Losi Ten-T RTR Right Out of the Box?!
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Really, the warranty actually says that? Unbelievable. Just another way that Horizon is trying to corner the market. O'Donnell will work fine, but if you're concerned about the 15 minute warranty, I guess you better use Nitrotane. I'm not sure how they would even know if you'd been running something other than Nitrotane...
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I just got the Losi Ten-T, and I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the best fuel to use in it. I bought a gallon of O'Donnels 20% racing fuel from my local hobby store, but the warranty stipulates that you must use the Losi Nitrotane fuel. What fuel does everyone else run through their Ten-T? What fuel seems best and produces the most power?
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I just got the Losi Ten-T, and I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the best fuel to use in it. I bought a gallon of O'Donnels 20% racing fuel from my local hobby store, but the warranty stipulates that you must use the Losi Nitrotane fuel. What fuel does everyone else run through their Ten-T? What fuel seems best and produces the most power?
Thanks
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guys
i'm waiting for this truggy. my LHS has sold out and waiting for the next shipment to arrive.
how's the tank, big enough for 10+mins runs?
any real problems, although i have not read many.
cheers
etops
i'm waiting for this truggy. my LHS has sold out and waiting for the next shipment to arrive.
how's the tank, big enough for 10+mins runs?
any real problems, although i have not read many.
cheers
etops
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I don't think they can tell what fuel you have been using, but I'm sure if they ask and you were to say anything but nitrotane they would void any warranty. Thanks for the input about the fuel, I'll try to find some sidewinder and give it a try.
But I'm having some frustrating problems getting my brand new Ten-T to start. It turns over, the glow plug works when I test it, there is fuel getting to the carbs and air getting to the combustion chamber, unless I have a compression problem the only thing that could be wrong I would assume would be the carb tune. The manual says its set to the break-in settings, but may need a high speed adjustment for different fuels and elevation. So I have adjusted high speed with no luck, low speed with no luck, even idle with no luck. I tried preheating the engine with a heat gun, I took it to about 190 then gave it a try. It actually seemed to like it, it ran with the starter button depressed only. I tried this again with an adjustment to the tune and nothing. So what can I be doing wrong here? Its brand new for cryin out loud, an RTR should run out of the box this is dissapointing. What does everyone suggest I try here? A tune in what direction, lean or rich? More or less heat? Could there be an issue with the glow plug system I'm not seeing?
All input is appreciated, thanks.
Mike
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I don't think they can tell what fuel you have been using, but I'm sure if they ask and you were to say anything but nitrotane they would void any warranty. Thanks for the input about the fuel, I'll try to find some sidewinder and give it a try.
I don't think they can tell what fuel you have been using, but I'm sure if they ask and you were to say anything but nitrotane they would void any warranty. Thanks for the input about the fuel, I'll try to find some sidewinder and give it a try.
But I'm having some frustrating problems getting my brand new Ten-T to start. It turns over, the glow plug works when I test it, there is fuel getting to the carbs and air getting to the combustion chamber, unless I have a compression problem the only thing that could be wrong I would assume would be the carb tune. The manual says its set to the break-in settings, but may need a high speed adjustment for different fuels and elevation. So I have adjusted high speed with no luck, low speed with no luck, even idle with no luck. I tried preheating the engine with a heat gun, I took it to about 190 then gave it a try. It actually seemed to like it, it ran with the starter button depressed only. I tried this again with an adjustment to the tune and nothing. So what can I be doing wrong here? Its brand new for cryin out loud, an RTR should run out of the box this is dissapointing. What does everyone suggest I try here? A tune in what direction, lean or rich? More or less heat? Could there be an issue with the glow plug system I'm not seeing?
All input is appreciated, thanks.
Mike
P.S. I almost forgot (don't know why), but it felt like the mccoy Mc59 didn't fit as snug as stock and the Dynamite platinum #4 glow plugs when connecting the glow plug wire to actual glow plug. Also after jumping and bashing mine for a while i noticed that both wires had come loose on the ROSS starter, just recrimp them slightly tighter (the ones that go from LIPO to Ross starter).
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RE: Losi Ten-T RTR Right Out of the Box?!
Thanks for the really helpful response, its funny you say that because it is my first nitro RC car! The frustration is really just cause I'm sick with a sinus infection, its making me a little irritable. But believe it or not I finally got it running. I went to the hobby store and picked up an A3 OS plug, dremmeled it down a little bit to fit, I also had to lean it out quite a bit. But it fired strong. The tune needs a lot of work still but I'm just happy its running.
Thanks for all the advice, I will give the dynamite platinum #4 plug a try and see if it likes it better than the OS A3. Oh ya and the ROSS power wire did fall off....on the FIRST tank. Kinda sad, but I crimped it a little and now its snug as a bug.
Overall I like the car now that its running, I haven't ran it hard yet but I can tell its gonna be alot of fun.
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where is the cheapest place online to get a Losi T-Ten? I've only found www.overdriverc.com and the go for $465.99 there plus $22 shipping
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Well, I actually had trouble finding a place that had it in stock. The one's that did have it in stock were selling it for $499.
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I'm not in a rush to get it or anything so thats okay with me. The cheapest place I found is www.ultimatehobbies.com
only $449.96 but they have the Thunder Tiger ST-1 for ony $349.95 which is 1/8 scale and has an optional 2 speed.
only $449.96 but they have the Thunder Tiger ST-1 for ony $349.95 which is 1/8 scale and has an optional 2 speed.
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yeah and they offer free shipping!
The Thunder Tiger ST-1 is said to be a great 1/8 race truggy and has and optional 2 speed upgrade
The Thunder Tiger ST-1 is said to be a great 1/8 race truggy and has and optional 2 speed upgrade
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where is the cheapest place online to get a Losi T-Ten? I've only found www.overdriverc.com and the go for $465.99 there plus $22 shipping
where is the cheapest place online to get a Losi T-Ten? I've only found www.overdriverc.com and the go for $465.99 there plus $22 shipping
Woops, Sorry, they took there sale off, it is now $449!! I posted several times over the last couple of moths about the $404.99 shipped SALE price but looks like evrybody missed out on it!!!