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BrianG · 10.17.2006, 08:17 PM

FYI about the motor mount part of the kit: His mount is nice, but it's made for short motors. The Wanderer XL is longer that the Novac motors, so the end of the motor would hit the suspension when compressed. The motor needs to sit higher to compensate, which changes the mount a bit. Then, if you don't use the adaptor hub for the spur gear, the mount has to sit closer to spur, which again changes the mount.

I actually started to work with him to design a new mount for larger motors, but stuff came up, so I ended up making my own. It's not that hard really, except making the motor adjustment slots.

If my new 2nd gear locking scheme doesn't work, I'll email him to get the special part he made.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	10.17.2006, 08:17 PM FYI about the motor mount part of the kit: His mount is nice, but it's made for short motors. The Wanderer XL is longer that the Novac motors, so the end of the motor would hit the suspension when compressed. The motor needs to sit higher to compensate, which changes the mount a bit. Then, if you don't use the adaptor hub for the spur gear, the mount has to sit closer to spur, which again changes the mount. I actually started to work with him to design a new mount for larger motors, but stuff came up, so I ended up making my own. It's not that hard really, except making the motor adjustment slots. If my new 2nd gear locking scheme doesn't work, I'll email him to get the special part he made.