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02.10.2011, 11:09 AM

You can modify the bulkhead to allow the use of truggy arms; what creating new end plates does means that you don't have to modify the bulkhead and you get a bit more width, 30mm is what he's estimating now.

As far as how strong truggy arms/cvds are. Its a give and take. Truggy arms are usually made of stiffer plastic to reduce flex, etc. to give more predicatble handling, etc. So while they seem to be tougher, they may break when the Savage arms end up flexing a bit.

As far as the CVDs... I bash my RC8T with no problems on 6S on a MMM with a 1518. But once again, its a trade off. Truggies are meant for racing, so things need to be decently tough, but also lightweight. The shafts on my RC8T are 3.75mm diameter vs the 5mm diameter of the Flux drive shafts. The axles are 8mm just like the Savage, but use truggy adapters with the pin going through the adapter and axle, unlike the Savage. All in all I would say that it should probably handle 10S.

But then again, 10S is frankly on the ultra extreme end, unless you are running a really lower KV motor (something between 1000 and 1580). After all an out of the box Flux running 10S on 1580kv with 1.07 rollout (out of the box is 1.26) is like ~58.91mph according to Script Asylum calc.

If you are running a lower Kv motor, I would think that the 8-10S won't matter on the abuse of the parts, other than added weight of the batteries.

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Originally Posted by Jahay View Post
Also because you now have the hinge pin pulled away from the bulk... doesnt this open a whole load of opportunity to run truggy arms and hubs instead...??? offering better steering possibilities?
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i am unaware of how strong truggy CVDs are? can they handle 6-10s power?
   
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