Yrkoon Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stormbringer said: we walked nearly 3km but i think trucks was nearer 5km lol yeh true the amount of times we stopped to see if trucks could get up something were numerous, and our watches were only tracking us not the trucks 🙂 i should buy a spare huwaei band 4 pro and enable gps then put it on one of the trucks lol was good exercise for my heart though and fun , should take a spare lipo each next time and explore more 🙂 edit: oh just had an idea i could put my old s3 under the shell with gps and strava on it lol Edited April 11, 2021 by Yrkoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I had a problem where the roof bar light was starting to pull the screws/nuts through the roof after some tumbles so was looking for a fix then i came across this on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08FWVBFXC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 so it arrived yesterday and started fitting it last night and finished it off today Let there be light not a bad bit of kit and its metal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 Oh I do like that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 It does stick out further than stock bumper but its not as wide or as deep as stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yrkoon Posted April 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 13, 2021 lost a part of a plastic drive shaft yesterday so got metal ones fitted now 🙂 pic from big walk with them earlier : 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stormbringer Posted April 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 13, 2021 Well another trail run on a footpath behind the quarry today really quite enjoyable over 5km walk with the DC1's Some pics Shows some of terrain were on Behind the ridge at top is quarry proper Shows some of the many tracks/trails there Some of obstacles And no he didnt get stuck lol Just caught him as he got over it lol Enjoy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 yay back order came from model sport, got a whole set off alloy link bars now 🙂 gonna thrash the hell out of my original one and simply put a replacement on it, when i feel its needed 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post everclear1984 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) First time out with the DC1 in aaaages! And first time testing the 3d printed sand ladders 🙂 Edited May 14, 2021 by everclear1984 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Good to see it out again mate How have you secured the ladders to roof rack ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) On 28/04/2021 at 20:15, Stormbringer said: Good to see it out again mate How have you secured the ladders to roof rack ? They're secured with Velcro for now, couldn't think of a better way to get them on and off quickly. Edited May 14, 2021 by everclear1984 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 it seems to do the job 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeaski Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) Is that your first run with the 3d printed shock pistons. What did you think? Looks like you've got a really good handle on the 3d printing, those ladders look tidy Edited April 28, 2021 by MrPeaski spelling!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 8 hours ago, MrPeaski said: Is that your first run with the 3d printed shock pistons. What did you think? Looks like you've got a really good handle on the 3d printing, those ladders look tidy They shock pistons were a huge improvement, thank you 🙂 I've had huge success with the printing but for the past week or so I've been battling an issue that I'm still yet to resolve. No more printing for me until it's sorted 😡 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeaski Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, everclear1984 said: They shock pistons were a huge improvement, thank you 🙂 I've had huge success with the printing but for the past week or so I've been battling an issue that I'm still yet to resolve. No more printing for me until it's sorted 😡 Anything I can help with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted April 29, 2021 Author Share Posted April 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrPeaski said: Anything I can help with? I'll pm you some pics of a test print. I'm dropping the printer off to the guy I bought it from today for him to take a look it. He's a really nice guy, super helpful, hopefully he'll get it sorted 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post No brains Posted May 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2021 Its 7 weeks ago that I ran the car for the first time, today I run it for the second time, this time I used a 3s lipo instead of 2s. I like the car more on 3s just a little more torque en speed, I bend a suspension link, but I could bend it back with my hands it is not perfectly straight anymore but good enough for driving the car. So I like the car, the shocks need some work or a upgrade and maybe some better tires than these cheap chinese ones. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 looking good there mate what tyres are you running at moment ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No brains Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Stormbringer said: looking good there mate what tyres are you running at moment ? I think the same tyres that you are using and a lot of people here on the dc-1, they do not have a lot of grip on loose dirt and sand, maybe I swap them for some proline hyrax or so if I when I have some money to spend on rc stuff, for now I run the car with these tyres. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 yeh they do look like mine and agree dont grip as well in loose soil/sand just wondering if stiffer/better foams would make them work better ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrPeaski Posted May 16, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 I've been a little busy with mine recently. Despite having made replacement shock pistons which have made an improvement, I thought it could still be better. So......I decided to try and mod the shock itself. I quite like the Gmade XD piggy back shocks as I mentioned earlier in this thread but reasoned that they wouldn't fit due to the way the shock are fitted to the DC-1 My attention turned to the Gmade Aeration shocks instead (http://www.gmade.net/xd-aeration-shock-93mm-2/ ) so set about modding the top cap of the stock shock. Basically I drilled a tiny hole in the top cap, overfilled the shock and then pushed the shaft to top and fitted a tiny screw. The first one seemed ok, so I did the rest. Unfortunately, the tiny screws didn't seal very well, so the oil wept past and air got pulled in. No amount of thread lock or superglue would stop it happening. Gave my self a slap and bit the bullet for new shocks. A couple had been recommended, like the Traxxas TRX4 GTS shocks or Element RC FT enduro shocks, but i decided to ignore that and get the Gmade Aerations instead. First things to notice is they are so smooth its unreal. Got them set up at low pressure so the shock shaft actually gets pulled in without a spring fitted! Secondly they are big! I got the 93mm version so lengthwise they are the same, but the body is 14mm in diameter compared to the 10mm of the kit body. And that's where things got.....interesting . The lower mount doesn't fit as the included ball joint is too big, swapping it for the stock one makes it loose in the 'eye' so changed the whole eye/ball joint for the stock ones. The top mount doesn't fit (I can feel another slap coming here) as the body is hitting the shock tower well before it meets the mounting point. After a bit (lot) of head scratching I came up with an alternative, that I designed and 3d printed. It took 10 iterations, but finally settled on something that works Here is one of the fronts. The white bit is one of the spare pistons, I'm using as a washer to hold it in place With a stock one (and failed mod) for comparison The only thing I have noticed is that the shocks are not completely vertical, and are further out at the top compared to the bottom (view from the back) I have yet to give them a proper run, but bashing around the garden, they are very smooth and the body now doesn't seem to lean to one side when it comes to rest. This is with very little preload on the springs, about 5 turn of the collar. Think I was using about 10-15 on the dual rates previously fitted 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No brains Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, MrPeaski said: I've been a little busy with mine recently. Despite having made replacement shock pistons which have made an improvement, I thought it could still be better. So......I decided to try and mod the shock itself. I quite like the Gmade XD piggy back shocks as I mentioned earlier in this thread but reasoned that they wouldn't fit due to the way the shock are fitted to the DC-1 My attention turned to the Gmade Aeration shocks instead (http://www.gmade.net/xd-aeration-shock-93mm-2/ ) so set about modding the top cap of the stock shock. Basically I drilled a tiny hole in the top cap, overfilled the shock and then pushed the shaft to top and fitted a tiny screw. The first one seemed ok, so I did the rest. Unfortunately, the tiny screws didn't seal very well, so the oil wept past and air got pulled in. No amount of thread lock or superglue would stop it happening. Gave my self a slap and bit the bullet for new shocks. A couple had been recommended, like the Traxxas TRX4 GTS shocks or Element RC FT enduro shocks, but i decided to ignore that and get the Gmade Aerations instead. First things to notice is they are so smooth its unreal. Got them set up at low pressure so the shock shaft actually gets pulled in without a spring fitted! Secondly they are big! I got the 93mm version so lengthwise they are the same, but the body is 14mm in diameter compared to the 10mm of the kit body. And that's where things got.....interesting . The lower mount doesn't fit as the included ball joint is too big, swapping it for the stock one makes it loose in the 'eye' so changed the whole eye/ball joint for the stock ones. The top mount doesn't fit (I can feel another slap coming here) as the body is hitting the shock tower well before it meets the mounting point. After a bit (lot) of head scratching I came up with an alternative, that I designed and 3d printed. It took 10 iterations, but finally settled on something that works Here is one of the fronts. The white bit is one of the spare pistons, I'm using as a washer to hold it in place With a stock one (and failed mod) for comparison The only thing I have noticed is that the shocks are not completely vertical, and are further out at the top compared to the bottom (view from the back) I have yet to give them a proper run, but bashing around the garden, they are very smooth and the body now doesn't seem to lean to one side when it comes to rest. This is with very little preload on the springs, about 5 turn of the collar. Think I was using about 10-15 on the dual rates previously fitted I really like the gmade shocks, I use them on 3 other cars I have, for the hoboa I am thinking buying these dual spring ones because the body is smaller then the normal ones. https://tamico.de/navi.php?a=238273&lang=eng Edited May 16, 2021 by No brains 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeaski Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) I found this the other day, thought it might help the kit builders with setting up the Hobbywing 1080 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMjtsGJlYVM Edited May 18, 2021 by MrPeaski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post everclear1984 Posted June 28, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2021 First time out with the Hobao in quite some time! I'd been having issues with the shock caps popping off and I was just about done with it. However today I had some free time and figured **** it, desperate times call for desperate measure! So out came the glue and problem (temporarily) solved 🙂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Good to see it back out mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunny Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Can anybody please tell me where in UK I can buy the 4 link servo on axle kit please believe the part number is H230125 search on Google but the only company that comes up is euro rc I would rather buy from UK company if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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