Originally Posted by
Waflet
Hideeho
What would you be willing to pay for an dif that transferes power away from a wheel that is slipping & to a wheel that has traction? $50? $100? $300? $500?
I checked into having a limited slip dif built for a 10th scale or 8th scale buggy. I was basing the design off a 1:1 gear lsd. I checked with a couple of machinists. They all said it would cost thousands to build a prototype (even out of plastic) & then a cost in the hundreds to mass produce. Keep in mind, that is cost to produce, not retail price. Personally I would say a retail price of $100 would be acceptable, but $300-$500 is not. Maybe one of these days I'll run across a machinist that would be more interested in the challenge than the money. If someone could get that done for a resonable price it would be an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER! It would be a MUST have for any one racing an rc vehicle.
If my idea works the way I think it should, it will be cheap. That being said, there's nothing new under the sun, so somebody probably already had this idea and it didn't work...
Originally Posted by
racer1812
Google Torsen differential, more specifically R/C Torsen diff.
Good for 1/8 scale, not so good for the smaller stuff.