Problemchild
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The only way I’ve found is to limit the extension of the suspension
in another post I showed a picture of how it’s done in the 1:1 world
so I made my own temp solution
this has worked really well but it needs a slightly better solution (this is for my beetle running 3s brushless)
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2 hours ago, Saito2 said:
Thanks for the tip.
Nothing is overly precise in those ORV 'boxes but this re-re is noticeably sloppier than my vintage ones. I imagine that's not doing wonders for maintaining a good gear mesh inside.
I'm kinda stuck on what to do. On one hand, the right rear dogbone end of the universal looks ready to pop out as others have found out. Not wanting to deal with that, I just installed the re-re Frog full dogbone setup. I considered the MIP diff as a solution to the sloppy bearing carriers but they supposedly don't work with the Frog dogbones, only the stock Blackfoot universals. It looks hard to obtain both goals. I will give the Shoegoo a shot so I can retain the Frog axles. Thanks.
What you need is a @Xeostar gearbox brace rather than the expensive MIP diff
JJ
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On 3/7/2021 at 8:33 AM, Nicadraus said:
I posted a new topic in "The Builds" thread. It's been two already and it still hasn't been approved. I'm not sure why it even needs approval to post in "The Builds" section.
So any admins or mods around here to check?
You need to type @administrator or the like
has your post not been approved in the build thread?
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I’ve been running my wiltoys 144001 for a few days now
it’s great fun
cost me £97 woth 3 x 2s LiPo
the 550 motor in the small 1/14 scale car makes it fun and it does 20mph easy (not the 60kph it says on the box)
i also bought the bling pack of red anodised metal parts which I will use as spares. Tbh thoigh it’s already making creaky diff noises (and yes I stripped it down and greased the diffs)
I also put a phat bodies shell on it
mit bling 1.0...
however, building my comical hornet when that came out was amazing fun and last week I lowered and widened it using baja champ lower arms, longer drive shafts and steering arms and gave it a new shell in Jun Watanabe colours - Tamiya is better for this very reason
When Tamiya have finished fleecing us nostalgic middle aged men, it will change its business model but while we are still around then long live driving crap RC car’s on nimh haha
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4 hours ago, Shergar said:
£19:19 delivered for the shell, and however cheap you can pick up the Tamiya PS main paint colour (and backing colour).
Stickers/decals take your pick off ebay for around £10. So probably £45 all delivered.
Awesome - great info mate
I’ve ordered some fibreglass and resin to try and rescue the hard shell haha
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Very cool - almost bought that clod look-a-likey
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19 hours ago, foz75 said:
Looking great! The gold wheels really are blingy!
Cheers - yeah defo needed them
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I’d rather fit chassis braces or buy new chassis at £14 each
As a kid, my falcon was always dying but working out ways to fix it was great fun
I know what people are saying but nah
hahaha
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6 minutes ago, Exit13 said:
That’s hot!!
Thank you
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I’d not buy one if it was a falcon shell on a new chassis
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The reason they don’t show pictures is because if you saw what it was then
1. you wouldn’t buy it and
2. if you still wanted it you’d buy it elsewhere at 1/10th the price.
I haven’t bought one but I would speculate that it’s just a shim to take up the slack in the side wall movement - keeping the diff cogs tighter and thus reducing slippage BUT adds tightness into the system under normal loads that could lead to excessive wear.
You want to maintain the standard gear face contact pressure but stop them moving apart as the power is applied and the angle of the gears naturally forces things apart
hence @Xeostar and I designed the brace as the next step on from the amazing work @mheald did with his solution
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Just a little bump as people are starting to drive their cars hard again now the weather is looking better
i know I am
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On 3/1/2021 at 1:24 AM, TurnipJF said:
If your standard shell is taking such a beating, would you consider a polycarbonate replacement if the repair doesn't hold together? Kamtec have some nice-looking ones that should significantly out-last the injection moulded stock item.
Did consider this
i like the monster beetle look and decals
I’d have to shell out £30 to just get it smashed up again
wheelie bar needed most as it’s the shell tearing across the grass that’s damaging
JJ
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1 minute ago, Aerobert said:
That's great. I love it!
Thanks mate - enjoyable build
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Have a read through my project pages - I started with 1 (lunchbox rere) and had that for a few years then beetle rere and then terra scorcher and then boom - 20+ now and a new shed but not quite a new wife yet
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My monsterbeetle (same ORV chassis iirc) is running 3s LiPo and a bushless Combo
the only mod I needed to do was to design and manufacture a gear box brace (now for sale)
it’s now fast as *******
Get bearings
follow the instructions
enjoy
(a hard shell is harder to paint that a clear one)
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Watanabe homage....
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2 hours ago, Exit13 said:
Yes and I’d like to put larger tires in it and this seems like a way that it can be done.
Yeah - you can get 2 sets of front or backs as even thought it’s 2wd both wheels are hex
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5 hours ago, Exit13 said:
This looks like a fun modification. Any idea how similar that chassis is to say something like my Honda city Turbo? I’d like to do something like this.
Looking at Tamiya base it’s exactly the same chassis so looks like no reason why you couldn’t just buy the 2 parts trees and drive shafts and steering arms to lower and widen the car
assuming you have the rere city turbo
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10 months for the hotshot gold wheels to arrive but now they have it’s finally finished
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At last....!!!
the gold wheels finally arrived
10 months after I paid for them - covid haha
so I finally got to finish the hotshot and i think it looks amazing
Another project to hang on the wall
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8 hours ago, Busdriver said:
Watched the video. Do I need to sign the official secrets act now 🤫
Nah - I’ll just send the people round
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Wow - just wow
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Vintage Wild One to Blockhead conversion
in The Builds
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Great stuff mate
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