Ofna 46T plastic spur for CRT

[Candyman2]

Anyone else seen/tried this?

wish i'd spotted this before I mucked about fitting the kyosho one!

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXZAJ6&P=M

[lincpimp]

Yeah, it would have been nice to have one of those 2 years ago...

[BrianG]

Well, back then, finding reliable hardened pinions was a bit of a challenge. Since Mike came out with his pinions (which work fine on both steel and plastic spurs), it's not so much of a big deal. IMO, the only benefit to the plastic spur is quieter operation.

[scarletboa]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Well, back then, finding reliable hardened pinions was a bit of a challenge. Since Mike came out with his pinions (which work fine on both steel and plastic spurs), it's not so much of a big deal. IMO, the only benefit to the plastic spur is quieter operation.

i've tried a bunch of different brands of pinion gears and the best so far are:

robinson racing: wears at a somewhat slow pace. mine lasted ~25 runs.

novak: i've had 2 break from the steel breaking around the grub screw. slow wearing and last about ~50 runs

rc-m: only tried one and it was still wearing out pretty fast until a tooth BROKE off of it. would have lasted about 15-20 runs

castle creations: best i've tried yet. there is little or no wear on the one i'm using in my crt .5. the grub screw is a little soft though. i already stripped one, but they come with a spare. going on 20 runs with almost zero wear at all.

[Candyman2]

For me its thew noise issue, with the plastic spur you can get it running so smooth.

[RC-Monster Mike]

Originally Posted by scarletboa

i've tried a bunch of different brands of pinion gears and the best so far are:

robinson racing: wears at a somewhat slow pace. mine lasted ~25 runs.

novak: i've had 2 break from the steel breaking around the grub screw. slow wearing and last about ~50 runs

rc-m: only tried one and it was still wearing out pretty fast until a tooth BROKE off of it. would have lasted about 15-20 runs

castle creations: best i've tried yet. there is little or no wear on the one i'm using in my crt .5. the grub screw is a little soft though. i already stripped one, but they come with a spare. going on 20 runs with almost zero wear at all.

Our pinions are as good or better than anything else out there - that said, we do get an occasional "dummy" - I have seen perhaps 30 pinion gears with premature wear or broken teeth in the last few years (we have well over 5000 pinions out there) - we also replace worn or broken gears(send damaged gear and we send a replacement).

[BrianG]

I have and use RCM pinions in all my stuff and have yet to have one break or get worn down.