Jon kovacs Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) Hi Faily new here. Well I've been looking around for ages but now finally got a car I bought an ansmann macnum for £50 off ebay and have set about upgrading on the cheap as I am going to build a racing buggy too (not on the cheap) As it stands the car is running all standard and my god is it slow and unresponsive. https://ibb.co/9b1XHtz https://ibb.co/fqSM1gv https://ibb.co/HH83Bh7 https://ibb.co/mTSKcCX https://ibb.co/PgJVcHb So first things first I put some shock oil in... All I had was 60 so that had to do https://ibb.co/pL8qK8q I have ordered a few bits that should do the trick. https://ibb.co/KWF8fhH https://ibb.co/TBzmfN5 https://ibb.co/7kYsg7t https://ibb.co/d0pwc7L The transmitter and reciever and the steering servo are not my first choice but got the free as compo for a faulty 1/18 car I bought. The motor and battery were the about the cheapest I could find. I'll update once it is all here P. S can someone tell me how to make my photos show in the thread? Edited May 12, 2019 by Jon kovacs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon kovacs Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 The goolrc 3500kv motor arrived and is in. Pics will follow once I figure out how to get them to show in thread the ESC has a power button that I have not seen before. It's not a flick switch like all others I've seen it is a push button. Well 2 push buttons. Push to hold to turn on and off. Both buttons seem to do the same??? This is not shown in the Instructions tho so not sure. 3s lipo also arrived. Charger due tomorrow. (never had lipo before?) So I got the motor and ESC in place and being so impatient plugged in my lipo. Held down a power button. 2 beeps. Esc fan kicks in. Then nothing. Before I panic I assume the battery would have been postage in storage state so maybe voltage too low to get motor or servo going. My next question is gearing rated. I am going to be running stock gears. 19t pinion and apologies but didn't check spur before it went back together. I am looking for acceleration. Quick burst of speed. Not top speed. Am I better off sticking with this setup or changing to bigger pinion and smaller spur. I've read so much about gearing my head is fried lol. Anyway thanks in advance to anyone that replies. New pics soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoea Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 59 minutes ago, Jon kovacs said: The goolrc 3500kv motor arrived and is in. Pics will follow once I figure out how to get them to show in thread the ESC has a power button that I have not seen before. It's not a flick switch like all others I've seen it is a push button. Well 2 push buttons. Push to hold to turn on and off. Both buttons seem to do the same??? This is not shown in the Instructions tho so not sure. 3s lipo also arrived. Charger due tomorrow. (never had lipo before?) So I got the motor and ESC in place and being so impatient plugged in my lipo. Held down a power button. 2 beeps. Esc fan kicks in. Then nothing. Before I panic I assume the battery would have been postage in storage state so maybe voltage too low to get motor or servo going. My next question is gearing rated. I am going to be running stock gears. 19t pinion and apologies but didn't check spur before it went back together. I am looking for acceleration. Quick burst of speed. Not top speed. Am I better off sticking with this setup or changing to bigger pinion and smaller spur. I've read so much about gearing my head is fried lol. Anyway thanks in advance to anyone that replies. New pics soon. Jon good choice of first car!Make sure to read your manuals and ask many questions. 3S may be a bit much for this model so try and get a selection of pinions and gear appropriately. I prefer to buy second hand as the config is mostly fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon kovacs Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 Thanks Zoea. Looks and feels like a decent car tbf. Got my lipo on charge this morning. Will have a play on my lunch and pop to the hobby shop for pinions lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon kovacs Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) This turned up today. https://ibb.co/6tbKBSN Just waiting on servo the. All electronics upgraded. Still haven't driven it yet lol Edited May 15, 2019 by Jon kovacs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon kovacs Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 All parts arrived aside from the servo. Didn't realise it was coming from China ? Anyway wow what a diference it has all made. Its pretty fast and the new transmitter and reciever has made a big diference with response. I managed 5 mins of driving before I crashed and snapped the front chassis plate. But it was a good 5 mins lol. Here is how it looks now. https://imgshare.io/image/puX96 https://imgshare.io/image/puIRy New chassis piece on order so hopefully next week I can get some proper drive time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Glad you're happier with it, for what appears to be not a huge spend! Enjoy it! Whats next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon kovacs Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Guns said: Glad you're happier with it, for what appears to be not a huge spend! Enjoy it! Whats next? Thanks man. It's nothing special but it's something g keep me busy. NEXT Indoor racer. Maybe team associated b64 or whatever rolling chassis I can get cheap lol. Edited May 18, 2019 by Jon kovacs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon kovacs Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Hi all. My front shocks are plastic and the top keeps popping off when I crash. I know the answer is to not to crash but I assume metal shocks will stop this happening?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri-boy Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 19 minutes ago, Jon kovacs said: Hi all. My front shocks are plastic and the top keeps popping off when I crash. I know the answer is to not to crash but I assume metal shocks will stop this happening?? it will help yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snfu Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Aluminium shock caps'll help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon kovacs Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 18 minutes ago, Snfu said: Aluminium shock caps'll help. Cool. I've got some on the way. I've drove this car twice since I've had it and both times only for 5 mins lol. Both time a small crash caused the shock caps to pop off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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