Kyosho & Tamiya Rock Crawlers

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Originally Posted by TDC57

LOL is that Rock Crawler or a Revo on steroids (?) LOL.LOL mine goes a whopping 2.5 miles per hour (I’m doing something wrong)..

That’s great!.. possibly a new screen saver..

Did you watch the video on the site?

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

RCCA have posted up info and specs, so hopefully the Kyosho one isn't to far away
http://www.rccaraction.com/ME2/dirmo...BA093F64B64F7C

[Mike_D]

That is awesome! I thought someone had stated it was going to be realesed in the states here around the middle of Decemebr.

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Really wanting to know the price of it

Originally Posted by Matthew_Armeni

On RCZone they say the Kyosho uses a worm gear drive. If that's true, it will have unbelievable torque and holding power (since the main gear can't spin the worm gear, no coasting either). Should be an interesting gearbox

actually a worm gear can back drive.....iv done it

but oyur right on a rig like this, you can do some precision driving. But i really hope the casing is tough! cuz worm gears are rough on housing

[TexasSP]

That kyosho model is nice, would like to see a price though. Hopefully it won't be typical kyosho and cost a ridiculous amount of money though.

[Mike_D]

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up. Amain has the Rock Force in stock and i don't think it's that bad of a price. And they have a 10% off deal right now.
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/32716

[What's_nitro?]

Ahahah! Sweet! I was just asking about that in another thread! Awesome!

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Andrew32

actually a worm gear can back drive.....iv done it

but oyur right on a rig like this, you can do some precision driving. But i really hope the casing is tough! cuz worm gears are rough on housing

I have a design for the axial crawler to use worm drive. I was going to use steel for the tubes and center section, mainly cause I can weld (and have a $1700 welder) plus they will be very sturdy, can be made more compact, and the weight is where crawlers need it, low. Also the steel parts should hold together better under the load of the worm. I will need some big bearings, and plan to offset the gears to alow for better servo mounting. Plan to use stock axial c hubs and knuckles. Axles may be custom, or I will integrate some sort of existing cvd axle.

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Damn, since the Australia dollar is down to 64cents, im going to have to skip the rock force for now