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  5. Posted

    Great number of replies, views and experiences there, certainly provides wide range of perspective. Lots to consider! Thanks guys :) 

    When my son was about 3-4, we would look at one of my buggies, and he’d get very focused on the different parts of the car and how they worked. , The ‘story’ was important: the battery puts power into the motor, which goes into the gearbox, which goes into the axle, which makes the wheels turn, sort of thing.

    He likely didn’t properly understand it, I think, but the concept , or the relationships of parts, he liked. He also liked things like suspension/shocks, and the way the wheels steer and turn; things that moved or are tangible. 
     

    I suspect if we tried a project together he’d get a bit frustrated, but because he amazes me frequently with the way he can get so obsessed with certain slightly ‘random’ or unexpected things with a big level of detail and sustained interest (current obsession: the sinking of the Titanic, three months in and no abate, he writes ‘books’ on it…!), I am curious and/or hopeful it could blossom in the sphere of RC.
     

    Not so much all for the fun of driving, but  primarily because I think the design of an rc car can can teach so much about how things work, therefore I think the educational aspect is of great value. 
     

    I might give it a go and see what happens. Perhaps not build it up on a ‘birthday present to him’ route, but a ‘help daddy make one of his racing cars’ team-approach type affairs. 

  6. Posted

    Hi all, my son just turned five. I have been looking forward to building some kits with him since he was born basically! 

     To  any of you TCers that are mums or dads: how old have you started your kids on kits? I don’t want to be pushy or try something overly complex, but he’s very good at building things and interested in machine, planes, ships, etc. I was thinking something simple and classic like a Hornet or Grasshopper. I suspect he may not have the patience, and I don’t want to put him off for when he’s older. (I know, I’m possibly overthinking this somewhat…!)

    Any advice and / or anecdotes would be welcome! Cheers 

     

    ps: partially relevant subtext: it’ll give me time to finally get involved with RCing again…! 

  9. Posted

    Hi @GeeWings not sure if you’re directing that question to me or not, but on my hotshot  the shock product references are:

    GM22307 75mm

    GM22107 93mm

    There’s a pic on page 1 if that helps! :) 
     

    I think the rears were great, the fronts could’ve been a smidge longer travel.

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  13. Posted

    My 2p:

    You won’t like the cost but the tamiya DF03 aluminium shock set is very, very decent. 
     

    GMade do a nice range of aluminium diaphragm shocks, but again cost is significant if I recall, though I think you can get the lengths you require. 
     

    Tamiya do good plastic CVA sets and I think you can generate increased length over the stock kit shock with using the taller mounts and by using the inner mounting hole on the lower arms. Although best check the max length the CVA sets will provide you. have you maxed out the stock shock lengths anyway? 

    Yes there are lots of cheapy shocks on eBay but as you say they’re sometimes questionable in terms of quality and smoothness  

    Big bore shocks might be overkill for TT02B but I’d defer to others on this. 
     

    There are many folks on the forum with more in depth advice than I’ve provided, particularly in addressing the oils and weights, but this is my experience. 

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  15. Posted

    Hello mate, details on my thread but here is the specific answer:

    Wheel: Tamiya 58589 Toyota Land Cruiser 40 P/Up/GF01, 9333120/19333120 Wheel Bag   (sourced from Tony's Tamiya Parts)

    Tyre:  Tamiya V-Tread Block Tires (75/47) 2Pcs For NDF01 GF01 #53854   (sourced from RC Mart)

     

    think I used the standard axles from memory. Hope this helps! :)

  17. Posted

    Hi all, have been super quiet on the RC front for the last year or so but have been tinkering away on a Hornet third shock modification. This is to stop the ‘kick up’ under acceleration where the front end of the rear gearbox kicks up. I created a couple of carbon plates to allow for the fixings of the third shock (1/12 scale if I recall) to sit in between the rear dampers, between the front of the gearbox and back wall of the chassis tub. Mechanically this feels like it works quite well. But I haven’t tried it in action yet.
     

     

    Hornet suspension brace

     

    Hornet suspension brace

     

    Hornet suspension brace

     

    Hornet suspension brace

     

    Hornet suspension brace

     

    This version of the design is my second attempt, the first not restraining the shock properly in all directions whilst allow free movement of the gearbox left/right and front/back. The plates were cut at Fibrelyte in 3mm carbon. one vertical that you can see in the pics to hold the top of the shock, and one flat on the front of the gearbox base to take the bottom of the shock. Ghetto use of a Hornet front suspension aluminium bracket here  

    Anyway, this is a quick post as I don’t know when I’ll get to complete this car, but will document this in more detail in the Builds section as and when. Thought you might like to see some pics of the ‘experiment’.... :)

     

     

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  20. Posted

    When running stock shock lengths on the WT-01 platform (Wild Dagger, Twin Detonator, etc), what’s a good upgrade if using the stock shock lengths? 

    Or is it a given just to go to lengthened shocks with the bigger shock plate? 


    How does stock handle vs lengthened? Have never run a stock shock length WT01

    Thanks all, and Happy New Year to all :) 

  21. Posted

    To the best forum on the internet: happy Christmas to you all, and have a great break. It’s been a tough year, but from reading all your posts and words on this forum you have shown strength and hope and inspiration, and that we’ll get through this. So have a great time and my thoughts are with you all, even if I’ve never met you!  Happy Christmas :)

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