heres my questions:
there are a TON of esc's out there so i wanted some suggestions on good AFFORDABLE ones...?
also being that its a dual motor 4wd, do i need 2 esc's for propulsion or just one?
do i need yet another for the steering servo i plan on installing?
did i get screwed when i got that servo or reciever and they wont work with a 3s?
i dont want to mess with the motors just yet (cuz $). but i will study on that and do it when they inevitably grenade
also.. i'm fully aware of how ridiculous this is... but i think we're all trying to have fun here, right? so lets leave out all the comments like "its a toy. dont bother. its not made for this. you'll never amount to anything and will always be a disappointment to your father, etc etc"
I've heard it all before and while you're not wrong... lets see how much fun we can have with a cheap car (the engineering is part of the fun)
thanks a lot for any help you guys could throw my way
cheers
I've been trolling around looking for answers for a while, but now i find that i need to ask some questions:
So here's what I've got:
What your looking at is a Maisto Rockzilla 8.6v. they're not in production any more as far as i know. they have a rockzilla but its smaller than this one now. this one is about 16" long.
short story I'm a mechanic by trade, found this old toy grade thing that my wife got me a few years back, so i decided to tinker around with it after some studying... i start thinking "you know, you've got a small 12v battery floating around somewhere... wouldnt be cool if you could get that to work!??"
yeah... not so much. fwd and reverse work just fine but i burned out the steering motor or esc. alright, cool
so I've watched videos and searched forums. but i'm not really finding what it is that i'm looking for... a dummies explanation or a list of where i need to spend money to upgrade this dumb toy for absolutely no reason just because i can
alright.. FINALLY!! what does this guy want.. right??
here we go. plain and simple, really ... i wanna put it on a 3sLipo.
heres what i've got so far reciever and servo:
so heres my questions:
there are a TON of esc's out there so i wanted some suggestions on good AFFORDABLE ones...?
also being that its a dual motor 4wd, do i need 2 esc's for propulsion or just one?
do i need yet another for the steering servo i plan on installing?
did i get screwed when i got that servo or reciever and they wont work with a 3s?
i dont want to mess with the motors just yet (cuz $). but i will study on that and do it when they inevitably grenade
also.. i'm fully aware of how ridiculous this is... but i think we're all trying to have fun here, right? so lets leave out all the comments like "its a toy. dont bother. its not made for this. you'll never amount to anything and will always be a disappointment to your father, etc etc"
I've heard it all before and while you're not wrong... lets see how much fun we can have with a cheap car (the engineering is part of the fun)
thanks a lot for any help you guys could throw my way
cheers