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Old 04-20-2014, 09:48 AM
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Did anyone else watch drakes neo interview? His ebuggy had the battery tray forward with the esc in the back. How can I do this?
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Old 04-20-2014, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by aptyk88
Did anyone else watch drakes neo interview? His ebuggy had the battery tray forward with the esc in the back. How can I do this?
Link please?
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Old 04-20-2014, 01:32 PM
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My buddy let Cody Hollis run his 3.0 in the ice breaker awhile back. He had Adam help with his setup and that's what they ended up doing with the battery tray and esc. Says it has much better balance this way.
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Old 04-20-2014, 08:27 PM
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Adam drake interview
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Old 04-20-2014, 08:35 PM
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Interesting, I wonder if this is something that will stick.
I would imagine it's a fairly easy mod to do if you have the right tools....
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Old 04-21-2014, 09:19 AM
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So.. with the battery up front you are almost back to the old 2.0 and 1.0 setups, no?
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Old 04-21-2014, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by symmetricon
Interesting, I wonder if this is something that will stick.
I would imagine it's a fairly easy mod to do if you have the right tools....
Originally Posted by kufman
So.. with the battery up front you are almost back to the old 2.0 and 1.0 setups, no?
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Old 04-21-2014, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by kufman
So.. with the battery up front you are almost back to the old 2.0 and 1.0 setups, no?
Except the suspension setup and 15° hubs.....
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Old 04-21-2014, 10:43 AM
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Looks like a clutch too
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Old 04-21-2014, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by pimpedaccord
Looks like a clutch too
Good eyes! Looks like a traction drive like Tekno makes.
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Old 04-21-2014, 12:18 PM
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Would this setup be specific to this track/race? Cause it's a little disturbing that you buy a buggy that your told was designed a certain way for a reason (watch the amain video) then BOOOOM guys are changing the chassis layout, was Adam part of the testing for this buggy?
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Old 04-21-2014, 12:32 PM
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Yes, same here. This is really weird. The buggy was designed with batteries on the back, which is the opposite of what all the other cars on the market have. When the 3.0 e was released, I thought, TLR designers did their job and most certainly tried the two batteries position and after hours of testing, choosed the RIGHT position.
And then the pro drivers move the batteries the front...That actually looks like TLR wrongly designed the car :-).
I would be more than happy to have feedback from the team on this forum!
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Old 04-21-2014, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Geebee
Yes, same here. This is really weird. The buggy was designed with batteries on the back, which is the opposite of what all the other cars on the market have. When the 3.0 e was released, I thought, TLR designers did their job and most certainly tried the two batteries position and after hours of testing, choosed the RIGHT position.
And then the pro drivers move the batteries the front...That actually looks like TLR wrongly designed the car :-).
I would be more than happy to have feedback from the team on this forum!
Me too!
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Old 04-21-2014, 01:33 PM
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I've ran some of his setups in the past and typical of a pro level driver they were pretty aggressive. I know my buggy is easy to drive and stable and has just enough steering to get around the track but definitely less than the 2.0. Especially on power.

Maybe he's trying to get more aggressive steering out of the car. I'd like to try it but can't see the video so idk what kind of mods it takes.
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Old 04-21-2014, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by rcgod
I'd like to try it but can't see the video so idk what kind of mods it takes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZgExqP3cg4

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