Rockhopper

A spring or a rubber band will never be able to pull a servo back to idle if the battery fails (give it a try and see!). All they are good for is if the actual throttle linkage were to come apart. Best way to stop a runaway nitro engine is to stick your finger through the hole in the body and squash the plastic air pipe just after the air filter.

The thrust bearing works the other way around - if it makes a noise when the clutch pedal is down then thats the thrust bearing, if you can hear the noise when you are driving along then its some other bearing within the gearbox.

Use a hairdryer to heat the glue, makes it easy to get the stickers and display off and you don't leave any residue behind either.

NDOR is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10am till 5pm, we'll keep the Sunday opening going until the end of the summer but we are open on Saturdays all year round.

If you can turn your engine over by hand with the glow plug in then its knackered!

Losi's always have slop in the suspension and steering. You can reduce it by replacing absolutely everything but then they don't handle! Many people will tell you that Losi's run better with sloppy suspension. I guess if you are just going to hack round a field then handling isn't really an issue perhaps.

Conversion to what?

I wouldnt attempt to start my engine without pre heating it (it's had four litres through it). You waste fuel letting it warm up plus it's incredibly bad for the engine to run it cold.

I'd look at the Nova P5 at around

Lean is hot because the fuel is used to cool the inside of the engine, less fuel, less cooling. Exactly the same as in real cars.

Don't charge it at 7 amps! Lead acid cells, especially gel cells don't like being fast charged. 1 amp will be fine.

I'll be there most likely. Look out for me with the Losi and the horribly painted shell :-)

I have to disagree slightly here. It's an almost new Losi 8ight with some choice upgrades plus it's got

You need to measure the bore diameter then we can perhaps get an idea where that metal came from. I've never seen a engine seizure that's left the piston skirt looking almost undamaged like that one appears to be. Are the bits on top of the piston steel or aluminium?

I got a kit from eBay, four weatherproof infra red cameras plus a DVR with remote control and all the cables. I think it was around