Mid-Motor Stealth transmission

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Mid-Motor Stealth transmission

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I have been coming up with some ideas for a dirt oval project and was wondering about mid-motor conversions for a gold pan. Does the slipper shaft have to come out the other side of the case so it runs the right way? I have been looking for examples but am having trouble on the details, 'WTF buggy' thread shows the motor plate flipped. Would it bet better to get a gt tranny and work with that? I have been messing around with placement with a 6-gear trans and battery placement gets tough, and servo mounting will be creative to say the least.

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I'm not sure if it will answer all your questions, but here's a good start. You may also search PBRallstar's builds. He posts in this thread also so you can just go into his profile and search his posts. Someone else may have a more specific build, but I can't think of one right off.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=27077
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Re: Mid-Motor Stealth transmission

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If you filp the transmission to mid motor you have to flip the top shaft to keep the motor's pinion on the same side of the car it is on a rear motor car.

However there's also the alternative options of reversing the rotation of the motor on some brushless motors/esc; running an idler between the pinion and spur; or using a Hyperdrive belt set up to move the pinion and spur to the left side of the car.

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Phin wrote:If you filp the transmission to mid motor you have to flip the top shaft to keep the motor's pinion on the same side of the car it is on a rear motor car.

However there's also the alternative options of reversing the rotation of the motor on some brushless motors/esc; running an idler between the pinion and spur; or using a Hyperdrive belt set up to move the pinion and spur to the left side of the car.
Almost like running a jack shaft.
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Re: Mid-Motor Stealth transmission

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not perfect example but here is my 2.25 setup

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a fellow local's rc10 based lto setup

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you could always switch to a hyper drive in mid motor as it runs backwards anyway.

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SRTracer i read through your build, real nice
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