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started building the dt-03 racing fighter last night and finished it today, stuck in a old and mild 3250 kv motor on 2s and it goes pretty well 🙂

Dried it out over night and it flies! That's after hitting a tree and nearly losing it to the river. Then my dog snatched it out the air and dumped it in the river. Fortunately it's not a very deep river. Drone death.mp4

An RTR Coyote

Day off so applying the decals (stickers!) on the Ranger Shell. But.. Now I’ve done one side I’m not sure how keen I am. 🤔 What do we think folks? With, or without? (As a side note, this could just be laziness because I hate this part of prepping a shell and can’t be arsed to do the other side 🤣)

Started work on a set of weight hanger wheels. First attempt done. Worked well so time to tidy them up and try a full set up

Fitted a wheelie bar to the Talion to hopefully protect the wing a bit from the occasional “oops” moment!

I’m bald, but apparently these are useful when applying decals 🤷‍♂️

Bought myself a Coyote RTR 👍🏻 Had the original a few years ago but sold it on.

Might of killed my Ranger XC 1/16th

I've got a FTX Geo and a Sherpa to play with. 😄 Try before you buy. 😉 Just have to hope for good weather now...

Looks loads better with the decals.

cheers bud, you could try one they are pretty cheap and a good build as usual with tamiya, this one was 101 quid with no esc but it did come with the torque tuned brushed motor and oil shocks 🙂 edit: forgot to mention it only comes with plastic bushings, i was gonna replace the bearings on my dt-02 sandviper so had a ball race kit kicking around from rc bearings, so add in the cost for bearings as well.

Looking really smart now its finished

I plan to arrive about 9am, my wife will wander of for a while to see if she can get some bird pics and i will help set up @Nick you might really like the Geo but both very good rigs

Looking forward to this although I might not make it for 10am. Which is a shame because I thought it’d be fun watching @Nick unbox his new crawler……. ….just before it starts. 🤣

And when your not applying decals the mrs can use it win win lol 😆

A second Batt Safe, cause safety first guys…… and some E Revo bits

Ye couldnae make it up! Ah've just tipped a tin of ps34 on an audi shell for a pal. Ah swear your pic looked near fluorescent that's why ah'd wondered aboot the marlboro red!

Selling my Traxxas Maxx to fund the purchase of another car. It has the widemaxx kit fitted, badlands and a Max 6 esc. Runs great. Shell has a couple of cracks but is strengthened inside. Collection from Northwich, Cheshire. £400 ono.

were hopefully going to be popping up to pennistone to play with our mt10s so well probably pop over and say hello but it'll be closer to 11 for us due to public transport and walking up from haworth, those who don't know where it is there's 3 ways to get to that carpark pennistone hill depending if you're coming from haworth, stanbury or oxenhope, (a route came up on my maps but the last bit is a cart track up to the cricket club off a tight road that sould be avoided) if anyone wants any help I'm happy to post some street view directions for the best way

No the hangers are fixed to the hubs. They don't spin.

You can see in this pic the most extreme version of the hangers. As you can see the weights are fixed to the axle hub. And then sit right down inside the wheels. And you can see with the car picture how they work.

So with the hangers. It places a set of weights below the axle hight of the car. Making its cog as low as possible and putting weight right where you want it most. The tyres. And. It having the weight high up. So picture of the full car is a single weight hanger for a stock beadlock style wheel. It drops a small amount of weights just below the axle. This helps wth cog a little. The extreme version is the picture of parts of a wheel. This version cuts out a section of the wheel and gives space to hang a bigger amount of weights right down inside the wheel. Dropping cog as low as possible. The last 2 pictures show the 2 style of wheels I have designed. The full wheel is a more standard wheel. It has 2 faces. And 6 spacers to join the 2 faces together. Giving a open space of around 44mm. The other wheel is the extram version. It has the spacers removed and pushed down inside the wheel. This gives me around 75mm of space to put a weight hanger in. Giving twice the amount of weight even lower in the wheel. Giving the best cog and tyre weight possible. We don't run any weight in the wheels. As this is the worst type of weight to have. The hangers are fixed to the axles eg the ar60 in my case.

The usual thing walking past them thinking am I going to have time, then finding out nope.

I've been fancying one of these for a while, no idea why. Looks smart in that red.

What ya do with it Jack ?

Not sure on the decals mate

Decals but with a clear flat lacquer over the black arches.

Looks better without in my opinion, much cleaner

It should be better for all aspects. The battery is now around 20mm lower, I haven’t had the chassis for long enough to give a decent comparison verdict

Nahh its gonna get dirty mate very dirty

I've just joined this forum. Great reading about your Kraton EXB as it's the same spec I went for, apart from the radio. I had the same experience with my first run and flipped it but unfortunately it was on tarmac so a nice bit of roof rash, along with the wing and front body post. I've always been a little worried about motor temps but I recently did some flat out runs on a playing field and they were fine with a top speed of 57mph. It's a fantastic model, great fun and a bit nerve racking at times!

Awesome colour choice! Fae recent experience ah know these colours don't come out as good in pics, would ye say this'd be a good choice for a retro marlboro job Yrkoon?

Between these 2, I would choose hexagon screws. I find them much more useful than Philips screws because they are easier to tighten and loosen thanks to the 6 sides, and you can access them from 360 degrees, provided you have room to move your tools, while with Philips screws, the process is much harder. But the disadvantage for both is that they lose weight very quickly and have to be replaced over time. I consider that there are much better screw alternatives, such as self-tapping screws, because it has much longer durability and requires minimal preparation.

It should do the job and theres a few owners on the forum as well for advice etc

I should probably start to look at getting a crawler... how about this? https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/element-rc-enduro-trail-truck-knightrunner-rtr-1339015

That looks pretty smart, I am finding to me anyway it handles better with the battery over the rear. I don’t do extreme side climbs though…

I have been so busy I've not even had the chance to look! 😞 Worst case I'll just borrow one, I do work at Modelsport and see them every day, so no excuses really! Haha.

Have you decided on what crawler your getting yet ? Remember you may need to source and fit some brass bits etc

Excellent! I think a few of the Modelsport crew will be joining me too. Looking forward to it, hopefully decent weather. 🙂

Scott Gardiner has posted about this on the facebook group Yorkshire RC Beasts, and he says he will join us, and is a right nice guy so a few from the beasts will be there

Well video is way to big to upload on here. So pm me it you want to see it

Carbon parts are all custom cut for me. Designed by me. Printed parts are all pla tough for now. Planning to try out some other types of once I have them.

Looks awesome, looking forward to seeing the running vid. Are the carbon sides, custom made / cut also? What are the printed parts made of pla or petg?

Fingers crossed Saturday. If not I'm aiming for Tuesday or Wednesday next week. Family and work tend to get in the way a lot. Lol

Get a TRX4 or TRX6 i dont think either will disappoint

Wow youve done good job with that and be interesting seeing how it performs

Ah okay. Sounds great. 🙂 No I don't have a crawler but plan to by this event!!!

I would guess nearest is in Keighley travelodge about 10 miles out

What overnight accomadation is there nearbye ? If myself and lad come would have to travel on the Saturday stay overnight and travel back on the Sunday as its a 5 hour drive