tranny question

[lizard017]

does anyone know the gear ratio differance between the r2d and the losi tranny?????im wanting to run the r2d with the losi axles,??good idea or bad??

[K_B]

The losi tranny has almost no reduction, the R2 is something like 4:1. The crawler would be slooooooow. You'd have to run a pretty quick motor to overcome the gear reduction and even then, you'll drain batteries quicker and probably generate quite a bit of heat.

Not sure why you'd want to "downgrade" to an R2 tranny anyway. You'd be giving up a very smooth dig mechanism and you'd lose the ability to use front dig.

[lizard017]

thanks for the feedback, one thing ive been thinking about, for that radio, wouldnt i need a 4 position,,,front dig, rear dig, freewheel rear, and locked 4x4?

[K_B]

Losi axles have worm gears, so they won't freewheel. So you only need a 3 position switch. Center position is 4x4, the other two are either front or rear dig.