Once I had a dream, a dream of acceleration in silence. A dream where you could mash the throttle and not fear that each time you did that, small bits of aluminum committed suicide. That dream took decades to come true but persistence paid off and now the Tamiya community has a ball diff in arguably the most popular and desirable RC in history.
Who wants to do that again?
Here is the plan. MIP and I are working on the feasibility of a ball diff for the Hotshot Family. These are the cars I am talking about:
58047: Hotshot
58054: Super Shot
58055: The Boomerang
58057: The Bigwig
58062: Hotshot II
58066: Super Sabre
58391: Hotshot
58418: The Boomerang
57330: The Bigwig
What I need help with (since all I know about these cars is all 4 wheels themselves) is to make sure I am not missing any cars here. I want to know what cars have identical diff setups. Cars like the FAV and Wild One that are similar do not count. I wish they did but this is not what we are looking for. The ORV diff was a good venture MIP. They did not sell in a giant batch like MIP hoped but they have been consistent seller since they were released. They have sold well enough that MIP would like to talk more about Tamiya products. The Hotshot was an early discussion point during the ORV design phase but the difference between the out-drives was too great. The goal is to use as much tooling as possible from the ORV build. Since the nylon diff gear, alu. spiders and the main bevels are the same (right?), this should be a case of different out-drives. I believe the dog bones are different from original to rere? What have I missed? As much as I would like to talk about a wish list, this thread is dedicated to the Hotshot. There is a thread in TC designs where we can talk about other ventures. That thread is how we got here today.
Your help is critical for us to succeed in making this become a reality. This thread is also going on every FB forum I can find and other RC Sites so I really trying to get all the info I can. Thank you in advance but please don’t get your hopes up just yet. I failed 5 times before the ORV diff happened.
