[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by BashOn

Just thought I'd post an update. I installed the electronics last night and programmed the MGM using the USB link, which is a very cool feature I think. I reversed the motor wires because the motor was spinning the wrong way and got everything ready for an indoor test, just to see if everything was working. Well I managed to screw something up with the motor direction because it was still wrong and this time the motor drove the spur in the reverse direction and stripped to teeth off the 1st gear (the only plastic one in the three speed). Not only that but it broke the one way bearing which now is a two way........

Lesson - When you are dead tired don't work on your expensive RC stuff.

So tomorrow I will have another 1st gear and should be good to go. I still haven't built a barrier to stop the battery from crashing against the spur in the event of a major nose dive... Probably work on that tonight.

The transmission can only accept one direction of rotation unless you lock it, right? If it's spinning the wrong way, sounds to me like the diffs need to be flipped.