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How do you plan to do the drive shafts?

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Oh I see, the telescoping universal joint in there.

Using universal joints on these cars always seems like the weakest part.

I think if i was building a rock crawler, or high powered car, i would try to use the yellow 4 tooth gear.

uhhh....what are you on about? :blush: the driveshaft comes straight out of the motors, then into a 20t gear that drives the differential. Out of the differential comes a pair of these-92906.jpg-connected by a pair of these-32494.gif-(they touch so they dont move along the shaft) and the second light grey piece connects into this hub(which has yet to arrive)-11950.jpg So-no u-joints here and should be very strong, but plastic wear is expected from non-greased pieces moving at high speed :wink: and using those yellow knob wheels drastically reduces performance of a high speed vehicle-they're only used for trial trucks/crawlers. 2 extra 20t gears are hopefully going to keep the differential in place and free of skipping teeth :thumbup: edit: I think you're confusing U-joints with CV joints :wink: Edited by z3_2drive
  • 3 weeks later...
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well its been a VERY long time and long story short: It wasnt what I wanted so I went through countless mini models and ideas till I had another go...and guess what? Third time's a charm! it is VERY fast-key is DIRECT DRIVE, no gears whatsoever. It drifts, it spins, it handles great! the front steering has a caster angle which helps the return-to-center steering. Video will come another day but for now pics(I threw the model together as quickly as i could :tongue:) dscn1341.jpg

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^rear axle was tricky to build around motors, but new hubs helped a lot :thumbup:

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^interesting battery placement makes the center of gravity low and in the middle of the car. Hope you like it!

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