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well I am heading out to the dunes in a couple weeks and taking the quads and all of my rigs. The last of my rigs that doesn't have paddles is the Revo. It is a modefied 2.5 chassis with a roll cage and what not my question is do I really need to fork out the money to put paddles on all four corners or can I get away with putting some proline or panther paddles just on the back? I don't want the drive train to go up in smoke even though it has been reinforced as well. thanks
 
I would think it would be all or nothing... I imagine your center diff would be toast but then again, I'm fairly new and have zero exp. with sand...
 
I'm stupid... But it still seems like a bad idea.. I just dont think the drivetrain will hold up.. I could very likely be wrong but I wouldn't risk the headache to save 20-25 bucks.
Maybe you will get some real help soon...;)
 
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syphon68 said:
well I am heading out to the dunes in a couple weeks and taking the quads and all of my rigs. The last of my rigs that doesn't have paddles is the Revo. It is a modefied 2.5 chassis with a roll cage and what not my question is do I really need to fork out the money to put paddles on all four corners or can I get away with putting some proline or panther paddles just on the back? I don't want the drive train to go up in smoke even though it has been reinforced as well. thanks
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IMHO i would do paddles on all four corners for the simple fact that as it was stated earlier in this thread you need to keep all 4 tires the same diamter for the 4wd, and if not things are gonna start breaking and binding up and no one wants that. WE WANT VIDS!!!!!!!. ..lol. . .let us know how it goes
 
I have paddles on my revo. Just on the rear though. It makes no difference putting them on the front. A friend of mine has a revo as well and he's got paddles on all 4. Mine is just as fast and handles just as well with just two as opposed to his four. It's not worth the money to get all four and, to your point earlier, you may run into issues with the drive train or really high temps...
 
yeah either way we will have video of the following with paddles in the dunes.

LST2
revo
Tmaxx
2 x brushless slash
brushless rustler
stock slash
 
You can put paddles on the rear only and you'll be fine.

There is a misconception here that having tires of diffrent diameter will be hard on your drivetrain. This is true if you were running on concrete or a high grip dirt track. However, considering the situation, it is a false assumption. When you are driving in sand the tires and constantly losing traction. Because you just about never have 100% traction at all four corners when you run in the sand, having different diameter tires will not be putting any extra stresses on your drivetrain.
 
Personally, I would put a sand wedge tire on the fronts and just remove the front/center driveshaft. That's just me though.
 
My thought was that the paddles would put more stress on the rear while the front had little resistance and would just spin away..


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Personally, I would put a sand wedge tire on the fronts and just remove the front/center driveshaft. That's just me though.
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Now I like this idea...
 
I have the prolines from the link above. The guy at my lhs said that a way to avoid too much stress and high high temps is to cut the paddles down a little bit. It makes no difference for performance but lets you run bat #$%^ crazy without the worries. Place a piece of tape along each paddle going from side wall to side wall. You don't have to take off much, just a few centimeters. The tape serves as a good guide to keep your cuts straight across. I've never seen the other panthers in person so I can't tell if they should be trimmed or not as well.
 
I'm with lessen on this one. Also, having paddles on the front just flings a ton of sand up under your body and into places you don't want. Having them on the rear gives you the power transfer to the ground you want, but hopefully not so much sand thrown up on top of the chassis. I'm sure sand will end up there... but considering that having paddles on the rear will most likely cause your front tires to barely be making contact with the ground, seems a waste to paddles up there.
 
I have but one point here.If you drop out the front centre driveshaft (tranny to diff) would it not make the engine run hotter and cause the truck to lift the front end more easily ?

also, losing the front center driveshaft would only work if you had the solid output shaft and not a center diff kit in the transmission.


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I'm a dummy, I missed the part about not having the centre diff. Next time, I am DEFINATELY wearing my specs !

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I think for now instead of dropping the extra money for sand wedges I am just going to get some panthers for the back and see what happens. If I want to experiment while I am there I always have the adapters that I can put the Losi 420 sand tires from my LST2 on the front and back if I want this is what they look like.

Front

Back
 
That's a cool tire for the front. You'll still get a little forward traction from the paddles but you get a bit of steering assist from the middle ridge at the same time. I like that tire a lot for the front. :thumbup:
 

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