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32 minutes ago, Peter_B said:
Do those Orange RX receivers work ok?
I have one bound up to my dx3r and it seems to work fine.
The dx5r is a sweet radio, I have a dx6r I use with my on road race kits. It is a highly advanced TX.
Don't forget the Traxxas TX, when equipped with the Bluetooth module and the app it has several settings to adjust and multiple model memory. All the settings are saved on your smart device. Rx can be picked up pretty easy all over eBay.
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Post man didn't bring it, I picked it up before I left work today.
I decided to do a reverse Shelby GT350 Hertz paint job, gold with black stripes.
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1 hour ago, DaveBuildsRC said:
To change spur gears can I use something other than Tamiya ball diff grease?
All I use is Team Associated ball Diff lube.
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1 hour ago, Munchbox said:
What are your thoughts on Dean's vs ec3 connectors? I know Tamiya connectors are less favorable for their lower current rating. My cars are now a hodgepodge of connectors. 2 cars with Tamiya connectors, 1 with a Dean's connector. 2 batts with Tamiya connectors, 2 with ec3 connectors, 1 with a Dean's connector. Thinking of standardizing to one type across the board. What is preferred?
Both Dean's and ec3 are much better than Tamiya plugs. I like Dean's because they are a little smaller. Some people think the ec3 are easier to solder because they are like bullets but I don't have a hard time with Dean's most of the time.
Just use whatever you like best.
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4 minutes ago, Jonathon Gillham said:
The clubs here all have a group who will spend a fortune and are constantly upgrading. I like to buy the gear off those people when its 6 months old. I'm not sure about the indoor club as this will be my first race meet, but from what I have seen there are some who have all the expensive gear (including Awesomatix) and then most who have a mix of good chassis with cheap motor etc. I tend to be in the latter group, my buggies are Kyosho and among the best, but with Trackstar motor and ESC. My F1 car is a TRF102 with Speed Passion gear, but my touring car is a TA07 which I chose based on price and bang for buck really. It will be good enough for my ability for a while, and if I find that I'm consistent but can't get to the front then I'll look at an upgrade.
From what I can tell here the 21.5T blinky class is chequebook racing, so I'll probably work out what I'm doing then move to Super Stock which is 13.5T but ironically appears to be more fun and cheaper than the slower class because people have moved to it to get away from having to spend money for the slightest advantage.
I wish we had a class like the 13.5. We have a class called usvta, 25.5 Binky spec tires and old American muscle car bodies. I picked up a used evo6 to replace my 417 when I get the time to go. Like you, my F1 is a 102 but I do use Tekin escs and Trinity motors. The only class I keep up with the latest and greatest is mini, and that's because it's my favorite, but no mini class now....
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1 hour ago, Jonathon Gillham said:
Or ask to run it in stock and just promise not to go too fast?
I would run it in allcomers with the 5.5T rather than mod, as I would destroy the car trying to keep up.
I agree you get what you pay for, these are an upgrade from my other gear which is Trackstar (they are in my offroad buggies). I think of Speed Passion as middle of the road rather than cheap though, and with good reliability rather than top performance, similar to hobbywing. And if you believe the RRP then it should be the same as Tekin, but it could be that its always discounted. I'm happy with how they perform and the ease of setup so far, and loving those little bullet plugs, those are enough to make me adopt speed passion for everything!
The bullets are a neat idea and it does give easier mounting options than the tabs at times. I really wanted them to perform. Maybe I was one of the unlucky ones and I got a couple duds. I still use the last esc and motor, but they are not in my race cars. I guess I really got turned off when they didn't bother to answer my email. With stock blinky racing, like mini, I have the motor timing cranked up to 45-50 degrees and speed passion motors require separate end bells to adjust more than 10 deg. with the version I had, and I was always way down on power.
I don't know how serious your group is, but here I am running against guys with hand built $150-$200 motors and $800-900 awsomatix touring cars. Even with me using Tekin esc and off the shelf Trinity motors I still don't have the horsepower.
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On 10/27/2017 at 4:54 AM, novicelad said:
I got a cheap flysky rx it seems to sort of bind but no response ah well
Does the light quit blinking and go solid? If so, it is bound and should work.
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My advice is to not take them apart, that way you can not be accused of screwing them up just return and get what you paid for. Even the wrong endbell isn't acceptable for a new out of package motor. Sounds like it was assembled with whatever spare parts they had laying around. Unfortunately that has been my experience with speed passion gear, kind of hit an miss. I had to replace an esc after about a month at the track because it decided to let the magic smoke out, and this was in a 21.5 mini Cooper, absolutely no stress on it. I sent email to speed passion and never got a reply. Electronics is an area you get what you pay for. In my race cars all I run is Tekin now. Yes it is expensive but the customer support is outstanding. I had a 2 day conversation through email with the president. How many other companies would do that with someone who is just an average hobbiest.
Just to FYI, I am not in any way sponsored. My actual racing skills are limited, I'm the rolling chicane at the carpet track.
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6 hours ago, Percymon said:
White with two navy stripes down the middle ?
There are always a couple white with blue stripes so I tend to not do that one.
6 hours ago, Wooders28 said:Didn't know they did red!
After a quick Google, it looks like they did other colours later in the run , but,
"The first Hertz Shelby's were all painted Raven Black with Gold stripes and a GT 350H rocker panel stripe. "
When I was in Orlando I rented one of the 06 Shelby gt-h mustangs for a day. It was pretty quick and fun to drive but they had traction control locked on, so you couldn't do burnouts and smoke the tires bald. 😞
The black would be too hard to see, but maybe in reverse, gold with black stripes or should I just use my standard yellow and black? Easy to see but I kind of wanted something different.
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Cut out the protoform mustang body and started fitting on my Exotek evo6.
I need to figure out a paint color, anyone have any suggestions? I would love to do it dark green like the bullet mustang. I know, not original, but I do like it. Problem with a dark color is we race on black carpet and I'm afraid the dark green will disappear.
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6 minutes ago, Jason1145 said:
I can only find a car called a HPI MICRO RS4, but not a Mini RS4?
Anyway, that Micro RS4 is 1/18 and only 160mm wheelbase.
Check out this thread.
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Was background of the rig photoshoped?
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Wow, you guys take taking pics as serious as building the cars!
I still have my 35mm slr, but never replaced it with a digital one. Kids are almost grown and I primarily used it to take pics of my oldest daughter when competing in Gymnastics.
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Where do you place your light to light the area without glare off lexan bodies?
All I have is a basic cell phone camera and I would like to find a way to better illuminate my pics.
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Take a look at this kit, it might be close to what you are looking for.
Other versions are still available I think.
http://www.rcmart.com/hobby-25598-gambado-naked-rcmart-limited-cfrp-mini-p-63139.html
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Looking at Google pics, there is no way it will fit the mini rs4. It's hard to tell about the switch.
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Do you know what kit that body was originally designed to fit?
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No I am pretty sure it will not fit. The hood is lower than the top of the front wheel wells, I think it will hit the steering linkages and front body mounts. I also also think the rear mounts are too high for that body.
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1 hour ago, Jason1145 said:
BAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes that's the one ;(
I even treated it to my last can of Chrome mirror finish paint from the USA... did some wheels in it too.
Then I left the wing clear to make it even more reflective
Here is my TRF 102, I airbrushed most of it in the chrome, but the F1 bodies do not flex much at all. The area where it flexes around the body posts were done in pactra water based airbrush.
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I don't know much about HPI, I think the switch can be set to 210 also and it might be easier to find. I don't know.
On a side note, if that is the spazstix chrome, it has a tendency to flake off when used as a primary color over large areas. I painted a touring car body where the entire front end had the chrome back to flames all in chrome. It was georgous, but the first time it flexes the chrome cracked and started to flake. The instructions also call for a black water based backer to protect it because it scratches easy. If used on the outside, like your wheels it also needs a clear coat to protect it.
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If that's the body, it's too low for all the m chassis cars. It has bulges over the tires and the hood goes pretty low.
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1 hour ago, Jason1145 said:
You have a great collection there, I saw you just added an M02 to the crew too so I'd like your opinion on fitting a really low nosed shell on to an M chassis car.
My TBG McLaren F1 is 210mm WB but won't clear the front shock on the M03, looking at your M01 that has a pretty low single shock, the M02 copies this I think?
Also your comparison photo shows the M05 shocks also look like the sit lower than the M03, would you think it's marginal or it's significant? ( Think a Lancia Strato low nose shell, that is what I'm trying to fit with my McLaren)
Then your photo also shows the M06 front shocks look lower than the M03 too, could you guess how much.. I need my shell low as possible
Yes the 01 doesn't have a tall front. This is the only naked pic I have in my account. It has 55d tires and it isn't too much higher than them. Tell me how you would like me to take measurements and I will get them for you off the 01 and 06 sometime today.
The 05 tower is still fairly high. I had to "massage" the blitz body to get it low enough on it by heating and forming bumps in the hood and it still sat on the shock tower.
I haven't opened the 02, and don't know when I will get around to building it. I picked up my novafox right before it was discontinued the first time and finished it probably a month or two before the re release was announced.
Here is a front pic of the 07 on 60d tires.
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Had a crappy few weeks and I finally dug stuff out of the trunk of my car and back seat of my truck, some of which has been there for almost a month.
EBay m02, now just need a m04 to complete the set.
Protoforms VTA tires, front and rear and mustang body to put on my Exotek evo6 I use in the VTA class.
Picture so you can see what it looks like.
And finally, the Traxxas stampede Bigfoot body set to use as a shelf body just because I have a thing for old Ford trucks.
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After a really bad few weeks I took a little time and painted the Bigfoot body for my stampede. I know it isn't Tamiya, but it is a pretty cool body with hard plastic chrome grill, bumpers and roll bars, so kind of Tamiya like. I just need to decide if I want to go full Bigfoot or keep it as a regular Ford truck.
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AMG GT3 with a twist..
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Absolutely gorgeous!
Do you have any pic of other paint jobs you could post?