Truggy Decision

[jnev]

But now with the new CRT Sower... your problem with small shocks are solved. :) Well, as long as they are compatible. lol

[HotnCold]

Trevor, I for one love the jammin - And if your track is barnstormers - be sure to make it for the RC-monster bash at Barnstormers on the 15th of this month (sept).. Sure to be a blast - Dafni - (from switzerland) and Serum ( Rene - from the Netherlands ) are up and will be attending the bash as well - I for one cannot wait for the bash - and also to meet Rene... If your at the bash - feel free to check out the truggies - i have the jammin - monster mike has the losi8 - Its sure to be a great day... Take care..

Glance at this CRT conversion pic and you will see I spent considerable time planning out my dream conversion. I chose the CRT at the time soley for two reasons.......at the time Mike suggested it, and I was able to find more parts more easily, including my local track. Bout the same time I finished it, the 8T released and Mike wnt off and converted the Losi 8T rather than a CRT (well, it is his job to be familiar with all trucks after all). I spent so much time on the computer planning and calculating the best layout that I can now look at any truck and picture in my head wether or not it would be optimum for a conversion.



And at this point, I still would have gone with the CRT. But only because I wasn't worried with obstacles lilke keeping existing locations of the center diff, braces, servo's. I also wanted a single battery layout. I suspect you would preffer a more straight forward conversion. Given this assumption, I think the 8t is the best candidate (Mike's 8T conversion pictured below). The offset center diff and gearcase diffs already allow you to mount a single battery closer to the centerline of the chassis without having to relocate everything and create a need for more custom parts like the drive shafts (the dominoe effect WILL enter the project somewhere. I call it "scope creep"). A closer to center mounting of the pack gives better handling, generally. However, I feel the CRT is a bit tougher.



If you want to go with high voltage/high capacity batteries and long runtimes (which means more battery weight), I think the split battery (side by side mounting) is more convenient and the only way to get left to right balance on the chassis.
For a split battery option, I'd prefer the CRT as it has a bit more of a canvas to work on.

Sorry, could babble on about this one. I'm sure there's other valid pro's and con's for either one. Just my opinion.

Originally Posted by jnev

But now with the new CRT Sower... your problem with small shocks are solved. :) Well, as long as they are compatible. lol

where did you here about the new crt? i just heared about it yesterday from rcca. the only pic were in the new gear section and the race coverage. i also started a thred about it