Arh, if i would have paid closer attention i would have noticed Brian saying this;

'Makes sense since his anteater nose needs about that much room to move comfortably.'

One of those As If things..

Did i mentioned the weather is getting better over here!? the first ants have been spotted! (and haunted)

lol, you are a strange person Serum!

Should i consider that a compliment or food for the brain? :p

Whatever makes you happy. :)

compliment it will be.

Finished and running.
 

Well, it's all done. And I'm not entirely happy with it. It looks OK and all, but it's gonna be a PITA to get to the center diff. Once Mike makes his "drop-in" solution, I might re-visit the construction.

I'd like to use the Kyosho spur but I don't want to raise the diff nor do I want to shave out a larger spur slot in the chassis. So, I'm using the stock spur and a hardened steel pinion. Let's see how long it holds up.

Now, for the pics:

http://scriptasylum.com/forumpics/crtp5_3.jpg

http://scriptasylum.com/forumpics/crtp5_4.jpg

http://scriptasylum.com/forumpics/crtp5_5.jpg

http://scriptasylum.com/forumpics/crtp5_6.jpg

Looks good but I would rather see a video or at least a pic of it all dirty :)

yes, it good convert..

video video...

by the way.

like i said, CRT.5 maybe direct product E-CRT Ver, the ofna a supplier taiwan Hongnor company will come to ready it, this hongnor boss tell us.
we all waiting..

Thanks guys!

I'm sorry, looks like there is a language barrier, lol. Do you mean that there will be an electric version made by Ofna?

Nice Brian, have you gotten a run in with it? I might approach a crt .5 with the stock spur IF the hardened pinions work. did mike make that pinion for you?

Brian I believe that is what he means. this is from another post he made in the truggy section.

in the future (as soon), Jammin ofna maybe consider E-CRT or E-CRT.5 Version.

this is i know news.

by the way your crt.5 looks great. Makes me want one.

Looks sweet!! Great job with it. Hopefully the pinion and spur will hold up well.

sorry my poor english,
yes electric version.

but not ofna made, ofna is commercial agent, all car and truck come from taiwan Hongnor made.
so if ofna have interest electric version CRT or CRT.5 that Hongnor will support product.

you can via http://www.hongnor.com.tw taiwan company.

andywpj:
Oh, ok. I didn't mean to offend, just wanted to make sure I understood correctly. :) That's interesting; I didn't know it was made by Hongnor. It would be neat to see them offer an electric version. They should release a Pro electric version so people can put in their own electrics.

RC/gixxer:
I haven't run it too much, just in the basement, but already found an issue with the steering servo. It goes one way fine, but sometimes binds going the other way. Does the same thing with the servo horn disconnected totally, so it has to be the servo itself. With the servo disconnected, the steering assembly is very smooth, so no binding there at all. I'm going to take the servo back to the LHS tomorrow to see if they'll exchange it, but don't know if they will since it's been a while since I bought it and I don't have the receipt anymore. At any rate it is pretty snappy...and it should be since it has a 10th scale motor on it. :)

Sylvester:
Yeah, Mike got the pinion for me. It's not something he usually sells since they didn't last long for some people (hence the "out of stock" status in the RCM store). There was a thread about these pinions where Mike responded if you're interested. But, I asked him if I could get one anyway to try out. They're kinda expensive though - better and cheaper to go with the Kyosho spur and regular pinion if possible. Most 8th scale applications can use the Kyosho spur setup with no problems at all (except a little shimming), but the CRT.5 is quite a bit smaller so needs more modifications to get it to work.