{"id":3504,"date":"2022-01-11T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T09:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:44:00","slug":"weird-gearbox-alignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=3504","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Weird&#8221; gearboxes alignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been around the RC scene for a while, the <strong data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"233\">Schumacher CAT 2000 Buggy<\/strong> is a name that sparks a lot of nostalgia. Released in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this 1\/10 scale electric buggy was designed for competitive off-road racing, and even today it\u2019s remembered as a <strong data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"478\">precision machine with a lot of character<\/strong>.\u00a0In particular, it has its gearboxes sitting on the chassis board at a slight angle (i.e. not in a straight line).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.41.14.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3505\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.41.14-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.41.14-576x1024.jpeg 576w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.41.14-169x300.jpeg 169w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.41.14-675x1200.jpeg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.41.14-480x853.jpeg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.41.14.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Such arrangement is intentional &#8211; it allows the pulleys at the front and the back to sit closer to the center even with the presence of a middle gear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.32.02.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3506\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.32.02-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.32.02-576x1024.jpeg 576w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.32.02-169x300.jpeg 169w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.32.02-675x1200.jpeg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.32.02-480x853.jpeg 480w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-11-at-16.32.02.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Cat XLS Masami doesn&#8217;t have such arrangement! In any case, the Schumacher CAT may not compete with modern brushless buggies in outright speed, but it holds its own as a <strong data-start=\"3222\" data-end=\"3251\">classic precision machine<\/strong>. It\u2019s agile, tunable, and forgiving, making it a joy to drive and a valuable learning platform for hobbyists. For anyone interested in vintage RC buggies or the roots of modern off-road racing, the CAT 2000 remains a must-know icon in the RC world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been around the RC scene for a while, the Schumacher CAT 2000 Buggy is a name that sparks a lot of nostalgia. Released in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this 1\/10 scale electric buggy was designed for competitive off-road racing, and even today it\u2019s remembered as a precision machine with a lot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,124,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3504"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7373,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3504\/revisions\/7373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}