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Got my Monsoon today as well as my parts for the Tornado. Thanks Derrik. Now for the bad news, seeing hows I always seem to have some. I strained a muscle in my neck and can't move my head at all, so it looks like I will have to wait a couple of days to do the break in. Even with not being able to play, and being in pain, I am still in a great mood. Just wanted to update everyone...oh yeah...I didn't realize how HUGE it was going to be. Looks great though.

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congrats....get well soon...

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I am trying. The doctor was worried that I might have Manengitis(sp)...but they are pretty sure that I don't. That is definitely a good thing. I am planning a good day at dad's on Saturday, and after talking to him earlier, he should have his new motor broke in, and I should have mine broke in too, so we should be good to go. I am going to have either my wife or my mom record us.

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I just remembered. I got a bag of what look like bushings and spacers with my Monsoon. What exactly are those for?

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spacers for your shocks....when u adjust your shocks u snap them over it

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that is what I thought, but I figured I better ask before I mess something up. Thanks bro.

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Congrats on the new Monsoon....... Get some Pics and videos up when you get better....

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Congats on the new toy!!! Post up some pictures of that bad boy!

PS: Hope you feel better man.

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Thanks everyone. I feel a little better, but that might also be the drugs. yummmm... I will take some pics of it tomorrow and post them up, will have to wait for Saturday for video though.

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pics will be good for now... dont rush urself to get vids.. if you cant get it done.. dont rush... dont want to hurt yourself any more then you are...

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Yeah I know. The only driving I plan on doing around here is the break in. After that it is nothing but wide open spaces for the Monsoon. I was thinking about buying an extra body and some rims, and painting them all black, that way when I race dad, I can tell him it is ready for his beating I am going to give him. What do you guys think about an all black Monsoon?

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Sounds awesome, maybe a couple of Cobra stripes down the middle. In blood red or Indiglow blue.
Get better soon,
Lee

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I was wanting to stay all black...kind of like a whole murdered out theme. Not sure yet though. I am a rather patriotic person, so I like the flag coloring it has. Might save the money from the body and wheels, and buy some spare parts. Heck, I need to go sometime this week and get another bottle of fuel. We will see what happens.

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Got ya, sounds cool.

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yeah, we will see what happens though, I need to try not to worry about looks until I have some spare parts gathered up. I found this really nifty box at Harbor Freight I might buy, to carry my Transmitters and parts in. Not too sure yet. I gotta think about stuff like that since I can't really drive around my house.

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spare parts are a must....spare fastners too....going over my redcats...will be placing an order of fastners to make them hex head throughout

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Yeah...that is the plan for my next purchase, is a bunch of spare parts. I think the wife is going to make me wait until the tax credit check gets here in May though.

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We must have the same style, I would say go for it on the all black Monsoon. Keep one as your race body and one as your shelf queen body.;)

Here is my murdered out Tornado BB.

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I plan on doing all black with my cane.....well except for some good ol' k-state purple flames......lol

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Yeah I seen that BB in your video. That thing is sick looking. Kinda made me want to do mine like that. We will see what happens though. Anyway, I need to take my kinked neck butt to bed. I leave with a little good news. After feeling the meds take affect I went out on my back stoop, and decided to see how easy it would start. Filled her up with Nitro, put the ignitor on it, and 2 easy pulls later, she was humming beautifly. It was rather exciting to hear her run. Ok, time to take my butt to bed. Talk to everyone tomorrow I am sure.

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Good luck trying to fall asleep with the thoughts of your Monsoon buzzing around in your head!! LOL Hope you feel better man!

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anyone ever try to paint their car like Lightning McQueen off of the movie cars? That would look incredible. Maybe i should try?

Found some pics, dont know what kind of car though. Wonder how it would look on my Tsunami Ultrawide

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lol.....I could have a mator hurricane...now that would rock....and yeah im bein serious..lol

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Lightning McQueen truggy is friggin awsome. Would love to show up at a race with that paint job.

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think i might try it but gonna have to paint the outside of the shell. im not good enough to paint the inside.lol

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yall think a tow hook coming off a hurricane would look stupid??..lol

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ok now you guys are goin too far..... you stole my idea for my volcano sv. although i am having trouble finding a tow truck body for my volcano.

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But you guys do know that this is going to get deleted by RCKen because he feels we Redcat racers cant talk about moding our REDCATS

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=08-47699667-2

Maybe you can use the body from this.

Tyco Super Tow Mater Truck
Battery
Width: 9 in
Length: 18 in
Height: 10.5 in

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Redcat forum should be for Redcat racers talking about racing and all other stuff too, I thought this was supposed to be a COMMUNITY of Redcat owners. just my thoughts.

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Well I will get this thread on a better track then. Was out trying to break in my Monsoon this morning, and I have no range with it. Once I get about 8-10 ft away I start losing it. Servos start going crazy. I have all new batteries, and both crystals are tight. Antenna is good. What else could be causing this? And I am having trouble figuring out the FM transmitter. I have gotten the trims down, but what is everything else?

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I wished I could help you on that one but I dont have the FM transmitter I got a Futaba 2pl

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that is cool. I am sure someone will be able to help me. I think I am going to go to the store and buy some brand new batteries just to double check. The batteries I put in it were new too, so I am just hoping I got some bad batteries or something.

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Why dont you get these, On a full charge it will give you 10.9 volts and they only take 15minutes for a full charge and there 2650 mah
Walmart sells the batteries thats where I got mine and I think walmart may sell the charger as well

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Well the reason I haven't is cuz I can get industrial energizers for free. Thus why I haven't bought any rechargeable batteries.

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I never once stated that modding of Redcats could not be discussed. In fact, there are many existing threads here in this forum that discuss modifications to Redcat vehicles. The discussions that aren't allowed are those that do NOT pertain to Redcat vehicles. This is in line with this being a Redcat Support Forum. There is no "personal" feeling as to what I feel can or cannot be discussed here. This is covered by the RCU Community Rules and that is where decision is made about what can and cannot be discussed in this forum. Support forums are provided by RCU in order for manufacturers and vendors to support their products and provide customer service. The "strictness" of how the rules are enforced depends on each company that has a support forum. Some support forums are conducted where problems and questions are posted by a member and the only replies allowed are from the support staff of that product, no discussion from other members is allowed. Darin at Redcat has indicated to us that he does not want this forum to be that strict. But rather he wants he customers to be able to carry on conversations with each other. But these conversations do need to be Redcat related, and that is where a line is drawn about what's being allowed.


Ken

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see, all is good on the forums. Ok, still trying to figure out why I don't have any range on my Monsoon. On another note, I got my Tornado back together and she is running good. Took her outside ran her around a little, even went off the ramp a couple of times. My main concern now, is getting the Monsoon right. Can anyone help me???

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alright I am going to try and post some pics. The first one is after I got the Tornado back together and ran it to make sure it was good, and the second one is of the Tornado right before I started to put it back together. Let me know if they show up.
http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/100_1802.jpghttp://i227.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/100_1803.jpg

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OK, looks like I got the Monsoon figured out. I think one of the plugs for the servo's was just slighty loose. I couldn't really tell when I pushed on them a little if they were or not, but it seems to have done the trick. I ran it a little doing the whole figure 8 thing, till it got warm, ran it for about 5 minutes, then I shut it off, let it cool down, and did that again. So that is 2 times I have done that now. That used 1 tank of gas. How many more times do I need to do this again?

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I'm glad you figured out the radio issue. As for the break in, it sounds like you are going more for the heat cycle break-in. I would suggest putting at least 4-5 tanks through it before you start doing any sustained full throttle runs. You will want to give it more throttle on each tank being sure not to hold it at high RPM for more then 3 seconds. Tanks 1-2 go up to 1/4 throttle, tanks 3-4 up to 1/2 throttle and short 3/4-full throttle runs on tank 5. Let me know if you have any other questions.


PS: The Monsoon looks great, I love the body!!!!



-Derek

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Yeah, I was thinking the whole 5 tank deal. And upping the throttle every couple of tanks. I just did another run, and she is running really good. I gooses it a couple of times on accident, but it handled it well. I don't have a temp gun, so I have been doing the whole drop of water trick. I see the difference in temps now, so that is a good thing. But it seems to be running right, and heating good. I just talked to my dad, and he can't wait to see it this weekend. I am going to try and finish the break in today, since I will be going back to work tomorrow, that way, I can take it to the park and really start playing with it. We will see what happens though.