My Thunder Tiger EB4 G3 Brushless Buggy

[catalin4u24]

Took it now on tesco s car park. Tarmac is all icey ... my god I've had so much fun with it on 4s. It' s a drift machine

Buggy's are awesome

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Edited January 24, 2013 by catalin4u24

[smeghead28]

Well there is a chance I might put the SCTE build on hold while I get one of these,we will see

Edited January 24, 2013 by smeghead28

[catalin4u24]

I was about to order an 150A ESC and a 6s lipo pack but then my common sense hit me and I thought, what am I doing... I don't need more damn speed, this thing goes 40mph out of the box.... maybe I'll just order another 4s pack as a spare and longer run times... and maybe one tooth more motor pinion

[catalin4u24]

Ordered a can of PlastiDip from ebay.

Time to get this sucker waterproofed

[catalin4u24]

Took the buggy out for a spin today and found out there was a lot of under-steer... either the wet tarmac, or the road wheels from ansmann or the suspension setup ?!

Also I found out that the wheels do have inserts but the rubber seems way to hard compound for a road tire... A tire unglued itself...

Anybody any advice pls?

Edited January 26, 2013 by catalin4u24

[geeovana]

Sounds like you have answered you own question!! New wheels and tyres. I would contact ansmann or modelsport ( i presume that's where you got the wheels from) and ask for replacements if the tyres have come off.

Plus it's obviously going to understeer on wet hard ground even with 4wd but how much better it will be on dry ground im not sure. Hope it's just **** tyres bud

[catalin4u24]

I wouldn't contact modelsport just for an ungled tire. A drop of glue and its fixed. I'll wait for a dryer day and test them out again.

[catalin4u24]

Last night I have waterproofed the ESC, next on the list is servo and receiver, but do I need to waterproof the lipos as well??? If yes, how?

[geeovana]

From what I have heard on here as long as your not getting it wet with salt water i dont think there's a problem. People use them in crawlers and get them fully submerged and there still fine.

Out of interest how did you waterproof the esc?

[catalin4u24]

Taken out the ESC top cap. Wrapped around the electronic board in clear silicon, putted the case back together and waited for it to dry. So the cooling fan it's untouched and working properly.

For servo & receiver will use the Plasti Dip method witch I bought from freebay

Wrong?

Edited January 27, 2013 by catalin4u24

[geeovana]

Sounds a good idea! How much was the plastidip?

[catalin4u24]

16,5

[catalin4u24]

Hope it's just **** tyres bud

Well, I took the buggy out today when it was dry and I must say it handles pretty good. No more understeer I am happy with the buggy overall but a bigger pinion is a must. I need a little more speed, not to much... now, stock pinion its 13T. Im gonna look for a 15T and see how it goes

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Edited January 27, 2013 by catalin4u24

[geeovana]

glad bud. Just got my new ESC in and soldered it all up. Took it out and it's just mental. It's got stock 21 T pinion on atm but i have a 24 T pinion to put on and see what speed that goes. Never messed about with gearing before so it's all new to me

[catalin4u24]

Plasti Dip has arrived, waterproofing time

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[smeghead28]

What connector do you get to run 2x2s in series

Is it one like this

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/etronix-deans-battery-harness-for-2packs-in-series-14awg-silicone-wire/rc-car-products/39349

[catalin4u24]

Mine its not like that because my connector was included with the buggy and it has bullet plugs to be fitted in hardcase's lipos.

But yes, that is a good connector to make 2x2s lipos to run 4s.

[catalin4u24]

Well, I did took it out in the rain. All went well until a tyre decided to divorce the wheel and then the fun stopped. Now back to cleaning and tyre glueing.

[smeghead28]

Mine its not like that because my connector was included with the buggy and it has bullet plugs to be fitted in hardcase's lipos.

But yes, that is a good connector to make 2x2s lipos to run 4s.

Yeah wasn't sure if the battery connector was with the buggy version or the other variants,thanks.

[catalin4u24]

This isn't about vehicle type, it's just about what type of connector your batteries have... it you have deans, then it's perfect

[smeghead28]

Well,after lots of talking to myself I have bought one

Should get it tomorrow all being well,got a couple of batteries as well so should be ready to roll as long as it isn't too wet.

[catalin4u24]

Congrats mate ! Good choice, great buggy.

I am not alone

I ordered for mine a set of front & rear t-bone racing bumpers from usa. I wonder when will they arrive

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Edited January 30, 2013 by catalin4u24

[catalin4u24]

A short video with me playing with the buggy... It's not much cause my wife was talking on the phone while recording .... lady's

[andysrcmodel]

I have the eb4 s3 I can't find anywhere where I can buy stickers/decals

And bodyshells for it, for when I want

[catalin4u24]

I found this site, I think it's located in Greece (not sure), they have most of the spare parts but they seem suspiciously cheap... don't know what to say. They have paypal payment so I guess you could recover your money in case of ... whatever.

http://www.ruberkon.com/rc-spare-parts/cars/nitro-fuel-car/eb-4-s3-spare-parts.html