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Phil5556

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  1. Nope, it's a home made in my garage from plans in a model boat magazine Made it years ago, maybe 25 years ago (?), and have recently dug it out from my mum's house. Been having a play to try and get it running a bit better. I posted about it a few pages ago in this thread.
  2. Non tamiya (and technically I did it yesterday) but made a new rudder for the hydrofoil and fitted a new prop shaft, this time in line with the centre of the hull. Hopefully it will be controllable like this.
  3. I've got a battery charged so might go and bash the Top Force as a break from gardening tomorrow. Apart from that I've ordered a new prop shaft and some brass sheet too make a new rudder for the hydrofoil that I'm re-commissioning. They won't be here until mid week though.
  4. Change of heart, I'm keeping this for now...
  5. I've just had another play with this, moved the battery forward for better balance, and put in my Gool RC brushless motor and changed the prop to the biggest that will fit without hitting the rudder. Conclusions are that it likes flat water, doesn't like wind, won't steer and if you hit the throttle from a standstill it will launch itself into the air When it gets up on its foils it really shifts though and looks good. I thought I was done with it this time but I'm going to re-align the prop shaft and make a new rudder and give it one last shot. The sea isn't the best place to use it, I had to paddle over the top of my wellies when the prop shaft seized because I hadn't done the lock nuts up tight enough and it unwound the one behind the prop and jammed it up against the end of the tube.
  6. After only a recent resurgence into the hobby I concur. I've got a Turnigy Trackstar sensored setup in my Top Force and it's A LOT smoother than my Gool RC unsensored set up in the Baja Champ. Especially under light throttle and from a standstill.
  7. The core battery is a perfect fit, smaller than my NiMHs. But it's not cheap for the spec, I guess you're paying a premium for the "convenience" of it being standard size. I've got a couple of Turnigy batteries that are supposed to be standard stick packs but are slightly bigger and don't fit the TL01, I use them in my Top Force but had to tweak the battery mount slightly. But... They were half the price of the Core, 200mah higher capacity and higher C rating.
  8. Yep this is the one I use https://www.modelsport.co.uk/core-rc-4000mahr-7-4v-30-60c-2s-lipo/rc-car-products/388538
  9. Infact there's a thread here that I've bookmarked previously https://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/68361-converting-old-transmitters-to-24ghz-using-hack-modules/
  10. Cool. Got a link? I used to have a yellow and blue one that I ran my TF with. Looked just like this. Next time I'm at my mum's I'll try and dig up some photos.
  11. I'd be interested to see if you manage this. I've seen these kinds of modules https://www.t9hobbysport.com/rc-gear/frsky-tx-modules and have an Acoms Techniplus like this
  12. I've got the same issue, bought some cheap ones off eBay and struggled to get them to clamp. Squeezed them with some long nose pliers as I did them up and they hold ok now. Was a bit fiddly though.
  13. This looks great. Does that body match up with a Top Force under tray do you know? It looks remarkably like a shell I used to have on my original Top Force.
  14. I drilled mine. If mounted up on the wing mounts it would foul the body, that's about as high as you can go and keep it hidden.
  15. Are you building yourself a support for the shock tower? I'd recommend it, I crashed hard the other day and pulled the shock tower nearly off. Bent the long screw with the nut on the back Luckily the gearbox case survived, I've bought a spare just in case but also added this: I need to tweak the mountings slightly but it's solid now.
  16. Another vote for the Core RC. It's old school Nicad size, smaller than my 4000 NiMH.
  17. Cheers, I'd seen some off to the side versions but yeah, I like symmetry.
  18. I crashed my Top Force hard, upside down and backwards. Bent the screw holding the rear shock tower on. Luckily didn't damage the gearbox casing. So I made a support brace for it, this had been on my to do list but today's incident moved it to the top of the list. Much better now
  19. Got the speed tuned from a German mail order shop, was about £20 delivered. Think the spur I'm using is 69… comes with a 66 aswell.
  20. Just a sidenote: I think I remember you saying you were disappointed with the speed of a Top Force with a 10.5 (or maybe 13.5) in Vs it's speed in other cars? Well I was disappointed too and progressively upped the pinions. Started with a 17 I think, but now have a 22 with a smaller spur gear and now it flies, and the motor doesn't even get warm. Going to try a 23 as I have one and reckon it might be the sweet spot. So with BL motors it seems it's all about gearing, which is wildly different to brushed gearing (at least on my Trackstar motor).
  21. It's pretty bad. But it does feel nicer to hold and use than the Absima I've got.
  22. 2 LiPos that don't quite fit in my Top Force (they will do with some velcro straps) and the ugliest transmitter ever made
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