Savage XL-E

[marcus]

Nice trio of brushless power !! Looks like the Savage was out of commission though?

[Janezki]

Originally Posted by marcus

Nice trio of brushless power !! Looks like the Savage was out of commission though?

Yup - no fun for me until next weekend (hopefully).

[doo540]

Kershaw said 2 weeks on his tranny, so I also picked up another stock 3 speed to get by with. I took my 3 speed apart tonight, the diff gear was miss about half of its teeth, the gear that rides next to the black plastic gear had exploded, nothing but little pieces left, and the top second gear was missing a chunk too. I'm thinking I can remake all the gears that exploded, out of stronger material and better design, but is anybody planning on running with the 3 speed?

BTW with a 50 tooth center diff and a 14 tooth pinion (truggy setup) I would be right back at the same mph as running the 3 speed with stock savage rearend.

I'm also interested to see what the flux has for a stronger drivetrain, I hope they surprise us with something that can take the punishment of the brushless motors.

[doo540]

well I will tell you what isn't so good on the savage body and thats pavement at 45 mph on its roof. Backflips are to easy. I have the HPI wheelie bar, and that helps a lot, watching it ride a wheelie on the one rear wheel is cool.
I will be working on a new frame too, one that will hold the truggy setup, aluminum and carbon fiber versions.

[Janezki]

Originally Posted by doo540

Kershaw said 2 weeks on his tranny...

Is this based on a recent discussion with Dan? I noticed the release date hasn't changed (atleast) yet.

One thing I forgot to ask about the Kershaw tranny when I ordered it was that does the motor fit on it's place with stock radio box? Or have I got it completely wrong as I'm assuming that motor will be located at front side of the transmission?

[Savage03]

the discussion on the flux tranny sounds very interesting, larger everything it sounds like.
I must say after Janezki helping me the locked 2 speed seems the the way to go, so far no probs with gears. Like Janezki had said some time back make sure to take the time and shim the center tranny gears cause they have tons of side to side play, I also put some stuff from the bicycle world on my gears called white lightening, its for chains and like a non sticky wax.
Curious to see how these kershaw trannies are gonna work as well.

[doo540]

The spur gear will be facing forward in the truck. Not sure if it will hit the radio box or not. Should move the motor more forward in the chassis which is a good thing.

[Janezki]

Oh - spur forward!? Hmmm.. well, I guess it's ok. I had the impression it would be the other way around so there would be even more weight towards the front.

[doo540]

I do think it might be possible to turn the tranny around in the frame so that the spur is fcing the other way, not sure how that will work out for drive shaft lenght. I might try both ways just for fun. (thats what she said)