The road to the ultimate ZipZap

[LBRC]

Stage 1 (Audi): New generation SE circuit board, 34K motor, and E-Tec 80mAh LiPo.
Very simple and very fast.


Stage 2a (Corvette): New generation SE circuit board, ZZMT motor, E-Tec 80mAh LiPo, This car will also get upgraded with mosfets and Cyborgzero’s bypass mod as soon as the FETs arrive. Even without the circuit board mods this car is awesome.


Stage 2b: Work in progress but has problems, older SE CB with steering fix, ZZMT motor, two 160mAh 1/3 aaa NiMH batteries, possibly Codesuidae’s DC mod. Without the LiPo the ZZMT motor is too much for the stock CB. Since the State 2a car is getting the mosfets I’m hoping that Codesuidae’s DC mod will be a different and unique way of solving the problem.


Controller: Steering wheel replaced with excess Xmod body kit wheel, massive improvement in handling without even touching a car. X-Wheel Tutorial

Stage 3 (Camaro): Old SE chassis, ZZMT motor, E-Tec 80 mAh LiPo, and Iwaver 02 circuit board, servo motor replaced with red ZZ motor. Controlled insanity!!! 20Km/h on a speed checker, fortunately the fully proportional steering is a massive control improvement, and the digital controller lest you decrease the throttle, 50% brings it down to a near manageable range.

[gtr2112]

LB, your cars are awesome! you should use the MM's wheels with those new tires. like this...

[LBRC]

GTR2112: Those wheels do look good with the rimmed (off-road tires).


Stage 1b and 1c are a couple of gen-4 cars, originally a Blue Stingray and Green Shelby the Acura bodies w/ underglow have been added for a visual indication that the car is still “on” a simple but effective LiPo life saver. In addition to the E-Tec LiPo’s these cars have been FET modded, one with just a straight FET mod and one with FETs and Cyborgzero’s Bypass mod.

The FETs and Bypass do appear to give a slight boost although not as noticeable with the LiPo equipped new generation SE’s, most noticeable is a slight improvement in low end torque.

Here’s one that may have crossed the line, stretched SE chassis, widened rear axle, Epoch CB, Kokam 145mAh LiPo, and a custom lighted Super Slicks body.

[jdbugman]

i just got a job at radioshack to help fuel my obsession.

so far i have 20 bodys and 4 cars. 3 zz (2 herbies, ford f150) and 1 zzmt. I have lowered the f150s chassis and put on a pt cruzier and added a body kit so that it is right against the ground. first thing i did to the herbie i lowered it too. looks much better. and the zzmt i did the susp mod to increase the travel.

next is a zzse and i want to hook one up to my full size rc remote. i fuigure i can use a zzmt with a lipo and do the full susp mod and use a micro rc reciever and speedo and servo. to get it done.

[LBRC]

Lowered the bodies on the stage 1b & 1c cars



and added stacked FETs on the forward side of the H-bridge.

Since the 1c car with the bypass mod was noticeably faster I went ahead and added the bypass mod converting the 1b car to a second 1c.

Stage 1c six steps to a 12Km/h* SE.

Start with a stock Shelby - 4Km/h
1. Add a 34K NX Motor - 6Km/h
2. A red gear set - 7Km/h
3. Then FETs - 8Km/h (IRLML 2502 N-Ch & 6401 P-Ch)
4. Stack the forward P & N channel FETs - 9Km/h
5. Forward bypass mod - 10Km/h
6. Finally a LiPo - 12Km/h

* Note, these speeds where measured by holding the car on a Tamiya Speed checker, although great for measuring improvement the accuracy is somewhat suspect.

By using the bypass mod on, and stacking only the forward side of the H-bridge reverse is held down to approx. 8Km/h which is still plenty fast but much more usable, in fact it probably wouldn’t hurt to only mod the forward half of the H-bridge leaving the reverse completely stock.

Jdbugman here's a link to my ZipZaps gallery it has a couple of fully proportional LiPo ZZMTs including the start of a tutorial.

[Azimov]

I know I'm bringing this up a year later, but I'm wondering if you have a schematic or wiring diagram anywhere that shows how you hooked the lights to the ZZ MT with the IWaver board. This is some really cool stuff you've done and I'm having fun researching your mods right now.