Marv968

I use Team Associated 45wt, oil for the 100mm Ansmann dampers on my Blackfoot III: http://www.modelsport.co.uk/associated-shock-oil-45-wt/rc-car-products/35963 Pretty much perfect on the front dampers on bumpy grass, little soft at the rear, so I wound the springs down half way, which helps.

I bought a couple of the Hobbyking servo savers. Both broke pretty quickly. Had the Kimbro one from Modelsport and it's worked perfectly since.

Looks great!

Thanks, the motor does seem to run a hotter than when I first bought it. I'll re-grease the gearbox at the weekend and see if that makes any difference. The drive cups have worn quite alot, I wonder if the slack in them could cause problems?

Thanks for the replies, that's good to hear - have you got any links to a suitable 14T pinion I can buy online? I've already fitted ball bearings

Hello, Think I've worn out the brushes on the Tamiya Sport Tuned motor fitted to my Blackfoot III and I'm thinking of getting a 21T Etronix Sport Tuned to replace it. As I run my Blackfoot on bumpy grass, even the standard silver can gets quite hot, I've looked online for pinion options, (a pinion with less teeth will allow the motor to run cooler, right?) but it seems that the only options for the Blackfoot are the 18 tooth pinion that I've already got fitted and a 20 tooth pinion. Am I really limited to just these two pinions? Cheers, Marv

I'll probably be buying one of the NVISION Lipo's soon. I'll post up measurements when I get one.

I bought the 20T ecu recently. Just need to decide which brushed motor to go with for my Blackfoot!

I started using one of these on my Blackfoot, a while back: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__28972__H_King_High_Torque_Metal_Geared_Ball_Bearing_Waterproof_Servo_58g_12_8kg_cm_0_22s_60.html Much tougher and stronger than the XB Futiba servo which came with mine and I stripped the plastic gears on another servo - this one has taken everything I've thrown at it so far! Your Clodbuster is probably heavier than my Blackfoot, but if you want to try something with about 13KG of torque, you can get a couple of them servos for about £15 (€20) before committing to buying a more expensive servo.

I remember about 10 years ago a half decent colour laser was about £2k. You can get a half decent one for £100 now! As others have said, with time and development most of the downsides will be engineered out.

I've got a couple of Vapetech batteries, they're really good FYI, it's cheaper by a couple of quid to buy from their website direct, rather than ebay,

Rebuilt the rear Ansmann dampers on my Blackfoot - quite a pleasing little job to do, I replaced the standard O-rings with Tamiya red O-rings. The O-rings which came with the dampers seemed a bit squidgy and allowed them to leak. Only about a quarter of the original damper oil was left, from them leaking! Filled them with some 45w silicone damper oil and after a the first run, the damping is near perfect now. Harder to roll the car now that the dampers are working correctly and not just functioning on the springs! Oh and it's only the first run, but they don't seem to be leaking anymore, fingers crossed it stays that way!

I only started using a Lipo battery in the past week. Definitely alot more punchy, the power doesn't progressively fade down like Ni-MH - I'm a fan!

Correct! it's a BFIII Seemingly one of the limitations of the WT-01 chassis, is that it can only take the rounded packs, not ones which are squared off. I'd have to relocate the battery If I want to fit squared off shaped Lipo batteries. Also bear in mind that the connector leads which come with the Vapex lipo are quite thick and not very flexible where the deans connector goes into the pack (which may be why Foxone had to cut a hole in his chassis?)

Hi Greg, There isn't a bump at the end of the pack where the wires come out, like you get with traditional packs, it's flush: Basically, the connectors you get (Tamiya, TRX and deans) have a male deans connector at the battery pack end, which plugs into a female deans connector in the battery pack. Because the connectors for power and balance charge aren't in the middle, the bracket on my blackfoot had to be modified to accomodate this: The sticker is a little out of date!