Centered Driveshafts
 

Has anybody tried to move the gearbox sideway so the driveshaft position is centered? Is this setup gonna eliminate the torque twist and keep the front right wheel down? thanks in advance..."thumbsup"

Centering the driveshafts dosen't eliminate TT, propper link placement and shocks will however. TT is caused by the turning of the motor and driveshafts, if the shafts were centered there still gonna turn and cause TT.

This post has alot of helpfull information in it, check it out and let us know what you come up with.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showt...t=torque+twist

I did it here:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/axial-ax-10-scorpion/140061-pseudo-newbie-new-build.html

The centered shafts was nice & the centered motor weight was nice. The torque twist was reduced but the weight of the motor being higher created some problems. If the chassis is setup low enough it would work well.

My next tube chassis will be setup that way just more scale & realistic.

But wouldn't it be even better if you had a chassis set up with a low CG with the motor lower?

That just like I thought..the TT will still remains...btw thanks for the link...that's what I've been lookin' for..."thumbsup"

No, I was going to move the shaft sideway so that the motor still in horizontal position...slightly out of chassis....thx for the link "thumbsup"

Running the old Ped tranny the motor was hung out a little more and acted like a counter balance to help eliminate TT.

I have been running "centered driveshafts" for quite some time now....originally I did it just to try it and I love it.

It allows you to triangulate the lowers as much as you want without driveshaft clearence issues.
It allows you to run "bent"/"hi-clearence" lower links and still be able to triangulate without driveshaft interference.
It definently helps counteract torque twist.
And it allows room to mount my fullsize dig servo next to the tranny on the skid plate. (even with a narrow 2" wide skid and DNA dig)

I have found zero reason to go back to the stock "offset driveshaft" setup. So for now I think I'll stick with what works best for me.8)

Trugg, could you please put pictures of your rig here? Thanks "thumbsup"