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****Official**** Corally Kronos/Shogun/XTR Thread
wolfie1 replied to horatio's topic in Buggies, Truggies & Stadiums
There is no doubting that being carbon fibre, it was the chassis that gave me that thought where the countersinking had been done that was all -
****Official**** Corally Kronos/Shogun/XTR Thread
wolfie1 replied to horatio's topic in Buggies, Truggies & Stadiums
Fake carbon fibre- plastic/fibre glass with a skin of carbon fibre put on the outside for looks or plastic/fibre glass that has been hydro dipped to look like carbon fibre. The lightest carbon fibre to use is the none glossy stuff as the shiny stuff has a glossy resin added to it so it looks pretty and adds weight -
****Official**** Corally Kronos/Shogun/XTR Thread
wolfie1 replied to horatio's topic in Buggies, Truggies & Stadiums
That carbon fibre looks like farbon fibre, good effort so far though -
Thanks, i dont really do track stuff at all so wouldnt really know whats good or bad
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Mog wants chicken to appease his wrath
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Little video of my course
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Today i put some cones in my back garden and made a track, i spent the majority of my day driving in circles, but first some all important upgrades this is what mr dpd arrived with Installed what the lights look like, tried them again when it was dark, so cool the aftermath of the first battery, every other battery after this wasnt even 1/4 of what you see here
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Just the ones that came on it
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My slayer falls into the category but because we are in the uk its not effected, doesnt make sense really
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Had this out yesterday for its first run, i have to say even though it looks like the slayer this is a completely different car in the way it handles, its way better in the way that its less likely to fall over but has less ground clearance so more thought is needed as to where to run it, that being said i did adjust the springs to give more ground clearance and that did make a difference to running on grass without really changing the handling, i know of a spot that is fine gravel i may just have to go and give it a go there and see what like. Has anyone changed to the centre diff, how does that effect the handling and i assume it will do away with the slipper clutch?
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Yes my dji drone has outrunner motors on it but i suppose it you are solely doing rock stuff its less of an issue, i do trailing with my trx4 so would def be of no use to me, i would have it ruined on its first outing
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We obviously dont matter 🙃
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Ok fair enough, i have always been concerned about a random branch etc getting jammed up on an outrunner motor
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I have had a slayer for years now but since i have gotten involved with lipo electric models i had quite fancied 1 of these, so just thought screw the expense and bought a (hopefully get this right) slash vxl 4x4 ultimate in orange, haven't had a chance to run it yet but have done some upgrades already as soon as i put the batteries in the steering was woefully slow so had this new nimrod 35kg lying around to put it in, i also had a traxxas bec lying around so stuck that in too that is all i have done to it so far, the slayer was bullet proof with the only thing ever failing was a driveshaft and normal wear and tear items so i think that speaks volumes
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So tell me whats the benefit of an outrunner motor?
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I did once on a maverick quantum flux have where the shafts come out of the diff start to melt but nothing like how this 1 melted
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Its a 6s model, yea the diff melting was a new 1 too me and when i contacted where i bought it from it was a new 1 on them too, i have sent over pics and am waiting to hear back, i have ordered the complete alloy/steel diff so as to minimise down time and have ben told i can get the money back if the warranty will pay out, i hope so as it has to be a defect somewhere as not even 2 packs and it failed!
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Budget (Chinese) models VS Top brand (Chinese) models
wolfie1 replied to Lone-wolf's topic in General RC
Im going to chime back in here as an important point was raised in my eyes, i really enjoy the modification side of rc cars and making it my own, for me i love getting into my workshop- its the weekend so no work the next day and you can just tinker away like you dont have a care in the world until your ready to come in and then you go out and test it the next day, thats my idea of bliss -
Today was the best and the worst day with a new car, the best as i got to run it for the first time and the worst knowing it will never look the same again, run my first pair of packs through-awesome second pack going the same way and all of a sudden completely lost all drive and when i got closer seen it smoking, DISASTER thinking i had fryed some electronics but no it was oil from the centre diff, plastic casing had actually melted and destroyed itself on the second set of packs, have ordered another diff with an alloy case but this should never have happened in the first place so early on i think so im going to call tomorrow and see if the warranty will cover it, im not expecting it too but will try anyways, here are some pics of said melted diff!
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Its by steven brown
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Fitted my favourite 80kg servo along with an more solid mount for it and an alloy servo saver, now usually i am not a fan of these things but since it adjustable will give it a try Its starting to come along nicely here, i also swapped out the wheel mounting hex as the oe is thin and these ones i have fitted are double the thickness Had to get 1 of these as it looks well cool, how long it will last no idea, but i used adhesion promotor on the chassis before i stuck it on so it def shouldnt unpeel And finally all back together in time for friends coming over for an indian takeaway 🥳
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Finally the day came to open my big box, i had a fun day fitting the upgrades that i had been amassing, here are some pics- Leo had to qc it first I am fairly sure it passed I decided on a red theme as there was some on there already Was quite impressed with this 3 parts rear mud guard as myself as prob most of you guys have destroyed stuff with stones getting flipped up and jammed Weird how there is no cooling fan on the motor of these things, that had to change, when the motors arrived they had weird plugs on them that i had to cut off and solder jst ones instead
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Budget (Chinese) models VS Top brand (Chinese) models
wolfie1 replied to Lone-wolf's topic in General RC
Im with stormbringer on this 1, you are def going to break stuff and a quick easy supply of spares and upgrades wins my vote. Now dont get me wrong i would love there to be a cheap brand where this was possible and if there was i would go there, i have tried in the past and it was a long wait for spares, i still have a Himoto mxt2s monster truck but dont use it anymore for this reason and more recently a maverick quantum flux which is kinda weak but acceptable and not much in the way of none oe upgrades which are limited -
To me that sounds like slop in the drivetrain being taken up when you first accelerate, like between all the gears and the driveshafts and drive cups
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Get the tyre sitting on the rim correctly then just push a little bit back at a time, go sparingly on the glue and take your time