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2WD buggy layout: mid-motor vs rear-motor

Name: 2WD buggy layout: mid-motor vs rear-motor dimension sheet
Creator: Xem Studio
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Mid-motor or rear-motor 2WD buggy: what's the difference? · Standard part · basis: Design rules and figures from the cited sources; example geometry by Xem Studio

Also called: mid motor buggy, rear motor buggy, 2wd buggy layout, mid motor vs rear motor, laydown transmission, standup transmission, 3 gear vs 4 gear, rc buggy weight distribution, moment of inertia rc

Exact dimensions. True size, with no printing tolerance added.

sizes: 3 in table

Notes

Rear-motor 2WD buggies hang the motor behind the rear axle, putting weight on the driven wheels for low-grip tracks and strong acceleration but with a tendency to wheelie (RCTech forum).
Mid-motor layouts centralise mass and lower the yaw inertia, so the car turns in and straightens with less effort and slides more predictably; racers describe them as better on medium-to-high grip (RCTech forum).
These are racer reports, not measured data.

2WD buggy layout: mid-motor vs rear-motor size chart

parameter	value or range	source
Mid-motor benefit	centralised mass, lower moment of inertia	RCTech forum
Rear-motor benefit	more rear weight, low-grip traction	RCTech forum
Weight transfer not tunable out	200 g+	RCTech forum

Where the files are

Other publishers' files are linked, not hosted. "verify" = check the license at the link before commercial use.

RCTech forums

Advantages of mid motor vs rear motor RWD buggy

web

Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

Xem scan

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No downloadable true-size file yet: the published figures do not fix the whole shape, and Xem never guesses a number. A measured scan is planned; request it and it moves up.

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Plain text: sheet.txt · JSON: /api/geometry?object=rwd-mid-vs-rear-motor

Schematic, not to scale.