DF-03 MS Just got one

[twisted]

well attempted to race the car last night during a club race. well i got one lap, yes one lap in and broke a steering knuckle. so should i get aluminum ones?

also, i almost forgot to mention that the rear diff loosened up during practice.

[CoolJetta3]

As long as they are more robust than the 3R ones I had. Like I said mine bent almost instantly yet I've had no problems with the stock knuckles so far.

BTW I bent my aluminum knuckles on a track barrier, for what it's worth.

[twisted]

As long as they are more robust than the 3R ones I had. Like I said mine bent almost instantly yet I've had no problems with the stock knuckles so far.

BTW I bent my aluminum knuckles on a track barrier, for what it's worth.

yea i ordered some E Racing ones and stayed away from the 3racing ones.

[twisted]

well i took the car to the track again with me last night but ended up not racing. i still dont have th car handling comfortably. the one way is coming out and i need to re work the shocks.

all parts have been ordered to swap out the one way just waiting for tamiya to deliver them.

also i was having problems with the springs popping of the spring retainers on the MS trf shocks. team associated springs from the team shocks on the rc10 (not big bore) fit better then the tamiya springs do. so iam gonna switch to them.

[super gripper]

Never use alloy steering knuckles in alloy C hubs on a buggy

You will always bend them regardless to who makes them.

Use the kit plastic knuckles in the alloy front C hubs and you won't have any bother.

The DF03 is not helped by its short wheel base unless you are racing on tight twisty tracks, I have a long wheel base mono chassis (see my show room) and it sorts all the twichyness out.

Plus the fact the DF03 has no rear anti squat doesn't help. The DF03 really is for slow speed or medium speed racing, full blown brushless proper racing is above its capabilities - get yourself a DB01R

[twisted]

Never use alloy steering knuckles in alloy C hubs on a buggy

You will always bend them regardless to who makes them.

Use the kit plastic knuckles in the alloy front C hubs and you won't have any bother.

The DF03 is not helped by its short wheel base unless you are racing on tight twisty tracks, I have a long wheel base mono chassis (see my show room) and it sorts all the twichyness out.

Plus the fact the DF03 has no rear anti squat doesn't help. The DF03 really is for slow speed or medium speed racing, full blown brushless proper racing is above its capabilities - get yourself a DB01R

well that would defeat the whole purpose of our series on rcsoup (Can it compete?). to late on the alloy steering spindles lol. the plastic ones broke to easily.

[twisted]

1st race under my belt with the df03. qualified 7th in the A main and ended up finishing 5th. this was out of a 16 car feild made up of associated b44.2's and losis,durangos and a shumacher.

[kontemax]

Not so bad!

Max

[jijohans]

What do you guys think of the Tamiya 10,5 sensored motor in this car? Too much?

[super gripper]

Not enough ! unless its a standard car ...........

but ok for bashing .......

an 8.5 is best for the DF03 chassis as long as it has the slipper clutch.

[JeepnMike]

1st race under my belt with the df03. qualified 7th in the A main and ended up finishing 5th. this was out of a 16 car feild made up of associated b44.2's and losis,durangos and a shumacher.

That is pretty cool man! It is neat to have the underdog car and perform like that. 16 cars is a LOT on a single race! Pretty cool!

[jijohans]

Not enough ! unless its a standard car ...........

but ok for bashing .......

an 8.5 is best for the DF03 chassis as long as it has the slipper clutch.

Thanks... Too bad that Tamiya don't have hotter motors than 10,5...

[InsaneJim69]

They used to have a TRF Transpeed 3.5t brushless motor. In fact there is one on ebay right now.

I had a run in my DF03MS at the weekend and wasnt impressed at all

James

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[jijohans]

Yeah found the 8,5 Transpeed also on ebay, but no Tamiya esc that support that low wind... Well,well, motor is made by LRP? so a LRP Spin Pro should cut it...

[CoolJetta3]

Yes the Transpeed/Volac stuff is all LRP so there should be something equivalent.

This

and this look familiar

[InsaneJim69]

Thats the newer style lrp esc. The equivelant to the Tamiya one is the Lrp sphere competition tc spec. It is also the exact same as the Nosram matrix evolution istc. all 3 are the same just branded different.

James

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[twisted]

iam using the duratrax DE10 with their 8.5 motor. plenty fast enough.

[BigSteve]

iam using the duratrax DE10 with their 8.5 motor. plenty fast enough.

Hi looking to get one myself for bashing what's your overall opinion of the ms

[twisted]

so far no complaints. the esc fits in the buggy if you put it on its side. you need to dremell a small portion of the chassis to fit the motor in. as for performance its great. plenty of adjustments via the hand held track programer and the motor is fast. no heating issues on either the motor or esc.

[InsaneJim69]

Going to find this thread quite handy as I intend of moving from the Mod class with my TRF502 into the 17.5T blinky class with my DF03MS that is just gathering dust. Mainly due to not having as much time lately to spend on the setup etc at each meet and also the cheaper costs.

Like you say the chassis is very very tight for electric in general. I also had a test run at the weekend with my speedpassion 17.5 setup and I wasn't too impressed with the handling, very twitchy and a very lively front end it seemed with the standard kit setup on it. I am sure with time and some fettling it will get better though

James

[BigSteve]

I've just ordered myself a DF 03MS and was wondering what high torque steering servos are available that are compatible with the kit supplied servo horns. Not looking to spend a lot for one or will a std Acoms servo be adequate.

Steve.

[twisted]

I've just ordered myself a DF 03MS and was wondering what high torque steering servos are available that are compatible with the kit supplied servo horns. Not looking to spend a lot for one or will a std Acoms servo be adequate.

Steve.

steve iam using a team associated xp servo. it has more then enough torque at 200 oz

[twisted]

i wanted to point out a couple of things i have noticed and learned about the df03 ms.

1. the Ms shocks will tear the bladder if you do not add an extra spacer to the outside of the shock.

2. team associated standard bore (older team shocks) springs fit the ms shocks.

3. peak powermax stick lipos fit the car nicely and are 4200 mah at 45c. nice power.

the stock steering radius for lack of a better word ,sucks. im not sure what is keeping the bell cranks from traveling further. maybe someone has some info?

[RS2RSR]

kmrcshop.com if you want to get the carbon chassis

[Percymon]

Allturn servos from modelsport are very good, high speed or high torque. Ditto bluebird servos from hobbyking. (Uk warehouse).

You might want to think, or need, a low profile servo as there's not a huge amount of room fit electrics. Check the recent threads on the forum and showrooms to see what people are using.