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  1. DO u know what impedance the head unit can handle ? What impedance the speakers are ? Other option would be a crossover, though have no idea how they would fair with ur active sub. The question is do we know to much about this ! When i had my first car, I just bridged the speaker and it caused no problem to the old Panasonic head unit in it......now i think impedance ! Ed
  2. SUprisingly well built.... I crashed mine into the boiling spuds onto xmas day, and about 3 weeks ago into a bowl of washing up....... I keep convincing myself it goes where I tell it !!!
  3. The stumbling bloke is the art part of what she uses it for....ideally you want lots of RAM, and ideally quick processor / fast FSB so an Intel chip, at least 1 gig ram. Having a lower spec machine won't stop her using graphics packages at all, just make them a little bit slower (I mess about with photoshop, so don't have a high spec machine, as quite happy to wait an extra second here or their) What does she use it for / want to use it for in terms of "art."As if this isn't really a factor, any of the cheap laptops are fine for everyday use. The important factors in my mind is, ability to replace battery, good warranty. I am still using a Sony laptop which is a PII 400 with 128mb ram with windows 98....fine for internet / word some photoshop. Dell do the Inspiron 1501 for £350 ( http://www.dell.co.uk/ ) Don't be fooled by dell telling you are only under warranty for 90 days standard uk sales of goods apply for 1 year (but does not include software screw ups...i.e u get a virus) 2 year warranty £71 (I don't work for dell ) The comet ones start off at £400.... Rgds Ed
  4. edbond

    more excel

    Try playing with vlookups embedded with H lookups they are fun..... or my personnel favourite, identifying duplicates in a column using a recursive count function. Ed (professional excel nerd - pays the mortgage so can't complain!)
  5. damn... cheers for that - it seems to be moving ok....so think I will wait for it to stop working. Ed
  6. edbond

    more excel

    In case anyone else wants to know, copy the text, Move the pointed to where u want to paste the information, (make sure only 1 cell is highlighted) then click edit - paste special and then check the transpose option done! Ed
  7. edbond

    more excel

    Hightlight the text and either press ctrl+1 or click format then cells click alignnment and move the dial on the Orientation box to horizontal. Rgds Ed
  8. :'( Just come home to find that Media centre crashed, and it's not recorded Top Gear.... boo hoo... time to google when it is next shown....
  9. The damaged parts - 1 wishbone is slightly damaged, but have left on for moment. Good fun rebuilding it, really easy to work on, well done Traxxas. Thanks for ur help all - I'm bashing again, til my next accidents Ed
  10. Just replacing the front Bulkhead after my little crash, and it looks like I have to cut 2 pieces of plastic that are in place from the moulding process, but wanted to check: Can someone check theirs for me, it's where the steering sits. Ta Ed
  11. After my recent accident - Revo V Curb - Topic I have been looking for spare parts, and this is what my cost is: List Price - £38.25 Modelsport - £29.39 ebay us seller - £14.94 US shop - £24.87 All these prices are ex postage. The ebay sale would be ok for import duty, but I may incur cost with the shop. I know our tax is 17.5% v 5% but, still that doesn't account for the extra cost we incur! Anyone have any recommendations for cheap parts suppliers ? Anyone brought from 'rcmaxpower' on ebay ? Ta ! Ed
  12. Normally it has no problem with curbs..... except this one was a little larger.... Ironically enough, I was using the curb to do somersaults with earlier, must of p'sed off the curb....and it bit back
  13. Thanks for the replies, I was er going flat out, and the road I was aiming got too narrow....well that's what I keep telling myself I've not started pricing things up yet, get paid on Tue, so will do it then The chassis is slighly bent up, which I can straighten. The servos / diff appears to have survived, so v lucky. The parts I will need looks like : the plastic part that holds the diff, also the wishbones link into this part Wishbone pivot pin the small piece of metal that was a skid plate I assume 1 parts that the servo link to in the middle to turn the wheels Possibly 1 rocker, if I can't drill out a screw that sheared. Think I will start looking through the exploded diagrams over a pint tonight to ease the pain Ed
  14. If it still has the reverse gear, order yourself a forward only kit, for when the reverse gear gets shredded ! Mine has gone and now having to wait for kit to be delivered.... dum dee dum - what to do..... Ed
  15. I have been trying to tune my Revo 3.3, and have not had much success. I have seen videos where the Revo, when accelerating, the front wheels always lifts off the ground. Mine may lift 1 if I am cornering, but never both if in a straight line. I am tuning the highspeed to what I think is where I don't notice any performance increase, check the low speed and do the Traxxas pinch test, and it always cuts out in about 3 seconds, ergo no need to tune LSN. This last time, the car died, and would not start again. Glow plug had died (which I will accept after 10 or so tanks on new engine) but also I think the reverse gear has done something nasty (Clicking from gearbox, as I don't think it has a centre diff). I will be taking apart over xmas and if it is order the forward conversion. Either have reset tuning to factory as am paranoid about over leaning. I have read loads about the Optdrive and reverse gear been crap, so why do they still bother with it...or is it a way of making an extra tenner ! rant over..... time to take gear box apart - replace - repair - and re tune...... Have a great christmas all Ed
  16. I had a dispute with an ebay seller - brought through paypal. I had a water tight case - the item was not as described. Followed the resolution centre, and they refunded the cash within 2 weeks. E
  17. Just another addition... I had real problems with locking at TDC, (Traxxas Revo 3.3) not flooding. I gave up for day and followed after run procedure (squirt of WD40). The WD40 then allowed the engine to start easily next time, and break in procedure. When you get a new car, you should squirt some wd40 in, turn it over with glow plug out ( makes sure the WD40 doesn't hydro lock the engine) I haven't suffered a lock at TDC since, and now on tank 10 or so. Ed
  18. We went up to County hall on weekend - muddy - took ages to clean car afterwards
  19. Anyone have any suggested places to visit in the Wirral, or Worcester (visit home sometimes). Currently I am limited to a local park in Upton (Wirral) Only good place I can think of in worcester other than county hall, would be the BMX track in Powick (on road to Colletts green) E
  20. edbond

    Revo Breakin

    I tried starting to lean it a little yesterday, didn't have the manual with me, and was getting worried it wasn't getting quicker. You guessed it, was making the fuel richer....did i feel like an idiot Drank a tank of fuel rather quickly ! E
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    Revo Breakin

    Cheers, Up to my 4th tank now, and ran out of space for the 5th.....The engine is feeling so much looser !! Ed
  22. Hi, I finally got a Revo 3.3, much as I wanted to build a savage, the Revo was soo much cheaper and appears to be a better Monster in the views of people on this board. I've had loadsa problems getting it started. Now I have started it, it appears to struggle to pull off from standstill. When trying to do the break in procedure, if I pull the trigger to 25% it often won't pull off, but if I increase the trigger to 50% it pulls off ok. I spoke to the support guys, and they reckon i just need to follow the break in procedure What do you guys think ? Thanks Ed
  23. Hi, I am a little confused, I thought the Optidrive provided a failsafe for battery / radio reception, but I have been reading that I need an aftermarket failsafe !? If I need one, do I need a special kind, or do any work ? Thanks Ed
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