[Element Gk wagon at Harden moor]

Looking good 😀

[Are MIP drivers worth the extra cash?]

For my power driver i use core rc bits from modelsport, and for hand held drivers i have a set of arrowmax amd a set of wera, would say the wera set is a tighter fit 😀

[AJ’s Element RC Kit Build]

15 hours ago, .AJ. said:

The  bling wheels arrived, I’m going to save this till the Rocko tyres come back in stock 👍 

 

 

Where you not impressed with the Injora kraken claw tyres?

[How do you wind shock ends on?]

10 minutes ago, TommyC said:

More money then!

Mine cost £4.50 from aliexpress

[AJ’s Element RC Kit Build]

Looking good 👍

Looking forwards to the test drive, and your thoughts on the dumbo rc, been looking at that one for a while

[How do you wind shock ends on?]

2 hours ago, steephill said:

 

That's what I do with rod ends that are tight. 

Get some shock shaft grips. I used to use pliers with insulation tape on for years. The right tool for the job is way better. 

+1  for proper shock pliers, makes the job a lot easier. Get some with a pin attachment and you can wind rod ends on easily

[Charging amps - 4s battery]

Hi, I would charge that at 6.7 amps,

[Tyres, vented or non vented]

Hi all, just stripped down 2 sets of beadlocks and tyres to swap around the tyres, couldn't believe the amount of water in one set of foams, the other set was bone dry. One set of tyres are vented so thinking of sealing the vents, either with a small square of gorilla tape or a dab of silicone, as the local crawler course has some good water features 

What are people's thoughts on vented and non vented , and how do you seal your vents

Cheers, Ian,,👍

[AJ’s Element RC Kit Build]

That looks awesome, bet you can't wait to take it out 😁 

[RGT HOBBY 1/10 INTRUDER ROCK CRAWLER RTR]

Going against the grain, I like the spec but think it looks awful 😕 

[Ftx outback tracker or element titanium hd]

Iwould use gt85, lithium grease will attract dirt etc. In my axles i use some blue waterproof marine grease that i used for kingpins and bearings when i used to offroad a 1.1 suzuki jimny

😀

[Recommend me some tyres…]

I fitted the kraken claws to my injora rock buggy and find them excellent, a lot better than the super swampers i origionally fitted . They are quite tall though 

I also have a set of the injora comp pins, that seem to be unstoppable, handling mud, roots, wet and dry rock with impunity., only slight downside is they do not look as scale as chunky tyres, but perform far better 😀

[MJX Hyper Go 16208 Balance Cable Charge??]

Hi, will charge perfectly as you describe, i use a skyrc 100 and charge my hypergo batteries the same way. I only use the supplied charger if i take the mjx on holiday, but always storage charge with the skyrc when i get home 😀

[Receiver or ESC gone bad?]

Hi, first I would check the steering is in channel 1 on the receiver, and throttle in channel 2.

If that's ok try rebinding the receiver to the transmitter 

[FTX Centaur/RGT Pro runner 1/10th scale Trail crawler RTR]

11 hours ago, abyd said:

It's an FTX Centaur (Ford Bronco).

 

First thing I did was peel all the stickers off  !!!!

 

eta:

FTX supply a Green Body-Shell as a spare part in the UK.

 

But green is only RGT imports atm 

Maybe FTX will eventually release this in green in the UK, via CML Distribution, in the future 🤔

 

Think it looks better with no stickers

[RGT pro runner/FTX Centaur]

Excellent, love the backing track, can see why you went for the green one ,👍👍

[What did the postie bring you today?]

@Lone-wolf, that looks awesome 😎

[Ftx apache noise]

Hi, the part you found looks like the remains of a bearing cage, so I would suspect that the wheel bearing has collapsed, which could account for the noise. Don't run the car as it is, you could damage the wheel hub as well 

[FTX Fury 2.0 +Coyote 2.1 at Shipley Glen]

Just now, Lone-wolf said:

you will have to have a trip over at some point for a trail day

I'd be up for that, just over 2 hrs journey so not too bad, hopefully sort something when weather improves 👍

[Buggy carry bag]

I just use a cheap rucksack from sports direct. Its handy to be able to fasten muddy vehicles to the ouside, easier to clean

[FTX Fury 2.0 +Coyote 2.1 at Shipley Glen]

Both trucks looking good there.😀

Going to check google maps later, see how long it will take me to get there 🤔

[Post pictures!]

I find if I want to download pics from my laptop it won't let me, but from my phone it works every time

 

[Post up a random picture and keep it clean please]

2 hours ago, Lone-wolf said:

wonder who will know where this was taken

Brings back memories, had a cheeky wild camp in one of the cottages about 30 years ago, they had roofs on then 🤫

[Anyone use or recommend a lipo/nimh battery checker.]

1 hour ago, karlo888 said:

Feel sorry for you guys with 3s plus……took me over a hour and half to storage charge 1 x 2s 😱😱😱

It depends on how much charge is in the battery, it takes longer to discharge down to storage level than to charge up to it

[What did the postie bring you today?]

1.9 Injora comp pin tyres, shiny wheels to fit them to. Ordered from AliExpress last Friday, got home from a few days away and sat here waiting for me, can't be bad 😁