wolfie1
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This was something that was concerning me especially this time of year as my batteries live inside this time of year as i destroyed some last year as they were stone cold before i used them and killed them, so i bought an ammo case from ebay
i went ahead and drilled some holes and job done
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Reporting back on these fans, they were an absolute win, now i just need to get a set of wheel arch liners for it
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Took it out today and broke it again, never even got 1 set of batteries through it
snapped that pin there and damaged the plastic bit in the alloy pin retainer, so since not having a replacement hinge pin i did have a length of 4mm round barand decided to cut a bit off and make a new pin
got that installed along with the original pin retainer and we will see what breaks next time although i dont think it will be tomorrow as some serious wind has been forecast
i was having an issue where grass kept getting sucked into the fans on the motor and stopping them turn, did this with a bit of mesh and hopefully will cure the issue
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Having had a couple of rc motorbikes in the past , back in the 90’s was my first a kyosho kit which i got pretty good at driving, then many years later a thunder tiger nitro ducati which i just couldnt drive to save my life you could be in a huge car park with only 1 small obstacle in it and no matter how hard you tried you were going to crash into it. When the Anderson mt5 came out i thought it was quite a cool concept but never bought 1, but this promoto looks better in every way, my wife was asking me what i would like for Christmas and i gave her a link to 1 of these, so heres hoping and not chocolate and socks and trainers
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I got to say this thing is a lot of fun, only thing that concerned me was temps, so hopefully thats has been remedied with these rocket fans, i had to grind a couple of slots so the fan would fit secuely/clip in to the shround on top,of the esc
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So pretty much every time i have had this out something hasnt quite worked out, well its fixed and back together again now so fingers crossed for tomorrow
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You know i really dont like that type of servo horn, every 1 i have ever used has done exactly what yours did (the 1 bolt ones too)
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A couple of weeks ago when i had the widemaxx out a tyre blew itself too bits, i will say this traxxas tyres are consistently rubbish!
as a stop gap measure i put these wheels on from the trophy truggy
not wanting to spend a lot on wheels at the moment i seem these on aliexpress for £20 delivered and thought i would give them a go, the way in which they mounted was a little bit different but nothing that a washer wouldnt sort out, the offset on these is different so they stick out a bit further too
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Update on my diff- arrma have rebuilt it and sent it back to me, so thats a plus
last time i had this out i managed to break the wheely bar, looked at the replacement and seen it was £30, there is no way i am paying that, the wheels dont even have bearings in them!
seen an aluminium 1 on ali for around £12 delivered, thats more like it and the wheels even have bearings in them
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When i am saying maxx my apologies i am meaning the widemaxx
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I have recently come to own an arrma truck, they may seem like better value to buy to begin with but parts are way more expensive than traxxas maxx spares for example and the maxx takes more of a beating, as far as team corally i have no experience, hpi stuff well i was a big fan of them but parts are harder to get hold of so dont really do much with mine these days. I do have an xmaxx and it is awesome best rc i have ever owned but its size is a plus and a minus at the same time you can run it on so many surfaces but you need a large area to run
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On my maverick quantum flux it came with a deans connector (stock esc is a hobbywing) so coming from a reputable brand i would expect it not to be a fake and it melted after a few packs so dont use any now
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Yes see the layers there
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Just now, horatio said:
It's the real deal.
Edges sealed with black Sharpie and Cyano.
Fair enough just thought i would ask the question by the way it looked in the pic, you have it in your hand so can see it better than i can in a pic
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1 minute ago, horatio said:
Nah, it's not fake carbon fibre! 🤣 I had to select the layup and cut the stuff, so I know what it is.
It's 0-90-0-90-0-90. I didn't require 45° weaves - being already 40% thicker, much stronger/stiffer than the 7075 it replaces, and lighter - the glossy twill was an option purely for aesthetics, as the chassis is obviously something you have to look at while wrenching on it! 😝
Only the clear coat adds weight. But that's a compromise we live with on WCF parts - otherwise it's fugly for RC use.
The M2C carbon shock towers use Japanese glossy twill.
They save 32.5g over 7075 towers.
1 hour ago, horatio said:Farbon fibre? 🤔 What's that?
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
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9 minutes ago, horatio said:
Farbon fibre? 🤔 What's that?
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
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That carbon fibre looks like farbon fibre, good effort so far though
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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
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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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10 hours ago, Partydaz said:
What are the tyres on that beast ?, they look like something I got on my crawlers and look like they will grip well 🤔.
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 that was something i pondered over over when buying this big 1, but just thought overall this was a neater solution to have in the house