RC Gallery Comment thread

[Nicadraus 6201]

31 minutes ago, Juhunio said:

Amazing stuff @Ferruz, both your connection to nature and Munchy's connection to Tamiya 

You're our very own Snow White!

You nailed it!

Now I want to see some grizzlies and wolves next to his RCs. 

Seriously, That is awesome @Ferruz!

[Kol__ 3377]

3 hours ago, Ferruz said:

It's gotta be the cutest thing that ever crossed my path.

Awesome, just awesome mate! Love it

What a cool little dude and an amazing little connection you formed. Not surprisingly you were gutted when he came to an early end. It may me lol a little when you said you were embarrassingly cut up about it, no need to be though. Sounds like a special time with that little chap mate, he came to give you something special whilst the world was brought to it's knees by a deadly pandemic.

R.I.P Munchy🪦 L.E.G.E.N.D.

 

[Juhunio 6830]

@Tobyone loving your weathering work on the Mini and the flatbed!

That's a whole other level of skill I can't even comprehend,  they both look awesome 

[Nicadraus 6201]

I really like this shot @Ferruz

It looked like the RC was racing with the tractor.

[Nicadraus 6201]

I also can't help but drool on this SA. I don't fancy black cars but this is exceptional @Willy iine

[Willy iine 18806]

1 hour ago, Nicadraus said:

I also can't help but drool on this SA. I don't fancy black cars but this is exceptional @Willy iine

Thanks!   I have to give credit to @Kol__’s Team Azarashi DT02 and @Juhunio’s SuperAstute.  

I took elements from their cars, put some of my herbs and spices (just mostly hope ) and came up with the car.   

[Kol__ 3377]

2 hours ago, Nicadraus said:

I also can't help but drool on this SA. I don't fancy black cars but this is exceptional @Willy iine

Agreed, it is a sweet, sweet puppy. Other than it being a black buggy Willy, it's all you mate

[Willy iine 18806]

8 minutes ago, Kol__ said:

Agreed, it is a sweet, sweet puppy. Other than it being a black buggy Willy, it's all you mate

You’re too kind @Kol__! 

 

[Willy iine 18806]

@Re-Bugged Wow your latest Ford super car is fantastic!!  Very nicely done as always.   

[Re-Bugged 10156]

Thanks very much @Willy iine, it was a bit of a masking tape marathon but super happy with the end result. I think the GT is really nice bodyshell and I’m dying to take it for a spin when time and weather permits. I’m sure the TTO2R it’s riding on will be a big improvement to the bog stock TT02 that came with it and ended up under my MK1 Escort.

[Kol__ 3377]

@nowinaminute, great shot of the Madvan flippin'

[GeeWings 2830]

@nowinaminute I love your recent  Mad Van action sequence photo!  So cool. I had something slightly similar in mind a while ago but couldn’t pull it off. Having seen yours I’m not going to even try again! 

[TurnipJF 9192]

On 7/5/2022 at 5:01 PM, Nicadraus said:

I really like this shot @Ferruz

It looked like the RC was racing with the tractor.

And winning!

[Willy iine 18806]

@nowinaminute Your recent picture of acrobatics with your van is excellent!    Very cool 

[nowinaminute 2815]

19 hours ago, Kol__ said:

@nowinaminute, great shot of the Madvan flippin'

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

19 hours ago, GeeWings said:

@nowinaminute I love your recent  Mad Van action sequence photo!  So cool. I had something slightly similar in mind a while ago but couldn’t pull it off. Having seen yours I’m not going to even try again! 

Thanks! Happy to give some hints.

4 hours ago, Willy iine said:

@nowinaminute Your recent picture of acrobatics with your van is excellent!    Very cool 

Thank you!

[dmelczer 100]

That front right wheel on the MadVan looks dislocated on the landing, @nowinaminute...  I agree with the rest...great action shot though!!

[Room335 738]

As usual Mr. @Nicadraus has set the gold standard in clean & coordinated wiring! I ordered some of that blue braiding recently but I bought the wrong size

 

[nowinaminute 2815]

1 hour ago, dmelczer said:

That front right wheel on the MadVan looks dislocated on the landing, @nowinaminute...  I agree with the rest...great action shot though!!

Nah it was fine lol. You'd be amazed at the contortions that happen to some parts and you'd never notice without a freeze frame.

That being said, the mad van unfortunately has some well known weaknesses in the driveline but moreso related to stuff like the plastic drive cups wearing out very quickly, dramatically so in sand. Really not fit for purpose on such a powerful vehicle. Plenty of people on the Facebook group had them give up on the first run.

Before I hit the beach, the front outer cups were wearing out pretty fast but I had got maybe 6 runs out of it. The first beach run they lasted approx 20 minutes! Managed plenty of back flips etc with no issues but doing some high speed passes etc and they rounded out after 10 minutes or so.

Took it home and put brand new cups in, went back to the beach and this time just ran it around on flat areas, no stunts etc and one rounded out again before I could get through a pack. I had even turned the steering end point down as advised.

So I ended up getting the rather pricey "HD" CVD set, fitted them, back to the beach. This time 5 minutes of gentle running and the INNER drive cups went! Now waiting to fit metal inner cups.

So ironically, I got 20 or so minutes from the stock plastic outer cups, including a load of stunts and got 5 minutes after getting the expensive CVDs!

I love it but for something they advertised as a powerful basher and show pounding around at the beach in the promo, it's been a bit of a wimp so far. Can't even blame the plastic cups really, my DT02 and 03s have plastic cups AND driveshaft but it took years of beach runs before a cup totally rounded out!

I'm on the verge of just trying to hack a traxxas or similar CVD to fit because they attach with a grub screw at the diff end, the kyosho CVDs still have a dogbone on one end, and they don't seem to engage inside the cups as far as I'd like. The inner cups have always been fine but switching to CVDs seem to have moved the weak point to the insided.

Blimey this escalated🤣 Anyways, the wheels stay on just fine, it's the rest of the stuff that's the problem🤣😅

It's a weird RC. It has plenty of get up and go but it's a bit flawed. Like an Olympic gymnast with brittle bones!

Maybe ill make a dedicated thread about it, as I know a lot of people here are intruiged by the mad van.

[Juhunio 6830]

33 minutes ago, Room335 said:

As usual Mr. @Nicadraus has set the gold standard in clean & coordinated wiring! I ordered some of that blue braiding recently but I bought the wrong size

 

Agreed, he’s a master 🤩 I bought some in black but it’s nigh on impossible to get it over servo plugs and ESC leads. You really need to be able to solder to make it work, and that is something I cannot nor will ever be able to do ☹️

[GeeWings 2830]

1 hour ago, nowinaminute said:

Maybe ill make a dedicated thread about it, as I know a lot of people here are intruiged by the mad van.

Good idea, I would love to discuss more. Since making my Jumbo Van GF01 mad van homage I've really fancied getting the real deal. I get a bit too precious about most of my builds so had this in mind to use as an out of the box runner.

[GeeWings 2830]

1 hour ago, Ministrone said:

 

That’s just brilliant @Ministrone. So good. 

[Nicadraus 6201]

12 hours ago, Room335 said:

As usual Mr. @Nicadraus has set the gold standard in clean & coordinated wiring! I ordered some of that blue braiding recently but I bought the wrong size

Thank you! The braided wrap I used for the sensor cable is 10mm. For servo wires, I use 6mm.

[Nicadraus 6201]

12 hours ago, Juhunio said:

Agreed, he’s a master 🤩 I bought some in black but it’s nigh on impossible to get it over servo plugs and ESC leads. You really need to be able to solder to make it work, and that is something I cannot nor will ever be able to do ☹️

The servo plug should fit in the 6mm.

[Nicadraus 6201]

This is a masterpiece @Willy iine

[RC Perspective 511]

3 hours ago, Nicadraus said:

This is a masterpiece @Willy iine

@Willy iine If you want some real snake plants let me know; I've got thousands 

Looks awesome tho; Got some fantastic talent on this site!

-RC Perspective