My 2013 Losi Sporty

[JENS]

My 2013/2014/2015 Losi Sporty

Decided to give the Losi axles a try this year

Axles have fmj mod,rear has standard worms,modified Underground Crawlers D-mount and DLux weight holders. Front has HD-worms ,BWD aluminum servo/battery mount,Losi alu 20 degree hub carriers and alu knuckles and Blue Monkey knuckle-weights.

Lunsford lower links with RPM rod-ends and DLux delrin link sliders,4mm carbon rod upper links with Revo rod-ends, Traxxas alu balls.

Traxxas dampers with Mini-T springs,JeepinDoug cups and Wicked Wolf RC caps.

Hot Racing XR10 Carbon chassis with DLux cross braces.

Homemade "gearbox" with just pinion and spur,shaft above motor and Axial WB8 driveshafts.

TLR 22 frontwheels with SLW 850 hubs, Crawler Innovations foam and shaved Rovers.

Hi-tec HS-7954SH servo, castle BEC, Tekin ROC412 3100kv, Tekin RS ESC and LRP fan.

Axial Hardline body.

 

[Tgreer]

Wow, nice work!!! I'm really diggin the use of the stock xr10 chassis! Can you give us a closer look at what you hav done with you tranny there!:shock:

 

[Lukescb7]

Some pics of of your trans would be awesome.

 

[cliff1119]

Awesome looking we need more info looking for a new chassis and lets face we have been put in the dark

 

[JENS]

Should have taken som photos before I installed the trans in the chassis,-but here goes :

The trans is made from two pieces of bent 2mm alu plate,joined together by an alu plate under the motor and two Axial 7x55mm posts above it.

The stainless 4mm shaft running over the motor is supported by two flanged 4x11 bearings,-the spur adapter is from Hot Bodies Cyclone,which is held in place by two set screws. Spur is Robinson 66t and the pinion is18t.

Since the spur shaft is only 4mm,I made an alu sleeve to match the WB8's

 

[pajey]

Wow that was not what I was expecting. Very cool. How is the wheel speed?

 

[JENS]

Thanks for the kind words everybody

Wheelspeed could be a little better,-have to try some different spur/pinion combinations. The motor is plenty strong on 3s.

 

[Tgreer]

How well does that work out with the extreme driveline angle? The plus is you have the motor as low as possible!

 

[JENS]

Yes,- I was a bit concerned about the angle,thats why I chose the cvd-type WB8. I believe they handle the angle better than the universal-jointed in example stampede type shafts. But time will tell,-so far so good

 

[EeePee]

Nicely done, Jens! Me likely le Losi. "thumbsup"

The Kyosho Rock Force has a similar very simple pinion and spur to driveshaft set up. I always had problems with the spur gear sheering teeth. I tried numerous brands of spur gears, but not metal. Nor did I try 32 pitch, but I bet that would have helped, now that I think about it... :ror:

 

[JENS]

Nicely done, Jens! Me likely le Losi. "thumbsup"

The Kyosho Rock Force has a similar very simple pinion and spur to driveshaft set up. I always had problems with the spur gear sheering teeth. I tried numerous brands of spur gears, but not metal. Nor did I try 32 pitch, but I bet that would have helped, now that I think about it... :ror:

Thanks

I have a lot of spare spur gears ;-) 32p would be a lot stronger,-but similar ratio in 32p with the limited space would be a 10t or 11t pinion,-and thats not optimal I think...........but I haven't tried it

Thanks for the input "thumbsup"

 

[johnboy13]

Love the wheels. Do you have a link or more info on how to make this set up

 

[JENS]

Love the wheels. Do you have a link or more info on how to make this set up

Thanks

Drilled out the senter of the wheel and made holes for the SLW hub,I'm using a spacer between the wheel and the hub,-4mm in the front and 2mm rear.

 

[dentonmac]

Drilled out the senter of the wheel and made holes for the SLW hub,I'm using a spacer between the wheel and the hub,-4mm in the front and 2mm rear.

I know this is not about the wheels, but those are soooo bad. Thanks for the pix. But, I have some questions.

Did you grind out the hex that is in there? What width hubs are you running (Look Like 850s - Losi's? What is the spacer made out of? What is your width (tire to tire)?

Sorry for all the questions. Thanks in advance.

Nice, rig. Would love to see some video of that running.

 

[JENS]

I know this is not about the wheels, but those are soooo bad. Thanks for the pix. But, I have some questions.

Did you grind out the hex that is in there? What width hubs are you running (Look Like 850s - Losi's? What is the spacer made out of? What is your width (tire to tire)?

Sorry for all the questions. Thanks in advance.

Nice, rig. Would love to see some video of that running.

Thanks

I did not remove the hex,just drilled out the center,hope it will hold up ;-)
Yes,-the hubs are 850 losi's and the spacers are made out of some 2mm plastic sheet I had lying around. Just glued the sheets together before I cut them to make wider spacers.
The width tire to tire is about 260mm

Used this (27mm) to cut out the spacers,and a drill press and an old SLW hub to line up the holes

All the ideas where stolen from this thread :wink::

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/tires-wheels/355148-drill-press-rim-mods-vp-hubs.html

 

[christianewing]

You have a chance to use those foams yet? Think I am going to pick them up. "thumbsup"

 

[JENS]

You have a chance to use those foams yet? Think I am going to pick them up. "thumbsup"

The foam I'm using is not the closed cell type, it's the "old" double deuce,-but I'm very happy with it

 

[Absurd]

awesome idea on the trans "thumbsup"

 

[JENS]

A really nice kit landed in my mailbox yesterday "thumbsup"

 

[JENS]

Gained a lot of steering with the TAG kit.
Steering links are not final,just for mock-up.









To much caster?-time will tell