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Forum: RC Electric On-Road vehicles, race cars and more
12-23-2007, 12:22 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 678
Posted By zaphod42

RE: 1/12 rules in your RC club

At our local track the 13.5 is in with the stock class and the 10.5 is in with the 19 turn class. I believe that the ROAR rules also allow them (though I believe they only call out the Novak...
Forum: RC Electric On-Road vehicles, race cars and more
11-22-2007, 11:42 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 787
Posted By zaphod42

RE: tc3 help battery selection and more

Some decent NIMH batteries would be a good plan - Maxamps and BoomBoom Batteries both have decent packs at a reasonable price. You will need a charger that can do NIMHs but they aren't too pricy...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
09-09-2007, 01:45 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,932
Posted By zaphod42

RE: where to buy pan cars?

Corally has a wide pan car still in production (CX10) and CRC also has the Pantoura although it is currently on production hiatus and has a few 12th scale options. Darkside Motorsports also has...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
08-11-2007, 12:24 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,493
Posted By zaphod42

RE: Battery Question (NiMH)

I always break in my new batteries by charging them at C/10 (in your case 0.4 amps) for the first couple of charges. It isn't uncommon for a battery to xharge for 12 hours or more on the first...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
07-29-2007, 08:51 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 839
Posted By zaphod42

RE: esc problems HELP!!!!!!!

If everything was normal in the ESC the thermal shutdown should have kicked in and it would have worked again in a few minutes but that assumes normal operating conditions. If you only drove 100...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
07-28-2007, 12:03 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 887
Posted By zaphod42

RE: 1/10 Race Car

I just went with the TC5 myself. I looked at the X-Ray but the hobby store has more trouble keeping the parts in and when I asked about the T2R they said they were told they'd be lucky to get them...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
07-27-2007, 11:53 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 677
Posted By zaphod42

RE: TC3?

Not that many of the parts are interchangeable (I race a TC3 every week). I would definitely go with at least the TC4 (the TC3 has been discontinued for more than three years now although the parts...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
07-27-2007, 11:32 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 987
Posted By zaphod42

RE: Tire gluing?

If you do have to glue them remember to prep the rims properly first. Most rims already have an air hole in them but I have gotten ones that didn't. That can lead to somme funny acting tires (I...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
07-27-2007, 11:15 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 558
Posted By zaphod42

RE: HPI and Proline 190mm bodies

I have had troubles with some of the more 'defined' HPI bodies fitting the AE cars. The one that was the biggest hassle was the 68 Camaro body - a great looking body for those of us who grew up in...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
07-27-2007, 11:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 839
Posted By zaphod42

RE: esc problems HELP!!!!!!!

Does everything turn smoothly (axles spin freely, diff turns smoothly, etc.)? Could you have gotten the gear mesh too tight? Those sorts of things can overheat or burn down the ESC in short order. ...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
07-14-2007, 11:20 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 421
Posted By zaphod42

RE: Compare Ashpalt to Concrete

Overall asphalt will have more grip than concrete in most conditions. Concrete has a tendecy to 'bleed' lime dust out of it as you race on it which makes it quite slick unless it's been textured and...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-07-2007, 09:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 465
Posted By zaphod42

RE: Heatsink??

Given the way the motor mounts into the hole on a Rusty XL5 you will need a short heatsink if you add one. You should also check to see if the fan blades are turning in your Titan motor (it has the...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-07-2007, 08:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 306
Posted By zaphod42

RE: LUNCH BOX PROBLEM

You may have cracked the crystal in the receiver during the crash. The 10 minutes before it malfunctions part sounds very much like when the crystal gets warm the frequency starts drifting. Also...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-07-2007, 01:23 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 469
Posted By zaphod42

RE: ESC Recomendation, XRS or GTS?

I would definitely go with the GTS unless you need reverse. The XRS is OK for bashing but I constantly thermaled mine when racing (in stock class pulling a 27 turn motor!). It finally died so I...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-05-2007, 04:30 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 358
Posted By zaphod42

RE: another tire question quicky

The Holeshots are, in effect, pins as well and they aren't working for him now. Hard packed dirt (and even more so clay) are much more like pavement than dirt unless they are regularly watered and...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-05-2007, 03:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 504
Posted By zaphod42

RE: powerful batteries for rustler xl-5?

I know it's just semantics but actually the batteries do determine the power (unless you are spinning the tires all of the time) since they source the current that the motor uses to accelerate. ...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-05-2007, 10:50 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 504
Posted By zaphod42

RE: powerful batteries for rustler xl-5?

MaxAmps has IB4200 and 4.4K battery packs for reasonable prices. The IB4200s are better batteries (more voltage and more discharge time) but they cost more. I've had pretty good luck with the 4.4K...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-05-2007, 10:21 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 358
Posted By zaphod42

RE: another tire question quicky

If the track is hard packed you will need something with much more contact area (especially for the rears). Something like the Proline Road Hawgs or even the Road Rages might work well for the...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-10-2007, 06:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 908
Posted By zaphod42

RE: HPI body on a TC3

The TC3 is longer by about 4mm but my fit was much worse. (I followed the cutouts on the wheel weels of the HPI since I liked the look of the original but the wheels are offcenter - when the fronts...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-09-2007, 07:47 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 908
Posted By zaphod42

RE: HPI body on a TC3

It's likely that the wheelbase of the HPI Mini is not even close to right for a TC3. I bought the HPI 68 Camaro body and even that is so far off I decided not to use it (after I got it painted) on...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-09-2007, 08:04 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 946
Posted By zaphod42

RE: New XL-5 Stampede

The Speedgems motors burn through brushes pretty fast and when the brush contact starts getting to higher resistances you get lots more heat then the next thing you know you let the magic smoke out. ...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-09-2007, 07:50 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 501
Posted By zaphod42

RE: Where to get Carbon Fiber?

A word of warning - a plain old 25 to a box painter's mask isn't up to the challenge. Carbon fiber breaks down into tiny little particles that you need a real paint respirator to deal with (and they...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-07-2007, 09:20 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 434
Posted By zaphod42

RE: Is this a decent comm lathe?

It should work fine - I have the newer version of that same lathe. Mine was also supposed to have a diamond bit but as so often happens the diamond was missing. The carbide bit will work fine if...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-07-2007, 12:41 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 382
Posted By zaphod42

RE: poles

'Poles' are the magnet poles in a motor (in the case of our RC car brushed motors they are almost all 3 pole units). You can count the poles - it's the number of sections on the armature (or in the...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-06-2007, 11:36 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 962
Posted By zaphod42

RE: Electric TC3 upgrade help.

I would suggest a better ESC - I have had trouble with 'basher' ESCs even running a 27 turn motor (I melted down one of the early Novak XRS ESCs running a 27 turn motor and it is supposed to be good...
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