The lounge: version 5.0 2016 Edition
01-25-2023, 08:30 PM
#302
nothing. when it came down on the last drop off the rear slapped pretty hard and it rocked the motor up and tightened up the gear mesh. just had to loosen up the motor screws and reset the gear mesh.
01-27-2023, 04:44 PM
#306
dude! please tell me you've got an eye patch and are using it as an excuse to talk like a pirate! 
Last edited by suburban_hooligan; 01-27-2023 at 06:58 PM.
01-27-2023, 07:06 PM
#307
No eye patch. But 1st day my eye was so bandaged it was like a patch. Of course I was talking like a pirate.
I've had to keep my head down, part of the recovery. It's weird drinking coffee from a straw. And tonight, after weeks, finally cracked a cold one. Beer through a straw is also quite weird. Just another day or so of the head down stuff.
I've had to keep my head down, part of the recovery. It's weird drinking coffee from a straw. And tonight, after weeks, finally cracked a cold one. Beer through a straw is also quite weird. Just another day or so of the head down stuff.
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kistner (01-28-2023)
02-05-2023, 11:06 AM
#311
well my 3 weekend long battery testing and weeding out project is almost over. had to dispose of ruffly 10 packs (nicd and nimh packs). oddly enough a 1400nicd stick pack from probably 1993 still works! no joke i got almost 7 minutes of run time in my wheely king with it.
had to get rid of i think 6 3300nimh packs do to acid or bad cells. im down to 1 3300nimh pack, 2 1700nicd packs, a 1400nicd stick pack, an unknown mah nimh stick pack, and one 1700nicd 12 cell for my starter box. (plus my lipo's)
made some room in the hobby catch all drawer in the workbench.
had to get rid of i think 6 3300nimh packs do to acid or bad cells. im down to 1 3300nimh pack, 2 1700nicd packs, a 1400nicd stick pack, an unknown mah nimh stick pack, and one 1700nicd 12 cell for my starter box. (plus my lipo's)
made some room in the hobby catch all drawer in the workbench.
02-19-2023, 03:17 PM
#312
my garage still smells like engine degreaser. and i just added primer to the mix. can't stay in there for more than a few minutes at a time.
what's weird is i used the degreaser in the driveway outside the garage. and hosed it all down and was done with it by 2pm yesterday afternoon.
what's weird is i used the degreaser in the driveway outside the garage. and hosed it all down and was done with it by 2pm yesterday afternoon.
02-20-2023, 08:12 PM
#313
well it happened again. iv had the hankering to drive an RC car for a couple days now. i don't have time to prep a truck for tomorrow and i just checked the weather and it's listed at sub 60 and windy Wednesday and rain Thursday through Saturday. and more rain Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
you'd be surprised how often this happens. it's ether rain or extreme heat every time i get the hankering.
you'd be surprised how often this happens. it's ether rain or extreme heat every time i get the hankering.
02-21-2023, 09:41 AM
#314
you might have to rig up some kind of fpv system so you can drive from inside. I've thought about that as part of my snow plow rc I'd like to build. If I have to stand outside to plow, I may as well just shovel and get it over with. I havent actually built this yet, just been thinking about it for years, lol.
02-21-2023, 04:49 PM
#315
i have about as much interest i FPV as i have in being kicked in the nuts. i don't run in the rain anyway, i don't care if the electrics are "waterproof" i keep my stuff dry. and the heat has never actually stopped me, just pay really close attention to the motor and esc temps and it's a fun way to be miserable
02-21-2023, 06:48 PM
#316
I don't run in the rain either. I have run in the snow, but not in a while. Id imagine your opportunities to run in snow are quite limited. The Tmaxx conversion was the rc I wanted to put the plow on. Just got it running not too long ago. Maybe the plow for next winter. Barely snowed here this year.
02-21-2023, 07:15 PM
#317
id have to drive over an hour to get to snow. come to think of it iv never actually been in or even seen snow. iv been to where it snowed a few days prior but all that was left was like slush and ice. and that was over 30 years ago.
the flip side of that is iv lost count of how many 100+ degree days iv been in. and i grew up without air conditioning. that was fun. i can remember a week in summer between my sophomore and junior years of high school where it was in the upper 90's maybe even 100 for like a week straight. me and some friends were hanging out in one of there garages and running RC cars all day. good times.
the flip side of that is iv lost count of how many 100+ degree days iv been in. and i grew up without air conditioning. that was fun. i can remember a week in summer between my sophomore and junior years of high school where it was in the upper 90's maybe even 100 for like a week straight. me and some friends were hanging out in one of there garages and running RC cars all day. good times.
Last edited by suburban_hooligan; 02-21-2023 at 07:17 PM.
02-21-2023, 09:43 PM
#318
I did spend a few years in Alabama as a kid, so some heat days. But it didn't phase me the way heat does now.
I recall a winter where we had something like 20 days in a row below zero (or below freezing, one or other). That was as an adult, that was cold. I had to put a lamp under the hood and a blanket over the hood so my car would start. It worked until the bulb burned out. Had a few days off work as a result, sadly I couldn't go anywhere. Luckily I lived a block away from a pretty cool bar.
Didn't have any rcs back in those days.
I recall a winter where we had something like 20 days in a row below zero (or below freezing, one or other). That was as an adult, that was cold. I had to put a lamp under the hood and a blanket over the hood so my car would start. It worked until the bulb burned out. Had a few days off work as a result, sadly I couldn't go anywhere. Luckily I lived a block away from a pretty cool bar.
Didn't have any rcs back in those days.
02-24-2023, 06:51 PM
#321
Now that you make me think about it, if it's a larger tract type neighborhood, probably developed by a single large builder, they most likely have sidewalks. If it's a smaller neighborhood, or had a number of smaller builders, no sidewalks.
03-04-2023, 03:27 PM
#324
fresh rubber on the front. have to get wider rear wheels. tires i got won't fit on a 4.5" wide wheel. need a 5.5" wheel. but it's good to finally see the car at least partially on the ground again.
