wade7575

My very first car was a Grasshopper,I almost ended up getting a Clod Buster but in the end it was the Grasshopper.

This one is not cheap but it does work really well it has a slipper built into it and they make really good strong stuff,it may not be cheap but it will work. http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail.php?prod=Slipperential%99+1%2F8++Center+Slipper+Diff+%28patented%29

I have never had 1/8th scale but I'am getting into it,I had an E-Maxx with a Hue 1515 1y and ran it on 14.8 and it would around 12 minute runs times at least with a 5000Mah Lipo and I think a bit longer. I would get 5000Mah to 6500Mah Lipo's if you can,the SMC Lipo's are supposed to be really good for the money and the same with Magnum's. I would think you should get 15 to 16 Minutes out of 6500Mah if not longer. Keep in mind I'm only guessing and I have ben in the Hobby for 20 years plus and I'm not bad at guessing these thing's but I can not say 100% for sure,I do think however if you got something around 5400Mah to 6500Mah you'll be happy,just make sure to see if the pack will fit the Car most packs have their size listed online in MM's.

Don't get me wrong guys I'm not saying that Spectrum can't put out radio's that work in each batch,but from what I always heard back in the day from guys on the HPI Baja forum if someone had a Spectrum in their Baja and had range problems and they were told to change it and if they did they come back saying that they changed out their Spectrum to Futaba they always said they got great range,I'm not saying this is this case with every Spectrum. I honestly think the Spectrums look great and have a lot going for them I just had them at the bottom of my list because I don't want to have to send it back if I have a range problem with it,I know I posted a Spectrum as well but it was more of a last pick if everything I heard about Airtronics was worse.

Well I seen this one at a good price and pulled the trigger pun intended. I liked the price plus I was not sure about the Spectrums I know the first Spectrum that looed like or maybe they were the DX2.0's but ask anyone that ever used one in a Baja they could never get much more then 50 to 100 feet of range,I seen the newer Spectrums and thought maybe they fixed them but I guess not from what I read on 10 differnet forums,plus I was not to keen on the Futaba systems don't get me wrong they truly are great but I really hate the trigger and my 3PMX always hurt my finger. I read nothing bad to say about Airtronics and thought why not my XL2P was a great Radio back in the plus lot's of top level guys are still running Airtonics,I just never thought to look them up they don't seem to advertise to much anymore and fly under the radar. http://www.ebay.com/itm/191129378810?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Do you find the Spectrum you have glitchs at all or have you heard anyone complain about this. My Futaba used to hurt my finger it was so tight.

I'm going to be getting a new Radio in the near future and I need advice on one thing. I had a Futaba 3PMX and hated it more then any other radio I have ever had because I found for my trigger finger that the gap was to tight and I really did not like it at all and most of my friends with smaller finders said the same thing,I had a 2 Tatic radios that come with the Aquacraft boat's and the trigger was a dream compared to my Futaba. I'm looking at getting a Spectrum DX4C and I was wondering if the gap is as small on it as it is on the Futaba. https://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdId=SPM4200 I'm also looking at an Airtronics MV-X I'm not looking to get anything to fancy I don't to buy a radio from HobbyKing more because by the time I have it shipped I can get on here for about 10 bucks more. http://www.airtronics.net/index.php/airtronics-mx-v-pistol-grip-with-w-p-receiver-3ch-2-4ghz-fh2-radio.html

One thing with me is I always like to share new stuff I have found and new ways of doing thing's that make thing's easier. I have been into the hobby for 20 year's and I'm still learning,just like getting back into it after being out for 4 year's and I finding out SMC Dinogy Lipo's just to name a few say set your LVC so it cut's off at 3.6 volt's per-cell to get max life out of your lipo's.

I'm just a Hobbyist like you guy's and I just wanted to share a plug that I really like.

I don't think most people will pull 120 Amp's constant if anyone for that matter have never sat down and done the math. If you guys want to read a really good thread read both link's the first one is about a battery load comparison test done by a really good guy who does not BS people or have any favorite brands just the numbers is all he goes by. He has a really nice test rig he made himself where he pulls major amps threw it and test's only 6S Lipo's for his jet's,the guy who started the thread told me at a true 40C load held for to long the plastic on the connector's start to melt and the solder start's to melt. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?s=0c7289a09f88648d2459690f41f3dd7e&t=1767093 This next thread is from user's on the same forum but in this thread they are trying to keep it smaller by having a result's thread and a discussion thread,what they are doing is using their charger's if they have a IR tester built in and also a device by Wayne Giles from the UK I think that can also test the Internal Resistance of your pack.They try to keep track of how many charge's they have on their pack as well and then test it to see if the Internal Resistance has gone up and by how much,the low the IR the better the pack and the better the life you'll get out of it if properly cared for. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1578001

Also these are not as tight as the Castle bullet's witch most people complain about being to tight,these are tight but not so tight they are really hard to plug in and unplug.

The link is fixed now and these ones are 6mm not 4mm they will handle a lot of power going threw them even the most demanding 1/8th scale set up is going to have a hard time trying to max these out. You can also use this product number in their search 258000002 http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__20353__HXT_6mm_Gold_Connector_w_Protector_10pcs_set_.html?strSearch=hxt

I just wanted to share these with you guys,I started using these because a friend was placing an order to HobbyKing and I seen them when he was making up his order and said can you throw a bag of those in your order for me to and I like them so much after I got my first bag I got another 7 to do me for along time plus at $5.75 Canadian you can't wrong. The reason I figured I would try them is because I don't have a LHS and it always cost's so much money in Canada for some of the small stuff like EC-3's 4.99 to 5.99 for one female and male plug plus shipping that's 10 bucks of more for me. So I get the connectors and started using them on everything like a boat a had that was 4S and another that was 6S that I ran Wide open throttle and the packs were still warm but the new plug's never got warm and worked great the motors in the boat's I had to were very power hungry and set up to run 65 and 95 MPH. You'll find these plug's to be of good quality and not like other stuff from China the bullet's themselves do not loosen up over time and they are 6mm and the plastic housing's fit really well to and the gold plating does not wear off fast at all mine still look new in that respect. The other great thing about these is that I always had the worst luck when I would need a plug and know I only had one left of course I would need a male and have a female plug,I don't have that problem anymore because they are unisex so now I don't have to place an order with a Hobby Shop in Canada just to get a pack of Connectors. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__20353__HXT_6mm_Gold_Connector_w_Protector_10pcs_set_.html?strSearch=hxt 6

If your Iron is still working well and it still has a good bit of the Tip left there is a simple trick you can to make it as good as new,I went threw a lot of tip's as everyone I knew in RC always brought me their stuff to solder and I liked it so I could threw between 3 to 5 tip's a year and it got very pricey after a while. The trick is a simple one just remove the tip from the iron and then use a dremel tool with a sanding drum and refinish the tip to the same angle it was or whatever angle you it but here is where it must been exactly this way or it won't work,next put the tip back in the iron and then turn it on then hold some solder against the tip until it melts and take a peace of paper towel and spread it around quickly doing both side's. How I learned this trick was I had always seen cheaper Weller tip's for my iron that were not pre-tinned just bare Copper so I could never understand why it would never work for me when I went to refinish a tip it would never work for me and here was my problem if you let the iron get up to it's max temperature then try and apply new solder it won't stick and the problem is from what I was told is that the copper oxides and the solder won't stick. I was told this from a guy a Weller one time when I got a bad iron and the store I got it from had no more to replace my faulty one.

I would have to disagree with that,if a person is going to be I the Hobby for a while it will pay for itself over time,plus buy AA and tossing them each cost's enough as well I pay around 6 to 7 dollars in Canada just for good ones like energizer. I should have also mentioned that the Maha Chargers are to last and when I got mine I did not know that they had been making chargers for years and they build them to many many years,plus why keep tossing more stuff into the landfill then you need to. The other thing I like about rechargeable's is that if I'm short on cash and have no batteries laying around I don't have to worry about it.