My e-revo brushless edition build

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

(1) Are you telling me that this is the way the chassis comes machined?
(2) Are you telling me that this is the way the counter-sunk holes come?



If so, wow! I mean, Dan is an awesome guy, and usually has great products, but if this is the way this chassis comes, there is no way I would buy it.

Just my thoughts on this.

The chassis did not come machined like that. Talking about what's circled in blue. I enlarged the hole because my big LST2 diff needed some clearance. The cuts of the chassis plates are very well done. What you circled in red is just some quick hacking on my part with a file.

What is circled in red is another hack job on my part. I used a cordless drill to counter sink that hole which is not the best way of doing it. The bad counter sinks I mentioned before are on the lower chassis plate, Dan needs a new counter sink bit. The one he used on my chassis is dull. Or maybe he did the same thing I did and used a cordless drill
It's disappointing to pay that price and have ugly counter sinks on the chassis. But they will be hidden underneath the screw heads. So I don't think I will lie awake at night thinking about the ugly counter sinks of my chassis underneath the screw heads.

[Semi Pro]

interesting


i guess i have to wait for the gorilla max chassis

[sjcrss]

DIDDO here.....I hope they come out with one

[Chadworkz]

I am glad the chassis doesn't come that way...it makes me, as well as many others i'm sure, feel a lot better!

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by Semi Pro

interesting


i guess i have to wait for the gorilla max chassis

I hope you don't have to wait too long. While you wait I'll be enjoying this Kershaw one

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by sjcrss

DIDDO here.....I hope they come out with one

What are you talking about? Gmaxx has an electric Revo.

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by Kcaz25

What are you talking about? Gmaxx has an electric Revo.

Anything GorillaMax does is either for the TMaxx or the Slash. They don't do the Revo thing anymore.

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

Anything GorillaMax does is either for the TMaxx or the Slash. They don't do the Revo thing anymore.

It was too short for my liking anyway. It was a fine piece tho.

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by Kcaz25

What are you talking about? Gmaxx has an electric Revo.

It was for converting the nitro Revo into electric, using the E-Maxx transmission...I am pretty sure they are wanting a chassis made specifically for the E-Revo (which will never happen because Gorilla was all about converting nitro to electric, and the E-Revo is already electric, so there is no need to make a conversion chassis).

[suicideneil]

What about the slash, that was already electric, and the 3905 too (G4 chassis)?...

I know what you mean though- only real reason to make a specific Gorillamaxx Erevo chassis would be for the same reason Kershaw did; low CoG & maybe a bit longer/ bigger battery trays. Dont hold your breath guys... :(

[mistercrash]

Who needs GMaxx anyway, after I'm done with this Kershaw chassis, Dan will start making it the same way. But he'll probably sell it for $350

I started working on the new chassis towers I want to make the Kershaw chassis even stiffer and stronger. I decided to use carbon fiber since I already had this 4.5 mm sheet lying around. I cut 20 strips 10 mm wide then I stacked them up using epoxy to glue them together which makes two stiff solid carbon fiber blocks. After the epoxy cured, I trimmed the blocks and sanded them square. The end result is two solid carbon fiber blocks, 42 mm high by 8.9 mm thick. Once these chassis towers are done and installed on the Kershaw chassis, there will be a picture of it beside the definition of ‘’rigid’’ in the dictionary. It's going to be a PITA to cut, drill and machine these blocks but I'll git er done.



I think I mentioned before that a sheet of carbon fiber 3 mm thick is coming my way to make a new lower chassis plate. This chassis is going to be sweet. The more I look at it, the more I like it. I like the simplicity of it. Other than the hardware, there’s only 4 pieces to it, the top and bottom plates and the two chassis towers. More to come as I will start to disassemble the ERBE again to make those towers and the new bottom plate. I will probably wait ‘till the snow comes since I am still bashing my ERBE and having fun with it.

[Chadworkz]

Looking sweet!

[mistercrash]

There’s a few things that people find annoying about me. First of all, I speak with a French accent. Better not joke about this, only I can joke about it Another thing is when I have an idea in my head, I have to act on it right now. So here goes, the chassis towers are done It went much better than I thought it would. I guess it helps to have sharp tools. Lemme tell ya! That chassis is as stiff as it can get. I derived a little bit from the drawing I made before and a little trimming was needed to clear the servo horn. The CF towers are 30 grams heavier than the stock ABS ones for a total of 60 grams more but I don’t mind it as I really thought it was needed to have stronger, stiffer towers. I like it, I’m happy, I can sleep tonight.

[Chadworkz]

Very nice!

If for any reason you have any trouble out of those CF braces, I have a sheet of 7.6mm CF that is finished and glossy on both sides that you could use, but I don't think yours will have any problems.

Everything looks great, MC, just like everything else you do...well done!

[Semi Pro]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

I hope you don't have to wait too long. While you wait I'll be enjoying this Kershaw one

im just going to have to keep running my vantage/tekno set for next year