Transmissions, Transmissions! Pros, Cons, All different typ

[kevinlongisland]

hey all! i saw in the tater-tot wright up that toyo was thinking about using a stampede tranny. so i thought, what are the advantages and disadvantages of different trannies, and what other types of trannies have people used before that are not listed here:

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emaxx
stampede
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[BARK]

Re: Transmissions, Transmissions! Pros, Cons, All different

Well the obvious advantages of the EMaxx tranny is 2 speeds (not always desireable), after market support and abundance of traxxas parts avalible.

Disadvatage: heavy & large.

 

[Reflection]

Re: Transmissions, Transmissions! Pros, Cons, All different

I just assembled my tranny for my new Twin force today. I'll have to say,I'm impressed. Very simple design,light weight and everything,to me,looks VERY durable. One drawback to the Twin is the 2wd only in reverse. After some research and assembly,I've figured that thats a super easy fix. Get a rear drive cup and install on the front output shaft. The factory drive cup has a one way bearing inside. Some research has let me know Kyosho did this to improve handleing and eliminate the truck from rolling over frontwards on a sudden highspeed brake. I'll endup replacing the front drive cup with a rear for 4wd reverse and also front wheelies are kinda cool. I've got rather slick with front wheelies running my E-maxx,I'll have to try my Twin shortly.

Here's a picture....................

 

[BARK]

Re: Transmissions, Transmissions! Pros, Cons, All different

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is the steering servo mounted to the chassis?

 

[kevinlongisland]

Re: Transmissions, Transmissions! Pros, Cons, All different

Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is the steering servo mounted to the chassis?

yeh, it is, and look at alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll those linkages for the steering. its the same as the nitro mad force.

 

[Reflection]

Re: Transmissions, Transmissions! Pros, Cons, All different

Well,yes it is mounted to the chassis and it does have waaaaaaaaaaaaay to much steering linkage,in stock form anyway. That picture is linked off of Kyosho's page,it's a shot of a stock Twin. I'm building mine as we speak,the steering servo will be moved to the axle eliminating all but 2 links. I was only speaking of the tranny,as I'm quite impressed with it's simple design and seems to be built pretty stout.

I'm pretty happy with the Twin so far. I think it's a great platform to start with. I feel with a better link configuration,better steering set up and lower gears it will be a pretty good crawler