My e-revo brushless edition build

[mistercrash]

Traxxas is suppose to come out with their own aluminum slipper pads for the new brushless EMaxx. The part # is 5352R.

[Chadworkz]

Originally Posted by shaunjohnson

IMO a slipper is WASTE of power so you dial in some punch control and hence turn less of your power into friction and heat!

A correctly adjusted slipper DOES NOT SLIP causing any loss of power, it only slips when there is a severe shock, load or strain placed on the drivetrain...like jumping in the air and then landing on a solid or high-traction surface with the throttle wide open. Instead of that shock-load transferring to, and breaking a driveline component, the slipper slips just enough to dissipate the load and stop any damage from happening to the driveline.

Again, the slipper should never slip under normal conditions, allowing 100% of your power to reach the ground...it should ONLY slip in the above situations.

[mistercrash]

Thanks Chad. It's great that you're here, I hardly ever have to respond to questions in my own thread now.

[Chadworkz]

Hehe! :)

[mistercrash]

What can I do to this truck that hasn't already been done? What to do what to do? Well I had these gnarly carbon fiber pushrods I made for the swaybars of my late nitro Revo so I installed them on the ERBE.

Interesting mod. I did mine a little differently in the rear, I didn't like drilling the cantilevers and it rubbed besides, so I rigged mine to mount like the fronts, added shiny aluminum pushrods and some spacers and BLAMO. Do your links not rub against the shock bottoms? Mind was downright binding.

[Chadworkz]

Very nice MC!

I mad some carbon-fiber turnbuckles, toe-links & camber-links for one of my RC18Ts a while back...they started out as JDCarbon carbon-fiber HPI Savave hinge-pins that I actually threaded on each end (left & right-hand threads), then soaked in Thin CA. The threads soaked up the CA nicely, making them capable of being adjusted just like regular turnbuckles! I then sprayed the center-sections with clear to make them shiny...they looked and worked awesome! I wish I hadn't sold it so I could take pics for you to see.

[phatmonk]

So is the 1/4 turn out on the slipper clutch the limit out?Or in?

[Chadworkz]

Well, not every truck is the same, so you will have to find the setting that works best for you...generally it is between 1/8 & 1/4 turn out from fully compressed.

[mistercrash]

My son has been a very good boy at school lately so I thought it was finally time for him to have his new GERBE. The weather was nice today with temperature at 31 degrees Fahrenheit. Here's a small movie of the big unveiling. It's short and boring



So there were two waterproof ERBEs running in the snow today, we went through two sets of lifepo4 packs each until the truck came to a slow crawl. The water proofness proved to be excellent again on both ERBEs. My second run was cut a little short because the power started to drop a bit showing the packs were getting empty but it suddenly stopped. No power at all to the ESC or steering servo. We came back in the house to warm our fingers and inspect the batteries that failed. One of the batteries had no voltage at all so I opened the shrink wrap to investigate. There was a part on the circuit board that poofed. It looked like a thin piece of copper and I suspect that it acts like a fuse. I found a similar piece of copper and soldered it in the same spot and the pack now had voltage. Replaced the shrink and problem solved.
Now before someone reads this and starts saying things like ''Turnigys will always fail like that'' and ''you get what you paid for''. Let me tell you this. I was geared for 39 mph on 4S. I went to 3S lifepo4 in series which gives a little more voltage than 5S lipo in parallel and put these huge and heavy 40 series Mashers without changing my gearing. I'm surprised the batteries didn't get more damage than they did. As a matter of fact, once I did the repair, I recharged the packs and all the cells were matched and both packs peaked at close to 4700 mah. These are labeled as 4500 mah. They are getting better with use. Turnigy lifepo4, tough as nails I tell ya.

[Bondonutz]

I had difficulty hearing the young lad but he surely looked happy !
Your a great Dad Ray, to do all that work for your boy like you did.
Now go do some more Father and Son RC bonding !

[Chadworkz]

I don't understand any French either, but I could tell he was extremely excited! AWESOME!

Which language do you guys use most often around the house, or are the split due to the childhood locations of both yourself and your wife?

[mistercrash]

It's French in the house and at school. But we live in an English Province so when he's outside of either the house or school, he'll start shifting from French to English from one sentence to another. Sometimes mixing French and English in the same sentences. It's funny sometimes, we call it Frenglish As for more RC bonding, the batteries are recharged and we're ready for some fun tomorrow. And yes he was very excited, he was jumping small snow banks and landed on four wheels every time. I was impressed.

[Metallover]

He's a better driver then I am I'll tell you that!

[shaunjohnson]

Originally Posted by Chadworkz

A correctly adjusted slipper DOES NOT SLIP causing any loss of power, it only slips when there is a severe shock, load or strain placed on the drivetrain...like jumping in the air and then landing on a solid or high-traction surface with the throttle wide open. Instead of that shock-load transferring to, and breaking a driveline component, the slipper slips just enough to dissipate the load and stop any damage from happening to the driveline.

Again, the slipper should never slip under normal conditions, allowing 100% of your power to reach the ground...it should ONLY slip in the above situations.

that's correct
just tell that to the guys who race the short course trucks with me that
noobs hehe. glad we have this forum!