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02-19-2011, 09:14 AM | #1 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vermont
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| Show me your high clearance knuckle setups
I just bought some Axial high clearance knuckles to spice up my old 2.2 TCS Edge chassis.. I run nimh saddle packs and the batteries seriously get in the way of the new knuckles wayyy before full lock.. Did I find out the hard way that I have to choose between running these types of batteries or the knuckles? I'm realllly not upto date on the comp crawling scene so my knowledge of this stuff is seriously lacking.. I've been upto my eye balls in scalers for the last couple years... What if I got one of those battery plates that lays parallel to the axle and sets the servo off to one side? From the pics I've seen it's up a little higher.. but would a 7 cell nimh saddle pack fit on there? |
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02-19-2011, 09:44 AM | #2 |
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Time to go lipo...
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02-19-2011, 10:25 AM | #3 | |
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02-19-2011, 11:58 AM | #4 |
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02-19-2011, 02:42 PM | #5 |
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I should've seen that coming. Two of my saddle packs are nearly brand new, and I'm not going to toss aside nearly $90 total worth of batteries right now.. Plus I like the added benifit of extra weight on the front axle. I need to know if what I'm asking will work with the batteries I want to run. I've never seen the battery plate in question in person so it's difficult to visualize it's size. Or if that alone will give me the clearance to try and make the knuckles work. |
02-19-2011, 03:45 PM | #6 |
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Then I would say go ahead and get the battery/servo tray for the front axle and strap the cells to it. They're going to sit up pretty high and throw your COG off. About the only other thing you could do would be to fab up some new battery mounts that push them ahead of the axle far enough to clear the knuckles. |
02-19-2011, 04:13 PM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Idaho
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LIPO.... But, I understand you wanting to use what you have. Here is what I did: |
02-19-2011, 07:43 PM | #8 |
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02-19-2011, 07:56 PM | #10 |
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Looks like there is room for the pack and servo in that configuration, thanks for the pic. I don't know if it's worth all this effort to gain a little extra steering.. I guess just after spending the $30 on the knuckles I really want to actually use them. Maybe I should sell them and put overdrive gears in my front diff and gain manuverability that way.. Especially since I've already got UD gears out back. HMM.. might be a good idea? greatscott, I have seen someone else do that before but it looks like it'd put a lot of stress on the end of the knuckle and the bolt holding it all together, ever have any problems with bent or binding parts with that setup? |
02-19-2011, 08:10 PM | #11 |
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There is no substitute for better steering imo. The better you steering angle is the less you will have to rely on dig. It is easier to get the right lines when you have a nice tight turning radius.
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02-20-2011, 12:14 AM | #12 |
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i have the one with the servo off to the side and it puts ur steering like behind the axle its called behind the axle steering then u dont have to worry about how clearance
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02-20-2011, 12:24 AM | #13 |
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servo plate, lipos form CBP, and 1/4" delrin steering links. those little suckers fit nice. full length rod on the bottom and the steering arm on the top of the knuckle
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