Soze's GMADE Sawback Sport

[OSRC]

They are just loud - has something to do with the gear profile. Sounds like an out of tune blender.

I've built up three, and ran quite a bit with Jato's and all 4 are loud. Switching to a different pinion sometimes helps - I use a Traxxas in the latest and it seemed to smooth it out somewhat. I did spend some time on #2 with shims and grease trying to keep the gears from walking laterally which did manage to tone it down, but it was still pretty noisy. I didn't bother with this one.

 

[soze]

Huh, I guess I just haven't run my 4LS enough to remember how loud a Sawback is. I wonder if there is a different spur/pinion combo that can be used with this transmission to quiet it down. I'll have to investigate when there's time.

As far as the 4LS goes... I'm trying to decide whether to Komodo it, hard body it, or just let the thing go...

 

[soze]

Took the GMADE Sawback Sport out for a quick run at the local trail with my son. Forgot my GoPro Hero7, but luckily I had my backup Hero5 in my backpack. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera mount, so it was hard to get good stable footage.

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