grizz1

Hi Louie - Na didn't hit anything real hard. It looked like the front wheel went into a rut and maybe got jammed in a groove or something. As it drove out of the rut, the drive shaft just flew out through the air. I hate it when that happens !!!
I have had a few more drama's with the old girl since then, but I won't bore you guys with my carnage stories []
It's looking good weather wise for a big day at the track tomorrow. Buggy and Truggy are all ready to go so it should be a cool day - bit of driving practice, bit of friendly racing, and learning heaps of things from the other guys. Hope you guys get out for a bit of nitro therapy too

zaintlouis

Hmmmmn Nitro therapy ha? i like the sound of that!

Oh man.. no wonder i can't upload the file on RCUvideos. my file is 103 mb and there's no consideration for that. The maximum size to upload is 100mb and it stays that way nothing more. At first i have chosen to compress the file into 99 mb but in the actual it became 103. Well, got to do another encoding.

Jas the Ace

Vid's...thanks for the reminder louis!! Here is one for you guys, nothing exciting, but just an example of what a bit of dust settling wetness can make of a track. A couple of very determined bashers risked the radio gear last week to get their therapy in the wet...oh well some are more keen than myself I guess!!
No doubt they will be into it again tomorrow, regardless of the weather, I have to many other things to do so I will miss out again. Next weekend will involve picking up the new...old fishing boat, then it's "Fathers Day" on Sunday here, then the following week will involve my recreational boat licensing course, and no doubt the following week will be dropping lead in the beautiful waterways and lifting up more weight in food!! Well thats the plan!!
I better get over it, and send you the link of the video, lol, hehe, haha, hehe...."Here fishy wishy"...I'm not excited by the way!! LOL.....


PS, I still love me buggy...thought I'd better mention something about it, being a buggy thread, lol.

grizz1

Made a mod to my CL-1 the other day that you guys might be interested in. It came about because the rear hinge pin holder (plastic at this stage) flexed and the hinge pin fell out. This pulled the drive shaft out of the wheel hub and the dog bone chewed the edge of the grooves in the hub. Consequently during later use when the drive shaft slid in and out, the dog bone would slip out and jam. I removed the drive shafts and placed a 4mm piece of fuel tubing side on into the rear diff outdrive, then placed the drive shafts back in on top of the tubing. When everything is done up tight again the dog bones are held firmly right into the wheel hubs so they can’t slip out of the hub, but the fuel tubing acts like a small spring giving about 6mm of tensioned outward movement to allow for the rise and fall of the rear suspension arms. It works great, with no concerns about damaging hubs any more.

Good day at the track today. 8 tanks and no breakages. Made some improvements to suspension set up (caster, camber, toe out etc) under the watchful eye of one of the guns out there – huge difference in handling, and I thought it was just my crap driving giving me problems in the corners. I feel so much better now

Jas the Ace

What have you found to be better grizz? As in wheel alignments, basically more or less toe, more or less camber, more or less castor? I'm not after the actual minutes, degrees, mm specs...just a basic indication of which way you adjusted each one to help the handling.
Cheers..

cen123

I have never had a buggy. Are these good on grass,dirt,etc. Are they powerful. Does any1 no the topspeed. Are 1/8 scale's big.

grizz1

Hi Jas, I guess the best way to set everything up is on one of those set stations, but they are quite expensive and nobody I know has one. The top drivers at the track just set up by eye and use a micrometer / ruler to ensure equal measurements on both sides.
It seems that the best set up for general racing is:
Front wheels slightly toed out and with slight negative (I think) camber - wheels angled in at the top and out at the bottom. I have slight forward caster (one big spacer).
Rear wheels need a good amount of toe in (quite a marked angle) to drive the buggy straight and keep the rear from breaking loose out of corners. Most buggies come with this angle pre set in the rear arms anyway. Also a little negative camber on the rears as well. Buggy should look like it is squatting down at the rear if that makes sense.
Ride height should have the front and rear suspension arms sitting parallel to the ground. Good way to test this is to lift the front of the buggy up to about a 60 - 70 deg angle then drop to the ground. The front arms should settle at parallel, if not adjust accordingly. Same test for rear. Another way to check is to pump the front or rear of the buggy down 4 or 5 times in quick succession and see if the suspension arms return to parallel. Adjust accordingly using spacers on the shock springs.
We didn't get into shock oils and different pistons etc, but I believe these settings also make a huge difference. I will run with the factory settings for now.
Have you changed your diff oils ? This gave my cars the biggest handling / performance benefits of all when I did it.
There are different oil set ups for specialised uses but a good general racing / bashing set up is Front 5000 - Centre 7000 - Rear 2000. I have a link to a really good article on diff set ups for all sorts of track conditions etc. Check it out at http://www.rc411.com/pages/howto.php?howto=24&page=1 The table at the bottom is extremely useful.
Mate - that is my total knowledge of suspension set up to date. Hope there is something of interest in there for you

Hi cen123 - Buggies are awsome on grass and dirt, that's pretty well what their designed for. They are very powerful for their size (around 2 - 3 hp), so this makes them very fast. Speed depends on engine size and gearing but in a straight line a basic buggy (like one you would by of e-bay etc) would be capable of around 60 - 70 kph if tuned right.
1/8 is a reasonable size, bigger than a lot of people think. Hope this answers your questions.

zaintlouis

Hi Griz, Jas and all! That's very informative Griz thx! That would really help to tweak my buggy a bit.

Here's the link of my bash video.

http://www.rcuvideos.com/item/FSF410SL7LVNQ8C0


hope you'll like it. Sad to say RCU doesn't accept DivX formats. it's smaller in size and has a very good resolution. i wonder why they're not using it.

Jas glad u got the boat already! i'm happy for you. i envy you up to the skies hehe :-)

Jas the Ace

Nice work there louis!! Man the long wait was well worth it, did you do all the editing yourself? What programme do you use? No wonder you always want to get better and faster, look at the crowd you draw!! Spectators running for their life everywhere, lol. You should include a few more big spectacular crashes though so I dont look so bad, lol. Lots of dust reminds me of my place, big air filters are worth every penny in those conditions hey.
Ooops, I just flicked back a couple and realised the link to my mates vid is missing!! I've got water on the brain, hehe. Here it is and I will make sure I add it this time.

http://www.youtube.com/v/uT3GHT0eEQg

Nitronewguy

Hi to all at rc universe,just signed up to this site as i am havin a few probs with my NANDA SWIFT 1/8 buggy.
only just bought it and after i was done breaking in the engine it stopped and i couldnt get it to start again and in the process ended up snapping my pull cord.
is this easy enough to fix myself and where can i get diagrams from to help me plz ???
also does anyone know how to get the high end mixture idle screw back to factory default?
all comments welcomed

cen123

how fast is the redcat hurrican xp pro

StephenW

sweet vid zantlouis

zaintlouis

HI Jas, yup i did it all by myself, i use pinnacle studio for editing. your guys should try it.

The crowed there are unwanted and just suffocating me giving me a little space for my buggy to run around sigh.. nice vid you got there too i just can't understand your trucks kept flipping over, my bash area is more a threat than yours since it got destroyed by heavy rains.

Nitronewguy if i were you i would scan and read in the middle part of this thread i think the answer to your question is just there somewhere, there are more a lot of things you should know about and could save you some momey or prevent the worst thing that could happen. i know that a lot to scan but it's all worth it.


Thanks Step!

Jas the Ace

nitronewguy, it may just be a simple thing like a glo plug or dirt in the carby, also make sure the head bolts are tight, but as louis mentioned it is well worth a read through this thread and pick up a few ideas, but by all means if you have any sort of problem do not hesitate to ask. If you haven't replaced a glow plug yet I would certainly pull it out and check it in the igniter, speaking of the igniter, make sure it has a good charge in it as I still get caught out from time to time with a flat igniter. Good luck and let us know how you go.

grizz1

Nice vid Louie !!! Some nice full on power turns and slides there buddy. You and me have similar driving styles - plenty of tail out stuff. Might not be the quickest way between two points but it's a hell of a lot of fun. I have to refrain from that sort of stuff at the track as I get left in the dust loosing time on the corners. I am learning that to make these things go fast around the track you use a lot of on/off throttle and brake, sort of point and squirt in short bursts. You drive slower to go faster if that makes any sense !!!

Jas, one thing I forgot to mention about the steering set up. Make sure your servo saver is wound up tight (about 3/4 done up). If this is too loose or soft it has a real detrimental effect on the handling.

Hi Nitronewguy - Jas is spot on with the glow plug. These little buggers can die on you at any time, especially during break in and just after. If the buggy is running fine and then all of a sudden just won't start it's a good chance the glow plug has died. They don't need a reason to quit, they just do every so often.
There are tons of web sites with really good info on breaking in, tuning, trouble shooting, repairs etc. Just Google them up. Most of us learnt a lot of what we have picked up on this hobby from the internet, and forums like this. It's a steep learning curve at first, but you will really enjoy your buggy once you get into it.

zaintlouis

Hi Jas, Griz, Hi all!
Yeh Griz, glad we have the same taste in driving style hehe. always love to play with torque and speed. Sometimes bashing is more fun. In actual racing i think it's very hard to do those kind of maneuvers, it doesn't save you fuel, and the track dirt is compacted and as you said you will be most likely be left behind. i think you can answer that more than i do. I haven't flown over Manila to race yet. Our bashing area here is getting worst and hostile! As of now rains keep pouring in. i was just lucky to get a good bash that day. But what i learned from Jas with his vid, it is more dangerous to bash on wet tracks coz their more slippery. very hard to control the car even with a good setup. any buggies or truck is susceptible to flipping over i guess. (hehe correct me if i'm not using the correct term). If i were to make a track i will make long straights with sudden U turns. only a powerful engine could make that kind of quick maneuver. I'm happy you guys like the vid. Same here Jas i like yours too. yours is more fun coz you have some guys to race with.

Jas the Ace

Cheers guys, yeah our little temporary track is having a few problems with tree roots getting exposed from the dirt being constantly thrown to the sides from our errattic driving, that is why you see a buggy or truck suddenly flip over on a straight or corner, makes things very entertaining though, but it would be good if we had more track marshalls to turn them back on their wheels instead of the driver having to go running over for the rescue. I suppose we can't have everything eh, lol.

zaintlouis

Ahhh so it's not the track being slippery. now i get it hehe. it's the root that causes the flip overs. [&:] that was a nice joke on your email Jas. i like it.

cen123

I have looked all over the internet to find the top speed of the hurricane. Some people say it goes 40 mph some say 70mph.

I would like to hear how fast people have gotten theirs up to?

zaintlouis

I'm gonna have a speedgun soon i'll let you know when it arrive si i could check each of my engine speeds. i guess i'm gonna need to have a 48 tooth too

rclynx

As ehroof real nice I bet he would stick a radar gun on his maybe[&o]

grizz1

cen123 - The speed thing is a real variable. Just because someone's buggy goes say 50 mph, doesn't mean yours will. As I mentioned before it all depends on engine model, tuning and gearing. If you are looking for just pure speed I would go for an on-road car. One of these with a .18 or bigger motor and a two speed gearbox will leave a buggy for dead in straight line. If you want speed and off-road ability then the more you spend on a good motor and tune it properly the faster it will go. The standard Hurricane RTR out of the box when run in properly and tuned well should do 45 - 50 mph though.

spear1872

Does anyone Know where I can get a drill start backplate for the team infinity .27?

ehroof

i will do it no problem but mine is not stock, its has the sts .28d and the matching exhaust sytem from sts.

grizz1

Yo - Jas, Been really busy at work with extra shifts etc, so haven't had a chance to package things up and get a postage cost yet. I will hopefully (all things being equal) have a day to myself tomorrow and will get onto it then. [8D]