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[stevo2551]

Gutted, one of the wires for one of my chargers just broke...I know what I'll be doing today. What's the best way to check a charger for Propper use? Mine doesn't seem to like fully balancing these 2 new hk lipos, says they almost full but when I pit a voltmeter on they're only at like 4.17? Both chargers are the same yet they seem to work slightly differently? How can you tell the difference between the Imax b6 and the fake one? Not sure what mine are tbh

[dazp1976]

Gutted, one of the wires for one of my chargers just broke...I know what I'll be doing today. What's the best way to check a charger for Propper use? Mine doesn't seem to like fully balancing these 2 new hk lipos, says they almost full but when I pit a voltmeter on they're only at like 4.17? Both chargers are the same yet they seem to work slightly differently? How can you tell the difference between the Imax b6 and the fake one? Not sure what mine are tbh

Get soldering My Turnigy 400w does that too. I get to around 4.19 with one 6s batt, 4.17 if I parallel 2 batts and 4.15 if I parallel 3 batts. It doesn't really bother me tho because they say if you don't full charge them and only charge to around 4.15 all the time you can double their lifespan so I personally wouldn't worry about it. I reckon the hk batteries have a slightly higher internal resistance to more costly brands which tells the charger they're full earlier so I wouldn't touch the charger. I don't know how you tell a fake really but I wouldn't touch the B6 myself as watts is waaaayy to low for my needs If the charger works fine does fake really matter?

Edited February 27, 2015 by dazp1976

[stevo2551]

Fair enough, I'll just leave as is then (after re-soldering the wire) I have 2 b6's that came with the car so was able to charge 2 at once, then go and play, I never really noticed with my overlander batts as they would balance up to 4.20 every time (till I broke one) the new packs have had maybe 5 cycles through them but have never balanced up to 4.20p/c. I was just wandering about the fakes not knowing what mine are, I think they're real looking at pics But like you say, if they work, they work.

Edited February 27, 2015 by stevo2551

[dazp1976]

New alloy diffs built

New motor mount (finally). A couple of upgrades and a little bit of bling

Arse end completed so far. Ignore the filth will clean it properly at some point. Liking those bolt on hinge pins, they are a perfect fit and a brgain from tower hobbies Loving the green.

Mudguards are made from a cut up sheet of A4 lexan, I got 5 sheets for

Edited February 27, 2015 by dazp1976

[pug=309]

Cant waitt to see it all on

 

The new hpi parts bags are handy as buggery for storing washers, clips etc with them being resealable.  A nice touch

 

Got a link for those bolt on hinge pins?

 

Allan

Edited February 27, 2015 by pug=309

[dazp1976]

Cant waitt to see it all on

 

The new hpi parts bags are handy as buggery for storing washers, clips etc with them being resealable.  A nice touch

 

Got a link for those bolt on hinge pins?

 

Allan

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDBWH&P=7

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXBTUN&P=7

2 pairs of each to do all round costs

[Sully]

I'm liking the green, might have a look at those myself.

[stevo2551]

No rear bumper? I'm guessing the buggy doesn't have one as such anyway other than the plastic peice that the pins go through and hold the rear arms on? I have romoved the anti roll bar as I had a broken plastic eyelet and had to buy the full kit...so off it came, can't say as I noticed much different tbh I made quite a few changes all at once :-P

since failsafes were mentioned the other day, I put mine on a stand, gave it a tiny bit of throttle and flicked the tx off and it stayed at that speed. how do I go about setting it on my buggy flux?

Edited February 27, 2015 by stevo2551

[pug=309]

I have removed the Front and rear bumpers from my lightning gt as i now have a Alu Savage skid plate and bumper (the bolt/screw pattern is the same, you just need to cut the skid plate down a bit), looking into getting a skid plate bumper set for the rear once ive made a bumper support bracket.

 

Thanks for the links

 

 

since failsafes were mentioned the other day, I put mine on a stand, gave it a tiny bit of throttle and flicked the tx off and it stayed at that speed. how do I go about setting it on my buggy flux?

The failsafe is usually part of your tx rx on 2.4ghz sets but i you have a 27mhz setup then you will need something like this (unless you already have one installed )

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RC-HSP-Fail-Safe-For-Servo-Receiver-Nitro-Model-Radio-Remote-Control-03028-NEW-/261533857015?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3ce4a1f4f7

 

There's lots to choose from, that one's just the first that showed

 

 

 

Allan

[stevo2551]

Mine runs on 2.4ghz so should already be built into the flux as is, just not sure how to set it. I don't have a program card or anything, I have seen a video on YouTube about programming manually using beeps and flashes, bit the video didn't show the full process so not much use really

[pug=309]

Oh you have an electric, on nitro rx you hold the brake (set how much brake you want) then on the rx (there should be a little button next to the bind button)press and hold the button till the rx light flashes

 

Maybe you can use that till you figure out the electric way

 

 

Allan

[dazp1976]

Oh you have an electric, on nitro rx you hold the brake (set how much brake you want) then on the rx (there should be a little button next to the bind button)press and hold the button till the rx light flashes

 

Maybe you can use that till you figure out the electric way

 

 

Allan

On electric best off using neutral position to coast to a stop as you can end up shooting backwards if you set it to brake.

[stevo2551]

On electric best off using neutral position to coast to a stop as you can end up shooting backwards if you set it to brake.

Haha aye full reverse could also be disastrous too :-) I changed the tx batts yesterday to be safe, I assumed the failsafe would be set, but you know what they say about assumptions...

Do you have to reset it every time you change batterys?

[stevo2551]

Found this pdf file and followed the electric setup, but when I give a bit of throttle and turn tx off it carries on until I turn it back on?

[dazp1976]

New alloy diffs built

New motor mount (finally). A couple of upgrades and a little bit of bling

Arse end completed so far. Ignore the filth will clean it properly at some point. Liking those bolt on hinge pins, they are a perfect fit and a brgain from tower hobbies Loving the green.

Mudguards are made from a cut up sheet of A4 lexan, I got 5 sheets for

Edited March 1, 2015 by dazp1976

[stevo2551]

That's a shame, it was going so well....but does that mean that all the other pins were ok to fit, just not the 2 for the front hubs? So that just leaves those 2 that are the shortest length as pins and clips but the longer ones (both inner, upper and lower have been changed over successfully?

That was a late night tinkering lol

Edited March 1, 2015 by stevo2551

[dazp1976]

That's a shame, it was going so well....but does that mean that all the other pins were ok to fit, just not the 2 for the front hubs? So that just leaves those 2 that are the shortest length as pins and clips but the longer ones (both inner, upper and lower have been changed over successfully?

That was a late night tinkering lol

Yep. That's correct. 68184 on the back hub carrier, 109848 perfect fit on both front and rear inner arm/suspension holders front hub carrier stock pin + e-ring grrrrrrrr

Was a little late lol.

I've been messing about with D8T arms for a bit and everything fitted perfect with those but I need the 131mm shafts for the front and can't justify the

[stevo2551]

Here's to hoping pal haha I've just been a bit of a traitor...just bought a wr8 flux for

[dazp1976]

Here's to hoping pal haha I've just been a bit of a traitor...just bought a wr8 flux for

[stevo2551]

Turns out that there's no shell or wheels, but still a bargain at that price (good mates rates) with an Orion 3s Lipo. Esc and servos both work, just stripping it all down for a Propper clean and service all diffs and shocks.

Anyhew back on topic...went out yesterday on a really muddy field/gravel area with my cousins greyhound for a laugh, that's a fast dog...but not fast enough haha never ran it on grass before, pulls wheelies for fun. I forget sometimes just how nippy they are....until it hurtles past my feet...

[Shiesty2000]

Just picked up the proline road rage tires. They look awesome can't wait to bash

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[chrisp]

Just picked up the proline road rage tires. They look awesome can't wait to bash

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they just tyres to glue on origonal rims or you got wheels with them

[Shiesty2000]

they just tyres to glue on origonal rims or you got wheels with them

They came pre mounted on desperado rims

Edited March 2, 2015 by Shiesty2000

[dazp1976]

they just tyres to glue on origonal rims or you got wheels with them

 

Just picked up the proline road rage tires. They look awesome can't wait to bash

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Cooollll. Let me know how they run on both tarmac and grass because my Phaltlines need replacing soon. I'm looking at taking the Shockwaves off my Desperado's and mount something else on those instead.

[Shiesty2000]

Cooollll. Let me know how they run on both tarmac and grass because my Phaltlines need replacing soon. I'm looking at taking the Shockwaves off my Desperado's and mount something else on those instead.

Hopefully this weekend the weather will be nice and I'll let you know how it goes.