Rhum51

i'm looking at selling my vantage if anyone is interested. i'll take some pictures and mail me if you're interested and i'll mail you some pictures then you can make me an offer! ) there will be lots of spares!

these any good? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M3-GWR-Colourfast-Stainless-Countersunk-Screws-5Pk-Black-Blue-Red-Green-Copper-/280751047946?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Nails_Fixing_MJ&var=580048473013&hash=item415e11050a

i get all mine stainless from ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/m3-3mm-a2-stainless-steel-socket-csk-countersunk-allen-bolts-screws-/261018721589?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Nails_Fixing_MJ&var=560118853993&hash=item3cc5ed9d35 this is only 1 example... there are plenty more.

you got some pictures you can post to show us?

ohhhh... mine did that pretty much out of the box!!! at the time i took it back to modelzone and the guy fixed it. that was my first rc so i did tinker with the servo. get a spare 1 coz i think the gears are chewed! for the saddle, you can reconvert it to saddle config but you will need to move the esc around. Personally i would not use saddle pack since they seem a bit more expensive.

the ESC has the voltage cut off built in but will need to be anabled via a program card. since on your picture you seem to have an NiMh pack. Lipo is well worth it on this car! huge difference!

this on as shown in the pictures is a BSD 1/10th. not quite the ftx though it shares the same parts. for spares, go to CenturyUK http://www.centuryuk.com/Spares/Car-Spares/BSD-Car-Spares/Electric-Compression-10th or blacksmith products. the ftx has a saddle pack config for the battery and the bsd takes a stick. it can take std 2s lipo.... i have turnigy hard case 5Ah sticks in mine. in general it's a good care but be prepared to unbend the blue aluminium plate on a regular basis if you take jumps. they retail for

ftx brushless is dean connectors.... i use dean in ftx and bullet in my other cars. if i need to swap batteries, i made up a connector from dean to bullet.

there is tynemet college on monday night for touring 1/10 and buggy 1/10 there is seaham on sunday night 1/10 buggy summer time you will have dynamix on sunday 1/10 buggies and tuesdays(i think) check oople for further info

Steer away from tamyia connectors. you are better off changing the connector on the esc and stick with bullets on lipo. bullets are a lot easier to change than tamyias'. i switched to bullet when my tamyias were melting on the nimh batteries.

yup! definitely otherwise you wont be able to balance the battery.

i agree with the 5s conversion! you would need to find an identical cell and ideally with a similar count of cycles. if you doant, it will remain unbalanced.

what i've done in the past is to strip the elecrtics and used the hose to remove the salty water. if you have a compressor then you can dry it straight away. this will remove most of the sand. once it was all dry, i used a brush and a bit of wd40 everywhere where there is metal! makes plastics look nice too! during that time of cleaning you will have had the battery on charge and then you can have a good spin in the street to dry it off properly (provided the weather is fairly dry! good luck with that 1 ! lol) then.... back on the shelf till next run!

have a look at this site, they give some good info on making packs... http://cellpacksolutions.com/battery-pack-engineering/index.asp

personally i would go for a little bit heavier than that. 6kg would be better. you also need to keep an eye on the speed of the servo. from memory, you need to look at something like 11-13ms this mamba is a very good system but it seems a bit of an overkill for the vantage. you would be better of getting a cheaper system but sensored.