Jay61076

I have the same radio I one of my trucks 40 MHz As long as the receiver is on 40MHz you can assume the RC is fine and bought from modelsport you hopefully won’t have any issues As for the instruction there based on Aircraft as most the features of this system aren’t much use on ground stuff but I find its good for my boats and looks a badword of a lot better than basic units (more bling)

If is says airplane use only (assuming your in the UK) it’s probably on 35 MHz which wouldn’t stop it working but wouldn’t be allowed as 35Mhz in the UK is meant for Air vehicles only (could cause some serious accidents for model Aircraft users) You would need 27 MHz or 40 MHz for land or water based vehicles (UK) Frequency’s are different depending what part of the world your in though

I used Pactra Metallic Blue on the Porsche Boxter and it came out nice Might be worth a try on the MX5

Not sure if it helps but I have done a fair bit of scratch building for boats over the years and find photos of the real thing to be the best help as few people know what they should look like anyway. Don’t know if you have seen it but there was a book out in late 80’s early 90,s I think it was Billards or Bzzars wooden toys and he had full plans for making a wooden American rig might be worth a look I also found this website which has loads of photos of model and real trucks could be worth a look http://www.rctruck.it/default.asp Hope its of some use Jay

Nice job Did you just mask it off or did you strip it down for paint?

Hi all so chuffed with myself I’m getting a Knight hauler (hopefully here for Christmas) not tole the other half yet [:#] so what’s a good colour as I’ve done my Aeromax Dark red and I’ve done Metallic blue before on my 1850L Any help appreciated[]

Excellent new I was think in place of buying a few small ESC’s for thing I would be better investing in one high spec unit that will work for loads So I’ll probably just get something that has as low a turn limit as I can afford I’ve seen the MTRONIKS SONIK4 SPORT RV MAX ESC and its rated down to 8 turn so should cope with my stuff and won’t brake the bank TXT-1 Ford Aeromax F350 Thanks

So let me see if I have this right TXT-1 should have 2 27turn motors as supplied with kit running then of one battery would make them equivalent to a 13.5turn So a speed control rated down to 12 or below should be fine? I assume the amp rating of the battery is little concern as that equates more to run time?

So I’m used to the idea of a motor drawing a current and the speed control needing to able to cope with that current e.g. model boat using 5a at the motor but speed control being able to run up to 15a So what is with car esc correct me if I’m wrong but the less turn the controller can cope with basically means the more amps it can cope? So as a bench mark how many turn is a normal 540 in say a TT01 chassis Thanks in advance ( and please be gentle) [:$]

Hi thanks for the reply MB Do you have a link to where you baought the ESC from as £27 is a great price

So basically I’m getting a F350 for Christmas (can’t wait) well I know its here somewhere just well hidden Anyway I will probably get the MFU as and when but I would like to see it up and running over the holidays as such want the get a cheap speed controller for it. It will never see much use more just for showing it works so something that does the job is all Any advice would be appreciated Thanks

Thanks for the advice Stefan I already have The Aeromax but just as a static display for now & I have got myself the tank trailer for Xmas The knight hauler I'm looking at is complete with the MFU and has a futaba 4ex radio and the container trailer so all in its just about everything in one easy bundle the only real down side is someone else has already had the fun of building it :-( As you say if I do get it I would need to strip it 1st to check all is well And the bloke is looking for £450 so I think I could get it play with it and sell it in 12 mths and still not lose anything

Thanks Stefan The One I'm looking at has the MFU and full 4ch radio the owner hasn't painted it or put the decals on so its almost as new

Hi All I'm new to here so be gentle What would be a fair price for a 2nd knight hauler with radio and trailer? I know to buy all the bits would cost about £700 but whats a fair 2nd hand price? Sorry forgot to say I'm looking at buying not selling