What did you do to your model today?

[Fly In My Soup]

Took some arty farty photos of it 

Edited March 21, 2021 by Fly In My Soup

[Kpowell911]

Broke it

Edited March 21, 2021 by Guns

[Iain .R]

6 hours ago, .AJ. said:

Took Tarzan the Tekno out for a bash 

 

Is it a car or airplane   cant make it out lol 

[oodboo]

Finished it

 

 

 

 

[Iain .R]

3 hours ago, Jens said:

Took apart the 2 damaged Carnage diffs and a front axle.

Put in linen bag and into the washing machine for a good clean.

Then they will be rebuild stronger.

 

I thought I read it wrong   but  you put these in a bag IN THE WASHING MACHINE..??????? Is it just me or  you put them in the washing machine...... dont you know what washing machine do to     socks ..  T shirts ... 

Does the mrs know your washing your RC CAR in the washing machine... wife in a million  

I cant even wah my car in the shower

   she done her nut   somthing about all the dirt  grass and small stones   was splashing on to her 

[Jens]

52 minutes ago, Iain .R said:

I thought I read it wrong   but  you put these in a bag IN THE WASHING MACHINE..??????? Is it just me or  you put them in the washing machine...... dont you know what washing machine do to     socks ..  T shirts ... 

Does the mrs know your washing your RC CAR in the washing machine... wife in a million  

I cant even wah my car in the shower

   she done her nut   somthing about all the dirt  grass and small stones   was splashing on to her 

Yep, I did...

 

I just put the stuff in a linen shopping bag.

Then closed the bag with a cable tie.

Just before we went out this afternoon, I quickly returned home and put it in the washing machine.

When we came back and my Mrs was somewhere else in the house, I quickly took it out.

All the dirt is just grease and oil.

Any washing machine must be able to handle that dirt.

After all, my clothes have the same dirt ( just not so much... )

 

11th commandment: Don't get caught!!! 

 

[No brains]

finished my hobao dc-1 build today

Edited March 21, 2021 by No brains

[Ag100]

Bent it!

 

took it for a speed run, was going well, then I couldn’t stop it and it went straight into a kerb, just stripped it down and the grub screw was loose on the motor pinion, which was obviously why it kept going when I applied the brake (had just put a 19t on for a speed run), I didn’t put any Threadlock on.

But it seems that it is just a bent CVD, which of course is out of stock everywhere☹️

[Paul Busby]

Been quite busy with RC stuff today.

Put my ET410 back together, so that's ready to rock:

 

Changed the ESC in the granite from the garbage BLX100 to a Hobbywing WP SC8 SCT, so that's ready to rock:

 

Then I went to re-assemble my MT410, and realised it was missing a really annoying part... the motor mount cover thingy. I considered ordering one, but I know what Tekno prices can be like, you have to order a packet of plastic parts, most of which I will never need... so I just designed it in Fusion 360 and did a test print:

 

 

 

Happy with that... does it fit?

 

 

Aye, that'll do 'er. Going to do a print with Nylon now. Might even do a version with a spur shield so I don't get cables tangled up in it. Anyone interested in one if I make a few sets? Probably like £15 or so?

[Wltoys 12402-a]

Went out with it for hours was really fun with nothing broken all good 

[Fuzzock]

7 hours ago, Jens said:

Took apart the 2 damaged Carnage diffs and a front axle.

Put in linen bag and into the washing machine for a good clean.

Then they will be rebuild stronger.

 

Now I put my Lego through the machine, but I never thought about RC parts....

 

Ian..

[Wltoys 12402-a]

6 minutes ago, Wltoys 12402-a said:

Went out with it for hours was really fun with nothing broken all good 

Had 6 batteries with me lol had 20 mins cool down before each one can't wait for new wheels to come now 

[Hell horn.]

Modded the battery plugs on my 30dn sdt.   To xt90 plugs. Took a while to get it right.   Sorted front shocks on it. Feel much nicer.  Got to wait for my other ois before I can sort rear shocks.  Set esc up ready.  Can't wait to get the other bits for it now. 

[Jens]

26 minutes ago, Fuzzock said:

Now I put my Lego through the machine, but I never thought about RC parts....

 

Ian..

Works like a treat.

Just don't get caught by the Mrs. 

 

How I washed the parts in the washing machine:

 

Result:

90% clean.

I consider the remaining grease as something like a water repellent.

Then I had a plan of throwing them in the dryer, but I think that would be too much.

 

You can clearly see the rounded diff pinion that caused me to disassemble the whole diff.

 

[Iain .R]

I still think your nuts  lol   

[Redback]

Reinforced the Savage XS shell as it seemed to be taking a hammering mainly were the shock towers are looking to be pushing through the shell on landings so added some foam blocks to save the body a bit.
 

[Yrkoon]

busy day the day but no pics 😛

 

fixed my lunch box which had a snapped tamiya servo saver for one of these bad boys https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPM-SERVO-SAVER-HORN-Aluminium-Alloy-25T-1-10-1-8-RC-Car-Blue/174631112144?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

 

sorted out the spoiler on the kronos properly and put a proper length pin in one of my dc1 cva's.

 

then dad and i went up the quarry and thrashed the hell out of every thing, no breakages this time and my 30kg etronix servo i fitted recently actually handled some mental flips and tumbles and hasn't skipped a beat 🙂

 

oh on way back to car dads wheel on his kronos came flying off lmao

Edited March 21, 2021 by Yrkoon

[Stormbringer]

lol son you had to mention that ehh lol 

dont understand how it came off tho as i used threadlock on it and its serated but i guess carp happens tho 

every time we go up quarry tho we find new trails and paths for the DC1,s tho really good day 

[Paul Busby]

Some images of the nylon version of the RC part I previously mentioned. Notice I use a heatset insert for the thread. One of the weak points of 3D printed plastic is the threads, usually not great but these things work awesome.

 

Dimensionally, they're spot on.

 

Here is the design for a version with a spur cover:

 

[Jens]

9 hours ago, Iain .R said:

I still think your nuts  lol   

👍 I feel honored. Confirms that I am still the same and have not gone nuts yet. 

[kwijibo]

Edit: two short runs later and the gears stripped! DOh. Might have been because I added grease when I reassembled the servo....

 

My PowerHD lw20 servo stalled on full lock when I powered up the car. 

When dismantled I found the legs of the potentiometer corroded and one had snapped.

Now I know this is a budget servo, but I hate throwing things out so I went searching for a replacement pot.

Found one that looked very similar:  

Futaba Y-l39668, Pot VR TR133-15

Example here: https://www.gravesrc.com/futaba-vr-tr133-15-pot.html

Not readily available in the UK it seems, but found one on eBay, the packet looked about 20 years old. Not exactly cheap (£6) for a simple pot, but decided to risk it....

Happily, it fitted perfectly and was easy to solder the wires on. The servo is now up and running again in my Axial Wraith. 

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by kwijibo
Update

[everclear1984]

More speed runs this morning, seem to have hit a bit of a wall (not literally 😁). Very dusty out this morning!

 

 

 

[.AJ.]

Made up a set of beef tubes for the axles on the Ryft 👍 

 

[oodboo]

Added some more stickers then broke it.

 

 

Only a shock, easy fix.

[Hell horn.]

Pulled apart my 30dn sdt to sort center diff.  As a few people said to check them  as 30dn use any old oil to fill them. Take it all apart. Diff is perfect.  Good oil.  Nice and heavy.   Shimmed spot on. So back together it went. Lol I'm now happy the cars been built really well.