RE: realistic reccomendations    Gallery
View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as Guest



Users viewing this topic: none
    Search This Thread  
 
Printable Version

All Forums >> RC Cars, Buggies, Trucks, Tanks and more >> Redcat Racing Support >> RE: realistic reccomendations
Page: <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>  

Tower Hobbies Get Coupon Codes Brands  
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/11/2007 1:12 AM   
Kemo



Posts: 7040
Score: 105
Joined: 5/5/2004
Last Login: 10/19/2008
From: Elk River, MN, USA
Status: offline 		yeah there are TWO different types of receivers. The AM systems plain suck. Upgrade to FM and your problem is solved.

Your receiver sucks because its an AM receiver.

_____________________________

There are only 10 types of people in this world: those that understand binary, and those that don''t.
AMA: 722748

Hide Signatures

(in reply to BaLLZaCH)
       Post #: 26

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/11/2007 1:37 AM   
ehroof


 

Posts: 16486
Score: 105
Joined: 2/28/2006
Last Login: 5/16/2013
From: howard beach, NY, USA
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: Kemo

its futaba's cheapest AM receiver. That is WHY you have so many problems with it.



Futaba?? LOL, thats not futaba reciver in the redcat kemo

_____________________________

125 characters and 2 lines is not enough to list my RC obsession!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Kemo)
       Post #: 27

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/11/2007 6:20 AM   
ehroof


 

Posts: 16486
Score: 105
Joined: 2/28/2006
Last Login: 5/16/2013
From: howard beach, NY, USA
Status: offline 		lol, you have to set your gmt time in your settings.

the timing, porting, rpm's are different on an on road. Here is a video of my 1/8 mugen with a collari .21 11 port, the first car is my son with a tc3, about 1/2 way thru is the mugen, you can hear the difference, also a turbo head

http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t288/ehroof/?action=view¤t=tc3andmugen.flv

_____________________________

125 characters and 2 lines is not enough to list my RC obsession!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to BaLLZaCH)
       Post #: 28

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/11/2007 6:47 AM   
AllAboutFunHobbies



Posts: 3096
Score: 100
Joined: 12/5/2006
Last Login: 11/10/2011
From: Euless, TX, USA
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: ehroof


quote:

ORIGINAL: Kemo

its futaba's cheapest AM receiver. That is WHY you have so many problems with it.



Futaba?? LOL, thats not futaba reciver in the redcat kemo


I've actually heard that on more than one occasion from some of the older more experianced customers I have, that the radio and reciver system looks like a really old very cheap low end futaba. One guy put it like this: "That radio looks like the late 80's low low low end futaba I threw away on a RTR I got back in the day."

Interestingly enough, I had at one point bought a few 1/8th scales from Himoto and they are using the FM radio sytems and I still have mine and it works the bomb and never had a problem froma single one that we sold either. Just some food for thought REDCAT GO FM, LOL


_____________________________

Dealer for..Redcat, Traxxas, Associated, Cen, Racers Edge, RD Logic, Losi, HPI, E-flight, Himoto, Venom, Heli-Max, O.S...etc

Hide Signatures

(in reply to ehroof)
       Post #: 29

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/11/2007 9:14 AM   
Syclone354



Posts: 245
Score: 100
Joined: 7/17/2007
Last Login: 12/29/2012
From: Taneytown, MD, USA
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: ehroof

i have been in this hobby since the early 80's when i was a kid, i still have a few radios from that time, the magnum jr, magnum sport and none looked anything like those, lol. i actually have a magnum jr. on my electric volcano. I dont even think you could buy a rtr in the 80's. the big thing was tamiya, blackfoot, lunchbox, midnight pumkin. I dont even know if there was pistol grip in the 80's, lol. i remember the attack 2 sticks from futaba.



LOL hell yea man. We still have a couple of the OLD Tamiya Grasshoppers and still run them from time to time. we have an old Yokamo (sp?) that was state offroad champ back in the late 80's. It was like the only car my dad had that had a pistol grip other than our sears specials that we had gotten. it was 4wd chain driven electric. good times!

oh yea ever seen a gallop? electric, 4wd chain driven, and it had 4wheel steering! that thing handled sooo awesome!

< Message edited by Syclone354 -- 8/11/2007 9:15 AM >

_____________________________

Redcat Avalanche
Redcat Tsunami

Hide Signatures

(in reply to ehroof)
       Post #: 30

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/12/2007 5:17 AM   
AllAboutFunHobbies



Posts: 3096
Score: 100
Joined: 12/5/2006
Last Login: 11/10/2011
From: Euless, TX, USA
Status: offline 		So much for realistic recomendations. This thread took a turn for the worste, LOL,

_____________________________

Dealer for..Redcat, Traxxas, Associated, Cen, Racers Edge, RD Logic, Losi, HPI, E-flight, Himoto, Venom, Heli-Max, O.S...etc

Hide Signatures

(in reply to ehroof)
       Post #: 31

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/12/2007 5:21 AM   
Chubbysdad


 

Posts: 2824
Score: 100
Joined: 6/24/2005
Last Login: 12/22/2009
From: Clermont, FL, USA
Status: offline 		that will change lol... Please guys, this is supposed to be for a good cause and to help out maybe with some of the problems. This is NOT to argue or bash. Post will be deleted and currently are .
If this continues, even though I thought it was a good idea, this thread will be removed.
I hope you understand what I am trying to do here. Help not start a war.

< Message edited by Clermont Hobby -- 8/12/2007 5:26 AM >

_____________________________

Cen truggy, Bigfoot 1/5th, Cen buggy, Mg16, Redcat Earthquake, Redcat Drifter

Hide Signatures

(in reply to AllAboutFunHobbies)
       Post #: 32

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/12/2007 6:59 AM   
BaLLZaCH


 

Posts: 84
Score: 100
Joined: 6/5/2007
Last Login: 9/25/2008
From: Piedmont, AL, USA
Status: offline
quote:


Clermont Hobby
...or Posts will be deleted, and currently are .
If this continues, even though I thought it was a good idea, this thread will be removed.



I'm getting ready to get scalded here, but, hehehe

"You" deleted my post titled: "Reasonable Recommendation #101" Which simply suggested a good reccomendation would be "To stick to the subject" ...

I feel so un-loved.




-Another Reccomendation-
I also agree with lsurber ,
The price spread on some parts is confusing to say the least. There definately should be better pictures and information. But like I said towards the beginning, I talked to NICK at Redcat about this issue, he immediately fixed SEVERAL things on the website and told me he was working on the rest. Maybe he just needs to be reminded :-) --- It shouldn't matter who you plan to buy the parts from, Redcat should always offer accurate information about the product, whether you buy it from them or another dealer ... IMO ... It shouldn't be the dealer's responsibility to figure out what-parts-are-what ....



< Message edited by BaLLZaCH -- 8/13/2007 5:02 AM >

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Chubbysdad)
       Post #: 33

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/12/2007 7:09 AM   
cdextreme


 

Posts: 125
Score: 100
Joined: 4/19/2007
Last Login: 8/13/2009
From: Winnipeg, MB, CANADA
Status: offline 		Maybe they could look at better lhs support. I think the only reasons people turn away is the lack of parts availability immedeatly. i.e. if you need a part for a traxxas you can pretty much walk around a corner and its there. I realized they are mpre established. Maybe Some advertising in a mag?

_____________________________

Traxxas Nitro Rustler 2.5, Traxxas T-max .18

Hide Signatures

(in reply to BaLLZaCH)
       Post #: 34

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/12/2007 8:21 AM   
BaLLZaCH


 

Posts: 84
Score: 100
Joined: 6/5/2007
Last Login: 9/25/2008
From: Piedmont, AL, USA
Status: offline
quote:


Cdextreme
Maybe they could look at better lhs support. I think the only reasons people turn away is the lack of parts availability immedeatly. i.e. if you need a part for a traxxas you can pretty much walk around a corner and its there. I realized they are mpre established. Maybe Some advertising in a mag?


cdextreme,

I agree. My 'local hobby store' (chain) completely dropped redcat from the store ... They actually tried to 'talk me out' of buying one !!! They started with a 5ft wide wall of parts and about 6 cars, ... Now they have completely removed any parts they had off the wall and no more redcat cars are to be found (Except for the one or two tornados? they have not sold yet...)

It's almost like, since Redcat is cheaper, that translates to ""sucks"" to the new-buyer, so nobody cares ... Kind of like, if redcat doubled' there prices, they might be bigger in name -- stupid and weird, but realistic.....

REDCAT please don't increase prices !! Hehe, that was an example ! Please dont 'sell out' !!!

< Message edited by BaLLZaCH -- 8/12/2007 9:42 AM >

Hide Signatures

(in reply to cdextreme)
       Post #: 35

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/12/2007 9:50 PM   
supersound99ss


 

Posts: 98
Score: 100
Joined: 7/8/2007
Last Login: 1/4/2009
From: Dudley, NC, USA
Status: offline 		^agreed....i ran into the same thing at my lhs. they said they didn't want to buy in because of limited parts availiability. so i go ahead anyway and buy straight from redcat (thank you for an online store).....i think redcat should try invest in getting their stuff to to tower, clemont, and other online stores since im increasingly have to buy stuff even for my traxxas online. the lhs are being pressed out anyways because of online retailers so if they want to stay competitive they are going to have to pick up companys like redcat who are fast growing in R/C

_____________________________

Rustler XL-5 venom 19t fireball, BB, Ram lite Redcat Tornado XL stock HPI Firestorm stock

Hide Signatures

(in reply to BaLLZaCH)
       Post #: 36

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 12:09 AM   
rclynx



Posts: 3965
Score: 100
Joined: 9/6/2006
Last Login: 7/25/2011
From: Modesto, CA, USA
Status: offline 		Redcat could premote the product to the LHS's and make a lot more money but that wouldn't make sense...........

_____________________________

Custom Cars bring out the stars / Home of the RCLYNX, RC IMPROVEMENT, MOD, SALES & SERVICE Dealer;XTM, CEN, HPI & much more

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Kemo)
       Post #: 37

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 12:24 AM   
AllAboutFunHobbies



Posts: 3096
Score: 100
Joined: 12/5/2006
Last Login: 11/10/2011
From: Euless, TX, USA
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: supersound99ss

^agreed....i ran into the same thing at my lhs. they said they didn't want to buy in because of limited parts availiability. so i go ahead anyway and buy straight from redcat (thank you for an online store).....i think redcat should try invest in getting their stuff to to tower, clemont, and other online stores since im increasingly have to buy stuff even for my traxxas online. the lhs are being pressed out anyways because of online retailers so if they want to stay competitive they are going to have to pick up companys like redcat who are fast growing in R/C



Your right about one thing LHS are being pressed out because not only are they unwilling to open online stores, Like Us and Clermont, but they are Rude, straight up rude. There isn't one store in the entire Dallas/Fort worth metroplex that isn't rude, except us of course we welcome everyone no matter what brand or where you bought the car. I have experianced it myself and hear it over and over from customers, that all the other stores are rude and straight up mean. I even hear it from customers on line over and over, that there LHS is not willing to help them or even treats them rottenly because they bought a car from EBay or somewhere else(doesn't matter the brand). That in a nut shell is what is killing your local Brick and Mortar Hobby Shop. Redcat would not be helping anyone by selling out to Tower hobbies or any other big online store, tower won't carry them anyway, they have there own line of chineese cars. The fact that Redcat is catering to small startups with no brick and motor is what the industry needs, because if it keeps up the way it's going now it will be a dead industry as it is now it's a dying industry, the old timers that are running the industry and Great Planes need to change there tune or they alone will kill it the rest of the way.

_____________________________

Dealer for..Redcat, Traxxas, Associated, Cen, Racers Edge, RD Logic, Losi, HPI, E-flight, Himoto, Venom, Heli-Max, O.S...etc

Hide Signatures

(in reply to supersound99ss)
       Post #: 38

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 1:26 AM   
skrotch


 

Posts: 73
Score: 100
Joined: 6/16/2007
Last Login: 11/5/2007
From: , AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Better parts availability and a couple of better parts also! I recently replaced my lower control arms on my Volcano SV and I figured that I was just caused the damage from jumping it for the jump contest, but the new ones are starting to get alot of play in them now and I have just been driving it on my street a little to tune it after a tuned pipe and then in some dirt and maybe a couple of little jumps!

And what about those spur gears! I went through the 2 stock ones in about a 1/8 of a gallon of fuel and just thought that maybe I didn't have the motor straight, but I went ahead and replaced it with the single gear tranny and that lasted almost a 1/2 of a gallon and so I replace the spur gear and made it through 3 TANKS and it failed! I am not expecting these things to not break occasionally, but I am tired of replacing parts every weekend!

The price on the aluminum control arms is a little high and why not have a metal or if people want to stay away from metal, make them out of something a little more durable, like the nylon gears that some automotive companies have used in the past for timing gears!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to AllAboutFunHobbies)
       Post #: 39

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 2:32 AM   
ichbinanthrax


 

Posts: 121
Score: 100
Joined: 7/17/2007
Last Login: 9/18/2009
From: Antioch, CA, USA
Status: offline 		My LHS has an online store, I do think that more RC only shops should carry the cheaper half of R/C because it would probably Get them more business, but also, they may not want to sell a product that isn't "top end" because they don't want to be looked down at for selling crappy products. Personally the LHS at my mothers house AND the LHS at my dads house are owned and run by Great guys (Both of which will sit and talk to you about what you need to make your car/truck run correctly, and doing it the way that's best for you, not the way to make them the most money.) I've seen them both loose a sale to help someone out (Like one of them fixed my pull starter back when i first started racing, and saved me 15 bucks. And the other one cleaned, filled, and put new springs on my RC10GT shocks free of charge.) So personally I've never experienced an impolite Hobby shop owner, but i really think that it's horrible for buisness. Although i would really like it if my LHS would carry Redcat stuff, so when i start breaking my tornado, i don't have to wait a week to get parts for it.

And if you were wondering what the site is it's www.deltaRC.com

Hide Signatures

(in reply to skrotch)
       Post #: 40

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 3:59 AM   
Kemo



Posts: 7040
Score: 105
Joined: 5/5/2004
Last Login: 10/19/2008
From: Elk River, MN, USA
Status: offline 		upgrade the servos to stronger for the 1/8 vehicles.

SP9001 for steering and SP6001 for throttle/brake Those improvements alone would be night and day.

Mine came stock with 3003's, goofy but weak servo for steering and throttle. thats only 50 some ounces for steering. The reason the servos fail so often is because in the vehicles they are in, they are too weak for the job... thus they end up burning up/failing.

Some people got the MG series servos, i think its MG995. The most that servo puts out is 70 ounces. its ok for braking/throttle. if you are heavy on the brakes, you'll feel brake fade.

< Message edited by Kemo -- 8/13/2007 4:10 AM >

_____________________________

There are only 10 types of people in this world: those that understand binary, and those that don''t.
AMA: 722748

Hide Signatures

(in reply to ichbinanthrax)
       Post #: 41

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 4:49 AM   
BaLLZaCH


 

Posts: 84
Score: 100
Joined: 6/5/2007
Last Login: 9/25/2008
From: Piedmont, AL, USA
Status: offline
quote:



And what about those spur gears! I went through the 2 stock ones in about a 1/8 of a gallon of fuel and just thought that maybe I didn't have the motor straight, but I went ahead and replaced it with the single gear tranny and that lasted almost a 1/2 of a gallon and so I replace the spur gear and made it through 3 TANKS and it failed! I am not expecting these things to not break occasionally, but I am tired of replacing parts every weekend!

The price on the aluminum control arms is a little high and why not have a metal or if people want to stay away from metal, make them out of something a little more durable, like the nylon gears that some automotive companies have used in the past for timing gears!




Skrotch it's funny that you talked about spur gears and nylon timing gear sets, because haha I personally have never, not once broken a spur gear,

BUT,

....I have broken a 'nylon' timing gear set on my pickup truck ...

LOL, haha go figure ...



It sounds as if you are landing wide open throttle. Don't do that, and you wont break spurs.




Hide Signatures

(in reply to skrotch)
       Post #: 42

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 4:50 AM   
ehroof


 

Posts: 16486
Score: 105
Joined: 2/28/2006
Last Login: 5/16/2013
From: howard beach, NY, USA
Status: offline 		if you have the aluminum clutch bell you can strip gears easily, once you upgrade to steel your ok.

_____________________________

125 characters and 2 lines is not enough to list my RC obsession!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to BaLLZaCH)
       Post #: 43

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 5:17 AM   
ichbinanthrax


 

Posts: 121
Score: 100
Joined: 7/17/2007
Last Login: 9/18/2009
From: Antioch, CA, USA
Status: offline 		Oh i know, A different Exhaust manifold/header or whatever it's called. I like the Tube ones better, and i also think they give better airflow :]

Hide Signatures

(in reply to ehroof)
       Post #: 44

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 8:06 AM   
Kemo



Posts: 7040
Score: 105
Joined: 5/5/2004
Last Login: 10/19/2008
From: Elk River, MN, USA
Status: offline 		http://www.hispeedmodel.com/33/5.jpg

Take a look... those are pretty much the only options.

_____________________________

There are only 10 types of people in this world: those that understand binary, and those that don''t.
AMA: 722748

Hide Signatures

(in reply to ichbinanthrax)
       Post #: 45

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 9:35 AM   
skrotch


 

Posts: 73
Score: 100
Joined: 6/16/2007
Last Login: 11/5/2007
From: , AZ, USA
Status: offline 		I did kill one of the spur gears by landing at full throttle, but I figured that was the problem that time. The other times I wasn't doing any big jumping. Maybe the tires came off the ground a few inches and it was in dirt. I also replaced the clutchbell. Most of the time, I am playing with it out in my street on flat pavement. Trust me, I am a mechanic and I hate those timing gears, but they would last a hell of alot longer than the plastic ones we get from Redcat! I think the biggest problem besides the material that they are made of is that they all seem to be a little out of round and it isn't the shaft that they are on. I tried them on a few shafts and got the same results. How have you not killed a spur gear yet!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Kemo)
       Post #: 46

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 9:44 AM   
Kemo



Posts: 7040
Score: 105
Joined: 5/5/2004
Last Login: 10/19/2008
From: Elk River, MN, USA
Status: offline 		the manufacturer is trying their best to find out what works out best... but it just takes so much time because everything is done overseas. Its a big pain in the rear to discover what works and what doesn't when your manufacturing facility is not next door or in your own building.

_____________________________

There are only 10 types of people in this world: those that understand binary, and those that don''t.
AMA: 722748

Hide Signatures

(in reply to skrotch)
       Post #: 47

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/13/2007 4:15 PM   
rclynx



Posts: 3965
Score: 100
Joined: 9/6/2006
Last Login: 7/25/2011
From: Modesto, CA, USA
Status: offline 		And they don't speak Engrish

_____________________________

Custom Cars bring out the stars / Home of the RCLYNX, RC IMPROVEMENT, MOD, SALES & SERVICE Dealer;XTM, CEN, HPI & much more

Hide Signatures

(in reply to Kemo)
       Post #: 48

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/14/2007 8:04 PM   
skrotch


 

Posts: 73
Score: 100
Joined: 6/16/2007
Last Login: 11/5/2007
From: , AZ, USA
Status: offline 		How about the control arms on the 1/10 scale vehicles! If you clip one of your wheels on something, the pin holes oval out or break almost the first time that it happens. It costs like $80 to upgrade to the aluminum versions, but why would I want to spend that much? For the money that I have spent on fixing broken parts and upgrading things that need it, I could have bought a different brand with the aluminum upgrades and parts I can get at any hobby shop for less! Sorry if I sound a little bitter! I know this hobby can be a bit of a money pit and I expected that, but I want to be able to drive my truck when I want to and not have to worry about breaking things and then I have to wait for it to be shipped to me! I think that I have only made it through 1 weekend where I didn't break something and then I have to go to my computer and order parts and then I wait! Should I just order in bulk!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to rclynx)
       Post #: 49

RE: realistic reccomendations - 8/14/2007 9:03 PM   
ehroof


 

Posts: 16486
Score: 105
Joined: 2/28/2006
Last Login: 5/16/2013
From: howard beach, NY, USA
Status: offline 		bro, ask xhoutas, we run almost every weekend and we break every weekend, as rc danny too, he will tell you, not jut the redcats, all the other brands we run too, traxxas, hpi, ofna, kyosho, all the brands break. I have 5 1/10 redcats and honestly, i havent broken 1 suspension part yet, 1 1/2 years, lol, swear. I have them in my garage hanging on the wall for extras but i havent needed anything but spur gears. Order in bulk, 4 at a time, their cheap enough, get a arms, steering knuckles, etc.

_____________________________

125 characters and 2 lines is not enough to list my RC obsession!!!

Hide Signatures

(in reply to skrotch)
       Post #: 50



Page:   <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>  
All Forums >> RC Cars, Buggies, Trucks, Tanks and more >> Redcat Racing Support >> RE: realistic reccomendations
Page: <<   < prev  1 [2] 3   next >   >>  




Jump to:


 
Google 



Search | Marketplace | Event Calendar | Local Clubs | Magazine | Product Ratings | New Products | Discussion Forums

Photo Gallery | Instructor Search | Field|Track|Marina Search

Advertisers | Hobby Vendor Resources | Rate Manufacturers | Sign In/Sign Up

SITE MAP!   : :   FORUM RULES

RC Universe is a service of Internet Brands, Inc. Copyright © 2001-2013.

Charities we support that also need your help
Yorkie Rescue | Humane Society | ASPCA | Crohn's-Colitis America


1.391RCU1