basher savage.
 

finally.. finished my savage.

The thing that boughtered me was that the normal motormount (as bought in the kit) sits too high, and i like a somewhat lower CG.

With a lower CG motormount, man sacrifices the ease of adjusting the mesh between the spur and the pinion. this mount enables me to adjust the gearmesh very easy.

http://rc.stuurmijmail.nl/Savage/Bas...Bashavage1.JPG

http://rc.stuurmijmail.nl/Savage/Bas...Bashavage5.JPG

The brace beneath the motor (8XL), holds the motor inline with jumps and bumps..

the controller is a 9920 and also used in some other cars.. so i made a holder that is an easy drop in (two M3 locknuts), and it can be moved between the vehicles.. underneath the controller sits a small footprint UBEC.

http://rc.stuurmijmail.nl/Savage/Bas...Bashavage2.JPG

The plug on the schulze receiver (lucky me, it didn't caught fire yet) is for swapping the receiver with other vehicles as well... (cheap dutchies)

http://rc.stuurmijmail.nl/Savage/Bas...Bashavage3.JPG

overall, i really like the car.. suspension acts cool too, it flies, landings are okay, and the suspension is smooth/low enough for a bit of racing.

the 2speed transmission with a mechanical brake and the 2nd speed kicks in at about 12-15 km/h

here are more pictures.

for the body; thanks overtki11! i didn't like the way the body sits on a savage, Waaaaay too high..

cool, how does it handle, better then a stock savage (nitro)....

good job that thing looks really cool.

Very very nice Renè I admire your splendid jobs truly!!!

Looks good, youll have to get us a video :)

Got some vids of it jumping.. lets dig them up..

Thanks for the kind words Guys!

not very impressive, but it was fun doing..

here it is. The revo is Daniels

Do you have a longer video rene? I wanted to see more. It was like a teaser. :D

nice truck and vid Serum

I will shoot a few movies, once the weather is better here... Raining cats and dogs..

those look like truck breaking jumps. are those concrete?

Close..

it are small stones, packed together with some kind of clay.. truckkillers indeed..

Whoa, that's the perfect motor mount, I MUST steal it from you! I've been having issues with my gearmesh not staying, and not being able to gear it correctly........looks like your setup would do the trick. I finally have a scroll saw and drill press now, so I could hack out my own ghetto "Garage Tech" version and see how it does. :D

i think i have got some detailed photo's of it Dabid.

If i only had a CNC.. (soon to happen, house is near finished.....)

the initial design;

http://rc.stuurmijmail.nl/dump/throwup/motormount.jpg

http://rc.stuurmijmail.nl/dump/throwup/mount.jpg

Aw man, that's even crazier! I might be able to do something kinda like that with my limited "skills", or somehow incorporate the stock HPI engine mount brace things to save on the cutting of things.

In this last picture though, would there still need to be the type of brace you installed on your truck? It doesn't look like it......