New Revo Owner

[RC-Monster Mike]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

Technically it's not a ripoff because Mike hasn't made for the stock Revo chassis yet :027:. Maybe if Mike does make one for the stock chassis his will be a ripoff of mine :005:.

Good idea for trimming the fins off of the slipper plate! I never would have thought of that... As it is the input shaft is only in the bearing about 1mm, so this should add another 1mm of shaft into the bearing.

Thanks for the comments, guys! :004:

Well, lets see...Revo slipper/input shaft driving a center diff - sounds like a slipperential ripoff to me - just in a different chassis. :) You said it yourself - ("Basically, it's my version of Mike's Slipperential"). No worries, though. I actually had a few prototypes similar to that last year - I wasn't happy with the relatively few motor/gearing options that were possible - it is a very finite balance between the input gear(on the input shaft) clearing the motor to make the gear mesh and the actual spur gear(Revo slipper in this case) clearing the diff out drives all while trying to maintain a reasonable reduction. There are very few gearing and motor options that will work well with this set-up. It is a nice, compact design, which is why I tried it several different ways, but in the end I simply wasn't happy with the relative lack of overall adjustability related to motor and gearing options.
I know how to get around this snafu, though. Perhaps some day I will finish the thought, but I have many other projects in the works first! Nice looking design, Travis. :)