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New to CEN and RCU - 1/8/2012 5:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hello All at RCU,
About 3 months ago I picked myself up a second hand Cen FunFactor MT2 with a seized engine for 50euros.  After a full teardown, some wd40 and a new glow plug it started right up.
Iv replaced the oem radio gear with a cheap 2.4ghz set by saturn and iv been having endless fun with it ever since. Im not the type of guy who takes things easy so iv been driving it like its robbed. Iv swaped out the rear dogbones with a set of the front swing shafts, added the extra wheel bearings, steering rack bearings, built a stainless steel roll cage/body brace, added lights to the shell (gets dark early in Ireland) and just for personal taste, sprayed the all purple alu matt black. Im addicted! i drive it at least 3-5 times a week and wake up every morning looking forward to the smell of burnt nitro. Iv had some crashes and broken a few things but am very impressed with the pounding these little trucks can take.
For 50 euros i think i got a cheap ticket into the world of nitro rc and theres no turning back. Im sure i will be looking for advice at some point and RCU is the place to get it so until then
wish me luck and trouble free bashing.





 

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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 1/8/2012 12:16 PM   
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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 1/11/2012 3:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		yea,good luck with the truck.i'm fairly new to cen myself,always been diehard kyosho for years,and last year bought my first used cen gst7.7.i love it better than anything i've ever owned,now i have 2 gst's and one original genesis that i'm restoring with up dated parts.be sure to check out the for sale section,i buy and trade alot there.again,good luck and enjoy.

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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 1/13/2012 12:28 AM   
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From: Dublin, IRELAND
Status: offline 		Thanks for the welcome guys.



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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 1/16/2012 7:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		picked up a few more MT2's and a NX3.0 over the past few days and went to the park on saterday with my nephew and friend and had a bit of a bash. all was going well until i forgot to put an rclip on the radio box. i did a little jump and  truck went one way, batteries went another, off she went at about 1/6th throttle with me running after her, just as i catch up the carb opens and it tears off flat out and hits a huge tree. no damage but time for a failsafe.

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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 1/16/2012 11:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		If your RX battery went on a vacation, then the failsafe would not have helped since it needs a battery to close the the carb and set the steering, they are always a good idea tho. A throttle return spring that pulls the carb closed when there is no power on board is the trick in this situation.

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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 1/16/2012 9:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		thanks for the tip dogman, id feel like a right tool if my truck went on another run without me after buying a failsafe.

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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 3/31/2012 10:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		welcome kcim to rcu and good luck with your truck maybe in the future you will buy something bigger once you build your convidence.


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RE: New to CEN and RCU - 4/3/2012 10:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		i dont think i will firestone, i have 6 funfactor variants now and dont see the point in going to 1/8th. As for confidence, these toys dont compare with the real deal. if im ever in derry ill give u a go of a real 4x4, a 1967 triumph vitesse on a mitsi pajero chassis.

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