Decided to use Futaba 3010 servo instead of my usual 3305 high torque / metal gear one.. figured for a road car, I don't need all that torque, but rather, want the speed.. the 3010 does 60 degree in 0.16 seconds (w/ 6V BEC) so it is quite good (unless you want to spend a lot of $$$ and go into coreless..)
R143F receiver.. why?! Not reason.. I ordered 3 last time, so I still got 1 left after this one is used up.. (got a good deal when Tower was trying to reduce the inventory.. I think I paid $26 each?! Should have gotten a bunch more! DOH!)
Got a bunch of hop-ups for it already.. Tamiya aluminum hex (6mm thickness), aluminum steering link thing (on its way), aluminum motor mount, high speed gear set (figured I'd just run this one w/ the Sport Tune motor..), high strength lower arms, etc.
I think I will take my time building this one.. folks visiting right now so can't go all out.. LOL!!
Argh.. need to get some red paint! (It is a Ferrari after all, oh well..)
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Setting up the servo..
Had to use an ESC to power it up to setup the radio... yeah, obviously, the SuperDuty XR is not gonna go on that car... (take a look at that size! :P) Not to mention the height!!
Still need to figure out which ESC to go into it.. maybe just use the one from my TLT as it is still waiting for some other parts...
Or I can try out the Sphere/Neo when it arrives, but I kind of want to put that in the Lunchbox.. (ha ha, the 'Box will be faster than my road car, LOL!)
We will see!!
Waiting for the Tamiya aluminum steering arm, so I think I will just leave it unfinished for now... don't want to build up and then tear it up again just to put in the new parts... argh!!
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This is what I am waiting for.. impulse buying (with some other parts for my TLT).. so just gonna wait until this shows up before I put the F-1 together... oh well!!
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That blue steering crank arrived today from Hong Kong -> need to pick it up (with other stuff) from the postal office tomorrow.. then I can complete the build!! NICE!! Finally!
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and i thought you got a txt-1! lol that road car is cool to though~ 
