[What did you do to your model today?]

Made a custom modification to the shell of my Kraton by flipping it and scraping it along a hard surface for 15 feet

[Any idea what happened here ?]

Worked perfect after the strip down and draining the center diff, no foeign objects getting in the way of the drive train. Genuinely at a loss what caused the lock up

[Any idea what happened here ?]

30 dnt, was driving fine after repairs from a big crash. All of a sudden all 4 wheels lock up. Was as though the brakes had come on but they hadn't. The drive shafts from the center diff wouldn't move at all. I figured the center diff must have broke but i've taken it off and it looks fine. Without the diff in everything moves freely, I took the diff off and it also turns ok. Thought i'd take the center diff off and it would be locked up but it wasn't. Got the diff draining i'll take the opportunity to change the oil. Maybe i'm missing something obvious ? I can't think what.

[What did you do to your model today?]

Replaced all parts damaged in a crash, all 6 of them. Was a front on crash yet I bent the rear drive shaft, god knows how.  Paint is flaking off which is definitely me not prepping the surface properly but I've got some carbon fibre looking wrap to go on instead.

[What did you do to your model today?]

All 4 parts I needed arrived today. Got my dad duties out of the way and settled in to fit everything and it starts bouncing down with rain 

[I'm sure this tread has been done a thousand times]

But, isn't it awful to break something as in you feel awful then it's really satisfying to repair it as long as it doesn't cost too much

[I have a 30 degree north truck]

On 13/06/2023 at 17:40, Lopes3d said:

I believe parts of losi 5t are interchangeable 

 

Thanks, I thought so. Since I posted this i'm now in need of some ha

[What did you do to your model today?]

I bust it

[Confession Corner]

I told my wife I was selling the MTXL and DBXL to fund the purchase of my 30DNT, I have the new car but have zero plans to sell the other ones. It's a harmless lie in my books 

[I have a 30 degree north truck]

Do the parts of the 5t fit ?, 

[2 Petrol engines not ran in 4 years]

12 hours ago, Bajadre said:

id be changing the fuel lines prob mucked up by now bro whats the carb needles settings?

 

The carb was still set as it was when I stopped using them, funnily enough got both now running after a 2nd change of new plugs. 

[2 Petrol engines not ran in 4 years]

Neither want to start, apart from changing the plug is there anything else I can try for someone that's not very mechanically minded. The bulb fills ok and the pull start feels normal. I don't get the slightest bit of noise that sounds like it's starting. They're the stock ones in the DBXL and MTXL

 

Cheers

[Which 1/5 petrol off roader would you buy ???]

I bought the original km x2 and I couldn't brake it, looked cool too. KM really are decent and value for money. The losi 5 however is the boss, no doubt about it. Tough choice.

[6th May basher meet Wakefield]

Not far from me never knew there was ground there to run.

[Kyosho Blizzard restoration]

Awesome job

[Old noob!]

On 21/01/2018 at 22:04, akc5150 said:

Good evening ladies and germs! My name is Adrian and I'm just about (in a week actually) about to turn 51 (amazed I've made it this far!!). I've had a fascination with RC stuff ever since I was nowt but a young wipper-snapper (some may gather from that that I'm from Nottingham...). I had a superbly slow and disappointing Porsche-Le-Mans type RTR car when I was a wee lad but never used it as it chewed through the C/D cell batteries in no time! About 20 years (ish) ago I bought a Tamiya Escort kit from the now unfortunately gone Beatties here in Notts. Sadly, life n stuff got in the way of me ever getting the fun out of it that I always wanted. I'm hoping to get the escort back up and running and am here hoping for some tips n stuff. I also just got hold of a Heng Long Tiger (my second actually... The first I only had for a few weeks and it didn't have the smoke and sounds..) that I want to eventually upgrade with a proportional turret rotation and barrel system and a descent paint job!. I also build, repair and customize electric guitars for a hobby. Any-who.... thats me! :-)   

 

[So been out of the loop for a while]

Eyup lads

 

Lost my go to place for bashing my cars around. Found some new decent ground but there's houses close by so being the nice guy I am petrol and nitro are out. Having not paid much attention to rc news wise for the past year are there any new go to electric bashers about ?. Got the Arrma Typhon that needs some work and the Losi lst xxl2 that's also been bashed to the bones.

 

Also, considering converting a petrol dbxl or mtxl to electric ?

 

Cheers

[Is the hobby dying off?]

Kids just aren't getting into the hobby as much with so many other things they can pick from. Drones will take over bashing easily within a few years as prices drop. We all know the satisfaction of fixing an rc and seeing it run again, now if a kid sees something broken they expect to just throw it away.

 

 

[Losi Desert Buggy XL-E]

You know what I haven't been on here much for a few months. Then I log in and yet again and there's something I will buy for a daft price even though I don't need it. Bloody LOSI and my 1/5 obsession,.

[XMAXX owners thread!]

A new version already, damn. I pre ordered the last one then canceled it and i've had an xmaxx itch ever since. Can't see i'll bother not with owning an MT XL to be honest.

[LOSI 1 5 scale monster truck]

17 minutes ago, m4inbrain said:

 

Going on a limb here, since i only saw your posting and didn't read the context:

 

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/orangerx-r615x-dsm2-dsmx-compatible-6ch-2-4ghz-receiver-w-cppm.html

 

Well I think you're right and that's new to me, nice one

[Leeds Bashers Places]

I've lost a massive amount of my bashing spot to construction of a new factory starting this week, the bit where the best jumps are too.

[LOSI 1 5 scale monster truck]

On 01/02/2017 at 19:23, capri-boy said:

 

I've had a rough year with spekky rx's too - SR4210's and SR410's - frightening when I add up the new cost to replace them.  As such i've bought an older DX3C to use orange £8 specials with.

 

Orange ? I've not heard that before.

[LOSI 1 5 scale monster truck]

It's still awesome, takes some cleaning though .

 

I have had a failure, the rx has packed in. The double sided tape is weak and its come away and been bounced around. I have now had 3 Spektrum rx's fail in a year.

 

I think i'm at the point now where a full strip down and clean is needed, last run there was steam coming of the dif housings. If I find owt i'll let you know.

[LOSI 1 5 scale monster truck]

I haven't been on here for a while. All I can say is silence is golden. There's loads of owners of this beast out there yet there are very few looking for support or moaning, This is a good sign, people are more vocal when they are ****** off.

 

This RC is a great piece of kit, really in terms of toughness out the box it has upped the game. I'd be more than happy to bring it to any RC meets near (yorkshire) me for you to look at.

 

I've a few vids on my youtube channel 78vintages although there's a guy doing much more than me on then he can be found here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSkhvpnEDshbvNLKBy7zHpQ/videos