pickleweasel

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Thanks for the replies I like the look of the Novak Ballistic motors and have seen them on towerhobbies.com for a good price (not sure whether they are good to buy from though) however I am not sure what ESC I need with the motor, is it possible for someone recommend an ESC, lipo battery and lipo charger and a good place (us or uk) to buy the lot from? I am kicking myself as I have just come back from california and could have probably got everything I needed San Francisco?

Hi , I have a DB-01 Baldre all stock with an ansman 2600 nicad battery and acoms techniplus, I want to go brushless and have been looking at the following: Losi 1/10 Xcelorin S 4.5T Brushless Combo click me Traxxas Velineon VXL-3s Brushless Power System click me obviously I will need a slipper clutch, peak charger and some good NiMH batteries, but I was wondering what people think of teh above brushless systems, I am gong for max power, but I am not sure if I will need anything else like connectors, gear ratios etc etc. I also need a new spur gear as the stock one got gravel in it which chipped some of the teeth, do they make these in aluminium? any help greatly appreciated I am not new to RC but new to brushless having just got back into things after 10 years

Hi, I live in gloucestershire and am looking for somewhere to purchase NiMH batteries or Lithium Polymer batteries from preferably online, however, a decent shop will do I am also looking to buy a good peak charger, I am finding many of the shops charge 25% over internet prices and a lot of teh internet resellers in the UK have strange websites where you have to email them to place an order. any suggestions welcome

Well it appears that if all else you should go and read the instructions (again!), earlier on in the build I had made ball diff rookie mistake and mixed up teh long and short ends of the diff, only when I corrected it I forgot to switch the thrust bearing round, so 1 hour later and everything is working the way it should be, no diff slippage at all. only problem is now my battery is dead so I can't test it out properly. Thank you all for your help an I am sorry this problem was down to user stupidity.

Thank you all for the replies I appear to be having this problem, I tighten the diff up but it still seems to come loose when I start driving, not sure what I have done wrong though, the lock nut is on the longest side and everything looks like it should do (I think) I asked about 4 model shops in the gloucestershire area where to get synthetic rubber cement but none of them new what it was, do you have any recommendations on alternatives which are readily available in the UK?

Hi All, This is my first post so I apologize if this is in the wrong section. I have just built my first car a Tamiya Baldre, however, I am having problems with the ball diffs, I have read a few posts and have super glued both diff plates to teh plastic A7 plates to stop them spinning and used the included ball diff grease (only a small tube), I have also tightened the diff (BG4) as described in the manual, when holding both diff joints securely the diff pully doesn't/is very hard to move (about 2/3mm of the cap screw protrudes out of teh lock nut). The problem is that the diff seems to slip quite a bit especially if I try and accelerate harshly. the car will eventually get up to speed however, I am unsure whether I should tighten the diff further, install a slipper clutch (i am running a stock motor) or shove loads of the AW grease into the diff (how much grease should you put on the diff, there is a thin film at the moment. Any advice on any of the above would be really appreciated, I can probably do a video of the car accelerating so you can see what I mean if that helps?