OHO's Axial SCX10 Jeep Wrangler G6.

[supersavage]

Yeah drag brake is exactly that buddy, when you release the throttle right off, it puts the brake on, the thing is, to use the brake, I have to lose reverse, otherwise it stops then selects reverse.

May have to look down the route of a new ESC I think.

Also finally got some dirt on it.... If you look reeeeeally closely

Where? That's not dirt its dust lol. Looks good in that blue colour.

[Oh How Original]

Where? That's not dirt its dust lol. Looks good in that blue colour.

 

Still counts as dirty!

 

Now my next two upgrades/mods are going to be a bent steering link so it clears the chassis, then sorting the top links so they don't foul the chassis either.

I WILL get full articulation out of this thing eventually

[Gaz!]

The drag brake on the dodge ram is excellent, (ae5 esc) but I think it's more down to that torque master motor I bought from aj.....

The wraith just skids to a halt and holds again Holmes hobbies brxl esc and Tamiya super stock 23t motor.

And much of the same with the d90.

I find it easier to have throttle brake then double tap for reverse, it suits me better in comps and general "scaling"

[Oh How Original]

Aye I don't mind the double tap for reverse, I don't seem to use reverse a lot, I don't really aim for things I don't think I can do.

But I would like the ESC/motor to have more bite.

I'm sure it will be fine for now though, I'm going to aim to sort the driveline first of all, then maybe a new ESC and motor down the line

[Oh How Original]

First outing today and I managed to kill the ESC.

Apparently HobbyWing's waterproofing isn't very good

Still happy though, truck ran awesome, absolutely loving it.

Felt like the kind of truck I'll keep in the boot of the car with the tx just in case we ever go anywere I can use it for a bit.

Now sadly, I dropped my tripod and trying to avoid a pile of dog mess I stood on it and snapped a leg off, so couldn't do any video, but I did get some pictures.

Shall contact MS first thing tomorrow about either a replacement ESC or refund and get something better, if anyone has any suggestions? (ideally under

[Oh How Original]

Turns out it's the BEC that's borked, not the ESC!

With my tattered history of brushed ESC's I guess I was a bit quick to judge.

[mini-z-awd]

i run a holmes hobbie torquemaster 35t motor with the 1060 and the drag brake is way better than i thought it would be but iam guessing it has something todo with the motor though 

Edited February 15, 2015 by mini-z-awd

[Oh How Original]

Yeah the motor's bite is awesome.

I might get one of those motors at some point.

It definitely needs more brake, but I'm also going to do some Youtubing and looking around to see if I can program this ESC, it's only

[mini-z-awd]

Yeah the motor's bite is awesome.

I might get one of those motors at some point.

It definitely needs more brake, but I'm also going to do some Youtubing and looking around to see if I can program this ESC, it's only

[Oh How Original]

i done some looking around befere i got mine and could`nt find any info about programming it the only thing i could find was the thing about the jumper cables one for nimh or lipo and f/r/b

 

Yep same here, doesn't appear you can do any kind of programming, only real option as far as I can see is to have it set with just T/B and use the brake as the drag brake, bit annoying to have no reverse though.

I'll lump it for now, I'm looking at the Tekin FX-R or HH BRXL combo at the moment, I already know what this motor and ESC is going into lol.

[Oh How Original]

Received my lights today, along with my winch LiPo and the winch and controller itself, avoided customs, rather chuffed.

Even had a little chuckle when I noticed what was written on the winch control board, never noticed it before

I'm so mature

Also noticed my LED's won't turn on annd off via the 3rd channel, so need to somehow figure out an on/off arrangement for those.

 

[Oh How Original]

Let their be light!!

Definitely can't operate the LED's with the 3rd channel button, which I'm rather gutted about, I think it's because the yellow/white wire is missing, possibly... So just need to work out an external switch of some kind, I'll figure something out hopefully.

 

[mini-z-awd]

looking better all the time but its still too clean to be a crawler 

[Oh How Original]

Thanks Stu, it won't be when my BEC arrives.

Pretty sure they'll turn up tomorrow... The other one arrived quick.

Then it'll ALL get a good dunk in Plastidip.

[smeghead28]

There is always power on the pins on the receiver so connecting power wires to them will result in the lights always being on.

Even if you did have the 3rd signal wire it wouldn't have done anything any different.

You need a RC operated switch on the 3rd channel to turn them on and off with.

 

http://www.brchobbies.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=102_133&products_id=1963

Edited February 16, 2015 by smeghead28

[Oh How Original]

There is always power on the pins on the receiver so connecting power wires to them will result in the lights always being on.

Even if you did have the 3rd signal wire it wouldn't have done anything any different.

You need a RC operated switch on the 3rd channel to turn them on and off with.

 

http://www.brchobbies.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=102_133&products_id=1963

 

I don't suppose you could find me one of thosoe onn eBay could you mate?

That would be excellent if I didn't have to have more external wiring.

[chewbacca]

I don't suppose you could find me one of thosoe onn eBay could you mate?

That would be excellent if I didn't have to have more external wiring.

Not at that price. 

[Oh How Original]

Not at that price. 

 

Price doesn't really bother me.

Weirdly, I got an on/off switch like from an ESC with my Spekky lol, wonder if that would work.

[Oh How Original]

Well it didn't

Ordered two of those, I wanted to avoid it because normally sites like that have like a

[smeghead28]

Sorry was at work last night.

I was going to buy one when I had my SCX10 but they were always out of stock.

Edited February 17, 2015 by smeghead28

[Oh How Original]

I grabbed two anyway, it made sense to really... Got my new BEC's today so just about to solder one on then we'll be off out with this and the Scout.

First time me and my Dad have been out together this year.

[Oh How Original]

Well we did indeed get out... Almosy 3 hours from each battery and that put them both to 3.8v per cell, so could easily have 3 1/2 hours from the packs, mine are 1,000mAh bigger but my motor is a bit faster, so they end up lasting the exact same time.

No breakages, apart from a LiPo buzzer, but I was hitting the puddles and mud hard, absolutely loving it!

No video as of yet I'm afraid, I did manage to snap a few pictures on the way round though, hope you like!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Oh How Original]

Ohh no, a casualty... Lost bodyclip lol!

Made some nice chains to keep them together, also be quicker getting the rears off now as well.

And just to show it did actually get dirty today, can't really tell in the other pictures...

 

[mini-z-awd]

Ohh no, a casualty... Lost bodyclip lol!

Made some nice chains to keep them together, also be quicker getting the rears off now as well.

And just to show it did actually get dirty today, can't really tell in the other pictures...

 

 

that looks way better with some dirt on it 

[Oh How Original]

Couldn't agree more, I've checked and cleaned the wheel bearings, also given the motor a little splash of clean water to make sure nothing harmful has got in... Apart from that, it's not getting cleaned lol.

Well, apart from when I do the LED's properly set up and winch, but it'll soon be dirty again

Edited February 17, 2015 by Oh How Original