Gear Reduction Box

[BJoe]

http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/87634/

 

[Mnster]

Wow not a bad deal"thumbsup"

 

[crawler_king]

That is going to put alot of weight really high up tho isnt it???
will probably be great for those running aftermarket chassis and the clocked motor plate tho.

 

[hntz4x4]

Any idea when this is due out?

 

[BJoe]

That is going to put alot of weight really high up tho isnt it???
will probably be great for those running aftermarket chassis and the clocked motor plate tho.

I was thinking the same, might be interesting to see how people use them.

 

[RockCrawlingKid]

i hope it will alow more variety for gears. it would have to be a smaller diameter than the actual motor though

 

[TwistedXT]

id buy a couple! thats twice the price of a gd600 with bolt in capabilities and looks to be pretty strong
SOLD.. ill be watching for this for sure!

 

[TwistedXT]

towerhobbies already has em listed:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0095P?FVSEARCH=87634

 

[BritCrawler]

if it'll fit the WK it'll potentially fit any 540 application if there's room for the offset. Dunno if this is better/worse value than going for a better motor or a brushless rig though?

 

[Mnster]

It's more the tool you need to gear down and volt up then anything else.

 

[TBItoy]

Looks like it'd be sweet in remote mounted motor setups, eliminating the spur and pinion gears.s

 

[HndsWthtShdws]

Looks like it'd be sweet in remote mounted motor setups, eliminating the spur and pinion gears.s

Mhmm, the stock WK transmission's ratio is 23:1, which is already too high. This box's ratio is only 7.56:1.

 

[jbrandt]

Mhmm, the stock WK transmission's ratio is 23:1, which is already too high. This box's ratio is only 7.56:1.

it says the new drive ratio is 174:1 with teh reduction unit. The ratio of the reduction unit itself is 7.56:1, the 23:1 I think is the final drive ratio.


My only thing as that I think this would slow it down TOO much. I already have a max speed of walking pace, so slowing it down even more would suck for those situation where you need wheel speed. I guess you could go brushless, and that would help... I'm too cheap for that...

 

[HndsWthtShdws]

^ Exactly, so the reduction unit would not work well in a remote motor setup, eliminating the spur and pinion gears.

Lets say you wanted to use this reduction unit with a Pede tranny as a transfer case. Your total reduction (minus the axles) would end up being 20.56:1 Thats higher than a Wheely King transmission which is already too high.