frugalman

my esc seems to only work when my radio is reversed
if i put to normal, it doesn't recognize it

frugalman

here is my esc motor set up

tamiya trucker

i have the same problem...my clodhas allways seemed that little more powerfull in reverse[&:]

Lunchboxer

What motors are you using right now?

frugalman

just the tamiya silver cans
actually, the reverse feels kinda like MSC, jerky maybe.
stop-and-go, that could be why it feels powerful

how about your tamiya trucker?

tamiya trucker

yeah mine is like that..even more so now i switched to the hpi e-savage esc...its also worse as it gets further away[&:][&:]..i thought only mine did it lol

frugalman

question
is the 2 motor set up on the clodbuster a 4x4, awd, or 2x2 in terms of real life trucks/cars?
i'm pretty sure it's not awd.. so is it 4x4?

the fact that the front and back is disconnected... so which one does it behave like the most?

tamiya trucker

maybe its a 2x2x2x2????[&:][&:]

thats prob wrong though lol

GTRice

LB, I remember you want to see a video of my Clod. Well, I finally got two videos of it today. Here they are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejlw8DTlk0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHkJ5OMtgtU

Sorry about the low quality of the video, this is why I needs a better camera. [:@]

tamiya trucker

sweet vids..your cam quality is great..i would stay with it and not bother with a new one!

maybe buy another rc instead lol

GTRice

Thanks! Lol, a even better idea! I'll make better videos of the Clod soon again!

djr01974

Where can I get some nice steering rod links to take up the factory slop?

GTRice

RC Guy, Thunder Tech Racing, Junfac, etc. makes excellent steering set-ups.

Lunchboxer

This is what I use:

http://www.rcguy.com/Classic-Front-M...t-p/me-006.htm

frugalman

i just tear off the rear body posts from flipping the clod too much on pavement
doh!

do you have this problem?

GTRice

I broke one front body post before from flipping over on pavement as well, when I ran it stock, till I upgraded with a aftermarket chassis no problems.

Here is the part: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGB55&P=Z

But it comes with a lot of other parts. I think you can just purchase just body mounts off TamiyaUSA, can you?

frugalman

thanks mad
i found them on ebay for cheaper! but still.. i only flipped it handful of times and they broke

GTRice

I forgot about ebay, oh well. I believe you won't be breaking the body mounts anymore, if your not using the Tamiya stock hard body, since, flipping over with that body, will make a lot of impact on the posts, but using a lexan body, less impact on those body posts. I did it before, when I was running my Clod stock and it works great.

djr01974

y lunchboxer thanks that's what I'm looking for I take it that will work with the factory steering servo setup.

Lunchboxer

Not sure what you meant by the factory steering servo setup..

The kit was designed to relocate the servo to the axle (so you need 2 servos if you want 4WS) so it eliminates the linkage from the chassis to axle and provide a much direct steering.

GTRice

That's kind of expensive IMO, but that steering system must be very good quality. Might do some homemade axle servo mount instead of sinking money...

djr01974

Has anyone every used this guy. www.crawfordproformanceengineering.com

djr01974

Sorry try this . www.crawfordperformanceengineering.com

tamiya trucker

yes i have they also sell a lot on e-bay. the items are great quality and they have quick postage

ElectricGuy007

I found a brushless clod video on youtube. I dunno how fast this clod goes but it's pretty fast.
Just trying to find some ideas to use myself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpcJ0wl92-8