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I have long suspected that there is a problem with your radio. Remember that time when your DT-03 accelerated by itself into a body of water? Things like that should never happen in a 2.4ghz radio system. I would recommend you get the best radio you can afford because it’s something that you can use for many years. And no matter how good an RC car is, a cheap radio will make it feel and drive like a cheap chassis.

It’s great that you want to support your local hobby shop. I do too, but I ain’t a fool either. If something is way cheaper online, I will buy online. Except for things that I need in a hurry. I have over 100+ kits. Let’s say half of those were bought online for $20 cheaper, that’s $1,000 in savings. It all adds up. I’m not gonna waste my money just so some businesses can stay open. I have my own family to look out for.

Other than binding them to my radio, I haven’t actually tested them yet, but I do have some other Chinese Futaba receivers (Corona brand) and they work great. The Corona ones are just S-FHSS though while these ones are T-FHSS which is faster and has telemetry support. These DasMikro receivers also use bind plugs which are less convenient but to make it easier to bind I soldered a microswitch to each bind plug so now instead of having to pull, insert for 3 seconds then pull the plug again, I just have to press the switch for 3 seconds when switching between my 4PX and 10PX.

A couple of DasMikro Futaba receivers from AliExpress. Wow these are tiny, way smaller than the receivers that came with my 10PX. I bought the V2 ones instead of the V3 because these have the cutout for the tabs in the Futaba J servo connectors

You don’t have to buy the B parts twice to get all four body posts…

Looks good @skom25! Now that you know how to solder, maybe it’s time to ditch the Tamiya battery connectors?

For me it makes more sense to rebuild it and enjoy it than just let it sit in a box. The list of damaged parts isn’t so bad. The chassis, diff cover and arms are cheap. The U shaft can be upgraded to the hop up part. Carbon shock tower still looks intact. I’ve had way worse damage. Live and learn.

Arrived from China today. SkyRC BD350 discharger and D200neo charger. The D200neo will save some space on my pit bag while the BD350 really cuts down on the time it takes to bring down lipo voltage to storage levels

Yeah I made the same mistake on my 1/8 nitro buggy. Switched off my transmitter, so throttle servo applied full brakes. I placed the buggy on the pit table and chatted with the guys at the track. When I went back, throttle servo was dead. RIP Savox HV digital high speed, high torque servo

Do you have a link to his channel? Maybe it’s the same Japanese guy that I see there all the time, Taka-san, he’s a really nice guy and really quick too! I’m so lucky to live less than 10 minutes away from this track. It’s clean, free to use and inside the mall so it’s air conditioned and lots of food/coffee shops nearby EDIT - I searched YouTube and found his channel. It is indeed Taka-san! One of the fastest racers here https://m.youtube.com/@mightynokkey/videos

Went to the track today for the first time this year. It’s been a while since I did anything RC related. Been busy with sim racing in VR and family duties

Glad you’re enjoying the build. That’s the good thing about the TT-02. Easy to build, lots of cheap spare parts available, lots of hopups as well, from cheap Chinese parts to the expensive Tamiya stuff.

SRX can only race in the GT-Spec/Novice class along with the other souped-up versions of the TT-02 like the R, RR, Type S, SR. It’s no different than joining in the GT-1 class with a TRF421 along with others running tub chassis cars like the TA05 or TA06.

Okay, so you think it’s correct to generalize based on what one person said? LOL. You’re alienating everybody who has an SRX based on ONE PERSON. Think about that for a second.

@alvinlwh you make it sound like anybody who has an SRX is an unskilled loser who needs every advantage he can get. I think that’s unfair and not good for the hobby. Some people can afford nicer or more expensive things, why judge them and put them down? You don’t race anyway so any advantage the SRX might give to someone who races, doesn’t affect you at all.