winkjr

hi people im new here so take it easy on me. i got an old rc 10 and was interested into getting it running again any help or ideas would be great. maybe brushless would be cool i dont know thats all new to me also some battery info would help. like do i want to go to lipo batteries or get some new nickel batteries what do you think?

Smiff 24

Welcome winkjr, is your rc10 an old gold pan ?
Post a pic if you have one.

winkjr

yeah its an old gold pan i have no pics but ill work on getting some 

Smiff 24

Thats a nice vintage collectable, might wanna make it a shelf queen.
But its all in what you want to do.
Does it have the stealth transmission on it ? if it does it will probally hold up to brushless
and li-po...but check it out first!

Vic Z

I have a gold pan also. Thinking that it would be fun to drop a brushless/lipo setup in it. Wouldn't win any races {not really the cars fault } but would be a cool piece.

winkjr

nice i dont know what a stealth transmission is how do i know if i got one

winkjr

also the old radios i got do you think that i might need to upgrade them or do you guys think that there still good i got an old futaba magnum. and you guys think the servoes would still be good.

Smiff 24

They should be fine as long as there were no battreies in the radio while it was stored. (corrosion)
Id say the servos are fine too, just put some fresh batts in the radio and try the servos out.

winkjr

cool im going to try them out thanx

winkjr

how would i know if the rc 10 has a stealth transmission

proanti1

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If the transmission is white and the spur gear has little ball bearings in ***, it is a 6-gear. If its black, and has a spur gear attached by two little screws, its a stealth transmission.

winkjr

i just checked i got the white tranny but any way what is the difference in them anyway

proanti1

My Feedback: (2)

The 6 gear transmission is kind of designed weird, instead of having a diff down inside the transmission... its up at the spur gear. Each wheel is driven by 3 of the 6 transmission gears. You really have to take it apart (or find a diagram) to fully understand how it works. Now keep in mind, Associated did make a white stealth transmission for a while, but those are pretty rare.

Here are both the transmission cases. The first is a 6-gear, the second is stealth. Just compare them to yours. If you plan on running brushless, you would need to rebuild it anyways. Just count the gears inside.

dbnjzb

I've got a vintage gold pan rc10 too! It's great, all the same electronics and radio! It runs like a charm still! That's why I got back into the hobby bc after all these yrs it's still running! That's intriguing! Good luck with yours. I still have orig motor but for fun I slapped in a new venom motor and the thing flies! Cool stuff!

winkjr

i guess now the only issue i would have is batteries im not to up on the lipo stuff or should i just go buy some new nickel batteries. everything looks so different then when i was into it.