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    Garry's little collection

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    Part 3 of 3.

    Fast forward 2 more years and the Reedy Race is the biggest TC event in the USA.  Of course Hara took part in it.  And cemented his reputation as being one of the best racers in the world. Again the HB Cyclone was used, and again he took home a trophy. He Qualified P4 for the main final and won against the best in the world.

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    Garry's little collection

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    Part 2 of 3.

    For the  2006 IIC event the foam class was dropped in favour of just modified rubber. Hara came back to try to  secure the title which eluded him last time. He manged to qualify P2 overall behind Reinhard once again but was victorious in the final. And now I own that car too.

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    Garry's little collection

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    Part 1 of 3.

    If you have me on Facebook you might know I found a cool historic race car of a famous Japanese RC racer, former world champ  Atushi Hara. It was a bara HB  Cyclone rolling chassis  dating from 2005. I've sourced all the electrics to  install to restore it to the spec of exactly how it raced at the ONLY event the car ever competed in.  It was built for one event only, the 2005 International Indoor Carpet champs in in Vegas. It raced in the foam mod class, TQ'd and won. He also raced it in the mod rubber class  where he T'd and finished 2nd behind multiple world champ Marc Rheinhard.

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    Today:

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    Its a complete one-off, with hand modified parts and unique unreleased chassis plates and believed to be the only  surviving Cyclone the factory team raced at the event. Its lived in the HPI factory since the event on displayed, it was seen in a Speedhunters article when they visited!

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    Steering servos

    in General - Electric

    Posted · Edited by Garry

    Savox is the obvious answer in te £40-50 range, I run a 1251 but I also have an SRT and have high regard for their range at a slightly higher price point. Aim for servos around 0.08sec/60deg, torques is largely unimportant in touring as virtually every servo on sale aimed at TC  is torquey enough. 10kg+ is the norm.

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    What's in your fleet...and why?

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    Posted · Edited by Garry

    56 minutes ago, J.K said:

     

    Now THAT's cool Garry! Being a bit of a modern-day HB Racing (formerly Hot Bodies) fanboy, this paragraph is loaded with nostalgia for me! Hara is an absolute legend and the reason I first got into TC's. Sadly that was a very short-lived journey as I just don't have the reaction times required - 1/8 off-road is much more suited to my "skills" :lol:

     

    I'd be interested to hear how you came to own the Cyclone?

     

    Really just the right deal at the right time from the right people. It was at a price I'd be silly to ignore with the history being so easy to document. Roughly double the cost of any other Cyclone but try finding another with the provenance? I have a genuine Hara Twister ESC and Hara motor to fit this year along with real radio, real cells and replica transponder, replica servo.

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    What's in your fleet...and why?

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    Posted · Edited by Garry

    So theres' been hundreds of ''what have you got'' threads, lets delve into the why you have what you have aspect. My list is still long despite a huge clearout, the whys might be a surprise and might not.

     

    Xray T4 '20.

    I race touring cars primarily, I've ran Xray on and off since 2007ish.  I get bored of the reliability and effortlessness and try other brands yet always come back to the Slovakian manufacturer. I had my eye on another unreleased car for 2021 but it looks to be cancelled so I'll run this year with the old 20 model before looking at the 22 which is probably due towards the end of the year. X-rays are cars you build to the manual and doesn't need any upgrades at all.

     

    Tamiya M07.

    I love m-chassis cars, always have, always will, Fun to hoon being front wheel drive. This one was going to have ''a few hop ups'' during the build, that turned into many hop  ups. All good fun and likely that only a handful make any difference, but bling is nice. Its just the normal one but in hindsight I should have started with the the M07R I would have saved a few quid!

     

    Tamiya TT0E MAN Euro truck.

    #hillarious racer, the class says build as kit, add bearings and centre propshaft sand no other mods allowed, Kit tyres and kit bodies look great, they are slow and lean like a tanker stuck in the Suez canal. But they are all like that so its fun. get 10 on a track and its guaranteed smiles. 2 winters of racing and I've only broken 1 rear wheel (the centre punched through) and 1 body, an aftermarket BittyDesign Iron Knight. Highly reccommended. I might move it on though as the class has an uncertain future.

     

    Mardave Assassin  stock car.

    Full contact oval racer, buuilt for the 1300 class which is bodies reflecting that type of car (engine cc),  4 cells and slow motors, nudge bumpers there to be used to remove the car in front from your path. Built as an Escort mk1 (narror arch) but #i've got an escort mk3 and Vauxhall Nova body to go on in future.

    Kamtec  stock car.

    See above, recent purchase to enable someone else to race with me. Except this has a Honda CRX body.

     

    DOT Black Widow F2.

    Another oval racer, a hand built car as in genuinely hand built not assembled from a kit. Lots of carbon fibre and clever engineering to replicated a BRISCA F2 hot rod. I bought it as a wreck and spent the winter rebuilding it and learning about it from the designer David Tomlinson, very knowledgeable and helpful bloke! Looking forwards to finishing it and getting stuck in on the ovals.

     

    Tamiya TA01.

    Bought during lockdown last year, it was cheap sand I had one as my first RC car I raced, the plan with it is to replicate my first racecar from way back in 1998. It'll be a long process but thats half the fun. Its got a Toyota Chaser body on right now but I've got a Cavalier being painted in special colours.

     

    Kyosho Ford Sierra RS500.

    A replica of the first hobby grade RC  I ever drove,  had no idea what it was at the time other than a Sierra belonging to my Uncle. Years later the penny drops and I begin a search for a rough one to restore. Then a near mint one turns up on French eBay. I buy it and its less than mint, but that means I'm not precious about running it. Lovely! Its in Steve Soper Texaco colours and looks a beauty. Brushed electrics so in-period performance. Standard apart from dampers and driveshafts ( I busted one on the first drive).

     

    Schumacher Big 6 EP.

    My most favourite car ever. 1/6th Lotus Elise. I bought it new from Modelsport in 2002 and raced in the Schumacher BTCC in the early to mid 2000s, taking two round wins, one TQ, one track records (still standing) and two 3rd places in the championship. Lot of my race trophies came with this car. I'll never be sold, its a keeper that I'm restoring back to runner spec, unsure if I put modern electrics or a 12t brushed as I raced back then, its a car which means a lot to me and has years of battle scars to show for it.

     

    Schumacher Big 6 GP.

    A second Big 6, this was the cleanest  nitro one I've ever seen. So naturally of course I pulled it apart and sold off the engine to.....convert to electric. Really easy conversion, 25mins with a Dremel and drilling 4 holes and its done. Its not  the same as the factory electric one, the motpr is mid mounted now so I look forwards to comparing the two dynamically in future.

     

    Traxxas Stampede XL5.

    In need of a huge rebuild, its missing loads of bity and I'm not really sure what the future holds for it. I like the idea of lowering it and converting it into a ''No-Prep'' drag car, I don't have much love for Traxxas cars they are tough but have very little else going for them in my opinion. I don't even remember how this came to me, probably as part of my wheeling and dealing.

     

    Schumacher Wildcat Touring.

    Once billed as an indestructible touring car with a parts replacement guarantee. Ultra simple yellow plastic chassis, Mercedes C-Class DTM body. I actually swapped a mobile phone for it , Fun to rag around now and then.

     

    Mardave V12.

    Bought to pull apart to convert to 1/8th but stretch the chassis longer and widen the width to fit a 70s Vauxhall Firenza body. I just need to make a drive axles at the rear  then assemble. 

     

    Carisma SCA-1E Range Rover.

    Christmas treat from me to me, love me, still yet to build it though, got all the electrics, spare modern RR Sport body, optional tyres and light set, but time is difficult to find for this one, Looking like a summer car now.

     

    HPI E-Savage.

    Rescued from Facebook marketplace, came with a popped ESC, I've put a Hobbywing 880 in it to power the dual 550 motors but I'm considering releasing it back into the wild soon as its a big thing to store and as you can see above I've got a considerable project collection already.

     

    Hot Bodes Cyclone.

    The *actual* touring car used by former world champion Atsushi Hara at the  2005 International Indoor Championships at the Stardust hotel  in Las Vegas. It was built by Hara specifically for that event using prototype parts still on the car today.  Its got the very Ride Honda Accord body painted by Brain Speed Graphix in Hara's famous black/pink/white colours which he used to win the Modified rubber tyre class but the body is the one he used to finish 3rd in the Modified foam class. Its even still got the foam tyre dust on the inside of the rims. After the event it sat in HPI USA's offices for over a decade, if you look on Google for the SpeedHunters tour you can clearly see the car on display. My plan is to install all the same electrics Hara used to win to make it a one of a kind ''real replica''. Some of the electrics he used are no longer available anywhere but I'm going to make dummy display parts. Absolutely priceless. I'll do a thread on it one day.

     

    So what do you have and more importantly...why?

     

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    Brushed ESC with specific specs

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    I need a brushed ESC easy right? Nope! 

     

    the following limitations are non-negotiable.

     

    Input - 4.8v NiMH/1s LiPo

    20t brushed motor limit

    No delay on reverse

    NOT originally made by Mtroniks.

     

    I'm thinking an ESC designed for crawlers might be the answer, what do you know that fits the bill. Tekin FXR/BXR do but very hard to find now. Mtroniks and I have history so....I'm not going there or the companies who rebrand their ESCs. 

    Maybe slightly controversial!

    in The Lounge

    Posted · Edited by Garry

    That chap has some utterly horrific views on certain topics over the years on social media,

    If he told me it was raining I'd still look out the window to check. I wouldn't pay  attention to anything he says.

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    Kyosho - Suraga-Ya buy out

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    15 hours ago, Guns said:

    Were Kyosho ever part of Tamiya?

     Nope.

     

    Kyosho has been having financial difficulties for a long time, hopefully this takeover will be the start of a new future for them. The old Mini-Z line has pretty much propped yup the RC side of the business since 2002. The scale model planes and boats have done very well though.

    2.4ghz stick transmitter

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    On 04/04/2021 at 18:23, RG1 said:

    My grandson's Futabe 3gr transmitter has developed a fault and he needs a replacement but doesn't have the funds to replace it with an other Futaba one. Can any one recommend an other brand which is good with adjustable end points that doesn't break the bank. Thanks in adavance.

     

    Is it for a car?  Bashing or racing?

    I'm of the opinion that buying cheap radios means buying twice when he reaches the limits of it.

    The Futaba T4GRS has plenty of fans trackside.  However stick radio choice ids very limited. Its mid-range but not cheap/. https://wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/243521/?gclid=CjwKCAjw07qDBhBxEiwA6pPbHoqU0WaxFW6pSpvSpM7Ngr_v0qiJCS_5uNCG27-HRUQjC538sIfnrhoC6zMQAvD_BwE

     

    Can he drive with a wheel radio at all? There's more choice at various price points.

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    Something better

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    On 06/04/2021 at 16:11, 53HRA said:

    In all due respect wltoys isn’t the best choice at all. Save up and get yourself a proper RC...


    Agreed, Youtube influencers push them like crazy to get affiliate sales, but essentially they are pretty junk. 

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    Yokomo Parts

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    ebay is the best location to find spares but its a long discontinued chassis (2002) so it will be difficult to keep in working order.

     

    Do you have a manual? Searching via part numbers will give the most accurate results if anything is to be found.

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