martinanderson

here is a pic of the mannual, what a great one it is! and yes the whole collar moves with that screw. i finally figuered out the pic thing. yes!

ehroof

yup, only one setting, easy to do, just not great for fine tuning.

martinanderson

here is what the it also says about tuning, pretty poor in my personal opinon

Popper252

I was looking at my manual and I have the same pic on page 10. If anything I think page 6 is the most helpful at pointing out where everything was. It's still a little misleading because the idle mixture screw and the idle adjustment screw are on the otherside on my carb. They're where the throttle lever is pointing to.

martinanderson

yeah but look at my pics there is nothing to adjust where it is pointing to i dont think, maybe i shouldnt mess with it right now?

Popper252

Haha, If you're feeling adventurous trying turning all the screws you see and try to take notice of how easily they unscrew or if they end up taking somthing off. I know it may not be the best way to go about it but atleast you'll figure things out eventually. I mean hey, you're a mechanic you're supposed to be good at this stuff [8D]

martinanderson

lol!!!! I tried that before today, when i was reading the tuning threads completely lost and at least i kinda know why now.[sm=lol.gif]

blackdogafd

hey dont feel bad martin i just figured out how to tune my syclone except that i have the tawain .18 engine with mine and it does have both needle screws.

right now i'm just waiting on my new futaba radio system to get here, i've already busted the frt lower arm on the pass side and had to replace my fuel lines cause i cut one of them
thinking that it was gettin to much air. didnt know at that time about the hold your finger over the exhaust port he he he oops, well ya live and learn lol!!

martinanderson

lmao, before i learned the exhaust trick i would pull the line off the exhaust and blow in it, nitro fuel from my experience does not taste all that great.[:'(]

martinanderson

to bad we all didnt live closer so we could actually drive em together, i dont know anyone that is into the rc hobby, so i drive alone then come back to my comp. to talk about it, would be funner to be sitting around with abunch of you guys instead of typing on my comp. but this is the best i got, i spend more time on here than flying or driving i think.

Popper252

Lol, i'm right there with ya. Fortunately i have a nice little dirt track about 20 mins away where you can always find a few people messing around with their rcs. I'm always a little intimidated talking to them since they all actually know what they're doing. But hey eventually I'll figure things out.

blackdogafd

well i hear ya on all the thngs about gettin together and racing!! i got lucky and found two rc tracks by me (not real big ones) but good enough... lol.

i do have a few buddies out here that are into the whole rc hobby and we go out and run them all the time, well at least when my syclone is haveing down time or my buddies t-maxx breaking something lol!!!

there's a track i go to in bristol, Wisconsin here that has a track not bad either. here's the link to it check it out.. www.bristolrc.com

they have some cool stuff there.. hobby shop is not that big but they stock a crap load of parts...

Popper252

Hey guys I'm planning a trip to the beach tomorrow and was wondering if I should take my buggy along for the ride. I'm not sure how badly the sand and salt will wreak havoc on my parts. Since pretty much everything but the screws on the car are made of aluminum I don't think I have much to worry about. Of course I'll clean it off real well after I'm done. Any thoughts?

DiTi

clean it well before you even go there, so it will make your job easier after the beach
i guess you could also cover the shocks with those special covers too, but maybe that is a little far fetched..
have fun!
it sounds like there is going to be alot of it!!!
tell us how it was when you come back some picks or vids [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

Popper252

Haha, thanks for the advice. All i know is that there are going to be donuts galore. There should be some nice dunes that I could have some fun with too. I'll try to get some pics or a video, should be interesting. Hopefully I won't run it into the water. [sm=drowning.gif]

ventilo

hi everybody, i had drove my tornado xl today, very great pleasure!!
but i have a problem, when i want use brake, trottle stay on max position!!!!!!!!!!
have you a solution for me???
thanks...

DiTi

did you make sure that the radio trims are in place? try to tune the one that says TH.TRIM in you havn't already

DiTi

hey popper,
I was very tempted to use that drowning smiley!!!! LOL man it is hilarius!

ventilo

the trottle stay on max position, but not all time!!!

Popper252

With the engine off play around with your throttle control on your remote and try to get the setting to be the most neutral as possible. So when you let go of the throttle the brake doesn't engage but the throttle is also in idle. If the car still wants to take off on you then you may have a broken clutch spring or it could be as simple as your idle screw is just open too much. Hope that helps. Let us know.

ventilo

i will test that tomorow!!!
thanks for reply.
sorry for my language!!! i'm french!!! and don't speak very well!!!

Popper252

Hey, no problem. It's nice to have you. Let us know if everything works.

Popper252

Hey guys, I need help with some new tires for my buggy. I'm not sure exactly what will and won't work. I measured the tires that came with it and they measure about 15mm wide for the front and 20mm for the back. I also know that the hex nut the rims attach to are 6mm. I don't want to pay more than 15 bucks for a whole set, I was looking at e-bay and that doesn't sound too far fetched. If any of you all know where I might be able to find somthing to fit my tornado that'd be great.

martinanderson

I worked on tuning my syclone today, I found out that my needle valve is supose to be set about 1 to 1 1/2 turns unscrewed from closed position, i found that in the manual on top of page ten, that is alot different then what you guys are running, i wish i had the high and low speed adjustments instead of just one needle valve, it is so hard to tune, i still dont have it but it runs good enough to flip and cartwheel and bend the shock[>:] but hey it was fun, if anyone has this engine also is there any advise you could give me, mine runs good as long as you dont go full throttle right away just slowly bring it up then it starts cutting out once in awhile, it has a no gas coming out of exhaust like before and a tank of fuel last longer than 3 min. i just cant get it dialed in. i made little adjustments and drove for a minute then made more adjustments, i ran 3 tanks in it then it got dark and is still not tuned. i might have to find someone to help me and teach me how to set this bad boy.

ehroof

maybe change the carb, those single needle carbs are impossible to fine tune. They are easy to get going but not to get exact. i had a car a couple of years ago with the single needle carb and never got it, even the guy at the lhs said the same, new os motor. So i sold the car for like $75 and bought an hpi.