rcluke

not a word of a lie, no customs charges.

i have had about 20 orders from them, a couple of them worth a few hundred quid and not a penny charged at customs.

the delivery time is usually about 5-10 working days, not bad really !

Mad Fox

these guys are really good, I get my stuff and cars from here...

http//:www.nitroflight.com/

adrictan

My Rear bridge suspension mount of IFS-R, 1 screw broke off and the thread of the screw is inside the part... Now that part is kept to the chassis with 1 other screw.

Then instruction 20 on the manual says must cut off a part of the turnbuckle...So troublesome. Tamiya should have pre-cut everything. I don't have the tools man....

rcluke

use a kitchen knife or a stanley blade,

it's all about improvision man !!

adrictan

Anyone any idea to lock the rear differentials for IFS-R?

rcluke

i would only lock them if you were drifting

adrictan

I do intend to use it to drift.

adrictan

Almost done with the car...Killer man.Not for beginners...

rcluke

sweet !!!

where did you buy it from?

adrictan

Stargek. Very ex but that day Winnie not free to check pricing for me and BK was closed. Taroda quote abt $280. Winnie said after that, that will be cheaper. Abt $290 but don't quote me.

adrictan

Sorry, BTW, I'm from Singapore so Stargek is the local distributor for Tamiya. Winnie is the owner of a LHS & BK is the name of another LHS

Mad Fox

if you have just the screw thread in the hole you could try either drilling it out and fitting a slightly broader screw if the hole is slightly larger.

Tamiya do excellent kits but are not for beginners, you do need modelling experience and tools, and also read the build instructions thoughroughly before starting and make sure you fully understand the build proceedures.

The TA05IFS I have was the first R/C Car that I have built, but I have built bucket loads of kits from various manufacturers including Tamiya, Ships/Tanks/Aircraft... all that experience was called on to build the car, as was my multitude of various tools.

So as a summary, If you have no tools, no building experience then consider other options.

rcluke

whoops [:@]

i just took my '05 out on my drive and let rip with the 5.5T brushless.

i KILLED the belts, diffs, center pulley, spur gear, pinion gear, UJ's

damn this is gonna be expensive []

it was fast though, ill upload a vid when i get around to it

mkoresh12

Racing went better this week. I had to drop out of the first heat. The sintered rotor on my Novak came apart about about half way through the heat. Was gaining on the leader and the car just started going slow. Luckily the hobby store had one. So, I put that in and ran in 2nd the next heat. Would have tied in laps but I couldn't finish the last one, bent a tie rod on the last corner. Down hill after that, the 3rd qualifier was more like a crash'em up derby than a race. I ended up 3rd after the dust settled. My ESC came unglued from the chassis in the last heat so I retired it half way. Compared to previous weeks it went pretty well and posted a personal best of 33 laps in a 5 min heat.

raymanh

I was wondering if the TA-05 could handle 3s li-po and traxxas VXL brushless.

rcluke

any idea what turn it is?

it can take Mamba 7700's and Novak 5.5T's (just lol)

Andyman004

so basically your saying that is the limit ??......or can it take more????

rcluke

it can take whatever you want it to take !!!

just make sure the gear meshing is correct, and you dont get stones in the drive train

rcluke

A few pics of the damage on my '05 after my last outing on saturday

Andyman004

damm Luke that doesnt look good man.....what happened...???.....rocks?

rcluke

I think it was rocks, or just the sheer power

that cost me $40 in spares [:@]

Andyman004

Ohh man thats not good. How often do u have to dish out the cash for that kind of repair..??...this is what im trying to avoid cuz im plannin on puttin some decent power down too.

wow this might get expensive......

rcluke

that is the second pinion and spur i have killed by using it outdoors.

i usually race indoors on polished wood and carpet, so there are no stones.

i think i could have avoided the damage on the spur and pinion if i had raised the suspension (because the car only had about 2mm ground clearance, and the spur sticks out of the bottom of the chassis)

Andyman004

ya i did notice how the spur sticks out the bottom of th chassis....hmmm 2 mm ground clearance WOW....that thing musta been scraping on asphalt. what is the stock ground clearance with 26 mm tires?
Also how are the internals gears and diff holding up to the power your feeding it?

rcluke

the diffs are spot on, especially with the aluminium out-drives, i did smash up a UJ though [&:]