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1 hour ago, .AJ. said:
Decals arrived, but I'm not happy with them at all, looks like the guys plotter/cutter uses a rusty old spoon to cut the decals.....
Looking at the picture you put up of them you can see the edges look pretty rough.
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1 hour ago, mond said:
So why are FGs one of the go to makes for large scale racing in Europe?
Cause they are a German company maybe?
No one is denying that some FG cars are okay and have proven themselves in competitions but equally these wouldn't have been totally stock cars.
Yes everyone adds hop-ups etc to get rid of weak areas but the Marder has so many you may as well just start from fresh!
I first time I ran mine the cage cracked,the body broke into numerous pieces,the wing mount broke,the shocks were virtually useless,the engine mount cracked and that wasn't doing anything other than trying to drive it with the odd roll caused by the terrible suspension.
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I have owned just about every large scale RC going over the years.
EVERY time I ran a FG something would break just by using it,in comparison the HPI BAJA took it all without any breakages in the same places doing the same stuff.
FGs are cheap and nasty cars,they are okay to begin with but there is much better out there.
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Marders break when you just look at them,far too fragile compared to what is about these days.
It is a pretty dated design that has been around for ages,FG would be better off starting again now and coming up with something a bit more up to date and less fragile!
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On 2/17/2016 at 8:12 PM, Oh How Original said:
Wouldn't advise 'filling' them up... Just enough to coat the gears is fine, the bearings in the ends will need a bit to stop water getting in if you plan on taking it for a dip, but completely filling the axles up with grease will just cause excessive wear and resistance.
Not filled in the literate sense,just added more than the very thin lick that was already on the gears.
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1 hour ago, Oh How Original said:
On tarmac you can easily wheelie... Still a nice reliable cost effective motor
wheelspeed is actually good in certain areas, especially on a light stock SCX10.
Going down a few teeth on the pinion is also an option.
FYI, it's always a good option to do a partial strip down on a new RC, so you'll get a chance to do some light building
put a little bit of grease on the diff and you'll be all set.
Had both axles apart already and filled them up with grease,didn't have any marine grease but still filled them up with what I had so hopefully that will help if it finds itself in any water
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Ended up getting one of these delivered today,was toying with the idea of various things but this is pretty much go anywhere
I did change the steering rods straight out of the box to get rid of the stock plastic bendy ones,I will make some metal suspension links myself in time.
First go in the house was interesting to say the least,there appeared to be next to no drive,I thought the slipper was too loose so cranked it right down but it was even worse!
A closer look showed it was the pinion that was loose on the motor shaft,bit of stripping down needed and it was all sorted.
It is a bit of an odd choice of motor for a crawler though,a 27T can,I can almost get a wheelie going from a standing start on carpet with it running on 2S
I would have preferred to build rather than get a RTR but for £229 RTR as opposed to about £250 for the kit it was a no brainer.
Just need some slightly better weather to give it a proper run now.
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Bought various lipos including Overlander,Zippy,Turnigy to name but a few and never had problems with any of them.
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Noticed the price rise of the Summit,was looking at maybe getting one,not now,second hand are very thin on the ground as well.
Pretty much everything Traxxas looks like it has gone up,wont be buying anything of theirs any time soon now
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2 minutes ago, RCbutcher said:
I've finally found one rc from this era I would like to own. Thunder tiger silver fox. It looks mental but will certainly run poor. But looks great.
Looks like the Kyosho Land Jump series.
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Needs to be the Optima Mid for me to be interested although if they re-released the Turbo Rocky I might be tempted
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Would you meet up within a certain distance?
I near Kidderminster/Stourport.
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7 minutes ago, Ocdcbr said:
Looking at the spare parts listings on modelsport it looks like there is stock of most/ all bits...,or am I looking at it wrong?
They are listed but very few if any usable spares available to actually buy.
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1 hour ago, Tug said:
Without going too far off topic, I'm sure RCSparks 5ive broke because of the cone shaped wheel nuts. He kept landing on the side of the car, so those cones were digging in and biting into the dirt. This would've put a huge strain on the suspension components.
Haven't quite yet cancelled.
I wouldn't cancel.
If the ESC/motor goes up in smoke that should be covered from what others have said,only thing that might concern me slightly is what the spares availability will be like from the outset.
Might be worth buying one to break for spares
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I think it is too big for it's own good!
People will treat it the same way they do every other RC car without taking it's weight or size into account and that will lead to breakages,simple as that.
I wouldn't buy one and expect to drive it at a pace suited to it's size and weight,who would,people will just go flat out wherever they can and will suffer breakages as a result and then complain!
If you can afford to buy it you can afford to fix it,well that should be the case anyway,you don't save all your £s to buy the most expensive 1:1 car you can and then leave it on the drive cause you cant afford to use it,do you
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I would be certain it is genuine,there are fakes/copies of the Align 450 around.
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Just bear in mind that anyone who sells a particular item over another is bound to say the one they sell is better
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This is for the Hyper 7 but the basics are the same.
Look in your instructions to determine which needles are which though if you are not sure.
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2 minutes ago, charlieemc said:
Hello, im sort of a noobie at nitro stuff, does this look ok, the wheels like shaky but are tightened, is it running at a good pace or? (This is the first start)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OMA6fftZB4&feature=youtu.be
I assume you are accelerating somewhat there,if not then you need to do some adjusting.
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It happens,I have dipped in and out of RC stuff for the best part of 30 years!
Looking to get back into it again but nothing really takes my fancy
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Most are made with the Gopro series in mind though
https://www.firstpersonview.co.uk/handheld-gimbals/feiyutech
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8 minutes ago, jony nitro said:
This ok offer him £90
Cant see that although I am not a member,probably why
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5 minutes ago, mmushen said:
I think it is a plastic fantastic,although maybe not that fantastic
I may buy one in time when it has been out for a while and can see what others have broken
I am not that hard on RC cars BUT I can see bits breaking if I do some of the stuff with it that I have done with buggies,I get you need to use it 'in scale" with it's size but where is the fun in that
2 minutes ago, Tug said:Traxxas is the wrong company for scale, they don't do scale or racers. If you want scale, you'll have to browse the Tamiya catalogue. Want a racer, try Losi.
This truck is not about looking the part, it's about providing an experience. Hopefully it'll deliver that in spades! The vids are looking promising!
Misunderstanding there
I mean taking into account the thing weighs a lot and probably cant be treated the same way as a smaller buggy,thats what I mean by scale
Axial SCX10 Jeep Wrangler G6 Falken Edition
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Went and had a bit of a run in a localish wooded area,crawling heaven
There are some steep slippery bits that are a good test,spend a good chunk of time rolling back down rather than going up.