interesting servo info for you all....

[cowboysir]

Hi!

In the process of wiring a scratch build FWD I somehow got something wrong in the servo and sent the servo into conniptions.

By doing that I found out two things:

1. the Chinese plastic is even more fragile than normal and you can strip servo gears easily.

2. The servo gear that connects to the pot gear/servo arm is exactly the same cut/pitch as the 4th gear from the MR03. That means you can replace the unit with the metal aftermarket gear from the various companies that produce it.

[HaCo]

Thanks for sharing.

[TheSteve]

The servo in question has been repaired!

[arch2b]

what electronics did you use? I'm hoping to transplant the EVO board into a FWD.

[cowboysir]

I'm attempting to fit a VE board into the FWD chassis. Its super tricky as the chassis is molded to fit a brushed board. I'm creating a photo pictorial on how to make it fit....

I imagine that if an EVO board is the size of a brushed board then itd be a bit more simple to modify an RX plug in spot.

[EMU]

There is a 3d printable cover for the VE board...
https://www.shapeways.com/product/ZPUXTEE3A/kyosho-mini-z-fwd-ve-cover?optionId=65016095&li=marketplace

[cowboysir]

Looks like a good idea but i may have positioned my board a bit different to avoid the Atomic rear suspension assembly (latest gen that is similar to the Kyosho). I plan on some shrink to cover the exposed areas.

[EMU]

The SAS sport rear end... I think the best value awd/fwd on the market.

I don't have a FWD chassis, so can't really do much to help with the dimensions...

[cowboysir]

Its not so much dimension (looks like itll fit great) but in my decision making process i decided to center the board since it wouldve bumped the SAS top arm mount hanging out the back.

Ill be starting a separate thread soon as im doing a bunch of mods to make the VE F-AWD run flawless.