kevrut

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Mini-t races in Huntsville, Alabama at: http://www.hobbytownhuntsville.com/calendar/

madblunted

That Thread all or all thread stuff would work pretty good for bent turnbuckles, I myself am waiting for rpm to get on the scene, and someone to release some nice ti ones.

bbentley40

I race my mini-t at HT in Huntsville. I have probably raced against you but I cannot pin point who you are right off. BTW.. I dont think it is on the calender but we are going to be racing the 20th of this month as well. They did not originally schedule it because Sean was going to be out of town but Shea and I volunteered to run the lap counter so we could race.

kevrut

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Nope, but we've probably met. I just got my Mini-T the other day. I've been to a couple of the races though and will probably compete in them one day as I get my skill level up.

I was just putting in a plug for our local Hobby Town. A lot of folks probably don't know about the races there.

Kev...

Losi Mini-T (to chase the cat
XTM Mammoth (to eat the cat!)

Huntsville, Alabama
www.pfsoffice.net/rctrack.htm

bbentley40

Oh.. ok.. well in that case make sure to try to come out the 20th. Last time we raced we only had 9 people so all the heats and mains only had 3 in them. I would like to see us get to at least 12 so all heats can have 4 cars.

BTW.. I sent a email in regards to your local offroad track post.

garynjr

Hey all... Wow, this thread is a lot different then the one8thscale.com discussion...
None of you guys have had serious problems with your T? I bought mine at my LHS and it lasted 3 days. I'm waiting on Horizon to mail me a UPS call for the truck. It litterally just fell apart all over and then the motor ceased on me after about 7 Charges of my 1200mah 6 cell Competition pack. It's quite a little truck though when it worked! I can't wait to get it back! I'm half tempted to buy another one in the mean time but I really don't have that much cash to be throwing around... I'll need $150 to add all the parts to make the truck worth driving anyway...

Glad to hear that there are some people out there who are genuinly happy with their truck!


Add 1/2 mini T to my list below...

kevrut

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with the graunper speed 300 and a 7.2 volt battery, will the stock speed controller work or do I need to upgrade it? Thanks in advance!

sanitz

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Well I had to have one and I finally broke down and bought a Losi Mini T. I have always spent my time with nittro and wanted toi know some opinions on what would make for the best upgrades. I have all stock and still using AA batteries and wanted to know what is the best battery setup and charger? Also I have seen info on the Speed 300 motor my question is how good is it? Its only 19.00 with bracket and other motors for example "Trinity" is 30.00? Is the Trinity better? Whats the Best?

Rcbros

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I have an honest quesiton for all of u. I want a mini-t but not sure if it's the right truck. I live in gravel and grass. Being as small as these things are do they run good in the grass. Also i'm only 15 so adding hop-ups every week hurts my pocket. I own two T-maxx's. I don't think i would enjoy the mini-t unless it was going at least 30. Any ideas should i get it or save my money for somethin else?

I was at the LHS yesterdat saw a mini-t that was litterly broke in half. How durable are these things.

garynjr

Well, it's not going to go 30. 20 maybe if you dump another $80 - $100 in to it. Which still makes it less then a full scale Stadium truck. Although I'll be honest, it doesn't do so well on high grass. It thrives on prepared dirt or carpet tracks, the living room and sidewalks. The ground clearance on it is only a couple of cm's so a good size stick will stop it pretty easily. They are very small so they make indoor driving fun and manageable. It's certainly not a T-Maxx and you should not expect it to perform like one. On the other hand it's very light so it jumps very high and easily for it's size. But again, that's with a nice sloped ramp and always have a landing ramp because it doesn't take the shock of landing so well. If you put on the $40.00 shock upgrades, you will be able to do more though.

All in all, If you are spending all you have to buy this... WAIT! Plan to spend at least $250 just to get started with it... New 6 or 7 cell Mini batteries, Charger, Shocks, a front bumper, Replacement parts (It is pretty easy to break).

You should check out www.one8th.com to read about a days worth of comments and you can also see a lot of videos there...
Good luck.

Johnston2007

how do u guys put on the dean plugs i need some help becuase i put on tamiya plugs because i didnt have a way to charge my battery so i just put them on for a quick fix. i want to put on dean plugs but i cant see how. can u guys show me some pics on how to put them on

garynjr

Well, I'm not too sure about the dean's plug but if anyone else out there has a problem with charging with the HPI plug, there is a cheap converter from Tamiya plug to the HPI plug so that you can charge it on your Peak charger. $2.00 or so.

What' is the big Difference with the Dean plug? I have heard a few things about it... but nothing more then use it...

brainleak

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problems charging with a micro hpi plug? I never have anyproblems, what happens with the people that do? i get a false peak maybe every 2nd charge but thats about it.

Lemme know. Thanks

Bl

kevrut

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I just bought the Losi bearings for th Mini-T. Should I oil them?

bbentley40

I didnt oil my bearings. They seem to work just fine without it.

BTW.. I would hold off on the mod motor if you are going to race up at Hobbytown. The track is so tight that a mod motor would actually be harder to handle. Plus basically everyone is still running a stock motor right now because there are not enough people for a mod class. When we start racing outside next month you will start seeing a lot more people buying mod motors for them.. me included.

kevrut

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Yeah, I am. I have a speed 300 for it, but until I learn to control it better, I'm keeping the stock engine. I do plan to put a 7.2 volt ni-mh pack in it asap.

brainleak

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Just ordered a bunch of Gpm Parts. I cant wait for them to come

Red Alloy Front C hubs, Red Front Pivot block And a 15T delrin Pinion. Under 20 bucks

Ill be taking pictures as soon as i get everything.

ronbeck

i have to ask how your truck is holding up? the one i had never worked right.

HighGs

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I just bought a 6 cell pack that didn't come with plugs at all. My local hobby shop didn't have the HPI plugs (unless I wanted to spend $15 for a bagfull of them-I got bearings instead), so I did get the dean plugs. They have three posts on them. I couldn't get the wires saughtered on to the two posts closest to each other (two posts are sort of close to each other while the third is a bit farther away.) I just saughtered the wires on the two outside posts and everything works great! Just make sure you don't let the two battery wires touch each other (I had a nice little flame going when I made that mistake-whoops!)

brainleak

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Suprisingly i still havent broken the thing. The parts i bought are to weigh the front down a little, not replacements. I've really beaten on this thing and have been nothing but impressed by the durablity of it. Maybe i just got a good one *shrug*

bl

rushdude

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I haven't broke one part on my truck either. The only thing I did was fry the stock motor.

2Slow2Go

I just got an issue of xtreme rc cars yesterday and on one page it said

"Team Orian Baja micro motor and Supercharged 1200 7.2 v micro pack,
The fastest power combination available for your mini-t, Proven!"

I'm just wondering if any of u guys have this setup and is it true?

brainleak

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Dont waste your money go to www.blindbatts.com go to mini T batts and buy a Kan 1050 6-cell 7.2v pack. 17 bucks instead of close to 40 for the orion. most times when i charge my kan packs i get 1180-1200mah on 1050 batts only charging them at 1 amp.
You could buy two for the price of one orion and they are just as good if not better batts.

snowborder69

im goin brushless on my mini-t and decided that im going with the lehner basic 5300, novak xxl, and i need help finding a good speed control, also on the novak xxl would i want to go fm or am??

Tigger N. Bennie

Why wouldn't you go FM?