Brushless, Lipo Cr-01 build

[lincpimp]

Small update, I finally got the body on it, and have a few more hours on it. I have broken the stock rear driveshaft twice. Luckily they include 2 pair in the kit. However I thought that it could do with some modification!

The stock center driveshafts look alot like the sliders in pedes and rustlers, infact they are almost identical, just a bit shorter. So, I took some metal u joints from my pede bin, and put those on the tranny output shaft. Used the longer pede sliders in the front, fit perfectly, and added about 1/2 inch more contact, as the stock tamiya sliders were a bit short IMO. Still plenty of room for the two sliders to move without biinding so all is ok. I used the stock white plastic tranny outputs from the axle end of the sliders. Did this for two reasons, first the area that sticks in the pede tranny had to be shaved down, and I want a weak area so that the gears in the diff will not break first. I did the same to the rear of the truck, except I had to take about 1/4 inch off the male slider for clearance.

I did notice that the traxxas plastic seems to be superior for this application. It is a bit more rigid, and does not seem to come apart as easily. I am running this truck a bit harder than it should be, but cutting donuts on concrete with 4 wheel steering is so much fun!

I will put some pics up of the finished truck and the center driveshaft mod tomorrow.