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Nice run out at Harden moor quarry with this rig and a couple of others

Could be tempted by one of these, I don't actually think the price is "too" bad considering it's very close to its 6s counterpart size wise. Never had an issue with spekky leccys but then I don't try and over gear stuff to the moon 🙄 Will probably wait until normal people get their hands on them though.

Cougar kit all finished now. It's a nice kit, apart from one or two little niggles I thoroughly enjoyed building it. If like me you missed out on the Top Cat this is a good one to get. It's got a reasonable turn of speed with my brushed setup but I'll play around with the gearing and shock settings before I give it a real testing. Should fly with a brushless setup but I'm not a particularly proficient driver and I wanted to keep it roughly as I had it in the '90s.

Fitted the new wheels to the DR8 today and took it for a blast. Very happy with the results! Much more grip, no ballooning, less rolling over in the corners. Thinking next mod may be a wrap.

Thanks mate, I thought that might have been the case. Total noob here 🙈

Definitely need to turn the punch up, far too much lag. But now driven the Max4 in anger and it's definitely Hobbywing's flagship, 👌.

And today's email. Seems that it's possible the magazine may get published by another company. I suspect it will take months/years to see if that materialises by which time most people will have forgotten about needing refunding if it doesn't actually happen.

Just ordered a bearing set from RCbearings.co.Uk and trying to figure out if the included esc lipo cutoff is ok.

Yeah, they all have their limits. I only run low kv motors, so I should be OK.

Decided to cancel mine but no doubt will pick one up next year. Price will probably go up knowing my luck but it would be good to get a good idea of all the issues of the production units and I should probably try and thin down the fleet of vehicles to give me some space.

No need to be so nasty 😃 That makes sense, i can ride the track better than drive it 😃 The other thing I forgot when comparing the cars was that the DR8 has 2x2s so another reason why its easier to drive than the senton on 2x3s. still cant get the diff turning the right though. wish i had left it as it was

@Kyo, how about a nice bit of wood print? https://wrapdirect.com/wood-effect-wrap/

New wheels arrived for the DR8, can't wait to give them a bash!

My view from the dining table as I work. Makes me smile.

I had a Mars 2 Pro resin printer for a while and the detail is incredible - the downside with the cheaper resin is that the prints are a bit brittle - Warhammer sword blades rarely stayed attached to the hilt. You also need to wash the print in either water or isopropyl alcohol and then cure the print in UV light, both of which add to the cost, plus un-cured resin requires handling with gloves as it's pretty nasty stuff. A respirator would be a good buy too, the fumes get a bit much The beauty of resin printing is it's the height of the tallest part which determines the print time - one warhammer model takes the same time to print as 10 of them - just lay them out on the build plate like the Terracotta Army All the prints below are single-piece prints, not multiple parts glued together Learning design software is handy too, I printed of a few practical bits like this nut driver for a switch retaining nut which was recesssed deep inside a desk

Dang it! In other news, I took the X2 and the Dibby out. X2 was absolutely fine, no issues other than needing the punch turning up. The DBXL-E has had a rear diff failure. Looks like a bearing has failed and melted the housing. Or the bearing is fine and the plastic housing has just failed. Note to self; don't touch largescale drive shafts, they get bonkers hot, as the pad of my middle finger is currently telling me. Nay, screaming at me.