Dag Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Good morning. Been reading a while and now joined. Not new to RC, having had an RC model shop in the past, but I've been out of the game for 15 years or so. Now fancying building a crawler kit, and look to be entering the market at a time when retailers stocks are pretty low. I'd like an Axial, but reckon I'll start with a Hobao DC1 KIT. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratty McRaticus Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Welcome mate. I'm new to RC myself so look forward to learning from you 🍻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dag Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, Ratty McRaticus said: Welcome mate. I'm new to RC myself so look forward to learning from you 🍻 Guessing I've forgotton more than I know now 🙂 Been digging out some old electrics that I had stashed, and looking forward to a kit build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James.S Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Hello mate, welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbacca Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Welcome to the crazy train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Hi and welcome to the forum My son (Yrkoon) and I both have the DC1 kits and really love them 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyb_imp Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Hi Dag and welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dag Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 21 hours ago, Stormbringer said: Hi and welcome to the forum My son (Yrkoon) and I both have the DC1 kits and really love them Cheers I've been reading up on some of your exploits with the DC1. Its a good price at the minute, so I reckon a good choice for my first crawler kit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 On 01/10/2021 at 14:22, Dag said: Cheers I've been reading up on some of your exploits with the DC1. Its a good price at the minute, so I reckon a good choice for my first crawler kit. hehe welcome to the forum and you cannae go wrong with a dc1 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dag Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Yrkoon said: hehe welcome to the forum and you cannae go wrong with a dc1 🙂 Cheers Really enjoying the build. On with the shocks now. Missing a few screws though. Seem to be short on m3x20 but easy to get hold of. Shocks seem very stiff, even without the springs and no oil so planning on sorting the damping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yrkoon Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Dag said: Cheers Really enjoying the build. On with the shocks now. Missing a few screws though. Seem to be short on m3x20 but easy to get hold of. Shocks seem very stiff, even without the springs and no oil so planning on sorting the damping yeh theres a part of the shocks when building on the piston that i hand filed down a but as they were stupidly tight and dad done the same to his cant remember exactly what plastic part it was, they become much looser after doing that 🙂 the only part lacking on the dc 1 is the stock shocks but got them working ok now and the rest of the kit just oozes quality, glad your enjoying the build its a good one 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dag Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 8 hours ago, Yrkoon said: yeh theres a part of the shocks when building on the piston that i hand filed down a but as they were stupidly tight and dad done the same to his cant remember exactly what plastic part it was, they become much looser after doing that 🙂 the only part lacking on the dc 1 is the stock shocks but got them working ok now and the rest of the kit just oozes quality, glad your enjoying the build its a good one 🙂 Yes its the piston in the shocks. Most I've seen on builds, just have one cutout to let the oil pass through. Mine had 2 flats directly opposite each other, so they may have redesigned the part. Its still not really enough though and there's not a massive lot you can do do improve oil flow as the circips above and below the damper cover most of the damper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertberr Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Welcome to the forum. Dark Side Crawlers on FB are fairly active in the Devon area, maybe look them up once you've finished your build if you fancy some company when putting your rig through its paces. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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