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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/4/2008 6:47:35 PM   
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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/4/2008 9:19:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Guys heres the second part of my video where we abuse them to death lol new wheels are servos on order for part 3 watch this space


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKvFrBqQgDQ

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/4/2008 11:30:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the vids! They do look like decent machines for the money.

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 12:08:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		ya.. not bad. im not too crazy about that mt tho.. id much prefer to see the 4wd buggy run, thats whats gonna be the hot ticket! or even the onroad...

thanks for posting, weve all been waiting! i would have bought one already, but the chinese new year has me on hold till the 14th... unless someone knows of another way to get one? im almost ready to buy a baja 5b ss, i hate waiting!
but your review gave me some patients.. maybe i can wait 10 more days before ordering something... itll be tough tho!

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 1:13:19 AM   
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Guys heres the second part of my video where we abuse them to death lol new wheels are servos on order for part 3 watch this space


Thanks Kooltoyz, video is great and can encourage many hobbies to buy, but I notice that rear wheel twisted heavily toward chassis during turn also I notice the same in FS web site, do you notice that?

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 1:27:05 AM   
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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 3:45:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi, Finally got around to dropping video on you tube for 4WD On road car, just note it was the first tank of gas so wasn't full trimmed out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMBNpIcmcQA

Cheers Bryan

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 3:47:41 AM   
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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 6:24:33 AM   
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That was great.
It looks like they can take some pretty serious abuse!
Mine's taking too long to get here.

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 8:15:20 AM   
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ORIGINAL: htawfik3

quote:

Guys heres the second part of my video where we abuse them to death lol new wheels are servos on order for part 3 watch this space


Thanks Kooltoyz, video is great and can encourage many hobbies to buy, but I notice that rear wheel twisted heavily toward chassis during turn also I notice the same in FS web site, do you notice that?



I noticed the same on the 2 videos

is this like the only flaw on the new FS cars?

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 9:41:56 AM   
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Just to clear up the wheel issue these were one off the first batches of the production line ive had them for about 4 weeks the wheels were really bad after the first 45mins or a tank we started seeing play we thought it was the metal hub wearing the plastic housing but it was worse.......... the actual mounting point of the plastic wheel hub to the wheel is about 2-3mm thick and was very poorly designed the strain as you can see from the videos was to much for them and as you see on video 2 i broke my hub right out the wheel and the crash at the end with the other truck done the same thing. The wheel moulds have been redesigned thanks to my video and constant hassle to manufacturers so i have another 6 on route with the new wheels, by the way the buggy wheels are fine actually stronger than the truck ones when it should have been the other way about.
I have the 4wd buggys also on route so watch this space for more videos

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 12:48:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Could ya do another video after you get the car dialed?Even tho it looked like it
didnt have much power,the car stuck to the ground really well,it actually cornered great.
The 4wd does help.

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 12:57:09 PM   
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Status: online 		Yeh, it does look like the shocks are well setup for traction too. Very little drifting even off power. Good vid rckiwi, looking forward to your next one after tuning. May have been running a bit fat, but certainly sounds like it has some legs at the top end. Is that running with the stock jetpro clone pipe as well? Also, I see you were using a 2.4Ghz radio. Did you change anything else? Servos for example?

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RE: fs racing 4wd? - 2/5/2008 8:05:58 PM   
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Yeh, it does look like the shocks are well setup for traction too. Very little drifting even off power. Good vid rckiwi, looking forward to your next one after tuning. May have been running a bit fat, but certainly sounds like it has some legs at the top end. Is that running with the stock jetpro clone pipe as well? Also, I see you were using a 2.4Ghz radio. Did you change anything else? Servos for example?


Hi, In fact I did have another Video of the car once we had run a few tanks though it, but I have lost it some how! Duh!!!! In that vid we had it doing 4WD drifts and easy doing donuts, the Tyres/Tires are verygood for a kit car out of China alot better traction than what I thought they would be.

This car was set up only with the Spektrum, but servos were std, but we did have problems with the steering servo coming loose in the mounting, the screws were too small for the hole in the plastic radio plate, new screws solved the problem at the test area.
But ideally the steering servo's need replacing with one or two hitec HS-5745 18kg servos would be the best.

That test car has been sold and I have one new one left so not sure if I will use that one or sell it as my next order will be sent after Chinese New Year.

Cheers Bryan

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