dust75

hi ian
hope all is well your end
all is ok here
we are away from friday for 9 days
4 of them are at shepton mallet truck show
hopefully i will get my truck signed by lisa kelly from ice road truckers
then the next 5 days we are stopping at a caravan site
we have been told that we will have the whole site to our selves
so i hope to get the savage our for a run
if i do manage to get it out i will try get a video for you
hows the rush ?? or should i not ask
i have a fg monster truck 1/5th scale to fix for a friend
got it fixed and dropped it off saturday we all went out on sunday
he took it out for a run and within 5 mins he had broke a tooth off the diff
so i have to fix that again

dust75

hi ian
here is a link to a part off evil bay that he need
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FG-Marder-Mons...item27bc22088a

Ian78

Ice Road Truckers is awesome and she's a cute little thing

The Rush hasn't been used I'm afraid.

Hope the weather stays good for you when you are away mate.

Sounds like your freind is lucky to have you about, I take it he's very local to you then?

I'll have a look at that link for the spare part.

Ian78

That's very similar to the diff one of our Touring cars needed.
Say touring cars as they haven't had drift tyres fitted for months, use them for speed.

dust75

hi ian
no he's not really local he lives about 90 miles away
well i do what i can in hopes that
whoever i help can help someone else out
no matter what it is

whats happend to the bycmo now have they been retired ?
now that you have the new cars

also i think the schumacher is going back as its just been sat in the outhouse doing nothing [&o]

Ian78

Well dus buddy, would never sell the bycmos, we did have them out a month or so back.

The new cars are much better to use with the 4x4 and the brushless motors.

I know what you mean about the shumacher not being used....may as well sell.

Realy need to experiment with the Rush and try to figure out how it works properly but there is always something else to do.

dust75

hi ian

always something else to do tut tut tut
rc should always come first
have you had anymore thought on the bycmo
you were thinking of doing wasnt it a 6x4

Ian78

I know.....haha

As long as the weather stays good we will have a goodthrash about over the weekend.

Not thought about the 6x4 Bycmo for a while.

Ian78

These cars were fine during the winter but now they cut out after 5 mins dus.

Going to drill the chassis to get more air into the motor.

dust75

hi ian
couldnt you cut the windows out
say all the side windows or just both the front doors
and the grill and then get some mesh from b&q and hot glue it in place
instead of drilling the chassis??

dust75

hi ian
got back from shepton mallet on friday night
http://scaletrucks.bb3host.com/viewt...hp?f=18&t=1359
then we did manchester airport saturday and sunday
http://scaletrucks.bb3host.com/viewt...hp?f=18&t=1360
now we are having a few days off
then we are at peak truck show at uttoxeter racecourse from friday
untill sunday/monday dont know what day we are coming home yet
as its only 20 mins away from us [sm=tongue_smile.gif][sm=tongue_smile.gif][sm=tongue_smile.gif]

Ian78

Yo Dus, was going to update,

It's ok having cooling on the shell, do usually cut a vent in the front window and side window.

The chassis should now cool the motor a lot better, will put a pic on.

Last time it was used we used 2 4600mah packs back to back, so cooling seems to have worked.

Want to look into Lipos, trying to decide what to go for, we need 7.4v 2cell packs.

Will put some pics up and read your truck forum posts and report back.

dust75

hi ian
ok look forward to the photos
we are away again tomorrow so more photos
to come after the weekend
also told the boss to get some video's of the savage
ohh while i think about it the yokomo has come down to £30 without electrics from £50
so i might see about it he is also selling his truck and trailer for £900
and his ford F350 with sound,lights and full radio gear for £350

Ian78

Wow dus, those pics are excellent, it's like a little rc truck town

Who sets all that up and how long does it take?

I spotted the pink ones lol

£900... crikey
you got any pics of that and the Ford truck?

What about the yoko then? what you gonna run in it?

dust75

hi ian
here is the truck and reefer trailer and the F350
on a trailer


the road layout is all owned by a guy called ant
he said it cost about £500 for a set of traffic lights as they
all run on pressure sensors

Ian78

Ah right, I remember you saying about someone who has their own large layout.

Are you going to buy them then?

Ian78

Ok, well been a bit busy,
Got a version 2 speed controller for the lads car because the version 1 wasn't as fast, the fan didn't spin fast enough and the version2 also has more programming options.

Not finished yet.

Drilled holes to cool the motor as it is in a bad place for cooling, it already had a motor heatsink.
Got a bigger motor cog too for both.

Few pics:

Mine is perfect now with the added speed controller heatsinks.






Version 1 and version 2

dust75

hi ian
you could drill the whole of the chassis
it will make the car faster and lighter
but you may loose all the strength
as its a plastic chassis

here is a link to the peak truck show
http://scaletrucks.bb3host.com/viewt...hp?f=18&t=1382
i was going to take the bycmo
i put it on the bed
then i forgot it at the last moment
im such a dumbass

Ian78

Drilled the bits that will count dus mate.

Your truck meet looked completely awesome mate... like a scale of real life.
Must have been realy good driving your truck around that lot.

Bet you had hours of fun going round that set up

dust75

hi ian
remember the yokomo car i was thinking about getting
well its in evil bay now
have a look at the link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Ian78

That's identical to ours dus, the motor position, the battery position and the propshaft.
Might have a bid on that.

Ian78

Ordered first ever Lipo packs

vincew

Hi all

I have just won one of teh Bycmo Subarus on ebay for the princly sum of £14 including delivery for the car and virtually all the magazines.
Some of the upgrade options have been fitted while some are still attached to the mags. At the moment I only seem to be missing one of the upgraded wheel sets (issues 47, 49, 52, and one other). Has anybody got one they would be willing to sell?
Also, if I want to upgrade to an esc how do I work out which would be suitable? For example is this one OK? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EL-Model-R...item3f038e7e19

Thanks for any help

Vince

vincew

Whoops also need a front transmission upgrade from issues 51 or 53. I think the rear ones are teh same so that would be issues 46 or 48
Thanks
Vince

dust75

hi vince
welcome to the forum
you could ask ian78 if he has any bycmo wheels
or you could always upgrade the hex hubs to 12mm hex hubs
that way you can run any wheels you like (like tamiya,hpi ect)
as far as the esc goes i dont see there being much of a problem

hope that helps