Quark durability test

[neweuser]

I know they are bowties, they just seemed reall skinny though. That must be where he cut the rim on the outside type trick...LOL And the heat sink? Can we get more shots of that???? thanks! I too am interested in the slipperential, but just a few more days and i'll see it on the track i'm sure!

[squeeforever]

There they new BowTie MT's. There different than the the regular Bowties. They work great on truggy's were as a 40 series would slide around on a track thats hasn't been watered.

[neweuser]

Very nice! I like them a lot. I have that problem with my 40 series crimes. they do great on damp dirt, but when it gets dry, they slide a lot! I could use more weight per square inch to elminate that, which those new bowties would be perfect!

[coolhandcountry]

I like to know a release date or about how long before releasing the slipperential.

[RC-Monster Mike]

The slipperential is still in prototype form at the moment. It works fantastic, but I need to work on the motor mount some more to stiffen it, as well as change a few things on the input shaft(uses a Revo input shaft and slipper at the moment, but it isn't a perfect fit and is "cheated" in there somewhat - it has held up great, but I want it to be a drop in). The current design shown will drop into a G2r, but the motor mount won't work(motor is lower and closer to the center - G2R shocks are in the way). I intend to make a G2R version, as well as a drop in version for truggy conversions at some point, but I need to fine tune this design first.

The A123 packs are pretty killer. The 2300mah value is misleading as well. We managed 6 solid minutes with a 6s 2300 pack - and we were overgeared for this a bit - the packs came off at almost 160F, but didn't falter once or hint that they were overworked. The 2s2p setup yielded around 15 minutes of track time - quite impressive for race conditions and 4600mah(10 minutes would be my expectation from a similar cell of the same "rated" capacity based on past experience). I am working on getting some more cells and chargers from A123 for the weekend or possibly next weekend at the RCCA Monster Madness event. They are a nice cell to consider - fast charge, high discharge capacity, very durable and safe, and a long life span make these cells a value IMO.

[RC-Monster Mike]

Here is a better picture of the slipperential by itself, for those that MUST see the prototype. :)

Very cool!!!! It was driving me nuts last night trying to figure out how it was set up. would it work sort of like a gear reduction unit?

[squeeforever]

Mike, is that simply a Mod1 pinion for the gear reduction on the input shaft??

[RC-Monster Mike]

It is indeed a mod1 pinion on the input shaft, though it is a custom size and cut on it (not quite just one of the regular pinions - there are size and shape details that can't be seen when it is assembled.)

So its basically a caseless gearbox with a diff in it. Sounds cool! Any idea when you'll be selling those mike?

The Quark review was great Mike. I Need to buy (Another) one :) .

[neweuser]

That's really nice Mike! Great idea!

Mike, can you say what kind of diff that is in there?
Does the motor mount on the top or the side and is it switchable between the two?

[squeeforever]

Darren, I believe its a HB Lightning center diff. The motor mount is machined aluminum thats set off to one side. I would imagine it can be one either side. For the G2R, it will probably have to be directly ontop.

[HotnCold]

Its a HB diff - i think mine is a front diff - This thing works awesome as well...

[Nick]

Will it fit the UE Lightning chassis? I think Leroy asked but if you could find out that would be great! I really want one of these... currently don't have a transmission and was going to go with singlespeed until I saw this.

If it fits the Lightning, put me down for one. :)