Fred barlow
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Here's my tl-01 in an unconventional state
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Welcome to the forum, the hbx16889a pro is the original name for the ftx tracer a bulletproof little basher but may I suggest the mjx hyper go 16208, 09 and 10 they are the sumo version of the hbx and if you catch AliExpress and bangood at the right time you can get a very good deal on either one
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The supplied charger takes 50 minutes to charge on our b6 it's 30 as we charge at 1/2c and never from lvc, we use the mjx for field charging as we only have 1 battery per car at the moment so we run others whilst it charges,
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1 hour ago, SXFoxstar said:
Got mine today, does it have a Lipo cut off already, does anyone know, I weirdly haven’t been able to find out online so far?
Yeah it does of a sorts, you get reduced power a few seconds before the lvc cuts out,
Here's our video of our last bash with the mjxs
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I've done it but it's not easy getting the duff cell out especially if it's the middle of the pack without damaging the other 2 cells and soldering to the tabs isn't easy either but if you're going to try it check the internal resistance of the rest of the cells, if it's high it's probably not worth making an RC pack but you could make power banks out of them
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17 hours ago, Lilredmachine said:
It amazes me that no one imports Redcat, also that we have to wait for even more obscure brands to appear over here with the same cars.
Strikes me that someone would make a killing doing it, decent budget cars are everywhere but there is no doubt that redcats are some of the most well presented and thought about.
Yeah the chassis on the vigilante is two pieces by the looks of it, at least it was when the Redcat engineer was chatting on the podcast I was watching.
Unfortunately redcat has a bad rep because of the cheap Chinese chassis they used back in the late 2000 early 2010s when RTR was in it's infancy and the quality control coming out of china was the work of Stevie wonder,
So many people now don't give the cars a second look but yeah it's an optical illusion or bad photo
11 hours ago, Kpowell911 said:Does look a bit budget, but price point is good.
That's the market they are aiming for with it which is a good idea
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The video they showed last night looked good but no proper sends though,
The pd racing one has a split chassis from the look of this one they've had a 1 piece made instead (but the photos show both 1 and 2 piece chassis on the redcat listing) because the pd racing one splits in 2 quite easily from what I've read so until someone posts pics of one in the wild I'm unsure what to make of it,
Someone needs to import redcats because they would slot nicely between the budget and high end and there's about 8 cars I want but because spares are not on the shelf I've held off
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Looking at the lack of gasket I'd say these aren't oil diffs so I'd either look at the diff service kit for the car and see if it has one or replace the grease and send it
As for a bearing puller you just pop them out with a suitably size screwdriver or if you've got clearance a bearing seating tool but with tolerances been looser than other applications they are a good push fit so you can get away with some inventive engineering
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These are good but you can find the more basic versions for less on eBay
I use the battery doctor along side low voltage alarms in the cars
You will need a servo plug to your chosen battery connection plug adapter to check the NiMH voltage
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If you're on Facebook look up this group they bash and crawl around the north west
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7 minutes ago, Stormbringer said:
very good a decent amount of rc's there
That was one of the quieter meets of our local bash club but unfortunately it's getting cliquey now and that's spoiling it (the guys who run it have got to being only interested in conversing with the guys who bring the expensive toys and giving them priority to run, although they never have a car running for more than 10 minutes of the session and are all budget bashers that's if they actually decide to bring them)
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i've got the version 1 running, heres the video,
ive got v2 ready for the test run and a marobra (marauder with cobra drive) just to finish the gearbox mount
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I'd look at the mjx hyper go instead, they are 2/3s brushless machines out of the box separate reciever and esc(look at tomley RC on YouTube he's done a bash off with them both) the radios if you change to sticks you wont be able to select power level, I was looking at the 4500kv set up for my partners from now from experience you can have too much power as they are light weight and they don't have many tuning options like the bigger ones, also they are small so easier to loose track of
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Try swapping the channels and see if the steering channel has the same delay
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1 hour ago, Leslie said:
Thanx for the swift reply I will check this shortly it doesn't look like the rear or front is upside down maybe something in side.????
It's a easy mistake someone's made if the part of the diff the teeth point to is put in using the wrong side of the gear in the case it'll rotate the wrong direction, when you've found which axles run the wrong way all you need to do is flip the differential 180° and you'll be good to go
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The kv is a bit high but not too crazy Stupid question time, are both wheels running the same direction when you have it off the ground?
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It's sounding like a motor kv too high so it's not got the torque to move the car, as nitroholic suggested lack of power from the battery or a bad esc, if you've got known good motor and esc I'd swap and work from there
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What's happening is called cogging, I'd check the motor connections but if you give it a push it'll start going it's due to the gearing been to high ratio (pinion too big) or because there's too much resistance in the drive system, remove the motor and if everything moves free I'd check the motor, if it's running ok I'd check the pinion tooth count and get another one with fewer teeth (but make sure it's the right one for the spur)
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I prefer tomley or hardcore RC, those guys are a little more down to earth but kev does have the occasional good video if you want destruction
If Kev's done the same he should have a fix but no technobabble to help you fix it 🤣
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16 minutes ago, CUPRABullet said:
Useful video, thanks. Can I ask what fan that is attached to the engine? I don't have one, is it essential or just a nice to have?
Happy to help, it's a cheap generic (36mm/ 540 size) one off eBay, we've got them fitted to both our mt10s but fit them to all our cars especially in the summer, they are very useful to have especially if you're running 3s
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this is the latest video on my channel, i hope it'll help the new guys
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Ive just done a video on accessing and servicing the diffs on the mt10,
i hope this is going to be of help for the new people who are new to the hobby and mt10
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1 hour ago, Captain Courageous said:
That's a heck of a big bucket on the rear there Fred!
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Standard mardave hot hatch wing to keep the back end down 🤣 the raw power from the 4.8v battery needs it 🤣 but it does look smaller in green than orange 🤔
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This was painted in both tamiya and core paints and it had no reaction (the orange is tamiya and it's backed with the metallic core RC silver
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Tamiya TL-01 Subaru Impreza
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its as graceful as a hippo and as off road capable as a range rover