Redcat Brushless Volcano
 

Is [link=http://www.********.co.uk/NBC-E.htm]this[/link] the same as the volcano but in a BL form? Looks like it to me. Looks nice if you ask me.

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wrong tires to be a volcano and way cheaper looking rx and tx

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The pic shows 2 different tires. The first that is showed is the Volcano SV tires. The second one is the Volcano EPX tires.

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you go me there I dont mess with electric so im not sure what the epx looks like but it does share a lot of the volcano sv characteristics.Which one did you end up getting?

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I would get that one but it's in Europe and I don't think they ship to the USA.

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lol, sure you would get that, sure you would, lol [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]

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Ha Ha. very funny. Not

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:D

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I've got one of those arriving on Friday. It is the Volcano EPX (with a cheap radio system - I'll put in my own). I uses the Novatech 75A brushless ESC and 3300KV motor sold be Redcat. I'll be running it off 9.6V.

cowana

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nice, make a video

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I understand it's not good to bring up old threads, but I couldn't find any where else that has a thread for Volcano EPX. [&o]

I had installed the brushless motor & ESC, running on 7 Cells GP3900.
It's great to have the truck wheelie on dry asphalt from a stand still with 17t pinion :D

But after several whelies, the center aluminum long drive shaft broke at the joint between ball head and rod. [:@]
Exessive wear also was noticed where the pin was holding to the rod.
I installed a new shaft (stock).

Geared it up to 19t pinion. Motor got hotter (still can be touched).
After 15 min run (not rough bash), I found the same wear around pin and alum. rod.

fact is the alum shaft can't take the torque.

I need your help:
1. Is there aftermarket center shaft that fits? where to get it?
2. what other tires/wheels can I install on the volcano EPX?
3. is the hex hub considered a 14mm size? (BTW, how to measure hex hub side?)
4. is there any aftermarket 64t spur that fits?

Other problems i had:
1. stock servo will twitch under heavy acceleration.
2. stock hex hub was 'ground hollow' by wheel pin.
3. stock spur showing signs of exessive wear around pin area.

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1. there is no upgrade one as of yet
2. pretty much any tire and rim with a 12mm hex
3. 12mm
4. not that i know of but i think there will be options offered shortly

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Thanks a lot ehroof.

The world just got better with helpful forums.

I tried a remedy on the center drive shaft.
Drilled a 1.5mm hole perpendicular to the original pin hole and about 2 mm away from it (as far as I could go).
Then inserted a home made 1.5mm shaft and secured it.

I did this on both ends, so now each end of my center drive shaft is locked with 2 pins.
A test run was done, about 30 mins, mostly top speed runs with sudden brakes and wheelies and violent spins and 'brakies' and some small jumps.

So far so good. I sure hope it will hold for a long time. It's just ashame it didn't come with a slipper clutch.

Oh yes, I must admit. I am NOT having a Redcat Volcano EPX. There's simply no Redcats in our local market.
However my model is HSP (High Speed) Brontosaurus, I think they are the same.

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great fix, glad it worked out, clermontmotorsports.com ships world wide so you can become a member of the redcat family!!!!!!

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ehroof,

Out of topic for just a sec:

I'm not sure about this but my residential country seems to have a bad reputation.
Many don't ship their products here, Malaysia (that tiny dot in Asia).

I wonder, once we had paid online with Paypal or credit cards, the seller must have received the money.
So what's the hold up?

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i am not sure what you mean, did you pay someone? I would check with the business or company before you pay them to make sure they ship to you before you pay.

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Nope. I haven't make any payments just yet. ;)
I was researching in lots of sites like towerhobbies and a main hobbies etc, and non of them would accept orders from my country. [:@]
I tried email them and the replies were that I must be an 'established customer', otherwise they won't sell to me.
That makes me wonder what's the problem we are having. Bad postal service? [&:] (sigh)

Hobby grade products here are way overpriced. LHS are not well stocked. If I could, I rather get parts online.

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drop clermontmotorsports.com an email and see, i am sure he can ship to you, he just started shipping world wide.

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I think its the AMAX version of the volcano Electric.
A Buddy of mine has the AMAX version of the Volcano (nitro model though) and it is nearly Identical to Redcats Volcano,except for Tires n Cheaper RX and servos. It also came with the SH engine (but no engine Replacement plan like Redcats).

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To ehroof and all the experienced out there:

I took your advice and did the fuel tube trick in drive cups to prevent dogbones from binding. It worked.;)
...untill today, I was driving on short flat grass, took a corner, the car lost control and spun, no crash.

and I bent a front left dogbone at the wheel drive cup end. I was lucky it didn't break because the bent was about 45 degree. wow.
Then I made a thicker fuel tube to push out the dogbone a lil more from the cup hopefully it will work.

I was puzzled / frustrated, could it be the lower arms are flexing too much that caused the dogbone issues? [&:], i'm constantly bending them.

BTW it's our holiday here untill Sunday, got a whole lot of time to bash. :D LOL.

I'll try make some video, now if i just had a cameraman...

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put some fuel tube on the shocks so they dont bottom out, on the shaft, maybe its compressing too much