[Micro servos in the UK]

Does anyone know where I can buy a couple of micro servos from? The ones I'm after need to be 16mmx15mmx8mm & have a proper servo plug on them with short leads. They're for a pair of Orlandoo xo1s. Tia 😊

[What did you do to your model today?]

Finished the Xo1 . Well, I've finished the construction part, I've just got to get the electrics in. Should be done by tomorrow evening 😊

[What did you do to your model today?]

Fitted the body panels to the Xo1 . My gods they're a pain in the arse 😩. Nearly finished it though ☺️

[Xo1]

I used the stock ESC ( you can get them from hobbyking cheaper) & a decased turbo racing Rx. If you're on Facebook, have a look at the Orlandoo builders guild ,& micro RC pages.  😊

[What did you do to your model today?]

Made wheel weights for the Orlandoo shogun & fitted them. Made a weight to go on the servo too. It's climbing better now 😊

[Xo1]

Some people have put brushless combos in them. I've only used the electrics from tiny4x4. But they stand up to the abuse I put them through 😊. I use the 500rpm motors. They're perfect for what I drive the trucks over. The 300rpm is too slow for me. I tried a 1000 in the doorok & it don't have the torque to move it 🙄

[Xo1]

They use the Orlandoo hunter running gear. I've got a doorok & a hunter shogun already. I'll be putting 500 motors in the xo1s, they seem to be the best for what I crawl the trucks over.

[Xo1]

Ordered 2 x01s from tiny4x4 last night 😁. I'm far too excited for a 50 year old 🤣

[What did you do to your model today?]

Made wheel weights for the Orlandoo hunter shogun last night. They work a treat 😊

[austin mini]

Have a look at kamtec. 

[How did you get into RC?]

 I had a reasonable RC for Xmas when I was a kid. But the gearbox in that broke. I got into BMX for quite a while, but the council demolished the track we'd built on wasteland & we got grief when we rode in town. The cops kept stopping me for "having no back brake". It was a coaster brake & I showed the cops I had a back brake by doing back hops 🤣. I sold the BMX & bought a tamiya rough rider. After destroying that I took a long break from RC. When I was in my late 20s I bought a Tmaxx.  I've been hooked ever since 😊

[What did the postie bring you today?]

I had 2 ESCs from hobbyking left in the garden this morning. I'll be able to get the doorok up & running in a bit 😁

[What did you do to your model today?]

Put the associated sc28 back together after little un jumped it down the stairs & tore the back end off 

[What did you do to your model today?]

I bought the wrong length drive shafts for the doorok 🙄. They're not internally hexed the full length for some reason. So I cut out the middle bit , made a collar , glued it all together & now I have the correct length drive shafts ☺️

[What did the postie bring you today?]

I got a box of goodies from tiny4x4 in the post today. I should finally be able to finish the doorok I bought last November 😁🤣

[FTX Outlaw Owners]

Sounds like you need a new ESC at least. Does the motor still turn? I had a castle motor that got really hot due to me using a dust shroud to keep the snow out. It smelled funny, but still ran like a train after it'd cooled down. 

[What did you do to your model today?]

Made a stinger out of sprue for the Orlandoo shogun last night. Looks good 😊

[FTX Outlaw Owners]

9 hours ago, garymartin2110 said:

new driveshaft came today so was able to test new wheels out a little seems much more stable now 

Make sure that you threadlock all the screws/ grubscrews in the drive shaft. They're renowned for buggering off 🙄

 

[What did the postie bring you today?]

Some shocks for the Orlandoo shogun. 😊

[FTX Outlaw Owners]

1 hour ago, garymartin2110 said:

new wheels came today hopefully not rollover as much just waiting on metal cvd to come to try them out 

Have you dropped the battery tray onto the spur gear cover? It lowers the centre of gravity massively & really helps with roll overs & climbing 😊

[What did you do to your model today?]

I finished the orlandoo micro shogun. Put the tyres off the doorok on it to help with ground clearance & they catch on the front bumper & body 🙄. I'll grind off the necessary & I've ordered some m5 280 shocks to give it a bit more lift .

[FTX Outlaw Owners]

Some heat shrink ( like electricians use helps keep the grub screws in. Super glue on the threads helps too. Mine kept spitting screws so I modded a traxxas summit drive shaft to fit & I've not had a problem since 😁

[Soldering vape batteries?]

2 hours ago, DavidAmos said:

Why do people do this?

To get the batteries working.

[FTX Outlaw Owners]

Drop the battery tray onto the spur gear cover. That's a good mod ,& it's free 😁. 

[FTX Outlaw]

Hi. The steel rear drive shaft is pretty much a must.  The chassis mod improves stiffness no end. I went for hobby king 4000MAH 2s hardcase lipos.  Have a look at "outlaw owners" on here. There's loads of info there .if you want to go faster, a brushless combo from gool rc is less than 40 quid ?