For all you Tamiya fans

[crazyjr]

Check out the new Tamiya truggy, The Nitrage, pay attention to the tramsmission. http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/s...d.php?t=233197

[jnev]

Not exactly a Tamiya fan, but it actually looks decent. Wonder how it wil compare to other larger truggies like the losi muggy.

[GorillaMaxx360]

look nice but i to am not a tamiya die hard fan

WTF??? there no pinion on the motro, it goes to a dog bone, and on the motor theres a out drive... thats WIERD... i wonder how that works???

[BrianG]

The dogbone goes inside the tranny and is connected to the pinion there...

[glassdoctor]

That looks cool... would be a killer BL conversion. I think it would be easy to do.... just put a outdrive cup on the motor shaft and strap it down using a *cough* finedesign *cough* style motor mount.

[skeeler]

Originally Posted by glassdoctor

That looks cool... would be a killer BL conversion. I think it would be easy to do.... just put a outdrive cup on the motor shaft and strap it down using a *cough* finedesign *cough* style motor mount.

Forgive me, but I'm a newbie to the world of electric conversion. Where can you get the kind of outdrive cup you are talking about? I could imagine using the transmission with the optional 2-speed to build up a 2-speed BL 1/8th buggy.

Note, by the way, that there is a center diff in the tranny. From the press release:

Furthermore, the differential gear on the Nitrage is doubly protected, first by its own durable case and then by a second enclosure formed around it by the front and rear gearboxes.

Also, note that the 2-speed is optional; the Nitrage will run in the truggy class as long as the stock single-speed is kept.

Edit: Here's a photo showing the front and rear brakes, which strongly suggests a center diff:

http://www.radiocontrol.gr/images/tamiya01020713.JPG

[revopqrs]

yikes... look at the servo saver it uses....:010:

[crazyjr]

Need to do something about that cold Glassdoctor

[GorillaMaxx360]

for all you xray fans check out the xray site and look at there new nitro truggy, buggy, and car. AND yes i am an xray fan

[jhautz]

Only problem I see with this is for a BL conversion is changing the gearing. I cant quite tell if you can change the pinion gear inside that transmision.

Very diferent... I'll give em that!!!

[jnev]

Originally Posted by GorillaMaxx360

for all you xray fans check out the xray site and look at there new nitro truggy, buggy, and car. AND yes i am an xray fan

Just looked at them after you mentioned they had some new rc's. They look sweet. :004:

[glassdoctor]

yeah... you would need to get the motor right cause you might have to just swap motors instead of gears. ;)

*cough*

tough to get rid of this dang cold, hee hee

[jhautz]

I just noticed that it has a built in slipper clutch on the back of that transmision. You dont see that everyday on a nitro. Now it looks like it was meant to be coverted to Brushless:018:

I wonder if thats a diff inside that transmision.?????? If it is, this is looking more and more like a Tamiya Sliperential that might be adaptable to just about any truggy or buggy.

[coolhandcountry]

That don't look to shabby.