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11-18-2011, 05:44 PM
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My slash is a real basket case; the idiots and the hobby shop forgot to give me my transmission screws back, of course it's too late now. I'm going to be getting a team associated sc10 soon. The question I have is in regards to my brushless set up. Can I pretty much just bolt on what i have now? The esc is a castle mamba max pro 1/10 and the engine is a tacon 3650 with 4420kv. I'm pretty sure I've got a 18 tooth pinion also. This is a pretty nice set up IMO, so I want to use it. Will it work out?
11-18-2011, 06:26 PM
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RE: Starting over
Should, yes. If it worked well in the Slash, should work fine in an SC10. Don't see why it wouldn't anyway. Unless it's a 4wd, but also if you have the Slash 4wd, then it still won't be a problem. Might have to adjust the gearing 1 or 2 teeth though on the pinion.
11-18-2011, 07:43 PM
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RE: Starting over
Yeah, the AE car would be a much better upgrade.
I've been subscribing here lately, and have been hearing that there's more complaints about Traxxas than any other brand, RTR or kit. Just my observation. Traxxas was inferior to a hobby-grade against any Tamiya off-roader BITD in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and if I ran across the chance to get a free Traxxas today, I'd give it away. IMHO, they're five steps below HPI and three steps below Tamiya. Junk and super cheap plastic.
Just my observation since, Traxxas came out on the scene BITD. I'd hardly trust their SC 4x4 truck platinum edition. Again - super cheap plastic.
You'll do much better with the AE car.
I've been subscribing here lately, and have been hearing that there's more complaints about Traxxas than any other brand, RTR or kit. Just my observation. Traxxas was inferior to a hobby-grade against any Tamiya off-roader BITD in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and if I ran across the chance to get a free Traxxas today, I'd give it away. IMHO, they're five steps below HPI and three steps below Tamiya. Junk and super cheap plastic.
Just my observation since, Traxxas came out on the scene BITD. I'd hardly trust their SC 4x4 truck platinum edition. Again - super cheap plastic.
You'll do much better with the AE car.
11-19-2011, 04:00 PM
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RE: Starting over
ORIGINAL: dragnse7en
Yeah, the AE car would be a much better upgrade.
I've been subscribing here lately, and have been hearing that there's more complaints about Traxxas than any other brand, RTR or kit. Just my observation. Traxxas was inferior to a hobby-grade against any Tamiya off-roader BITD in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and if I ran across the chance to get a free Traxxas today, I'd give it away. IMHO, they're five steps below HPI and three steps below Tamiya. Junk and super cheap plastic.
Just my observation since, Traxxas came out on the scene BITD. I'd hardly trust their SC 4x4 truck platinum edition. Again - super cheap plastic.
You'll do much better with the AE car.
Yeah, the AE car would be a much better upgrade.
I've been subscribing here lately, and have been hearing that there's more complaints about Traxxas than any other brand, RTR or kit. Just my observation. Traxxas was inferior to a hobby-grade against any Tamiya off-roader BITD in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and if I ran across the chance to get a free Traxxas today, I'd give it away. IMHO, they're five steps below HPI and three steps below Tamiya. Junk and super cheap plastic.
Just my observation since, Traxxas came out on the scene BITD. I'd hardly trust their SC 4x4 truck platinum edition. Again - super cheap plastic.
You'll do much better with the AE car.
11-19-2011, 05:28 PM
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RE: Starting over
You should enjoy AE's cars then. No car is bulletproof, and any good crash will break something, but AE's cars are quite tough. When I had my old RC10T, I had it for about three years before I bent the front kick plate on it. That was one tough truck!
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RE: Starting over
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My slash is a real basket case; the idiots and the hobby shop forgot to give me my transmission screws back, of course it's too late now. I'm going to be getting a team associated sc10 soon. The question I have is in regards to my brushless set up. Can I pretty much just bolt on what i have now? The esc is a castle mamba max pro 1/10 and the engine is a tacon 3650 with 4420kv. I'm pretty sure I've got a 18 tooth pinion also. This is a pretty nice set up IMO, so I want to use it. Will it work out?
My slash is a real basket case; the idiots and the hobby shop forgot to give me my transmission screws back, of course it's too late now. I'm going to be getting a team associated sc10 soon. The question I have is in regards to my brushless set up. Can I pretty much just bolt on what i have now? The esc is a castle mamba max pro 1/10 and the engine is a tacon 3650 with 4420kv. I'm pretty sure I've got a 18 tooth pinion also. This is a pretty nice set up IMO, so I want to use it. Will it work out?
Handles much better offroad than a 2wd slash does, even if you put the proline suspension kit on a 2wd slash, it doesnt
make it as good as the SC10. Close but no cigar.
11-20-2011, 12:26 PM
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RE: Starting over
ORIGINAL: xerxes
wut will becum of da slash? ders plenty of us traxxas lovers who woodnt mind havng it for 10$.
xerxes will evn giv u 20 + shpn
wut will becum of da slash? ders plenty of us traxxas lovers who woodnt mind havng it for 10$.
xerxes will evn giv u 20 + shpn
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RE: Starting over
Motor is a little underpowered, surprised nobody mentioned this yet. You should really be looking to go 550 or 4-pole 540.
11-21-2011, 12:53 PM
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RE: Starting over
2w trucks get away fine with a 2 pole motor. ThunderbirdJunkie runs a Trintiy D3 10.5 in his 2w SCT, and it's a 2 pole 4200kv motor. The Tacon motors are no exception.
11-22-2011, 06:31 AM
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My slash 4x4 hasn't broken any parts at all in the two years i've raced it. The stock esc went at the end of this season and a couple nerf bars broke. But I have finished every race I've started. Believe me this truck has seen some crazy crashes. I'm not saying it is any better than the next truck But I don't see why it can't compete against others.
Oh by the way, I replaced the stock motor and esc with the castle sidewinder sc 3800 and am loving it.
KID EVIL!
Oh by the way, I replaced the stock motor and esc with the castle sidewinder sc 3800 and am loving it.
KID EVIL!
11-28-2011, 05:51 PM
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RE: Starting over
ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie
The LHS "forgot" to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
The LHS "forgot" to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
11-28-2011, 06:37 PM
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ORIGINAL: rc awesome
Ok TBJ, here is the full story... I take my slash in to get the the transmission taken care of because I didn't have any time, and to be honst I didn't feel like working on it. I got it back put it in a corner for a while and forgot about it, after probably 3 weeks I took it out to find other there were no screws in the case. I went back to the shop to find it with no RCs in it with everything gone. Damn place went out of business, only God knows where my transmission screws are.
ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie
The LHS "forgot" to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
The LHS "forgot" to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
11-28-2011, 08:06 PM
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RE: Starting over
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Ok TBJ, here is the full story... I take my slash in to get the the transmission taken care of because I didn't have any time, and to be honst I didn't feel like working on it. I got it back put it in a corner for a while and forgot about it, after probably 3 weeks I took it out to find other there were no screws in the case. I went back to the shop to find it with no RCs in it with everything gone. Damn place went out of business, only God knows where my transmission screws are.
ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie
The LHS ''forgot'' to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
The LHS ''forgot'' to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
Get an SC10 RS.
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RE: Starting over
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2w trucks get away fine with a 2 pole motor. ThunderbirdJunkie runs a Trintiy D3 10.5 in his 2w SCT, and it's a 2 pole 4200kv motor. The Tacon motors are no exception.
2w trucks get away fine with a 2 pole motor. ThunderbirdJunkie runs a Trintiy D3 10.5 in his 2w SCT, and it's a 2 pole 4200kv motor. The Tacon motors are no exception.
Id guestimate my evader at over 40mph on 2s with my 3930kv tacon. And its just luke warm after some speed runs. Heck of a little motor and there definately is no need for a 4 pole in it[8D]
11-29-2011, 03:09 PM
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RE: Starting over
ORIGINAL: dragnse7en
Wow - sorry to hear about that. Did you get new screws?
ORIGINAL: rc awesome
Ok TBJ, here is the full story... I take my slash in to get the the transmission taken care of because I didn't have any time, and to be honst I didn't feel like working on it. I got it back put it in a corner for a while and forgot about it, after probably 3 weeks I took it out to find other there were no screws in the case. I went back to the shop to find it with no RCs in it with everything gone. Damn place went out of business, only God knows where my transmission screws are.
ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie
The LHS "forgot" to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
The LHS "forgot" to give you your transmission case screws...
And they're idiots?
11-29-2011, 03:55 PM
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RE: Starting over
I've never bothered to look at any Traxxas instruction manual, but if it's written well like AE and Tamiya, it should list the size or sizes of the screws that you need. Look it up in the manual, and then go online to find the matching size.
Hope that helps
Hope that helps
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RE: Starting over
Actually, better yet, if you can find out what sizes and type screws you need, drop me a PM, and if I have them in my huge box o' spares, I'll mail them out to you for free.
