Last Saturday Hera ran in a 50 gate G6 style event... it was a lot of fun!
During the first rock section, my front OD gear stripped out.
Hera was able to finish the course but it was rough and really trying my patience in the 95 degree heat. The gear would slip every time it was under any load... and the course had several rock sections so it was skipping a lot!
The gear came from my FOFF rig so I'm thinking that's the problem. It was probably chewed up some from the CC CM36 5700 and didn't stand a chance once it had to pull heavy duty work in Hera. I may need to remove some weight from the wheels.
I replaced the gear on Sunday as well as worked on a winch.
The winch is almost installed, I just need one more spacer and it should be good to go. The servo is the originol rear steer servo the got fried during Hera's first comp when the CC BEC caught fire... it should work good for winch duty: 277oz with titanium gears. "thumbsup"
Aside from the stripped gear, Hera ran good. She felt much more solid now that the rear steer is gone.
The 11t pinion has a lot more low end control and still has some wheel speed in 2nd.
I think I need some softer springs and need to relocate the rear upper links.
and the pics:
This was a pretty steep hill. I decided to try and get some full throttle one handed footage... didn't end well.
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still need to clean up the electronics... my balloons are hanging out! :shock:
changing the lipo's half way through the course. The 14t puller is a hungry motor!
A lot of really fun rocky hill climbs.
And tore the shit out of my tire when the king pin backed out!
