Del Monte's Double Agent

[SkaldidDog]

Originally Posted by Del Monte

Got a ton of goodies from the postman today, among them was these little gems from Holmes Hobbies.



I remember seeing some other gravity defying, fridge related pictures before, so I had to try it

Its going to be a fast and furious week of building before we leave for AZ next week. The clock is running. Tick, tick, tick...

I think you are onto something. You gotta find some really high iron content rocks to drive on and see if it sidehills reeeeeeally well. Never know. Gravity magnets.

J

[chevotafun]

Originally Posted by sally1800

wasn't meant to you.

Ahh LOl

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by Harvo

Oh...oh...oh...I know ....I know




















It's a wraith driveshaft.

I would have to be very sneaky to pull that off

[Del Monte]

Tonight, I finally got the chance to get my new motors off the fridge and into a comp rig where they belong. After a quick test run around the garage, I went out to Horsemen's for some epic sunset crawling.





My initial impression is that the new HH motors are incredibly smooth and powerful. This set has a little less top end then I am used to, but the low end resolution was so good that it was easy to tip-toe through stuff that I usually power over.

I'm also really starting to like my narrowed set of Voodoo silver's. Between the narrower tires and major weight drop, the truck feels much more forgiving than it did before.

[crawl-o-matic]

Oh dang, I can't imagine how airy that rig must feel. How about knuckle weights; any? Going to cut pins at all?

[JohnRobHolmes]

After getting more detailed feedback on the motors, we can easily drop down to 30t without worrying about torque But first we will just try laydown brushes so stall torque isn't affected. Jake already has small comm arms too.


Since these are smoother than crawlmasters, I have multiple tuning rotors being made for people that may want higher punch or brake. Like Nabil, he doesn't care about startup much!

[Jack Hammer]

So what is the weight difference between the 400 and 500? on the HH site they are the same... and how is the SL version comming along?

[Calderwood]

So what are the things between the motor and the spoon?

[krawlfreak]

Originally Posted by nigels_world

So what are the things between the motor and the spoon?

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by nigels_world

So what are the things between the motor and the spoon?

[Curcal]

Mmmmmmm churros.

[JohnRobHolmes]

Originally Posted by Jack Hammer

So what is the weight difference between the 400 and 500? on the HH site they are the same... and how is the SL version comming along?

Site will be updated after nats most likely. 500s are going to production about 4.75 ounces in the SL version and 5.5 for the regular. 400s are between 4.25 and 4.4 ounces regular, we are still prototyping. I am redesigning the SL 400 to improve the specs. The last version built was 3.5 ounces and didn't have good torque density. A net loss of 18% weight but 35% torque is not the right direction to chase in such a small motor. FEMM analysis is being used to push torque back up.

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

After getting more detailed feedback on the motors, we can easily drop down to 30t without worrying about torque But first we will just try laydown brushes so stall torque isn't affected. Jake already has small comm arms too.


Since these are smoother than crawlmasters, I have multiple tuning rotors being made for people that may want higher punch or brake. Like Nabil, he doesn't care about startup much!

Sounds great John! I'll settle for 70% of a "Nabil" version motor as long as the start-up is as good as it is now

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by Curcal

Mmmmmmm churros.

I wish I had gone with churro stock. I guess this will have to do.



I can't use XR10 transfer shafts due to the gear spacing, so I decided to make my own

[chevotafun]

Whats your final weight now?

[krawlfreak]

Originally Posted by chevotafun

Whats your final weight now?

I heard from the source he was going to "load her up" and run it at 3 lbs....

Good luck tomorrow jake!

[chevotafun]

How much did you narrow your Voodoo's?

Also what advantage did/do you find running the silver compound over the gold?

[ROWDY RACING]

Nice seeing you again Jake, and even nicer checking out that insane rear axle!

[Del Monte]

Originally Posted by ROWDY RACING

Nice seeing you again Jake, and even nicer checking out that insane rear axle!

Thanks Chris!

The truck worked pretty well in AZ. Unfortunately, it took me a few courses to figure out how to drive it. The 20pts I gave up in the first two courses really hurt when driving against a field as talented as this year's.

Here's some video from Harley's coverage. Sadly, its of my first course and the truck looks pretty bad on the bonus climb. Once I started getting comfortable with the truck, it really started to work great.

[paystin]

Fantastic engineering work on that rear axle Jake! I'm sure you will be killing it as usual with that setup this year. I might even see you at a comp or two at some point.