So, What Have You Done Today?

[chris.alex]

Reached page 18 of 36. My XM01 Pro starts looking like a car. 🙂

[toyolien]

Made a start on my Grasshopper beach buggy build. Lots of Grasshoppers about so don't think I'll do a build thread. I'll see...

 

[Mouc-RC]

Today I prepared a BlackFoot Re-re based "Monster 2CV" that I'll give to a friend. As it didn't get much use, and as each time I see my friend we talk about RC but he doesn't get started...

Build it up with Old-School electronics, but hey, we all started with 26-27 Mhz, so why not?

Tested this afternoon, works fine so far.

[Grumpy pants]

Nothing RC related for me today, I’ve been to Thruxton with my nephew to watch the  BTCC 👍

[BuggyDad]

2 hours ago, toyolien said:

Made a start on my Grasshopper beach buggy build. Lots of Grasshoppers about so don't think I'll do a build thread. I'll see...

 

You can't do that to a pair of tyres, entice us with funky shocks and then deny us a build thread! 

[toyolien]

22 minutes ago, BuggyDad said:

You can't do that to a pair of tyres, entice us with funky shocks and then deny us a build thread! 

Might just do a series of photos build thread then 👍

[Ferruz]

Today I came home to a delivered Turbo Optima and some truly bang on stickers from MCI. Very happy with this 🤩

On another note, I also got the chance to bring the Manta Ray to a beach, albeit minuscule. First time on sand for her in all these years. Still have to sort out the photos and footage.

@silvertriple those vintage oriented club events you go to sound like SO much fun. I wish I could partake. Well done going with your son and all those cars, gotta make it worth the while! Everything looks great, so many interesting and cool cars to look at besides all the action.

[TexVan]

22 hours ago, Andreas W said:

Aua. Which pinion size were you running? I have ran 13t in my Thunder Dragon on 2,2" which should equate to 15t in a Hotshot if I'm not wrong. 

 

I had the same 2 weeks ago with a Silvercan in my Thunder Dragon on 2S LiPo. My son were sliding and doing donuts for 20 mins. We got the magic smoke and now there is only sparks inside the can when applying throtle. 

I had a steel 17T pinion gear attached to the Sport Tuned motor with Dual Block Tires (54185/54186).  The battery was just a plain old NiMH 7.2.  I was driving it around on some thick trail tterrain with lots of loose bark and tree fragments which may have caused the motor to work a little harder.  A new Sport Tuned motor (silver version) is on its way which should arrive  later today.

[toyolien]

 

[Room335]

I fixed the pinstriping on my Zahhak RC10 tribute. Originally painted them and got the color all wrong. Much happier now thanks to MCI.

 

[skom25]

I ran my new TT-02 for the first time. It just flies with Super Stock motor and FDR around 7.4. So happy with result. 

 

[tim.senecal]

On 6/8/2024 at 3:13 AM, Jason1145 said:

If that old radio works use it, that looks so cool never seen one before.. does it work though??

The radio is missing its antenna, and it is a 27mhz AM frequency, so i have no way of testing it.   I can, however, gut it and add about $70 worth of parts to make it a 2.4ghz 4 channel futaba s-fhss compatible radio, with epa and atv and servo reversing..

[tim.senecal]

On 6/9/2024 at 4:12 AM, JimBear said:

Sweet lil' thing ... (do I have a soft spot for beetles? Oh yes!) What sort of car is it, actually?

That would be an old-school bolink digger 1/12...  not to be mistaken for the bolink digger 1/10.  I had one as a kid.  sometime in '76 or '77

[tim.senecal]

On 6/8/2024 at 11:46 PM, BuggyDad said:

Are you sure that's for an RC car, not some device from a 1970s Bond villain's lair, used to fire a giant missile or direct a laser at 007's testicles? 

That, my good sir, would be a 1976 era Futaba FP-T 2F transmitter.   The VERY FIRST steering wheel based r/c surface radio available for sale in the USA.

[silvertriple]

Did some rework of my son pictures, and selected a few for forums

[nowinaminute]

I've been doing quite a lot of random RC stuff the last week or so. Some random maintenance, going back to long set aside projects etc.

It's just really nice to have a bit of enthusiasm again after a long period of dormancy. 



 

[tim.senecal]

On 6/8/2024 at 5:35 AM, Kowalski86 said:

I would just run the newer radio, the old one is neat for novelty, but whenever I run my RCs I prefer having good control to avoid any incidents. That's why I don't run MSCs, I don't want my expensive toys taking off on their own!

My plan is to gut the radio.  I would put hall sensors in place of the pots, as well as an arduino to generate the ppm signal for a 3rd party module that would output futaba s-fhss 2.4ghz protocol for the receiver.  It would also allow me to add epa, centering and reversing for all the channels, as well as 3 position and 2 position switches, making the radio 4 channel.

[An_RC_Guy]

Well I don't know what was going on with the forum yesterday but it's back up now. After running the FF01 through a couple batteries both shock towers gave up the ghost, so I CAD modeled and 3d printed new ones that are much more robust. I also got my new GT-5 transmitter setup with all my cars to replace my old GT-2B. No more rebinding and retrimming cars all the time! 

[JimBear]

8 hours ago, silvertriple said:

Did some rework of my son pictures, and selected a few for forums





 

What is that red one, the hot rod? It looks cool. There was another one on the tables, a bit cartoony, looked like it had Gaston Lagaffe at the wheel.

The Tomahawk looks the part on the track, very nice. And lastly, do you have any idea what sort of body the Mini is?

[silvertriple]

13 minutes ago, JimBear said:

What is that red one, the hot rod? It looks cool. There was another one on the tables, a bit cartoony, looked like it had Gaston Lagaffe at the wheel.

The Tomahawk looks the part on the track, very nice. And lastly, do you have any idea what sort of body the Mini is?

the red one hot rod and the one on the table which had Gaston Lagaffe at the wheel are custom builds made by their owner. The Morgan is also custom built by the same guy...

The Mini body is a M-chassis body, but it is not from Tamiya. It bought it during a vintage meet so not exactly sure where it came from. It might be coming from L&L models, but I'm not sure. The chassis under the body is a M-05.

[JimBear]

3 minutes ago, silvertriple said:

the red one hot rod and the one on the table which had Gaston Lagaffe at the wheel are custom builds made by their owner. The Morgan is also custom built by the same guy...

Yeah, I was thinking they were scratch built. Always fun to see what people come up with.  And the Mini, I am always on the lookout for Minis ...

 

[jonboy1]

On 6/9/2024 at 6:22 PM, toyolien said:

Made a start on my Grasshopper beach buggy build. Lots of Grasshoppers about so don't think I'll do a build thread. I'll see...

 

You just can't go wrong with a cut/staggered PadlaTrak - looking forward to this, reckon it'll be something awesome!!  

[jonboy1]

17 hours ago, Room335 said:

I fixed the pinstriping on my Zahhak RC10 tribute. Originally painted them and got the color all wrong. Much happier now thanks to MCI.

 

Love this! You just don't see enough DN-01s - awesome to see!  

[Grumpy pants]

I bought a Sand Viper project today - £17.95 delivered 😳

We’ll see if it turns up and what it looks like when it does 😂

No wheels or electrics….

[Pizza Frog]

I have a Manta Ray on it's way

I'm surprised how cheap they are, I spent more on a hornet.

This is going to be a great build because it's the first time I've built a car in years where I don't have a huge backlog of unfinished work on other rc cars.