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Yahoooo!!! Just been blasting it round the garden. Up some pretty steep hills and a few low jumps off the edge of the patio. Plenty fast enough for the time being. I love it. 4wdmt. It's bog standard apart from some 70mm oil filled shocks off eBay and ball bearings throughout. 70mm shocks I ordered the ball bearings off the same seller, but only 20 were supplied. You need 24 to change all of them including the gearboxes. For now, I've put 4 bronze ones in the outer hubs as these are the easiest to get to to swap later. I've ordered 4 more locally and will swap them over when they arrive. Transmitter is a Futaba 4EX, which I use for the F350 as well. It has a 4 model memory which is handy. 4 channel Futaba micro Rx connected to a standard Futaba servo on the steering. 4600maH Intellect battery pack. Masked the windows out prior to painting the top half with Tamiya PS23 Gunmetal. Body is PS17 Metallic Green. Wheel rims in PS23 as well. Not sure how long the paint will stay on the rims. Still time for another run

Just finished building my Dualhunter. Haven't had chance to run it yet, other than a quick test across the kitchen floor. Couldn't face painting it in the stock colours with pink stickers, so went for this scheme instead. I can't decide if it needs some more decals or if I should leave it as it is now.

Were the gearbox strip downs an easy job to replace the bearings in them? Did you need all 24 bearings? The set I ordered only has 20!!! bearings Thanks

Perhaps Novice should have asked Master prior to making purchase of Dualhunter. Can see what you mean about the CR-01 not being a "real" crawler though when I look at some crawler pictures with axles at 90 deg to each other. But at least the LC looks like it could be for real, and it is fun to play with.

How do you find the Dualhunter? I ordered one this week from Fusion but it hasn't arrived yet. ( I know, I can't help myself ) I fancied something with a bit more speed that I could knock about but would still handle off road surfaces. After reading several posts where folks were saying how good they were, I went ahead & bit the bullet. Have ordered a set of standard sized oil shocks & ball bearing kit from HK as well. Decided not to bother with shock towers & bigger shocks to start with. Did you put ball bearings in yours? If so, is it a simple job to split open the pre-assembled gearboxes to replace the bushes in their as well? The more I use the CR-01, the better I think it is. We just had the roof replaced on our house & there was a big pile of rubble & stone. I sent the CR-01 over it & it was really good fun picking a way through. I should have taken some photos. In stock form, the F350 is a real nice model, but too much of a compromise. I might try locking the front diff to see if it helps a bit more on the rough stuff. Don't want to trick it up though as it's nice to keep it standard.

Thanks Terry. As I suspected. Like you say, chuck away the crystals that came with it and start again!!

I've managed to solve the problem, but interested to know if anyone has run into the same issue. I recently bought a 40Mhz Futaba 4EX FM set from hong Kong seller dragonshophk on ebay. It came with Channel 81 crystals. I then ordered a second receiver from Technobot in the UK & to make it work with my existing TX, I ordered a Single conversion Channel 81 TX/RX crystal set. The receiver wouldn't work when using the original Futaba TX crystal with the Technobots RX crystal. On closer examination the original Channel 81 crystals that came with the Futaba set were marked 40.810 The UK standard for Channel 81, and the crystal supplied by technobots is 40.815 On swapping both TX & RX crystals for the Technobots set, and getting a second 40.815 RX crystal from Technobots, all is well. Are the frequency steps different in different parts of the world, for the same nominal channel numbers. All the UK websites selling Futaba crystals are 40.xx5. But the set came with 40.xx0 As I say, I solved it in the end, but is it common knowledge that I just didn't have

Tell me about it!! I was a rich man till I saw a picture of the Rock Crawler Which led to the F350 and the need for another radio set Which led to the ????? Where will it end?

Yep, The parts are the right ones. Now have two self centering sticks.

I want to paint the wheel rims on my Dualhunter when it arrives as I don't care too much for the standard colour scheme. Am I OK using the PS range of spraypaints, or should I use something else? I read another post suggesting the use of PS paint on older model wheels as it keys in better than acrylic, but I don't want to ruin the new rims on the Dualhunter. Any advice much appreciated. Thanks

Yep, the LC came with all the ball bearings in the kit. Agree with you on the F350/Hilift. They should include ball bearings with it given the price. I picked a set up off ebay for mine from a UK seller for around 12.

Please see my reply in the post on "MFC-02 Turn Indicator Function. Help please", but repeated here in case anyone else is interested in how to convert the ratchet on the left Futaba 4EX stick to self centre. It seems the part number for the self centre kit in the UK is ST53. Servoshop AKA Steve Webb Models can do them for 2.25 Here is his reply to me. We do have the return kit you require in stock, part number ST53, priced at 2.25, plus postage and packing of 1.95 inside the UK. If you would like to place an order, please give us a call on 01928 735225 Best regards Robin Sales at SWM Ltd Technobots do the same thing for 1.99 but have a min 10 order charge plus postage. They have a lot of other radio gear at good prices though including receivers & crystals so getting to 10 may not be difficult I have ordered from Technobots and once the parts arrive I will confirm that they are suitable for the 4EX.

Like you, I hadn't realised how addictive this hobby was!!! I bought the LC first, but before it was finished I had ordered the F350. Now I am considering yet another vehicle. The trucks are great but I now crave for something with a bit more speed Out of the F350 & the Crawler, the crawler is more fun in my opinion. To answer your question on the LC springs, they are held captive at the top & bottom. The design is such that it it is easy to change the springs for ones with different rates without a major stip down. I have seen different rate springs listed on the Tamiy USA website. I imagine for real serious crawling you would want softer springs & less damping in the shocks so the axles follow the ground contours with maximum articulation. The stock set up is probably a compromise to give some stability when running at full speed.

Hi there mystic one. It seems the part number for the self centre kit in the UK is ST53. Servoshop AKA Steve Webb Models can do them for 2.25 Here is his reply to me. We do have the return kit you require in stock, part number ST53, priced at 2.25, plus postage and packing of 1.95 inside the UK. If you would like to place an order, please give us a call on 01928 735225 Best regards Robin Sales at SWM Ltd Technobots do the same thing for 1.99 but have a min 10 order charge plus postage. I have ordered one from Technobots because they also had the low priced 40Mhz Cirrus receiver & some cheap crystals for the 4EX. I need the receiver for my next project. Can your supernatural powers work out what the next model will be ? Once the parts arrive I will confirm that they are suitable for the 4EX.

Here are a couple of photos of my finished F350. And one with the Rock Crawler in the same shot. Both are standard build & the F350 has the MFC-02 unit fitted. Now to get them muddy. Thanks to all who answered previous posts of mine asking lots of questions.