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Originally Posted by suicideneil
Is it just me, or is this the most compact and tidy layout you've ever seen. That electronics box is perfect, and makes everything so tidy. The tranny is perfectly place low down on the center-line of the chassis, yet doesnt hang out the bottom at all. As for battery trays, I would suggest some like Serum's. Its a shame the slipper is a bit week, but Im sure a fix can be invented for that; other than that its a brilliant piece of conversion work, well done! |
Thanks, I like how it turned out. It is very compact. Serum's conversion was one of the ones I really like, and I was going to do the battery trays the same way, but now I am thinking of chopping up the stock chassis and tigging or bolting on some aluminum battery trays.
Well, I fixed the slipper. It all boils down to the fact that I was using a GT2 spur gear, and the slipper pads for the GT2 are pretty slippery. I tried a couple of different materials, and none seemed much better. I went back to the stock Kyosho spur gear and now the slipper is pretty much locked up. I had to back the tension off a fair bit to get any slip. So the moral of the story is that you need the right material for a monster truck slipper pad.
Now if I could just find some pad material the same as the Kyosho stuff, I can use the GT2 spurs, as they are really easy to get.
Also it looks like I might be able to use Savage X spur gears, once I get some Mod 1 pinions and a decent motor.