My BL Savage

[Patrick]

The castle bec has a maximum input voltage of 26v, so if your going to use more than 6s I'd look for a different one.
The UBEC Mikes sells can take 40v, so I don't know if 10s right off the charger will be too much. http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...=6vubec&cat=21 Out of stock of course.
I think dimension engineering makes some even higher voltage ones, but I've never looked into them.

Ah, thanks for the heads up. I'll still pick up one for my CRT though.

So it looks like I'm going to get a miniature mill next month. I'm now planning on doing all/most of the drawing in Solidworks, then printing out templates for me to mill the pieces manually. If I was going the CNC route like I originally intended, I'd spend a comparable amount of money for a one time deal, so I think that this is the better choice. Sure the CNC parts would look nicer, but getting a mill would allow me to expand on the design/repair/change the design(s) without costing me a fortune.
I have a question though.. does anyone know which parts are used in the Slipperential that Mike used to sell for the G3 Revo. I see it has the revo slipper, then an idler gear of sorts? If anyone knows, it'd be helpful.

Thanks!

[lincpimp]

I am going to guess, that unless he made his own slipper shaft, it is a revo input shaft, al of the revo slipper components, a 20t pinion that is affixed to the shaft somehow.

My revo uses the input shaft, I ground a flat area on the shaft, where I wanted the pinion to stay. I then used an al tube to keep the shaft centered between the bearings. It just fits between the pinion and the rear bearing.

[suicideneil]

This might prove useful possibly.

Originally Posted by suicideneil

This might prove useful possibly.

That is very helpful, thank you!

My birthday is tommorow (or today by forum time, I think, ) and I think I am going to have enough money from presents and such to get a miniature mill so I can get started on finishing this thing. I haven't been learning as much Solidworks as I'd like to, but I've been really busy this month. I am going to have a lot more time next month, and can really start bearing down on this project to get it running!

[lutach]

I'll be watching this thread.

Oh wow! It's been too long since I last worked on this project. I've been way too busy for the past few months. My school year is coming to an end next week, so I think I will finally get this project back on track. Since the last update I unfortunately haven't done much.
I'm planning on having a crude mockup of my chassis in a few weeks here, then I will follow that up with the slipperential, then the motor mount/esc mount after.
I am also thinking about getting CEN GST wheels an Tires to match the scale of my truck better. Does anyone have any experience with these wheels?

[jnev]

If I am not mistaken, lincpimp is running those tires/rims on his Savage. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Alright, well here's a bit of an update. I just finished drawing a mount/chassis brace for my slipperential as well as a motor mount. If anyone has any suggestions on the design of them let me know. I'm going to get started on the radio and battery tray next, then the chassis last. Please tell me what you think! Thanks!

Slipperential Mount/Chassis Brace



Motor Mount (6 holes on the back that face the TVP to adjust gear mesh)

Not a big update or anything, but I am out of school for summer and I'm getting a protractor this weekend so I can draw the TVPs in Solidworks. My front and rear end are sitting here waiting for all of the stuff to go in between them. They now have the FLM hybrid bulks, and they look just amazing. It's nice to think that this project is slowly getting closer and closer to being finished, it'll get there, I promise!

[MetalMan]

Ah, good idea with the protractor! I while ago I too was going to make a chassis for my Savage, but couldn't figure a good way to base it off the stock chassis. Thanks for the idea!

Haha yeah, the places on the TVPs that mount to the bulkheads is the hardest thing to reproduce on the chassis, otherwise I can do whatever I want to the middle, really. I have the idea for the chassis in my mind, but I just need to recreate how it attaches to the bulkheads.

So the drawings are coming together, slowly. I'm almost finished drawing everything, but I'm a bit stuck on what to do next. Is there anything special I have to do to SolidWorks files in order to be able to run them on a CNC mill? Also, does anybody know of a someplace or somebody that would be willing to do this? (There's probably going to end up being 6 or 7 pieces)
Cost isn't really a huge problem at this point, as I've recently sold a bunch of my old junk, and I really just want to see this thing finished.

[jnev]

Mike can do it for you! He is quite busy, so it may take a little time. but when it comes to machining, he IS the man.