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Well done man. I'm glad your motor wires were long enough. That would've been a killer! Do you battery cables clear the prop okay? Mine hit so I've had to retro fit a different battery holder.

That's come along well dude. Any news on the other parts?

I put the battery tray on from my MS again, marked the front holes and then drilled an counter sunk them. Hopefully I can get hold of another tray tomorrow night and give it a run on track

I was so happy to see it roll along! Nice! I'm impressed with the quality of the chassis. It would've been nice to have built it from scratch but it was easy to have it arrive and change a few bits

Cool man, I'm hoping to go up tomorrow night. I got my FXX working so I need to go and try it out.

It's savage! It reminds me of how Mittos used to be. It'll be alright with some boost. Just dial it in slowly. When are you next at Soul?

That's such a nice chassis. ARK's drives so nicely, it makes me want an XXX every time I try it. Haha. Sounds like you got a crazy bargain The shells look good too

At least you got that part sorted That's odd about the gyro. Mine was just plug and play so it just fired straight up. Some servos just don't like them. But if the servo and gyro were both from your old car then I don't see why they wouldn't work again. I'd unplug it all and make sure it's all good there?

Wow, someone was an eager beaver! Haha. It looks good. Does the steering move if you just wiggle the back end of the chassis? OMG servos are very good and work well with gyros.

And it lives! Showing the gyro working. But my carpet is a bit fluffy (that's what she said) for it to go along properly.

Well, I gave it another go tonight. So far so good I cleaned it with the best thing I had to hand. Haha. It's holding well so far. It all powered up fine and I got to bind the receiver. The battery will sit further back with the proper battery tray fitted. This servo is super fast! The lock on the chassis is good too

I wanted to go to this on Sunday but I would never make it after a party, haha. RC Kingstar footage. https://youtu.be/gpXdq5W-YWk

No idea why they're not taking. We tinned the contacts, soldered it on and then it'd just come away. I think a good flux session will clean it all up and allow it to bond properly.

Yeah, definitely I might pop to Maplins later for some and try again. That's going to feel like a long two weeks. I didn't get to go for over a month until the other week. I missed it.

Cheers Craig We couldn't find any flux at my dad's. I think I'll just try and get it all done in black cable and get someone else to do it for me. I'm not a fan of soldering. Haha. I was so hyped to rum it last night when it all powered up but the solder falling off again ruined it. Haha.

It's coming along well dude. With the toe, it'll be a case of running it and seeing how it goes. A bit of toe out at the front and toe in out back is usually the norm. Then it's finding the ballance that works for you.

Yeah, I got him to do it. He couldn't see a reason the solder wouldn't take. I might just have another go at it tonight. If not I'll try and get it done at Soul with super neat wiring.

I got the ESC and motor all wired up. The solder didn't want to stick to the contacts and it took a lot of doing and redoing. It was all done, plugged in a battery, programmed the ESC, then the negative terminal came away on the ESC again

I got everything soldered up yesterday on th FXX. Got in last night, plugged a battery in - it works. Plugged in the programming card - all good. Then one of the solders broke I'm not having much luck with it.

You'll be surprised how far a tin will go. I used one can of red for 2 shells with some left over.

That's so cool!

My motor and ESC arrived today It's the same motor I run in my MS, but the ESC is a slightly lesser version with upgraded software. I couldn't justify the price of the V3.1 I have in the MS for this one. This is the reason i only wanted to take the motor out once... I got the motor fitted, I used the sensor wire that came on the car. It was a tiny bit longer than the one in my new kit. I need to get the wires soldered up on it still. I tried and failed And finally I got all the latest software on the programming card so I can have both of my ESC's with the latest features

I'm saying it was down to the tip I was using. It was an old flat tip the was pitted and bent. We're staying at my mum and dad's tonight so I'll see if he'll have a look at it in the morning for me. He builds control panels so he knows how to solder nice and neatly. I've never been good at it.

Turns out I can't solder I'm leaving it for now. I'll see if my dad has a better soldering iron (I just bought the wrong tips for mine) or if I can have it done at Soul.

Honestly, I'd rather party and crowd surf. Haha.