Yeti XL Solid Front Axle by Helios RC

[Helios RC]

Good Morning Ladies and Gents,

We've been working on this for a little now and have gotten crazy busy (a good thing). It started day 1 when the XL came out and we've finished what we consider to be a production ready version.

These are 3d printed via selective laser sintering of nylon plastic. They can be done in solid nylon or glass filled for extra stiffness. They are as strong as injection molded parts and extremely durable.

A kit will be available consisting of:

1. Center truss - custom designed
2. Servo mount - works with custom truss
3. Left and right custom C-hubs

Everything else swaps over from the old axle. There are a few tricks you need to do, but we'll get to those later. For now, here's a few pics.

[Helios RC]

don't mind the 7950 with liquid electrical tape on it

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[Helios RC]

reserved 3

[wrightcs77]

Looks awesome.

[Fordfreak95]

Oh...... could this be used for rear steering for this big radius hog!!

[Helios RC]

Originally Posted by Fordfreak95

Oh...... could this be used for rear steering for this big radius hog!!

Indeed!!! You'll spin her around as fast as a greased pig at a carnival.

[trukkracea]

1/8 scale trail trucks! !

The Trukkracea

[ratrod63]

How do I get one?

[Exocaged]

Very nice!!!

[ImpalaPolicePack]

i want to see it mounted on the truck !

[SteveC6R]

Interesting, looking forward to seeing more pics.

[ednerin]

Helios I appreciate your "outside the box thinking" and ingenuity right on! Now I guess for my question or request. It looks like you have a firm grasp on 3D printing. Do you think you would be able to design a rear axle lock out that would accept a larger od bearing for increased durability also would you be able to increased the size of the bearings in the front knuckle?


8 x 22 x 7mm for the rear lockout just my $.02
Looks killer right now cant wait to see more; any thoughts on these options would be great.

[Sneetches]

Whaaaaaaaat . I do remember seeing you inheriting the project from that person that said they didn't have time but it's awesome to see the progress!

[Helios RC]

Originally Posted by ednerin

Helios I appreciate your "outside the box thinking" and ingenuity right on! Now I guess for my question or request. It looks like you have a firm grasp on 3D printing. Do you think you would be able to design a rear axle lock out that would accept a larger od bearing for increased durability also would you be able to increased the size of the bearings in the front knuckle?


8 x 22 x 7mm for the rear lockout just my $.02
Looks killer right now cant wait to see more; any thoughts on these options would be great.

The bearing and update to the rear lockouts is pretty easy actually. The printed parts would need to be regular nylon, glass filled is a bit too stiff for my liking on that particular area. A little flex is better than cracking.

So, long story short, we can certainly get to it. Just need to finish the minor tweaks to the current design then we can tweak the back.

[Helios RC]

Originally Posted by Sneetches

Whaaaaaaaat . I do remember seeing you inheriting the project from that person that said they didn't have time but it's awesome to see the progress!

I'm the same guy . I think you were talking about my alter-ego, or real life personality. I finally got some time around the holidays to wrap up the design work and get the parts sent to the service bureau.

A few minor tweaks and they will be ready to go. They will come in white nylon and can be died with RIT die or even Koolaid (it works, believe me).

[ednerin]

Originally Posted by Helios RC

The bearing and update to the rear lockouts is pretty easy actually. The printed parts would need to be regular nylon, glass filled is a bit too stiff for my liking on that particular area. A little flex is better than cracking.

So, long story short, we can certainly get to it. Just need to finish the minor tweaks to the current design then we can tweak the back.

Freaking awesome!

[BoardN88]

Anyway to get these made out of aluminum?

[Helios RC]

Originally Posted by BoardN88

Anyway to get these made out of aluminum?

Yeah, initial builds are in SLS nylon because it's fast. I can design and send to the shop and have them back in a week and a half to 2 weeks. None of the machine shops around here are willing to do 1 set.

The plan is to offer aluminum ones in the future. The plan will be more than likely to do 25 sets in aluminum as a limited edition.

[Fordfreak95]

How is this going to mount up to the front of the frame? Im green to this solid axle RC truck stuff sorry...