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  2. Posted

    It is at least a bit to do with landing from a jump, it helps maintain steering control on landing (think of the buggy as it touches down from a jump, angled up enough for the kickup to be level-ish).

    Not needed for onroad cars as they aren't doing jumps (usually, unless you are being naughty).

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    17 hours ago, Dan1891 said:

    I was very unhappy today, i lost a screw to my Wild Willy 2 i though, Looking everywhere, in my pants, on the floor, in my socks, but nothing...I banned myself for lost it... And then!! I found it attached on the underside of the motor, magnetic attached.

    Then i was happy again :)

    Oh I've done that once or twice.

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    3 minutes ago, skom25 said:

    Hehe ^_^

    Unfortunately ( maybe not? ) my cycling experience shows one thing: if you do not want problems during season, rebuild bike during winter.

    However RCs are little different and less time consuming in terms of service, at least electric.

    Maybe you are right are there is no reason to strip model without reason.

    Ha ha sorry. I should be a bit more serious.

    I hate to say it but with the number of cars I have, they don't all get run as often as they should. I think I get around the maintenance side of things  doing the best I can to build them right the first time. They all get bearings, mesh set up correctly, I try not to stuff up the shocks, all kinds of things. Added to not being run a heck of a lot, it's just a quick clean after a run and things tend to be ok.

    Oh yeah, where I live is mosty dry and sandy, so a clean is often body off, turn upside down and shake. True story.

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    21 hours ago, Frog Jumper said:

    Pictures or it doesn't count!

    Terry

     

    Ok, as promised.

     

    The first pic is the overal chassis, notice the Avante suspension parts on the rear.
    Second pic, The Avante rear bumper that was on there for some unknown reason.

    Third pic, Front end. It's Egress I think, but the solid part with the bumper attached and the two brass threaded inserts, I haven't seen that in any Egress manual (I think?).
    Thos two tie rod things with the large threaded rods, I think I know where they were....and how they were supposed to go on, but I opted for turnbuckles and ball ends....and I'm going to keep it that way.
    Lookin at it so far I don't think this is a chassis the purists will get too upset about.
    Oh, also it has a power splitter center diff thing instead of a one way, which was in the manual.

    Let me know what you think.

    Egress2.jpg

    Egress3.jpg

    Egress4.jpg

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  15. Posted

    Hello. My name is Pablo.
    I like to buy 2nd hand basket case buggies and then fix them back up to running.
    Right now I am fixing up an old Egress. It may not quite be what it seems to be though. Some of the parts are off an Avante. Others I'm not sure.

    Why do I do this to myself?

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    On 3/11/2023 at 2:42 AM, OnTheTrail said:

    In addition to the scale aspects, there's the satisfaction of getting them to climb up and over obstacles that you you would never think they're capable of.   Definitely a challenge to it to find the right place to put the right part of the right tire on to pull up over something.   

    The other reason for their popularity is the amount of close by places you can take them out for a run.   Pretty much any park, or trail will and can be enjoyable.   Fast RC cars on the other hand need a track of sorts or at the very least and empty parking lot with no rocks, potholes, cracks or light posts.   

    Oh, and curbs....forgot to mention curbs.   Not sure if anyone here knows this but high speed RC cars and curbs don't like each other.   .....and the curb wins 100% of the time.  ;)

    There used to be fairly meaty curbs on the road where I live. Over the years several resurfacings made them smaller, but still, caused many trips to the lhs back in the day. A couple of years ago they resurfaced again and this time put in angled curbs. On one side they are flush but on the other I still gotta be careful as there is about an inch lip that can still be damaging to 1/10 cars. Especially vintage ones.

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  18. Posted

    Another bump.

    I think this has already been said in this thread but here goes (probably again).

    Whenever using your end cutters or pointy nose pliers with some force, make sure you have part of your fingers/hands between the handles so that they get pinched when whatever you are doing finally gives.

    The pain is great....

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  19. Posted

    I have heard that they excel in that field. When I lived in Japan I had a couple of their pistols at certain times.

    Had to leave them behind as they aren't legal in Australia.

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    45 minutes ago, Willy iine said:

    Mine was the Subaru Brat.  My grand ma bought the whole kit and radio gear, etc for me when I visited her early 80's after my pops brought the family to the USA for his executive rotation job at a huge corporation.  It was only supposed to be a 3 year mission, but ended up being much longer so a visit was very special..  this was when JPY was a fixed 360 to the dollar.  I never wanted to leave Japan.. especially not after getting bullied by racists down south where I lived.. I was called names, punched, kicked, pushed around by a crowd, spat on, chased by a real car down a park until I fell into a ditch, etc but had it not been for the experience getting raised in the USA, I would not be the person I am today.   

    What I really wanted was the M38 Wild Willy, but with the trauma of getting bullied and peer pressure (shaming was a thing back in the day and highly encouraged), I could not dare get a comical looking jeep that did wheelies as they were too happy (G word) to my local buddies.  I was a fat chum at the time so didn't help either..:blink:

    I still enjoyed the Brat for what it was and learned to love the car a lot.  However, as you all may have noticed, I do not own one in my pretend RC shop .. I do own a couple M38's, however.  and I honestly don't care any more what people think as I set the tone now.  

    Ooooh (slaps forehead) I get what your second name is now. ii ne!
    My own favourite expression when I lived in Jp was ii yo!

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  23. Posted

    38 minutes ago, Krustybus said:

    A Grasshopper, maybe just slightly more vanilla than a Hornet :P 

    25 years or so later another Grasshopper, just for old times sake :) 

    I went through my parts bin a couple days back and found most of the parts for another Hornet/Grasshopper chassis. I'll bet the missing bits eventually and a Grasshopper body and then I'll have a Grasshopper....ish.

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