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All About RC Car Gear Pitches – Why are there so many?
In brief, RC Cars utilize a transmission that contains a gear set. Different applications will require different “pitches”. A gear pitch given in imperial terms is related to the amount of teeth that would encircle a one inch diameter. This one inch diameter is known as the pitch diameter. The metric module is how pitches …
LaTrax Prerunner Teton 3D Printed Drift Wheels Free Download
Download this Printable File on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4235548 Here we have a 3D printed LaTrax Teton or Pre-runner (by Traxxas) Drift wheel. The idea was inspired by a friend talking about having an indoor RC car that can drift. I know how much I like the LaTrax line of RC cars and decided that adapting one …
The RC Car Gear Ratio Explained and Calculated
For every mating pair of gears in an RC car, there exists a gear ratio. The gear ratio is simply the number of teeth of one gear divided by the number of teeth of a mating gear. Gear ratios are important as they allow us to better control speed and torque. We are able to …
Why use a Cap Pack on an RC Car? (Capacitor Pack)
A Capacitor pack is a fancy name for a bank of capacitors. That is a bunch of capacitors that are electrically wired together to form what we would know as a pack. Each capacitor is wired in parallel to each other. The idea is to place the cap pack as close as possible to the …
Where to use Digital vs Analog Servos in RC Vehicles
In the previous article, we covered the differences between the Analog and Digital servo. In this article we are taking that a step further and we are going to look at specific applications. Applications Best Suited for Digital Servos Digital servos are best used in an application that requires best performance. Two factors must also …