2 Gear Gearbox. Just thinking if its possible instead of adding another idler gear to make it a 4 gear, is it possible to drop the idlers all together and run the mainshaft and diff only,
This can be done by using much larger gears internally to move the layshft far enough away from the diff to allow you to mount a spur gear without overlap, however, you end up with a huge diff which means the diff outdrives are much to high in the chassis and the car has very little side bite and is aweful accross the rough.
Saddles atomic carbon style: Anyone have any thoughts on running the battery in the saddle configuration like an atomic carbon, rather than in a stick accross the chassis? the weight would end up marginally more forward and a little more central down the line of the chassis, maybe with the low weight of lipos there wouldnt be much difference
I tried this on the X-6 as I originally didn't like the idea of the weight being wider in the chassis. The saddle pack setup makes the car feel less balanced. It also seems to generate less consistant grip and can spin out very quickly. The traction is also a bit weird with the sadlle setup, in a straight line forward traction is good, but if the car is in a turn and you apply the throttle the rear wheels spin very easily. Once I put the stick lipo in the car became planted and lap times went down dramatically.
Keep the ideas coming though Migs :-)
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