New Optima buggy

[kryten]

We got these in today,ready for tomorrow's release,couldn't resist havinh a play.

A little vid to show size.


Chassis




Right hand side of board does motor,left does steering. Motor wires now screw into metal nuts,not plastic Also uses 2x2 of 3010's.

[kryten]

Drive train,with slipper




Uses std AWD diffs Both needed a shim on them.



Steering setup



wheels



Chassis comes fully ball raced.

[herman]

thanks for sharing...

[kryten]

90 views and 1 comment. thanks herman.

[NoBrainer]

Really great of you shareing these pictures and comments.

[Guinness]

is the steering servo coreless?

[kryten]

Yes,it's the same one as the 03 by the looks of it.

Here's a little video of us running on a circuit 30 (mini-96)

Click Here

[arch2b]

what is your opinion on durability?

[cdog4w]

Originally Posted by arch2b

what is your opinion on durability?

+1

Surpising the buggy needed shims to fit the diff, the part list shows MDW018 as the ball diff optional upgrade which is the existing ma-010 part #.

[Guinness]

Originally Posted by kryten

Yes,it's the same one as the 03 by the looks of it.

thanks. and thanks for the pics!

[kyoshosan]

On the first picture I see one buggy in white ? is the blue/yellow decoration just decals ?

Thanks for sharing your findings, I'm looking forward to receive mine.

[color01]

kryten, how many wires run from the left PCB to the right PCB? Wondering if someone like Actionplus would be able to decode the signal and figure out a way to hack on a brushless ESC...

[kryten]

Originally Posted by arch2b

what is your opinion on durability?

They are pretty strong,we've had some decent crashes and the only issue is the tierod jumping off the servo. I'm assuming this is designed in to save breakages.

Originally Posted by cdog4w

+1

Surprising the buggy needed shims to fit the diff, the part list shows MDW018 as the ball diff optional upgrade which is the existing ma-010 part #.

Maybe the ball diff won't need shims,but the stock plastic one does. They are the same diffs as the MA010.

Originally Posted by kyoshosan

On the first picture I see one buggy in white ? is the blue/yellow decoration just decals ?
Thanks for sharing your findings, I'm looking forward to receive mine.

That's correct,the buggy is white with a yellow rear end,the rest are decals.
You're welcome,i'll post more as i run the buggy more.

Originally Posted by color01

kryten, how many wires run from the left PCB to the right PCB? Wondering if someone like Actionplus would be able to decode the signal and figure out a way to hack on a brushless ESC...

The 5 wire plug you see in the pics connects the board halves.

These things are pretty quick with just an x-speed. Fetted with a hot motor,they would be loony.

[cdog4w]

Thanks! I get mine tomorrow, but too late for our track day at work Can't make it home and back out, just doesn't make sense.

[bobbyz]

They do look pretty quick. Were the buggies. In the vid running the stock motor or an xspeed? Nice skills on the mini96 btw.