Electrified XT8!

[Dafni]

Hey Cadima, what's up?
You are right, the XRays by nature have a more rear biased weight distribution than most other truggies (and buggies too). On the truggy it's really apparent, the front being stretched like that. Just look at that link on the steering servo.
When Mike and me were working on that truck, we kept wondering how it would handle.
Because I studied some nitro XRays I wanted to keep the battery that much to the rear. Similar to the nitro engine and tank. Mike told me to move it forward, I said I could still move it later on, basically trial and error. But when it was finished we were both amazed, first try definitely felt like a hit. It has very good on-power steering, and the off-power is just unreal. At first we tested it on the lawn, Mikes' frontyard, steering was real good. And on the track it's the same, turns perfect.
Somehow the trucks geometry works very well with the weight biased like that, on the track and in the air too.

Daf

Originally Posted by Dafni

Hey Cadima, what's up?
You are right, the XRays by nature have a more rear biased weight distribution than most other truggies (and buggies too). On the truggy it's really apparent, the front being stretched like that. Just look at that link on the steering servo.
When Mike and me were working on that truck, we kept wondering how it would handle.
Because I studied some nitro XRays I wanted to keep the battery that much to the rear. Similar to the nitro engine and tank. Mike told me to move it forward, I said I could still move it later on, basically trial and error. But when it was finished we were both amazed, first try definitely felt like a hit. It has very good on-power steering, and the off-power is just unreal. At first we tested it on the lawn, Mikes' frontyard, steering was real good. And on the track it's the same, turns perfect.
Somehow the trucks geometry works very well with the weight biased like that, on the track and in the air too.

Daf

Hi Daf,
Wish I could understand the relationship......Kyosho and Ofna are both pushing things forward on their upcoming releases. I am an off-power fan myself and that's what I am pursuing. Thanks for the reply......

Daf,
One more Q.......... does your truggy have one of those active front diffs? If so, curious how they work out. thx again.

[Dafni]

Originally Posted by cadima

Daf,
One more Q.......... does your truggy have one of those active front diffs? If so, curious how they work out. thx again.

No. (or not yet) The active diff they released will only take the buggy reduction so far. Apparently the truggy version is in the works. I don't really see why the ringgears should not be interchangeable, but that's what they say on their forum.
That thing looks good, doesen't it? Might finally be a torque sensing diff that could hold up to some power. I'll make sure to get one for my XB8 AND the XT8 too, when they come out.

Daf

Originally Posted by Dafni

No. (or not yet) The active diff they released will only take the buggy reduction so far. Apparently the truggy version is in the works. I don't really see why the ringgears should not be interchangeable, but that's what they say on their forum.
That thing looks good, doesen't it? Might finally be a torque sensing diff that could hold up to some power. I'll make sure to get one for my XB8 AND the XT8 too, when they come out.

Daf

I'll be sure to get one for whatever truggy I have as well!

[Dafni]

Originally Posted by cadima

I'll be sure to get one for whatever truggy I have as well!

Keep in mind the XRay diffs are different than most other buggy diffs, the bearings are closer together. Not much, but still.
I bet it's the same for the active diff.
You could make it work in some "regular" bulkheads, I'm sure. With spacers or something. There has to be a way, those active diffs look very nice!

Daf

Now Daf, do I come across as the kind of guy that lets a few mm's stop me?

That's good info to have, though. Shame they can't all just pick a standard size.