My e-revo brushless edition build

looking at your body choices i was wondering in anyone makes a GMC topkick that will fit the revo,my lil bros are 5 like your son and LOVE transformers,hello ironhide paintjob.--josh

[mistercrash]

phatmonk you made me smack my computer screen with your avatar. I like the body too but he surprised me when he picked it, I really thought he would go for that dump truck. Now wheels and tires! Any ideas? Suggestions per chance? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

[mistercrash]

well I've been looking at wheels and tires and the choices are numerous. Then I thought it would be nice to stop spending money on this little project (at least for now) and I decided to use a set of new Panther Pythons mounted on Traxxas dish wheels that I already have in my arsenal. The problem I find with this is that dish wheels are boring so I will attempt to dress them up with decals I will print using my laser printer and sticky white vinyl sheets. I put the first design I came up with on a pic of the dish wheels in question. I know it's not as good as the funky cool looking chrome wheels out there but it should be fine for starters.

[shaunjohnson]

tyres?
mashers!!

GERBE in French means JET

[mistercrash]

Mashers look like they would give good traction on a lot of surfaces and that they would last a long time but they make the truck look like farm equipment I prefer the look of Moabs or something similar.

[mistercrash]

The Kershaw Design Chassis came in this morning so I had the pleasure of opening the box and inspect the components.

FIRST OBSERVATIONS:
- The top plate is made of heat treated 3.08 mm thick aluminum. The machining cuts are nice and clean. The plate seems to have been finished by giving it a light sanding on a belt sander.
- The two vertical towers are made of ABS plastic.
- The bottom plate is made of 2.2 mm thick heat treated aluminum with nice machining cuts and seems to have the same belt sander finishing as the top plate.
- The whole chassis with all the hardware weights around 520 grams. I will have to weight it again once it's all assembled, weigh the stock Nylon composite chassis for comparison and also compare the weights of the ERBE RTR with stock chassis and with Kershaw chassis.

POSITIVES:
- Fast shipping to Canada and good communication with Dan. I dealt with him in the past and Dan has always been helpful and professional.
- Everything is there, no missing parts and it was nicely packaged.
- All the hardware is packaged in individual numbered bags corresponding to the different steps of the assembly.
- Once the ERBE is all put back together, I suspect that this chassis will be very stiff and durable. There will be lots of room to use different dimension Lithium Polymer and Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. The batteries are placed much lower than the stock Nylon composite chassis so the CG will be much lower.

NEGATIVES:
- It would ad a considerable amount to the sale price but this chassis would look so much better if it was anodized.
- I hate to complain about this as I have tried myself to make and sell parts before but the price is a little high. $125 to $140 range would be more reasonable. The present price should include anodizing.
- No designated spot to mount the receiver box, although it can be mounted on one of the servo spots if only one steering servo is used, or it's a very easy mod to fabricate a small plate to mount the receiver box where it should be.
- Dan if you are reading this, go buy a new counter sinking bit. The one you used on my chassis is dull and the counter sinks are grungy looking and off center a bit.
- The ABS side towers were a little rough looking but a light sanding of the edges cleaned them up nicely. I might dye them black as they are a dark gray in color.

Looking at the different parts on my work table, there is one thing that just screamed CARBON FIBER at me. That lower plate is a flat piece of aluminum that will be easily duplicated in carbon fiber. So I ordered a 3 mm thick sheet of carbon fiber and will make myself a bottom plate.

More to come as I slowly start to make the swap.

[Popoxx]

Great review !

Dan is a nice guy but his custom chassis look a tad too "rustic" IMO
It's a pity because they are rather well-designed !
He needs better tools

But I'm sure your Revo will look great as usual