Rainman
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Absolutely perfect mate, thank you for all your help! Invaluable.
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As for me, took the lads for their first 'race' at the local track. They loved it.
About 3 laps in 5 minutes, but both managed a marshall free lap in the second round, and I really enjoyed driving with them!
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1 hour ago, Ferruz said:
Instead of joining the supermarket craze today, I've decided to go for one more winter run
Sickest Manta Ray I've ever seen!
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I have a Comical Hornet and a Comical Grasshopper for my 6yo and 9yo.
They love them.
We have turned the steering dual rate down to 50%, and they are learning throttle control to help them turn on grass, where the tyres push slightly. It still turns rapidly on tarmac though.
The tyres are great for all surfaces, we just took them on a dirt track at the weekend and they handled great. Some have complained the tyres don't work well in grass, but they are fine in short cut grass at home. Bigger clearance than my Wild one.
They are geared slow, but wheely from a stop on Nimh and standard silver can. Perfect to learn with. About as fast as a clodbuster on fast setting, slower than a wild one.
They are more stable than you think. They do topple over on tarmac from time to time when you go off power from a fast speed and full lock. THunderDragonCy has done a bit of work to them and added faster gearing from Yeah Racing and then moved the shocks out on the arms and now it doesn't tip over. Check out his build thread.
As soon as they are driven full speed into the trampoline, reversed and driven off I knew it was money well spent. Run the big bumper though!
I want to do a build thread as I haven't found any weaknesses other than screws coming undone. Those step screws suck.
They are excellent grab and go buggies IMHO. I'm not worried if they topple over anyway, the kids run along behind them and running out to flip them over is actually keeping them active, win win.
Good Luck!
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On 2/12/2020 at 8:10 AM, ThunderDragonCy said:
As a result, you run either a 22t or 24t pinion. I used a 24t in place of the 20t i used before. It drops the final drive ratio from 16.5 to 12.3. I gave it a quick run and it's definitely quicker, but still controllable and a lot of fun. I am still running the cheap 21t brushed motor and 1060 esc, and it's great. Highly recommended given how cheap it is. Especially if you are still running the kit silver can motor and haven't upgraded the soft pinion yet. Get a 24t gardened pinion and this spur and it'll give a really nice uplift in speed. Also fits GF01, WR02, WT01 and G601 (i think you need two for this though).
Hey ThunderDragonCy, I was wondering how you calculated the final drive ratios, and if so if we can calculate for the standard pinion sizes available too, so we know what options are out there?
Took ours to a dirt track race day and they handled the jumps in a better manner than my Wild One. I think because they jump nose high and the Wild One didn't have enough pep so would nose in and endo after landing. Kids had a blast!
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The other thing re-re's do is bring back the replacement parts for those of us that like to run the old stuff and couldn't give a hoot whether the part is original, you just want to get back out there.
As to NIB and collecting, that's a different story.
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Do ensure that you have your running shoes on when you have placed two batteries with litespeed connectors immediately next to each other and your 6yo goes to plug the plugs into each other. Also be prepared for his look of disdain at the arm flapping loud warning he is given, and to explain to him the consequences of his actions should the old man not have got there in time. I'm sure I prevented a black hole forming. But I didn't prevent my lad from receiving further proof his dad is an over-reactive idiot (at least in his mind). I soldered XT60's on the next day.
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3 hours ago, Saito2 said:
Please excuse my ignorance and sorry if I misinformed you @Rainman.
Pay it no mind
By your reply, it seems we all got more edumacated! Thanks for the follow up Kev and Mokei!
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Thanks for your reply! I think I will put a reinforcing bar across the chassis between the two front mounts to add more support. It is surprising how much the chassis is easily able to twist in your hands as you say there is no support on the top. Running an FAV bonnet may help, but can't find any.
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On 9/12/2019 at 8:29 AM, Saito2 said:
If its barrel rolled repeatedly or generally abused from ridiculously high jumps, the tub can start to crack. The FAV won't as its hard body is screwed to the tub adding strength, whereas the Wild One uses a lexan body devoid of this support.
Hi all, just got myself a re-re runner to skid with my kids, but this tub cracking business scares me a bit. Any ideas where it cracks? I heard it is where the roll bar mounts to the chassis, but is it at the front or the back?
I am finding it heaps of fun on Nimh and 15t.
I'm also glad I bought it with a few scratches, it would be too tempting not to drive it if it was new.
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On 1/26/2020 at 10:06 AM, ThunderDragonCy said:
Little aside after running this a bit today. It would lift off oversteer all the time. The kit tells you to fit the rear shocks to the inboard position for softest feel and easy wheelies. However it also gives loads of droop which means the moment you lift off and get some braking you get loads of weight transfer to the front and it just spins. Today i shifted the attachment to the outermost hole on the arms and it makes a massive difference. The rear end stays planted and its just way easier to drive. Really fun. Might need a faster motor!
That is great to know! I have seen some vids of them racing in Japan on YT and noticed they don't tend to flip so was thinking there must be some setup that can be done easily to make it work.Good work!
I chose them for my kids because of your thread, it's been very helpful, and one of them chose the same color you did because they liked it so much. Please keep up the updates!
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They are great first kits for kids. You might race a single class with them, but they are not a race buggy, and fantastic in the back yard or park to get the kids pumped.
They'll go for an hour on a 4400, a great grab and bash car in a small package.
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12 hours ago, GTodd said:
How durable are these things? Good for a ham fisted 7 year old boy?
I have a Comical Hornet with a 6 yo and a Comical Grasshopper with a 9 yo. I put the big bumper on, and there's scratches everywhere. Only victims are a few of the step screw/hinge pins for the upper arms have come undone and got lost (not broken out). I bought them to bash, and I think they are great for that job!
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On 2/5/2020 at 6:28 PM, kwkenuf said:
Another story mixed in is the fact that I already had a Black Clod on pre-order. And it came the next Monday after this vintage one. But, I am not going to get into that right now though, that might get it's own build thread.
What's with the 1976 stepside kit, is parts of it used for a Clod or something?
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Oh, Radio we use for the kids is GT2e. Single model.
I had to get a dad's radio of course! And I got a GT5. I'm impressed. When I raced I spent $700 on an Airtronics M8 and each receiver was like $150. This thing does everything that radio could, and receivers (FS-A3 binds perfectly) are like $10. I was looking at the GT3, but I think the GT5 looks a little more sturdy.
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I built 2 of these kits (my build thread to come).
One is painted the same colour as ThunderdragonCY's, I hope he doesn't mind.
We run Nimh for safety, and with a 4400 in (helps with wheelies being heavy), it will run for like an hour and will wheelie from a standstill right up until the battery dies. I can't imagine wanting more horsepower as I'd find longer wheelies frustrating. My recommendation is run with standard until you get bored. I haven't got bored of 'borrowing' the transmitter yet.
I wound out the steering tie rods to 37mm each side, maybe could do more. Built as instructed the car has quite a lot of toe out, and I am not sure if that is worse for traction rolling on tarmac due to the increased 'turn in' effect toe out tends to have.
I can't imagine softer tyres would help with this, I'd be more inclined to try adding inserts to the harder tyres?
They still traction roll if you corner full lock hard on power on sandpaper like concrete at home. I find if you back off and roll through the turn they don't roll. I think that they 'trip' over the front tyre in the first instance.
We run steering dual rate at 50%, less twitchy, less likely to roll over (but still do as above), still a tight turning circle off power (like 1 metre on the concrete).
I will detail in the build thread when I get there, but I remembered a trick from my racing days in the 2000's and added a grub screw in the antennae holders, it was getting frustrating with them falling out. None have come out again, although we have lost most of the flags (sniff sniff, I love them and would love to get more, Tamiya should make full sheets of them!).
Never had a problem with grip in the grass, though the lawn is mown short. Actually, I bought these in large part because I knew the tyres would last an age. I remember wistful sadness as the spikes wore down on my falcon tyres on the hard.
I'm looking forward to having a go with these on a dirt and a carpet track. Could take me 6 months, but I will report back.
Good luck and enjoy!
Absolute no regrets with the purchase, the kids adore them and hoon them everywhere. With the big front bumper, long lasting tyres, goofy driving, oil shocks they are the perfect charge and go vehicles for them to learn and bash around with.
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