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If they are Castle motors I'm sure Suicideneil will let us know, doesn't feel right talking about Sirius motors without him chipping in and telling us all we are wrong

My Drifter with added Boost! Sorry

Correct. I don't know of any rc companies that sell something you get on your cod from the chip shop. Matt

I think he was trying to make a joke about X01's taking off...

I will just say, buy one and see for yourself. You will not be disappointed.

they aren't copies at all. they are made by the original equipment manufacturer of castle motors. look on the back of a modern NEU-Castle motor - "made in china". nuff said. they are castle motors, just not castle and not green

Castles the best?? By what measure, quantify your statement.

Keep your beers cold lol Gav

One from the wedding I shot recently

Looking good ting, I too enjoy working on RC's in the evenings Why don't you dye your rockers black too?

i have seen the baja wheels gav and i realy want them but i had to pay for silverstone this week so it might be next month sadly

lol the ones on my ERBE are actually proper black ones. It was my nitro Revo which I dyed blue to black, ill try and find some pics. edit: here we go They came out very well, no colour difference between them. Blue bits will show up through deep gouges though.

wakey wakey ting lol

Only just noticed those are two of the same mount I would ask to buy it off you but I'm using a 1518 in my E-Revo which is a bit longer lol. Yes you can dye blue RPM to black no problem, I did. You can always dye colours darker, but not to lighter

Take it the weather aint good over there, suns out ova here

God bless her.

Just thought id give this a heads up I hope its allowed. Anyone with a PS3 without a wheel and who likes driving games buy this wheel its fantastic I've used one for over a year no problems!

Just heard on the grapevine Losi are planning a load of new hops ups to be released i the next couple weeks, no idea what at the mo, but the word is it could be alloy front hubs and carriers, as soon as i hear more i will let everyone know

Shore rating is the hardness of the tire... the higher the number the harder is it, and obviously the lower the number, the softer... Harder tires give less grip but last longer, Softer tires give more grip but wear out faster...

That mount looks very tasty Tire balancing station looks great too, really high quality Wish I could balance my wheels!

Do you have 'Troll mode' turned on by any chance? What exactly are Castle lying about? http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showpost.php?p=414430&postcount=9 I suppose 'powerful' is a bit of a misnomer, but they are an improvement all the same; what makes you say they are generate less torque- have you ran an original 1717 against the XO-1 version in identical setups, or on a dyno to see what power they output?

I didn't know you had an HPP motor mount too, got any pics? Or did I miss them lol. For dying it I just used the biggest container I could find, use all the dye in the packet and as much water as you need. Boil the water, add the dye and mix it in and bring it to the boil again if you can. It's kinda fiddly getting enough boiling water going at the same time lol, so I got like 4 large pots water boiling, then stirred the dye into one of them, poured that into my container (an old washing up bowl), then poured the rest of the boiling water in, and popped the chassis in. Make sure to turn it so there is no air pockets. I kept it in the dye until it was cool.

Well that explains it then! Awesome! 2028 yes please

You cannot be Sirius! Sorry I couldn't resist, these look good!

They look like fantastic motors for the price, although do look like exact copies of Castle which i can't say I agree with. I mean it won't stop me buying one when I need one as they are priced so well and probably perform amazingly, but I feel bad for Castle lol. I have a feeling somebody will be taken to court soon if they are copies. But I don't know the full story, I don't have a clue lol. Could be OEM Castle motors for all I know... I thought Castle made their own Castle/Neu motors themselves though, the others are OEMs.

m8 hpi dont copy them castle work with hpi and traxxas. with there products caslte supply them and hpi rebrand them

Aw man, i thought my tyres were bad ? Mines full of big self tappers where i've had punctures and sealed them up. If you need a lift for Tuesday give me a shout or to get some fuel just PM me !

i think sirius always made these motors exclusively for castle....not any more though....

Update. Parts for spares or replacement. Front Gearbox case Shock Bladders Foam Compensator's Centre CV rebuild kit Centre rear CVD Diff seal set Drive pin set Grease boots New shiny bits IRC alloy diff cup Alloy split centre diff mount Diff bearing adapter Front and rear alloy hinge pin braces KHZ v2 rear shock tower I finally finished getting everything cleaned up, saying that Iv'e not touched the shocks yet. Checked all bearings and there ok, gave them a going over with GT85 along with all driveshafts, hinge pins, turnbuckles and outdrives. First parts back onto the chassis First new bits out of the packet All diff's complete The centre mount Blends in real nice with the KHZ parts Rear end next. These are solid and very nicely finished. Went for 2.5 degree toe in and 3 degree anti squat. KHZ v2 tower ARB, body mounts and new wing mount fitted Last bits of the rear end New CVD Steering assembly back on That's it so far

Guys im jealous, after my recent house move, viewing is near on imposible with all the light pollution around me now, the homebrew astrocam and scope are in the loft, me thinks its time to get it set up again Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

For those into Astro Photography that haven't seen this in the other Photography thread. The moon taken on a Canon 50D with a Sigma 50-500mm @ 500mm Exif data - Exposure - 0.002 sec (1/500) Aperture - f/11.0 Focal Length - 500 mm ISO Speed - 400 Exposure Bias - 0 EV

Before, this is a stacked and aligned AVI file, you can see it looks a little off focus, and is not very crisp. the seeing was bad wavy image bobbing in and out of focus. After, this is after we have adjusted the wavelets and the brightness/contrast. notice how the craters look more crisp than our before image. we have teased out the data captured and layered it to give us a nicer image. the thing is the amount of data you have. the more data (pictures) you have the more data you can adjust in software. registax and other softwares look at these images and choose the best %, so more is better. Trying to work with 1000 pictures will be hard, so split them up into batches. then once those batches are stacked and aligned ( saved) use them as the final stacking and aligning ( using the best of the best). stacking and aligning can become a computer memory eater, so smaller batches helps to. now color, everyone asks what color is the moon, but to be honest i could not say. when i am viewing the lunar surface i tend to see it with a blue'ish hue, with hints of a brownish orange. adding and/or working on the color chanels is up the the user. i love my monochrome look, others like a colored moon, the choice is yours.

single shots will not be stacked and aligned in the software, it really needs a few shots to get the best. Aterlatus : am glad you and the misses are finding the webcam is working well, grabbed a darn good shot for first go. you have captured some nice detail already in the shot, and would say the AVI file carrys even more data that may be gleaned from it. cheap or expensive just goes to show a little time and effort is always rewarded with nice images. Prezzie i can guess already something long with a couple bits of heavy glass lol. load the AVI into registax, follow my tutorial on page 18, have a mess around and then show the misses the before and after shots. i am sure the " special favors" will be for more than a month. just do not let her see how you workflow the file or those special favors are out the window as she learns how to adjust the images and files herself. Dtokez very nice moon shot, and the star trails " omg" nailed to the tee. think ting ting is going to be bashing your ears on info and how you gained the shot. a torch with a red sweet wrappper over will help in those black nights. the red light allows you to see and also has less impact to your shots. us astronomers always have a red torch to hand. ting ting : keep at it, the moon will be more easy for you to hone your skills with imaging and also software tweeks. plenty of contrast and targets, i started out just like you all guess work and stress, but it does get 100% better and becomes more fun in time. moon is best target when its about. then i would go for something like a star cluster , not as bright as moon but plenty of stars in the field of view. couple of months and them skys start to darken down giving those DSO and nebula time to show the glory Me i had nothing last night, plenty of cloud and light rain, but well needed. looks like it will be on and off for next couple days here in the flatlands of norfolk.. i grabbed 2 short avi's from guide scope. 22s and 59s ( 240mb and 900mb ) both in full HD but bad seeing and clouds giving me headaches with the data captured. messy but i will see what i can salvage over weekend ( no high hopes to be honest)

i dunno if they will get there money but your an idiot if you do a runner, just making it worse for everyone else as your are stealing

i used to pass through there alot, not mega far

like all the other guys have said welcome to the forum top guys on hear and always happy to help dan

They are great fun, mines gone up for sale/swap as I'm struggling for places to race it. I'm after a competative 2wd 1/10th buggy if any1 reads this and see's it

50/50 for now matey. I've been looking into CS for a while, but not really fussed to do anything major with it. I may try messing around with pulleys, but for now it's fine

two words nick. Seam and weld Think of Nick as the vito corleone Of RC lol

I know?? But most people have a price in mind mate. No worries Ill go else where

Here's mine. Rims, tyres and lipo's thanks to Danny aka mainamigo. Shell was by Jon Miller of www.rcgraphicworx.com. DP front shock mount. Spring covers and rear axle guards (home made). CF and clear chassis guards from Andy www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95831 Very nice product with holes that line up a treat. HS-225MG ready to instal along with the Traxxas/Ofna shock mod. Hope you like.

you could cut the battery tray in half and then slot the chassis so it is length adjustable to the size of your lipo's. i have a split battery box and its useful for different sizes of batteries.

Here we go Will post my twin 8 2.0 as soon as my shell arives

come on you know u want to sell it.