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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 !!!
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right i've got to get my daughter a new laptop as i broke her old one
i've only got about £500 to play with due to the wife wanting a new car.so what what be a good one to get she only has it for her homework & art.she don't play games so it ain't gotta be great for that and if i could get one from comets that would be even better as i got a mate who there so i get a nice discount 
any idea's would be a big help as i ain't got clue about p.c's 
thanks
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
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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!) -
damn... cheers for that - it seems to be moving ok....so think I will wait for it to stop working.
Ed
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ive got data organised in coloums but i want it in rows instead, is there an easy ways of turning it around?
eg
title 1 2 3 4 5
title2 1 2 3 4 5
title3 1 2 3 4 5
but i want it
title Title2
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
if you get what mean
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
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does anyone know how to make text go the proper way not like this
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
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:'( 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....
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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
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yer thats right mate you do have to remove them bits
Ta
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Subject says it all
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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
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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
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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
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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
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County Hall is okay but at this time of year it is very wet,I haven't been up there for the last few weeks given the amount of rain we have had.
We went up to County hall on weekend - muddy - took ages to clean car afterwards
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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
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dont be in any hurry to lean it out too soon.. ( I am talking from experience..
)rofl
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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what you are saying is wrong traxxas break in instructions do not include idle tanks you start off with 25% throttle not 50% just follow the break in instructions and it will be fine when i broke mine in it struggled to pull away at 25% throttle as the engine is new its running rich and 25% throttle is not alot
Cheers,
Up to my 4th tank now, and ran out of space for the 5th.....The engine is feeling so much looser !!
Ed
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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
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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
Car Headunit, can I bridge the rear speaker outputs?
in The Lounge
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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