Traxxas is suppose to come out with their own aluminum slipper pads for the new brushless EMaxx. The part # is 5352R.

A correctly adjusted slipper DOES NOT SLIP causing any loss of power, it only slips when there is a severe shock, load or strain placed on the drivetrain...like jumping in the air and then landing on a solid or high-traction surface with the throttle wide open. Instead of that shock-load transferring to, and breaking a driveline component, the slipper slips just enough to dissipate the load and stop any damage from happening to the driveline.

Again, the slipper should never slip under normal conditions, allowing 100% of your power to reach the ground...it should ONLY slip in the above situations.

Thanks Chad. It's great that you're here, I hardly ever have to respond to questions in my own thread now. :na:

Hehe! :)

What can I do to this truck that hasn't already been done? What to do what to do? Well I had these gnarly carbon fiber pushrods I made for the swaybars of my late nitro Revo so I installed them on the ERBE.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...f_swaybar1.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...f_swaybar2.jpg

Interesting mod. I did mine a little differently in the rear, I didn't like drilling the cantilevers and it rubbed besides, so I rigged mine to mount like the fronts, added shiny aluminum pushrods and some spacers and BLAMO. Do your links not rub against the shock bottoms? Mind was downright binding.

Very nice MC!

I mad some carbon-fiber turnbuckles, toe-links & camber-links for one of my RC18Ts a while back...they started out as JDCarbon carbon-fiber HPI Savave hinge-pins that I actually threaded on each end (left & right-hand threads), then soaked in Thin CA. The threads soaked up the CA nicely, making them capable of being adjusted just like regular turnbuckles! I then sprayed the center-sections with clear to make them shiny...they looked and worked awesome! I wish I hadn't sold it so I could take pics for you to see.

So is the 1/4 turn out on the slipper clutch the limit out?Or in?

Well, not every truck is the same, so you will have to find the setting that works best for you...generally it is between 1/8 & 1/4 turn out from fully compressed.

My son has been a very good boy at school lately so I thought it was finally time for him to have his new GERBE. The weather was nice today with temperature at 31 degrees Fahrenheit. Here's a small movie of the big unveiling. It's short and boring :smile:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w.../th_gerbe1.jpg

So there were two waterproof ERBEs running in the snow today, we went through two sets of lifepo4 packs each until the truck came to a slow crawl. The water proofness proved to be excellent again on both ERBEs. My second run was cut a little short because the power started to drop a bit showing the packs were getting empty but it suddenly stopped. No power at all to the ESC or steering servo. We came back in the house to warm our fingers and inspect the batteries that failed. One of the batteries had no voltage at all so I opened the shrink wrap to investigate. There was a part on the circuit board that poofed. It looked like a thin piece of copper and I suspect that it acts like a fuse. I found a similar piece of copper and soldered it in the same spot and the pack now had voltage. Replaced the shrink and problem solved.
Now before someone reads this and starts saying things like ''Turnigys will always fail like that'' and ''you get what you paid for''. :oops: Let me tell you this. I was geared for 39 mph on 4S. I went to 3S lifepo4 in series which gives a little more voltage than 5S lipo in parallel and put these huge and heavy 40 series Mashers without changing my gearing. I'm surprised the batteries didn't get more damage than they did. As a matter of fact, once I did the repair, I recharged the packs and all the cells were matched and both packs peaked at close to 4700 mah. These are labeled as 4500 mah. They are getting better with use. Turnigy lifepo4, tough as nails I tell ya.

I had difficulty hearing the young lad but he surely looked happy !
Your a great Dad Ray, to do all that work for your boy like you did.
Now go do some more Father and Son RC bonding !

I don't understand any French either, but I could tell he was extremely excited! AWESOME!

Which language do you guys use most often around the house, or are the split due to the childhood locations of both yourself and your wife?

It's French in the house and at school. But we live in an English Province so when he's outside of either the house or school, he'll start shifting from French to English from one sentence to another. Sometimes mixing French and English in the same sentences. It's funny sometimes, we call it Frenglish :lol: As for more RC bonding, the batteries are recharged and we're ready for some fun tomorrow. And yes he was very excited, he was jumping small snow banks and landed on four wheels every time. I was impressed.

He's a better driver then I am I'll tell you that! :lol:

that's correct :yipi:
just tell that to the guys who race the short course trucks with me that :rofl:
noobs hehe. glad we have this forum!

5 1/2 years old Gabriel jumping his GERBE off a small snow bank. At the end he hands me his remote for me to play with his truck, his fingers were too cold :lol:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w.../th_gerbe3.jpg

Its scary, but I bet if you put him in a race with some cocky teenagers he'd probably hand them there asses, mine too for that matter- never messed up one jump or landing.

Awesome kid!

I wonder what his future RCM username is gonna be....

juniorcrash.

hehe

It's fun to play in the snow but I'm getting tired of freezing my fingers. I tried gloves but it doesn't work very well, I just don't like it. I am particularly worried about my son's little fingers so I thought of something. Hand muffs much like this one in the pic. Maybe not made of faux fur (although they are very stylish) but a hand muff that is bigger so you can put the radio inside. I don't think there would be range issues and it would keep the hands warm. A heat pad could even be used inside to keep the hands warm for hours. Is there hand muffs for RCers already on the market? I searched a little and couldn't find anything.

http://www.sheepskinfashions.com/pro...Hand_Muff1.GIF

just cut a hole for the antenna? possibly a shag covered transmitter? :lol: --josh

Never mind, I found what I was looking for.

http://www.fastrax-rc.com/rc-product...0003951&cat=ST

wtf? they actually make those? i guess theres always SOME company that makes exactly what you need.--josh

Yes a company makes them, but I tried to buy a couple and they don't ship to Canada. I thought of calling them to make arrangements to buy them and have them shipped but then I thought they were a bit expensive and the shipping was not included and finally, I want them NOW!

So I made my own. They don't look as good but they will do the job fine. Some faux fur would have looked so much better. I used an old bath towel but anything that will give some insulation from the cold will do. I folded the towel, cut to the size I wanted and taped both sides to make a pouch. Then a piece of tape to close the bottom leaving two openings to slip the hands in. The openings are also big enough to slip the radio in there.

Finally, a trash bag to make it water proof and serve as a barrier for the wind. This is just a prototype. I may make better ones that are sewn instead of taped with one side that can fully open and close using Velcro to make it easier to put the radio in.

People are going to look at us and wonder why we have trash bags over our hands but we don't care. If they laugh at us, we'll just aim for their shins at full throttle.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...tter_muff1.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...tter_muff2.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...tter_muff3.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...tter_muff4.jpg http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...tter_muff5.jpg

neat,they wont be laughing when they're freezing there own hands off!--josh

Another great idea from the mind of MC!

I like 'em, man!

Sticking your hands inside a furry muff to keep them warm...

{ rude joke potential 99% }

Haha...another great joke from the mind of SuicideNeil, I like it!

I prefer the bald muff look myself.

Not my idea, transmitter muffs have been around for a long time. But the idea of making one with a towel and a trash bag is new :lol:

That's what I was saying...the best stuff comes out of the Mind of MC!

"Mind of MC", that should be Trademarked! ;)

LMAO!!
Thats golden :rofl:

The sad thing is, if you can get both hands inside the furry muff, it's definitely time to get a *new* muff! :surprised::gasp:

Well, if I can get both hands in a furry muff, then the muff is the perfect size for me. As matter of fact, that's how I test all my muff; the two-hand fit. :mdr::na:

Haha, I guess you like hearing echos! ;)

I am a little afraid to come back and talk about the muff :lol:
But I have to report that I tried it early this morning when it was -14 Celcius. That's 7 Fahrenheit. Pretty cold but my hands and radio were warm and very comfortable. If I had put a heat pad in the pouch, my hands would have been toasty warm. If I ever get the time, I will make a better one with better materials.

Thats cool MC...worth it if the weather is freezing!

Yea, if it gets *really* cold, you could just throw in a couple HotHands hand-warming packets!

I wish there would be a way to make the plastic less brittle running in very cold weather. My son broke a front drive shaft and I shredded the front skid plate and bulkheads :mdr:
Not much snow here right now, we had a few days of nice weather and the snow melted. Then it became arctic cold and everything froze solid. We don't have snow banks to jump, they became ice banks. And the asphalt is as hard as granite. Landing on granite is not forgiving on frozen plastic. :yes:

I have said it before, and I will say it again, the very first company to release aluminum Revo bulkheads is going to make an absolute killing in profit! Hell, even Integy would make a crazy-profit if they were the first to come out with aluminum Revo bulkheads.