Project: Tri-Cell
 

After building a couple of decent crawlers I decided to go the other direction: Speed.

As mods go, this isn't new, but I hadn't tried it before, and wanted to see how performance would be.

Ridiculously fast is how I would term it!

I'm doing the classic trick of hard-wiring the charging base to the batteries inside my controller to charge it. (manually timed)

I think this is the permanent home of that green Mustang body too.
Specs follow:

Tri-Cell
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27Hmz
Green Cat5 Antenna
Orange Motor and Gearset
Additional Series-Wired Battery
Silver Wheels and Tires from Upgrade Kit
Suspension Drillouts
Athearn Springs
Upgraded Red ZZ Steering Motor

can u send me the directions on how you did the tri-cell because my truck batt. dosent last long at all.

and will u need a different charger to charge your tri-cell??



thanks

Yea. If you want that 3rd cell to give you extra power then you need a different charger.

could you post a picture of the charger and can you just make one out of a zz controller

You can make one out of a ZZMT controller but you will need to manually time the charge like what Michael wrote.

And also, you may want to add an extra cell to the controller to charge the battery to full capacity a little faster but you will need to manually time the charge. Im not sure how long to charge the MT with 3 cells(with 4 or 5 cell in ZZMT chargebase).

thanks for the tips i really appreciate it. i just got a zzmt and did the gearing mod i like the results but my battery life is just too short, it only lasts like 30sec and then it cant move. would u prefre the tri cell or the quad cell???

High speed or low speed gearing mod?

And did you do any other modifications to your ZZMT?

low speed mod thats the only one for now

Did you use new AAA batteries for the controller for your first charge on the MT?

It seems you have a bad batteries in your ZZMT

yea but could you e-mail me the instructions on how you made that charger because i am new to this zzmts and how do you have to charge it manually

Far be it from me to keep a post on track but... :rolleyes:

I did the high speed gearing for my tri-cell hookup, along with the orange motor.
(I really wanted to see what this thing could do!

The rest of my mods are listed in the specs.

A tri-cell MT will charge in about 30-40 seconds from 4 "AAA" batteries.

Count to 30 or 40 and you're good. No need spot-on accuracy.

thanks for the info... would u prefer quad cell or a tri cell and how long would u charge the quad cell.....?

I have 2 quad cells right now. The thing is wheelie crazy if you don't weight the front down. Both my of my quad cells have higher tooth pinion gears on the orange motor to gear it faster. This helps with the wheelies. They are also prone to role every time you try to turn at higher speeds. I tri-celled my younger brothers, and with orange gears, it's a lot more manageable. It all depends on what you're going for.

i was going for more of a crawler iwas thinking of a tri cell but was wondering if a quak cell is better....

I'm just finishing my crawler... I have to make that decision too. I'm using a bigger/slower motor than the typical red zzmt. With 2 cells it's really slow and still has tons of torque but the steering needs to be improved. I would make some temporary set ups and try 3 and 4 cells, which i'm going to do.

I wouldn't tri-cell a crawler.

A quad cell in parallel for the run time would be great, but additional speed isn't crawling, is it? ;)

yea you are right but the battery that i have in it right now i ethink that it is a dud because it only laste for about 30 sec.

Does the extra voltage from the tri cell conversion increase the torque to the steering motor enough to make the steering better?

The extra voltage does help the steering. I did a tri cell for my brother.... but I like my quad much better with a 10 tooth pinion. Doesn't accel the best (waiting to do a fet mod), but it's top speed is faster than my xmods. your job is pretty clean... I added a switch to my brothers to bypace the third batter if he wanted.

wow
 

just quaded one of my ZZMT's all i have to say is wow. you cant keep the front end down.

i had done a 4 gear mod but with the gear fliped for speed. and it is realy fast, but wow i did not expect that.

I cant wait to test this on at work. blow peoples minds.

I think it is faster than my stock xmods.

if you want speed do the quad. wow