Okay... perhaps not as fast as I wanted it to be ...... but quite a bit faster than the original. Here is Sheepo's Mustang with actual RC racing parts. Traxxas Titan motor to be exact. I had to create a new bracket, drive train, etc. to accommodate for the new rpms, power, etc. To be honest, the drivetrain could have actually used more power, it is the heavy back end that limits performance on this model. I will not post all the details here... that is too exhaustive. But I had done so elsewhere.

http://mocpages.com/moc.php/412797

Check it out it you can.... hopefully it is an interesting read. I love feedback, especially constructive feedback, but if you have something scathing I totally don't mind, but please read the whole post on my mocpages before posting something too critical. I love it when people post stuff but haven't read or seen all the videos.... sometimes your question/concern/opinion will be addressed if you read/watch all that has been posted.

Also, the post has some things that I think may be of interest to the Technic community... such as how to address the problem of short supply for red flex cables..... and perhaps some additional information as to why Sheepo is now building 1/10 scale instead of 1/8 scale.

Dang.... I can't get the videos to post. It is so hit and miss with these things. I use the exact same procedure everytime.....Is there anything I am doing wrong? Grrr.... I guess that is a different post. If someone knows.... please feel free to fix the issue.

Edited May 26, 20159 yr by nerdsforprez

To get the video just delete the s in https before start the procedure to embeed them ;) i'll write a bit more in this post when i'll read the mocpage post :3 lovely choise the titan! Bit maybe it is enough powerful To support less gear reductions

SORRY FOR EDITING THIS POST MANY TIME but I think this could ve useful

just write [-media] *link without "s" [-/media] delete the "-" in the writing between "[" "]"

Edited May 24, 20159 yr by PKW

Yea.... nothing... I edited the originals and also reposted without the "s" -- no luck

Edited May 26, 20159 yr by nerdsforprez

Looks very well.

I see the weigth is still a problem even if you use RC motors ;(

Be careful with gears and axles under high rpm, you could burn them.

I used a lubricant. I realized early on I would have problems if I did not.

Nicely done Nerdsforprez! I see you used a RC motor on Sheepo's Mustang. Looks like everything work out good. Do you know how much voltage is the motor receiving here, this could be the reason why it is not as fast as intended? Also do you plan to incorporate one of Sheepo's Transmission for this down the road.

i actually did originally used it. I have video and everything.... it is just that the motor was not powerful enough to really push things through for gears three -five. i mean it still drove, just didnt add any speed like a transmission shoul

should...

Alright, so you have used the transmission with this, that is great. Your using the 380 motor which could be the problem for insufficient power have you thought about stepping up the motor size to a 550 to see if that was powerful enough to drive everything.

Do you have any information about the motor here, RC Motors come in a variety of styles with different amount of winding's.

i could bump up to larger motor....but i already looked into it and the holes for mounting have different spacing. so i would have redo the whole bracket. and the length of a 550 is so much longer. i would have to re look at the whole chassis and gear configuration i have done. Which.... may be worth it... but I would also have to re-odo the whole backend. Like I mentioned before, when I get going too fast the whole back end jumps around (like can be een in the video) --- I would have to double up the shocks back there.... which it is corruntly not configured for. Really, it would take a ton of work. Whole new project......not just a modification of what I have already done....

Ok, That makes sense. Motor size is important when you want to mount it with the screw holes, It is easy to mount this way but your very limited as to what motor is able to fit to. That was one of the first methods I tried to connecting up some motors with LEGO so I already been down that road. That is why I dont use the front screw holes on the motor to connect with LEGO and instead use jb weld to mount bigger motor sizes with LEGO. When you have the motor sandwich (like the picture below) in between two liftarms the motor is more adaptable with building and I could also remove this custom motor and can connect up the XL motor in its place.