GMballistic Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Shame to read you two struggling and even thinking of moving on some cars you've only just started with. It's not easy speed running despite what some think, ...definitely takes commitment, time, money and a lot of practice. I had a disappointing day myself as a used Castle XLX that I had bought (£145 used) and fitted in my Arrma Typhon has issues. It tested fine at first (set up on Castle link & powered up) so I left positive feedback for the seller on eBay but now after everything is fitted/soldered up and I went to run it there's a problem (runs very jerky/no full power/audible alert "motor start" issue). Speaking to a friend of mine he thinks the first thing I should do is go over every solder joint again (could be a cold solder joint) so now I am going to have to do that all over again ~ just hope that fixes it as otherwise it could mean having to send the ESC off to Castle if they'd even accept it. Hopefully I can get this sorted before June as I have always ran my Typhon at ROSSA and was keen to see what I could achieve with the new set up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 @GMballistic Hope you get the castle ESC working right, lets hope the seller on ebay did not sell you a duff one, keep us updated how it goes sorting it. As for me with the Hobao, i am starting to feel its a money pit and some what Jinxed, i thought it was ace but now i would rather run the Vantage, its fun, also i just dont have access to a spot long enough to get good speeds 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Jack Reacher said: @GMballistic Hope you get the castle ESC working right, lets hope the seller on ebay did not sell you a duff one, keep us updated how it goes sorting it. As for me with the Hobao, i am starting to feel its a money pit and some what Jinxed, i thought it was ace but now i would rather run the Vantage, its fun, also i just dont have access to a spot long enough to get good speeds I think it might be a dud ESC but I am hoping it's just a soldering issue, ...thing is I am pretty confident in my soldering now which is making me worry it's the ESC. Still I've been advised by a good friend with a lot more time served experience than me so I am going to take his advice & then go from there. If it is a dud though I'll probably have to try to sell it as "spares or repair" on eBay to recoup some of the costs (assuming it even sells) and then get myself a new ESC. ☹️ If you're not feeling the Hobao then maybe you should move it on, ...I mean I wouldn't sell it just because it's not going as fast as you'd hope as you can always make them faster but if you're not enjoying it then selling it on makes perfect sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 3 minutes ago, GMballistic said: I think it might be a dud ESC but I am hoping it's just a soldering issue, ...thing is I am pretty confident in my soldering now which is making me worry it's the ESC. Still I've been advised by a good friend with a lot more time served experience than me so I am going to take his advice & then go from there. If it is a dud though I'll probably have to try to sell it as "spares or repair" on eBay to recoup some of the costs (assuming it even sells) and then get myself a new ESC. ☹️ If you're not feeling the Hobao then maybe you should move it on, ...I mean I wouldn't sell it just because it's not going as fast as you'd hope as you can always make them faster but if you're not enjoying it then selling it on makes perfect sense. Good luck with it, you may get it working right, fingers crossed. I had planned to get the Hobao TT transformer truggy 1/10th, so that may be the way forward if i decide to move the Hyper on, big decision to make 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 What 1 is the transformer truggy mate ? We have a TT truggy but its a nitro 1/10 actually its a mini st with larger engine and wheels lol got a link to it not heard of that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 It seems to have gone a little quiet on the speed run section. I have been mulling over the future of the 1/8 Hyper, i do feel i will be listing it in the near future, cant help think that a Buggy/Truggy can speed run on road tyres, but pop the of road wheels back on and get more use out of it, but i think the hyper 1/8 will be hard to sell at the price i would need to get back on it, but for now its grounded so it remains un damaged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post everclear1984 Posted April 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2021 19 minutes ago, Jack Reacher said: It seems to have gone a little quiet on the speed run section. I have been mulling over the future of the 1/8 Hyper, i do feel i will be listing it in the near future, cant help think that a Buggy/Truggy can speed run on road tyres, but pop the of road wheels back on and get more use out of it, but i think the hyper 1/8 will be hard to sell at the price i would need to get back on it, but for now its grounded so it remains un damaged I've been a bit distracted with my new toy lately. Normal service will resume soon enough 🙂 I actually fitted the longer, slightly higher KV HPI motor today ready to go out tomorrow, then remembered I already have other plans so it might not happen after all. Rain is due towards the end of the week so fingers crossed I get run it before then! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Looks like it would go very fast 😁 Going to be pretty quite from me till rossa, still running just not worth posting testing as most have resulted slow speeds and crashes thus far. Put a 2 pole motor in the fast dr10, sucks a 2s 120c 6000mha dry in about 6 min, didnt expect that, i know they are less efficent at startup but flat out a 2pole should be more efficent at max rpm. Anyone else running 2 poles? Are they ok for 4s or is the turn count too low. Motor has no specs to say what its rated for. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Redback said: Looks like it would go very fast 😁 Going to be pretty quite from me till rossa, still running just not worth posting testing as most have resulted slow speeds and crashes thus far. Put a 2 pole motor in the fast dr10, sucks a 2s 120c 6000mha dry in about 6 min, didnt expect that, i know they are less efficent at startup but flat out a 2pole should be more efficent at max rpm. Anyone else running 2 poles? Are they ok for 4s or is the turn count too low. Motor has no specs to say what its rated for. Cant comment as i dont know a lot about car motors but if its chomping through the lipo fast suggests its maybe a fast motor. Still not decided about the 1/8th yet, i may list it in the sales section later see if any interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Decided................gonna keep the Hyper, it was spinning out when i came of throttle, turns out had drag brake set to high, cured that and thread locked the wheel nuts so should stay on now, also sorted the gyro on the Dumbo xf6G and its holding car dead straight tested out in street, now to decide if i keep the S7`s or choose a different tyre 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derka Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Remember for our colder climate a S3 or S2 or even S1 is easy and a fairly cheap way of adding grip. I think the S7's are on the medium-hard scale compound. Pleased you sussed it out though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomr Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Mines already back to basher mode 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Just blagged a new set of original Hyper GT wheels and tyres, gonna see about belting them inside as i found them very grippy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Jack Reacher said: Decided................gonna keep the Hyper, it was spinning out when i came of throttle, turns out had drag brake set to high, cured that and thread locked the wheel nuts so should stay on now, also sorted the gyro on the Dumbo xf6G and its holding car dead straight tested out in street, now to decide if i keep the S7`s or choose a different tyre Great to hear that. Personally I wouldn't run any drag brake at all. Regarding the tyres personally I'd sell them on eBay or similar and use the cash back to get some S3's or softer (like I said in my PM I use S3 and have done for 2 years now successfully on my Typhon). 1 hour ago, Jack Reacher said: Just blagged a new set of original Hyper GT wheels and tyres, gonna see about belting them inside as i found them very grippy That's good if you liked using them. They will balloon at higher speeds so anything you can do to reduce that will help. I used a thick black tape before called "Scapa" tape to try to belt some 1/5th scale bike tyres which did help. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted April 28, 2021 Author Share Posted April 28, 2021 @GMballistic for the new Hyper tyres i wondered if i could belt them with a strip of Denim material bonded in with UHU POR glue, a bit like scrim tape and shoo goo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 @Jack Reacheryou could try it. Can't hurt. I would just try to balance your tyres/wheels afterwards though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert_w164 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) . Edited October 25, 2022 by Bert_w164 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 now your getting going, good luck with it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert_w164 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Cheers, how are you getting on with the GT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bert_w164 said: Cheers, how are you getting on with the GT? Not to well, i love it but it does seem jinxed after getting run over on first day out, i am regretting buying it and now prefer to run the vantage, keep talking about selling it while its still mint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert_w164 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Just now, Jack Reacher said: Not to well, i love it but it does seem jinxed after getting run over on first day out, i am regretting buying it and now prefer to run the vantage, keep talking about selling it while its still mint What's up with it? From the last update it looked lush with its new paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 first time out it got run over, a shame as i loved the green, but it just worked out a lot cheaper to buy the blue pre coloured shell, then next time out no grip kept spinning out and then a wheel came of so no figures, though my fault for not thread locking the wheel nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert_w164 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Ah that's unfortunate but hang in there...I had my wheel nuts undo themselves in the past, so now before every run I check they're all still torqued up. The S7s do need heat in them before they'll grab, it seems they're more so designed for racing/those with tyre heaters... Hang in there, you'll get there 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Bert_w164 said: Ah that's unfortunate but hang in there...I had my wheel nuts undo themselves in the past, so now before every run I check they're all still torqued up. The S7s do need heat in them before they'll grab, it seems they're more so designed for racing/those with tyre heaters... Hang in there, you'll get there 🙂 Managed to pick up a new set of Hobao GT wheels and tyres, they feel more grippy than the S7`s need to belt them and glue them, but still think i will rehome it, so might not run it again Edited May 2, 2021 by Jack Reacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert_w164 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Fair enough, if you're fallen out of love with it / feel it's jaded no point in wasting your effort if your hearts not in this model. Will you be dabbling with another 1/8 scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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