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1/8th racing here I come, awesome kit...

*Looks in electronics box* It appears I have a motor, ESC, receiver, servo... But no car to put them in...

A Caddx Orca camera, it’s a little FPV/action camera. specs are : 38mm x 38mm x 36mm 4k/30FPS 2.7k 60FPS 1440p 60FPS 1080p 120FPS 720p 240FPS WIFI IP64 anti shake 1/2.3 inch Sony imx377 sensor seems Ok so far, app is pretty basic but does what it needs.

Made a front end light setup from a Light pen and some broken keyring torches... Switchable... They also run straight off the balance tap👍 Cost £2 and some time.

@.AJ. - Made some "stiffeners" (I think the name needs work) for the MT bumpers. I havent tested them yet, and I'm hoping these will work as is, but I have an idea to improve them if I have to do more. They're basically just a soft plastic (TPU) and so they're still bouncy, just not excessively so. They should still absorb energy but should stop the plastic over extending and breaking.

*looks in bank account* It appears I have a giant red hole where my bank account once was

I had it out today. I didn't realise at the time but it stripped the spur too so back on slower gearing for now. Tbh it was a blessing in disguise, it promoted me to sort a few little bits out that needed tweaking and now it's running better than ever! 80mph will be mine soon enough 🙂

Hmm. Don't really understand you reasoning. Golf opens only as of today. Same goes with tennis courts, football fields and other outdoor sports. I wouldn't consider football a rich men's sport. Many other outdoor sports open from today, which are not "rich men's" sports. In addition from today we are also permitted recreational activities. That include pick-nicks as well as taking out your RC cars only for the purpose of it.

Nope, i'm doing a 3 wheeler though 👍 Custom dragster using old schumacher supastox parts, running 2x 2s shortys in parallel and a 4.5t Graupner motor 🙂

Anyone doing a 6 wheeler speedrunner?

ohhh dear a bit of a pickle there then mate

guess youl have to buy an XTR to put them in then

Not really, it’s a bit small and there is really only one jump that’s any good for a RC

The Hobao Hyper 7 PBS buggy found its way underneath that Subaru shell, odd looking shell as it was proportioned for 1/8 rallycross buggies, but to be fair it did look great going around the track. As for the buggy itself, it was its usual reliable performance on the off-road track, wheels never ground out within the arches of the shell which was a bonus too. I then ended up switching to a DHK Hunter SCT chassis under the scooby shell for a while as we were indoors more often than not when racing. As Jack R' says above, the Hobao Hyper GT is terrific car, very solid and stable, there's a few at our club. Would need work doing on it though for it be used off-road as ground clearance isn't great.

Painted up the fuel cell/chassis brace. If my bumper isn't "scale" then maybe I can make up with a better looking fuel cell 😂

RPRC have some killer clearance deals on oils, 120ml for 800cst for £2.80 and 50ml of 100k, 500k etc for £2 each! https://www.rprcdistribution.com/oils

Even though its for sale... I couldn't resist adding some lights to it... Here's the vid of how I wired them up... Total cost... £2...

Not bad for £2 and some faffing about... Got bored whilst waiting making the kids tea... Gammon takes bloomin ages to cook🤣🤣

I love how old Tamiya’s website is! Its like going back in time to AOL 56K Dial-Up! https://www.tamiya.com/english/e-home.htm

Just to hi-jack your post a bit, I've not had an RC car for about 20 years or so now and I'm kind of in the same position at the minute but after a 1/8, I had my heart set on the Arrma Typhon 3s but the £320 price tag is a bit too high for me. I've got a £50 Amazon voucher I was going to use to buy one which would have bought it down to a more acceptable price but just my bloody luck it must be the only Arrma model not on there! Are there any other suggestions for a 1/8 for £2-250ish, I've seen a few off brand ones but looking at a few youtube videos they don't look that great. I have been looking at the smaller scale ones aswell like 1/10 but would prefer a 1/8 just coz I like the bigger cars. I was looking at the China specials aswell like WLToys 124019 but waiting 3-4 weeks for parts would get old fast and tbh they don't actually look that great. I know I should probably not expect great quality at this price range but would be nice to get something that doesn't turn to dust when you take it out of the box. If i can't find a decent enough 1/8 I might just get the FTX Vantage like Gtiracer as I could get the brushless one off Amazon for £150, worth it? I won't be belting it off skate park ramps or anything just maybe some small dirt bmx park jumps and mainly used on grass/gravel. Been trawling on here, Ebay and Gumtree etc aswell for a couple of months to see if there's anything pre-owned local but never anything about and would prefer new as had really bad experiences buying 2 pre-owned nitro's in my late teens which is when I last had an RC car! Thanks

Quick Sunday bash

That's what I was thinking, or massaging back to original shape.........that is if you ever find it🤣

I've no idea. Plastic return to its moulded shape with heat? Edit - Just remembered I gave the wheel to my kids to play with and I haven't seen it since 😅

Yes, very similar to the session, just a lot less cash, and as you say, session is discontinued, apparently all the session cases etc fit this too

go for it mate

Never got full whack, going to have another go maybe early friday morning and might go to another spot, i would love to see 57+ MPH then i think it would be fasted verified vantage Also the DumboRC x6G....what an ace radio, full of features, long range and so comfy in the hand

Hi, We have a very active thread just for Canage/Vantage. Nevertheless this is what I have done my Carnage, which is practically the same as a Vantage. Hobbywing EZRun Max10 Combo with a 4000KV motor. 3300KV is also fine. This servo: Etronix ET2072, https://www.etronix-rc.com/etronix-30-3kg-0-09s-std-digi-servo-hv-metal-gear-waterproof It has quite a high steering speed. But any good servo will be ok and better than the stock one. Like this, you can use 2S for "cruising" or 3S for madness. I recommend hardened steel spur & pinion: ebay shop from a fellow member of this forum: https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/DJW-RC-Transmissions?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 Currently he has none, but you should wait for the ones with 32DP pitch. Larger teeth = stronger. Choose the right pinion for your setup. Factors to take into account: Speed or acceleration, chosen motor (4000 or 3300). I use a 10 teeth pinion and a 49 teeth spur. Be aware that you will put a lot of strain on the drivetrain and things tend to fail more quickly: driveshafts, differentials. The Vantage is fairly simple, so you easily get a hang of fixing, upgrading, etc. Here are some videos of what you are getting into after the upgrade:

Yeah, it was always coming eventually. Thankfully it wasn't as bad as it first looked. I popped the old wheels back on and took it for a bit of a shakedown run today. All seems good so I'll be out again soon chasing that 80mph 👍

I think the general concensus is that a longer can will give you more torque. So in my tiny little mind, I translate that to 'mine is heavier than standard (with the Exotek centre chassis) and I get extra 'free' torque out of the 550 can'. I bought my new ESC and motors as part of a Hobbywing package, so the cost wasn't too bad. Another thing I was told by the chap at EuroRc was that whilst many people will often opt for a lower KV motor in a heavier car, a 550 can will allow you to go higher up the KV range, in my case 4000kv for one of the motors. The spur I have came with the car. Looking at it, it does look very similar to the Axial offering. I note also that Axial offer lower tooth pinions in 5mm, in case we feel the need to gear down a little more, whereas other brands offer pnions from 13T upwards. You can find plenty of 5mm 13T+ kits on Amazon. How good they are though, I have no idea... I think, so long as you don't stry too much past the recommendations, gear too high, run through thick grass, and try to launch from a standing incline, you should be OK 😄

The Hyper 7's are great buggies. I converted mine to brushless from Nitro, wayyyy better. Its spec is: centre spider diff, 4068 2650kv Toro motor, Toro 150A esc, TowerPro 20kg servo with a UBEC, and 4S up its backside! Consequently - it shifts.. 😎

This was yesterday but I've just finished uploading the footage. Poor little Strada 😢

First bad run The full video can be found here

I have a mate who wraps cars for a living and he reckons he has adhesion promoter that works on polypropylene, so hopefully I’ll be able to get some decals and window stickers to stay on longer than 5 mins, obviously I will report back 👍

Just to update this thread I ended up going with a vantage in the end (RTR Brushless version). I'm really happy with it, obviously things I'd like to do but it seems like a fun car for just bashing about in with my boys and their cars. Although I do need to relearn some driving skills before going full throttle again probably 🙂

Thanks for that info Rebel158 ,great help, I also checked the manual and some how got confused due to forgetting I had a Fuse 550 motor laying around and thought my 7.5 540 can will be fine lol, this is how the confusion started which led to me purchasing 48p spurs & pinions : SC10 4x4 info : written in an article. ACCEPTS 550 OR 540 MOTORS ''The speed freaks among us will opt for a high-powered, 550-size brushless motor, but Associated stresses that the 4×4 ran perfectly well during testing with a 540-size standard brushless motor, too. The only motor AE is aware of that will not fit is Novak’s Ballistic SC 550, as the motor can is 7mm too long. Existing 550-size LRP and Tekin motors fit perfectly, as do all 540-size brushless motors''🤨 What they failed to mention was that all 540 size motors with 5mm shafts will work.. lol the shaft on a 540 3.17mm dia is no way long enough, and if you fit it the pinion would be hanging off... Been searching the 32p pinions as I have the 32p 62t spur but all I can find is Axial's, could you let us know if you went with Axial pinion or was it another brand ? cheers This is my old motor and esc, it should be enough to push this beast around 🙄, so now focusing on this with 32p pinions 😁

So, mine originally came with one of the 3700kv (5,5T) 550 LRP motors, which I believe were one of the cans recommended by Team Associated in their catalogue. The chart in the catalogue mentions using the 32p 62t spur, and those motors have a 5mm shaft, with the recommendation being circa a 13t pinion. My new motors both have a 5mm shaft, and having spoken with the a couple of model shops/enthusiasts, the general concensus is that the 13t pinion should be fine, and so far it is. It can be quite confusing, and I'm far from expert on the matter, but if using a larger can (which will almost certainly have a 5mm shaft) you would probably need to look at using the 32p spur. Happy to be corrected 🙂

What with the TRX-4? 😄 I'd love one but I think it's just too much money to spend as my first crawler once i've added the cost of a high capacity battery and charger! But yes the more I see them on youtube videos the more I want one!

I’ve been running 2s lipo through my stock ESC, really abusing it crawling over seriously nasty terrain, no problems here with the ESC - but the factory motors do burn easily if not regularly allowed to cool

Got them already last week but haven't got around to post them here with required appreciation: Thanks to @Oh How Original for the ESC and to @everclear1984 for the joint purchase. And some more nice stuff for the Carnages: Carbon shock towers Tethered body shell pins. No more loosing then. Front CVDs to be put in the rear axle. Diff spurs for the rebuild. Yet another wheelie bar for last Carnage.

I've bent mine too on some runs, (droop adjusted for) but I do still run a pretty stock soft set up as I like the traction it offers on rough terrain... Oh, and skate parks take no prisoners!!!🤣

Finally put the stickers on this Candy Green beauty - a bit over 30 years ago I sprayed my Beatties Grasshopper metallic green, so a little deja-vu for me! A life on the shelf beckons, but it does have full electrics so who knows! Showed the old man who could remember exactly how much my original cost him all those years ago 🤣

Cracking run, great results looks like an awesome place to do some drag races! 😉 Damm just before i moved to warwickshire, I'm signed up for ROSSA in June cant wait, hope a few msuk people will be there too!

@Colosus as promised, some pics of my recent SC-10 restore.

ROSSA used to use the runoff area at Shakespeare dragstrip at Stratford Upon Avon, this was much more central, but it was only around 300m long and pretty rough in the braking area. Unfortunately the land got sold in around 2015 to build houses on, so we managed to move to the Snowdonia aerodrome in Llanbedr instead. Good thing is the new location is spot on perfect. I'm pretty confident we wouldn't be able to find anywhere as perfect in the midlands at the price they charge us with a runway as long and as smooth/well maintained. It is a long drive for most people and sadly that is prone to put people off, but it is 100% worth a visit. We have 2 events planned so far this year, a 3 day event in June and a 2 day event in August. Starting to see a decent amount of people on here getting into budget or general speed running which is great to see 😄 Anyone and everyone are welcome at ROSSA events, even just as a visitor/spectator, so be great to hopefully see some new faces 👍

TLR 22 3.0 a TLR 22 4.0 and a X-Ray XB 2

So here’s my Arrma Senton with a different body. Not sure the lights will last long at the top there but they look quite funky.

hey, just watched and commented on your video, great run, as promised window tints are now history, wipers fitted and still wondering about the mirror mount options, i realy dont trust myself with a dremel trying to drill tiny holes in the mirror frames, not even sure if i am allowed to operate dangerous power tools lol

Cheers! This was taken last Sunday AM after a deluge of rain.

All right, just had a few quick runs with it on flat ground today, without the body (still awaiting paint), to see what is it like . I was not convinced about CC-02 steering after I had built it (My first kit with front axle) but my concerns were unfounded only a short time after running it for the first time. Got to say that CC-02 feels much leaner, sharper and quieter than CC-01 and kept straight lines much better than CC-01 in both forwards and reverse (seems very little if no slop at all), having it running beside CC-01 with its stock wheels/tires back on. Made CC-01 sounds very noisy... Also it feels very solid, however, it's hard to pinpoint something but I have to say it surprised me and I was impressed. Just a quick climbing, it was more assured with plenty of clearance but of course, stock tyres let it down. 🙂 I have to say it is a very good chassis, just that it doesn't look like it when I was building it....just need to change to gripper tyres but got to find extra wide wheel hex clamps...to avoid touching the front shock tower when turning. Turning radius is similar to CC-01 (with its hub pins clipped off) with both on stock wheels/tires. However, when I put grippy 3rd party wheels/tyres back to CC-01, its turning radius was enlarged a bit by 5cm-ish! Thought it was meant to be shorter... Here are a few pictures of CC-01 and CC-02, you can see what they are like next to each other.