oldschool77
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From: stratford, CT, USA
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I also wanted to thanks everyone for making it a very fun night!
I learned more in one night then in 18 years of doing R/C on and off. Especially that slipper clutches can be a **** when torqued too much!
Jombo, I can't thank you enough for letting me try the LST, my first REAL nitro driving experience! I was actually speechless when you handed me the control to go jump on my Smartech with help in getting it started. That thing (as well as the Thunder Tiger) handle with the precision of a surgeon, you were wailing into the turns and down the straights without any loss of control. Excellent driving and dial in. I think that even with the tighter/smaller track outside (1/8th's need some space to wind out on traditional tracks/dirt) it can really work towards building skills in handling, maneuvers, braking and throttle/slipper setups. I think 1/8th is really good for it.
Red, I may take you up on the Smartech, next time I am around you are more then welcome to drive it (once I get a replacement for the 72 spur) I will hook you up on a good deal once I get 2nd gear figured out or I can leave that up to you. Still I need to figure out how the spur got so close to the battery compartment,I also lost my mesh with the clutch bell which explains how I lost the teeth. The engine/transmission never moved! Thanks for explaining alot about those amazing 18th scalers, the hobby has come a long way since I was a middle school kid breaking my clod every 5 minutes or melting spurs in my Monster Beetle.
I have full confidence in getting the Smartech back up, I was going to put it up on ebay but I'll give you first cracks. As you know at least 85% of the Smartech truck works on my Tmaxx gen 1 and vice versa. Thanks for being cool about everything and helping us out to get started.
Auto X, I learned a ton from you, brought back some memories of running planes into trees and those heavy sub-c 10 cell packs I ran on that 8 ft wingspan fiberglass glider! Your pocket rocket buggy is amazing, the abuse it took (despite your great driving) put my old clod/tamiya kits in 1/10th scale to shame. I never knew 1/18th hooks up as much as yours does.It was fun to watch.
I stood up late and slept in (on my wifes b-day hehehe) till 12:30 fixing what I could on the trucks. Tomorrow or maybe even tonight I want to pop the motor out of the Tmaxx to get a look at the clutch and se about Jombo/my own theory on the problem. It just sounds like the clutch can't grab the bell until it spins fast enough which is probably more a spring problem vs. a shoe problem. I have the parts so I'll pop the e-clip and see what I find.
Jombo, I was surprised the speed the Tmaxx got as well, you can clearly see the difference in the Japanese mill in the Smartech and the Pro. 15. I installed the tuned pipe ( the mounting wire was hard to get in the right shape), I fixed the linkages for the throttle/brake so now they are perfect! Eventually I need the flip the carb so I can get to the LSN easier. I am also thinking of ditching the "sleazy start" as the glow pulg wire seems to be dead and carrying a starter pack sucks. HT had the pro.15 pull start which I prefer anyway. I cleaned alot of it and lubed, the shocks probably need stiffer springs and the servo saver for whatever reason, doesn't always return to neutral (it wasn't a bulkhead binding thing after all). I dunno. I also one a terrific header for the pipe so the pro. 15 is really going to come to life with a terrific exhaust/header/intake setup.
Red, I'll stop by Sunday to the shop to bring you the truck in person. You said you were working at HT not the track right? The Tmaxx will get all setup for you, hopefully the clutch problem will be fixed beforehand, otherwise she may just need a good tune/rebuild. You can borrow my smartech too if you want me to bring it by, I just need a spur at this point and to shift the motor/trans a bit.
AGAIN THANS EVERYONE FOR A GOOD TIME! Hopefully I can make this a regular thing weekly...but you know how infants and toddlers get!
< Message edited by oldschool77 -- 2/16/2008 3:06:24 PM >
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