To be honest I never really thought a aluminum chassis was needed besides bling factor. So any price is too much for the bashing I do regardless, Just my 2cents.

Still sorry for the pickle your in, hopefully Dan sends another out and it'll hold up for you ? Despite all that work swapping everything over and then to cringe at the next big jump ?

Yea, that does suck, but Dan is an awesome guy, and I am positive he will send you a v2.2 replacement chassis free of charge, as long as you send the old chassis in for him to analyze.

My attention was to the front at first but I went back to the garage and looked at the ERBE more thoroughly and found that the rear end suffered some damage too. I guess taking big jumps and landing on four wheels doesn't work well. Maybe I should land on the lid :lol:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...h_kershaw2.jpg

Holy shizzle... That sucks.
Hope he sorts it out for you.

I would be surprised if that happened. I am not sure you should assume that Dan is going to bend over backwards to make me happy. Do you know him that well to say that? Is he your buddy or neighbor? Whatever happens will happen and I will report back and tell everyone all about it. Talks have already started via emails with Dan. I am waiting for more answers on his behalf.

+1 lol

Dan has gone out of his way in the past to make sure the customer was happy if something wasn't right or went wrong, and he is that way with all of his customers, so I am just sure he will do whatever needs to be done to make you happy.

Dan is an awesome guy, he really is, and his service is 2nd to none! He wants to make sure everyone is happy, and that his products are as good as they can be, no matter what.

He may not replace your chassis for free, I just have this feeling he will.

He won't. The only thing he is willing to do is send me another top plate at his cost of $41. I still don't know if that includes shipping.

Hm that sucks. Has anyone actually had a bent chassis on that location before with the stock revo 3.3 chassis?

Damn, that sucks, MC.

jasje, my Vantage Racing carbon-fiber chassis on my highly modified brushless Revo 3.3 is bomb-proof, but I also never had a single problem when I was running the stock 3.3 aluminum chassis.

I am a bit upset, I really thought this chassis was good, especially with the new towers and bottom plate I made. I mean there was no problems with the middle part of the chassis where those parts are. It's the front and rear part where the bulkheads attach to. It is just a flat plate of aluminum with a lot of material removed in the middle to save on weight. When I look at the nitro Revo aluminum chassis, I appreciate the engineering that went into it. That hump all along the middle, the bent edges that go downward all along the sides and the numerous curves all come together to make a very solid chassis. It looks simple but it isn't. The Kershaw chassis is simple. Maybe too simple. The top plate of the Kershaw chassis is just a flat sheet of aluminum. I may order that new top plate from Dan, it is supposed to be a revised version of the revised version. A 2.3 version :mdr: But it will still be a flat sheet of aluminum, easily bendable. If I get it, we'll see if it is better.

In the meantime, I bent back the plate I have now to where it should be and am working to incorporate parts of the nitro Revo chassis into the assembly of the Kershaw chassis to try to strengthen the front and rear portions.

One hyphenated word, "Carbon-Fiber!"

One great thing about carbon fiber, it doesn't bend, it snaps! :P

Nah, I've never tried alu or carbon fiber chassis, I don't bash THAT hard.

finaly killed my last 2.5 chassis :sad:
time to drop in the 3.3 chassis so longer wheelbase i hear improves jumping.

have also just fitted a Losi Smart diff to the center, just take out the XXL diff casing and drop in the smart diff. lets see if these things are all they are cracked up to be.

would this mean that i AM the first to EVER put a smart diff in a revo? :gasp: :mdr:

"I put my math homework in front of the diff and nothing got done. Smart diff my ass." :lol:
so look out new season! here i come!

current specs...
revo 3.3 nitro conversion
E-maxx 3905 tranny w/ modded LST diff (now smart diff)
stock E-revo diffs
MMM + 2200kv combo
5-6s zippy/turnigy lipo 30C
18/56 gearing spur pinion
RC8 wing

The good thing about carbon-fiber is, it is so much stronger than aluminum, that by the time the CF snaps the aluminum would have already become wadded up aluminum foil...heh!