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  1. Lone-wolf

    Grrrreat! got tomorrow of work, day to myself so was gonna go for a day out off road rc driving and filming, rain forecast all day, cars are waterproof but not the TX`s and camera and not risking an expensive camera in rain

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Yes its been raining non stop, so i am fitting ZOHD Ko-pilot GPS flight controller to the Rambler flying wing instead

       

    3. MrCake

      MrCake

      Rain and 50mph winds down my way!  Typical for it to be on a day off when time out RC'ing isnt an issue!

    4. Gaz!

      Gaz!

      Luckily rain has stopped play here too, saved me shredding up a set of off road tyres on tarmac, hopefully my road boots land tomorrow.

       

      kids break up for summer hols=rain and wind for most of the time whilst we were melting last month…

  2. Lone-wolf

    Very early finish from work, i really should get the Volantex Phoenix 2000 V2 out of its box and finish building it...........but its just to hot, it can wait

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Bajadre, enjoy the flying, good luck with the weather, i may be out in the sunday rain crawling, made a start on the phoenix, got the airframe done already, and cut the flaps free

      phoenix v2.JPG

    3. Bajadre

      Bajadre

      Looking good brother shes gonna soar 🤘

    4. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      Nice plane mate :good:

  3. Lone-wolf

    Looking for a 313mm scale body, is the Axial cherokee clear shell worth getting, or any other suggestions

  4. Lone-wolf

    so still wanting a TRX4 Ranger XLT, may have to sell of all but one of my other cars to fund it might not be such a bad idea though as not using all the cars, even new flux 80HD has only been run on street just once

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Still very undecided on this, i could sell the Carisma, Maverick and Jumpshot flux and put a small amount to it, but one thought i had what if i get a bronco i wont be happy when it rolls 30ft down a climb and gets banged up, the shell would be VERY expensive to replace

    3. Redback

      Redback

      Imo the bronco shells quite tough but as you say costly, yet to crack the shell on mine but its started to fail in places mostly on the plastic inserts where the screws mount,Get an expensive model, pay the expensive repair price... You could sell all your models if your only going to trail drive. But i dont think you will enjoy it as much as you expect, ive never fallen in love with mine, i like the difflocking but its barely used (unlocked) unless im sending it. So full of frills but no thrills.

    4. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      I will say i am ruling the bronco out, but still gonna sell a few other rigs and put the money into a trail/crawler, its what i run and enjoy

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

  5. Lone-wolf

    Dont suppose you lovely people want to have  a whip round so i can buy a TRX4 Bronco.........NO, oh well it was a long shot ha ha

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Maybe its time to sell up some planes and associated bits as i now have to do a 48 mile each way trip to fly, concentrate on the rc cars and see if i can raise a tidy sum toward Ranger bronco

    3. turok007

      turok007

      I almost got the kit  but the shell price put me off

    4. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      @turok007 no matter how you look at the options its a very expensive rig, this was main reason i bottled out last time, and ended up getting the Ford pickup 

  6. Lone-wolf

    Just had a weeks holiday, just had second AZ jab, gained another days leave for Monday and just had email to say new RC being delivered Monday, i call that happy days

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    2. tomr

      tomr

      Hopefully you’ll get a knock at the door with a nice big parcel 👍

    3. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      Looks like he did lol :rofl:

    4. Yrkoon

      Yrkoon

      tell us what you got aleady 😛

  7. Lone-wolf

    Just back from a park fly with little ZOHD Drift motor glider, so i have big fast expensive planes but this little Drift is amazing, small quiet and darn nice to fly...15 minutes in the air and still 70% left in diddy 1400mah 2s lipo, i will have to see if i can get over an hour on a single pack

    1. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      Something relaxing flying the wee powered gliders tho :cheers:

    2. Bajadre

      Bajadre

      nice jack cant wait to get back in the air ordered one of those tinyhawk freestyle fpv racers the weekend cant wait to fpv again !!

  8. Lone-wolf

    Any one else having issues with Youtube, not displaying subscribers and stuff

    1. turok007

      turok007

      Did it sort itself out.

    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      no still same

    3. BlackSeaRC

      BlackSeaRC

      Yes, I've had issues over the last few days.  It was showing zero views for quite a time during the 48hour period, total views of some videos had actually decreased since the previous day and so had subscriber numbers.  Seems to have sorted itself in the last hour or so.

  9. Lone-wolf

    Had the Hobao on a FB sales page started to get the "whats lowest you will take" messages so pulled it, might have to consider breaking it 

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    2. Kpowell911

      Kpowell911

      Because you post it on here?

    3. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      and not for much longer

    4. Rover Man

      Rover Man

      That will do.   Locked 

  10. Lone-wolf

    Wheel/tyre manufacturers why cant you put sizes on web listings, sorry i cant look at a thumbnail pic and work out what OD and with the item is....mini rant over

  11. Lone-wolf

    Looks like i have got in at a new flying club, looks nice, no silly rules just the sensible stuff, bit of a trek and a bit pricey but keeps me flying

     

    1. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      Nice 1 mate :good:

    2. Bajadre

      Bajadre

      Nice jack sounds good that !!

    3. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Its a decent spot, a mate flies there and likes it, an old WW2 airfield going sunday for a look and chat, maybe take a couple of planes and then pay the subs

  12. Lone-wolf

    When i joined this forum flying rc was my main hobby, but due to no longer being able to fly at local club i think my flying days are coming to an end, this makes me feel like archiving my FB flying group, and selling up the planes

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      @Bert_w164 its because the cell tower has started knocking out my 2.4g radio, its not safe and irresponsible to fly knowing your getting signal fails, plane could crash or flyaway, i have 3 choices, call it a day, spend a lot of money and go open tx radio to drop to 933mhz or try to find another place to fly

    3. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Trying to be proactive, i have just ordered a ZOHD Drift motor glider as this is small and quiet maybe get away flying it from a park

    4. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      just check the local bye laws for the park tho mate :cheers:

  13. Lone-wolf

    Dusted of the FPV gear, been charging Runcam 2HD cameras, charging lipo`s ..........Yay flying on sunday, taking the Dragon, Albabird and micro skyhunter maybe the Rambler as well

     

    1. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      Nice 1 enjoy flying em mate :cheers:

    2. Bajadre

      Bajadre

      enjoy it jack !! 

  14. Lone-wolf

    Learnt today that 1/8th Hobao`s are mega tough, my speeder got run over by a git in a VW 4x4 and just shell and wheel damage

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    2. m4inbrain

      m4inbrain

      Yeah that's what i mean. Technically idiotic by the VW, but in the end you got nothing to pursue. 

    3. Logie

      Logie

      Had some 80 mph+ crashes in my VTE, never bent or broke. Prob a bit luckly but yea solid cars imo

    4. Bajadre

      Bajadre

      Gotta love the toughness of 1/8ths sucks about the shell jack 😞 

  15. Lone-wolf

    XT90`s suck ha ha, just tried to solder a 90, iron set to 370, touched on and got solder to flow and pin collapsed into plastic, done what i should of done and used EC5`s

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      I found a great way to click the brass into the plastic using a small metal dowel and a pair of grips, no hammering and deforming, and i would always observe any caution if doing a lipo this way..........no shorting out, dont want to turn a lipo into a "flashbang"

    3. mydoddy69

      mydoddy69

      Hate both ec5 and xt90 I prefer either xt150 or good old bullets. Simple and job done 

    4. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      @mydoddy69 you will never know how tempted i was to just go bullets with heatshrink

  16. Lone-wolf

    Had the AZ first jab 3pm today, i think the side effects are just starting, lets see how i am in morning

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    2. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      same as me then lol :rofl:

    3. shaunm

      shaunm

      Plenty of rest you should feel better tomorrow 👍it seems to be 24 hour thing

    4. Tug

      Tug

      I've usually got a tough constitution, but that jab knocked me bandy. 

       

      You should be over the worst of it by now. 

  17. Lone-wolf

    Are Hobbyking UK shipping lipo`s at the usual postal rates, i have a cart that says £5.79 shipping but heard a few stories that they up the shipping after the order is in

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    2. Paul Busby

      Paul Busby

      I've used these guys for smaller capacity batteries and they've been top 👍

      https://www.componentshop.co.uk/batteries/batteries-radio-control/batteries-radio-control-li-po-car-packs.html

    3. Nitroholic

      Nitroholic

      Once the battery reaches a certain level, it cannot go ordinary parcel post and quialifies as dangerous goods. This needs a special carrier, with special licences.....which costs a lot more.

       

      The regulation isn;t specific about quantities.

    4. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      Jack have you checked Amazon for batteries ?

  18. Lone-wolf

    4068 motor, its rated at max 21v, would it be safe to run it 6s on speed runs?

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      its 2050kv, sorry should of put that

    3. .AJ.

      .AJ.

      Be fine mate, anything over 2200kv is really a 4s only motor 

    4. Tug

      Tug

      Spank it, if it blows, buy something else. 

       

      I've got 2650 I run on 6S, I monitor temps, but that's about all you need to do. 

  19. Lone-wolf

    Oops finger slipped....Hobao Hyper GT 1/8th..........this has been a pretty hard decision to make

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    2. GMballistic

      GMballistic

      I used this fake "Castle" 2650KV motor on 6S in my Typhon for 2 years and it surpassed 100mph easily with an MM2 ESC. Only reason I changed it is that I've now put a TP Power motor in the Typhon.
      For the money it's a bargain I think: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Castle-Creations-Neu-Castle-1512-1Y-1-8-Brushless-Motor-2650kV-HOT-BIG-SALE/261762482459?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item3cf242811b:g:q3wAAOSwfVpYnd9c&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACcBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%2Fn%2BzU5L90Z278x5ickkXKoKcbeZcOrOku%2BoOBl%2BS8psAIQX2zuiSKRpvvRem7kttnQs4S4xqhv%2FSzEp4fjkQ92Z75cQFuezfgK%2BwcKsMq7QbnLD8V910rxHoAgwZfRdvM3C1OH7qhsRQBiP1cI%2B49RLHbAbfdUEkvZd8M7nxoqeiIGXLagNdyTsnKWc%2FreKI6qlgrMzYqjU1mhlOw2S1b0C3bZaswbUbaznuqZk73mwuL4bzZ1wEE%2BDHbUr1U5tpFhYASNHyr4LXjJ0HQOGpvojEvY6fc9JN9Ktg1ZYal2FvZRx6dcig1i2%2FB0F2WDks3l9hmJBprkXXOymJftwSTDi9%2FNH%2BkzLTiQwBEcxJGezxUDl7A2sS3OXwfsvxJwGDYO6CeVwuSuu9mEbdRoTr2OPY6XrgHeJjhpwKN0wCx6LbKYFvlaUk7mtF3DRlOXIGi%2BaZXdA46%2B0Rr0K3vTAR8amvxekSjjy1jeuKBfvXqaJUyJo88Zwgpv3A0YSAzu%2FPTNBM7L85EtQQFPnWSc7BdbfODFxWcZ%2Ffja%2Biyc5D%2FXRNjhkXIg3fVw9i8DEX8iSzKE36NAgOZg1HMe1pduAiKMKPsi48TQHYITtUWqQfHcQvsZHCu8vPZxKdrS75DkSlJgxf815%2BMxU7qE%2B%2FZOpNFR%2BImuHY3TkupXgxu3oXcTnh%2BMZkyQsdqx31BVcN8M1MAU2FgRWGaGJbjuSG3vTWUpF%2BChyeg4V5hnyzink0RspxGxpH%2FPDGpYdpZ%2FsMki15d4oABxoDIipjYvGoADRUtl7MSBv6JeM67R99vimaQ%3D%3D|cksum%3A261762482459178221cec9084666a97dab98355efe62|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2334524

    3. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      i have a 4068 2650kv on order for it

    4. GMballistic

      GMballistic

      That's cool Jack. If you want any help with stuff just let me know. 
      Ideally you're going to want a spool for the centre, heavier diff fluids all round and some decent road tyres (sure you know all that 😉 ). GRP 1/8th tyres are what you want in that regard, available from Trackside Spares online. 
      Good luck with it.

  20. Lone-wolf

    What colour would you guys use with metallic green for a 2 colour shell?

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    2. GMballistic

      GMballistic

      Bright colours @Jack Reacherfor definite and two tone imho is always good as it can help you tell which way your car is facing at a distance. 
      My Limitless with  green & bright silver. Much brighter in person and daylight. 
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    3. Redback

      Redback

      Season 4 Wow GIF by The Office

    4. m4inbrain

      m4inbrain

      Bright green? 

       

      Either white (or as mentioned, bright silver), or if you want something different.. Purple. See in this video, i marked the time:

       

       

      The interior of that monster is purple/green, and it actually looks really good. Unusual, but i like it.

  21. Lone-wolf

    "Buy a hobbywing for speed runner", "oh look it wont fit, no probs cut the wires down cut some chassis away" its in, and faulty, send it back oh wait i cut the wires down, cant send it back, so its in the bin now, project has come to an end, not happy

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Yes resolved, and car now tested with small esc, best i do a few runs in a good spot then decide if i want to put the HW back in

    3. Stormbringer

      Stormbringer

      glad you got it sorted mate and can fully understand your frustration with what happened :good:

    4. Yrkoon

      Yrkoon

      good thing you had a second look at it, theres been tons of times i have been frustated thinking ah this is gonna work then one wee thing doesn't when it should and i get super annoyed, so i understand where you were coming from 🙂

  22. Lone-wolf

    Both Covid-19 jabs booked, the joy of being an old git......grumpy old git at that

    1. Redback

      Redback

      You will get a jellybean if your a good boy! That should cheer you up a bit 😜

    2. Yrkoon

      Yrkoon

      had first of mine last week and barely even felt the needle 🙂

    3. Yrkoon

      Yrkoon

      they never offered me a jelly bean 😞

  23. Lone-wolf

    brushless for speed question, is sensored better than non sensored

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    2. Tug

      Tug

      They used to switch from sensored to sensorless once the rpm was past a certain point. So for speed, no sensor required. 

    3. pieman5

      pieman5

      As far as im aware, all the records in all ROSSA classes have all been set with sensorless motors. Only one im not 100% sure on is the 1s class, but its more than likely sensorless.

    4. Redback

      Redback

      @Tug This is true however you can only get boost / timing features with full sensored, whilst less efficent you get more power im to belive. Least with the xerun esc's? Is this not true?

  24. Lone-wolf

    Amps question: so brushless car, is it right that on 2s lipo it will draw more amps than on 3s lipo in a given  same setup?

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    2. Jens

      Jens

      From what I remember 40 years ago in physics at school. But correct me, if I am wrong. A motor doesn't draw any amps. Its consumption is measured in watts. Then together with its voltage supply the amps are calculated. Watts = VA. --> Watts = Volts x Amps. Then I would say a motor takes what it can get up to its max wattage limit, limited only by the ESC. (Cracking my brain now)...  Sorry, I give up. It's too long ago... 

    3. Tug

      Tug

      No. On 3S there's more Voltage available, so more Watts will be consumed, so more Amps are needed to supply those Watts. 

    4. Jens

      Jens

      Doesn't higher Voltage alone already increase the Watts? The Formula "Watt = Volts x Ampere" clearly still holds. Just double checked that. So when the Volts increase, the Watts will increase with the same Amps.

  25. Lone-wolf

    quick ESC question....surpass 60amp rated 2-3S, will it smoke if i put 4s through it on 1/10 touring speed car with 3300kv 3660 motor?

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    2. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      Alex i did buy a 120amp esc but it does not fit, i could dremell the side out of the chassis, but that would make it very weak, this is my first go at speed runs and at some point i will adopt a better chassis

    3. Alex97

      Alex97

      Stick it on the top desk? 

       

      Edit - I just had a look and from the pictues it would seem there's plenty of room to go up. It could hang over one side if the battery was getting in the way. There's always a solution.

    4. Lone-wolf

      Lone-wolf

      ESC is to big to go on top deck, just been and tried, the strada project is not worth spending silly money on getting a 120amp hobbywing, thanks for input and not being rude this was just a simple 3s or risk 4s question and thanks to all for the input

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