What have you done to your RC today?
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Finished up a New XRT Slider that was purchased a few months ago. All new electronics (Hobbywing 5690 1250kv and Max5 ESC), 1/5 scale wheel & tire combo, Futaba sensors etc. 1st “Real Electric R/C”. Only Gas & Nitro with a few cheap electrics along the way since the 70’s. WOW. What a machine. 8S Lipo doesn’t disappoint. lol.
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Hi. I got these in a trade.
They were mixed into a pile of tmaxx parts I got. The bars were in a baggie and look brand new and unused. Hardware was included. The blue pieces are aluminum but I have no clue of what these things are
They were mixed into a pile of tmaxx parts I got. The bars were in a baggie and look brand new and unused. Hardware was included. The blue pieces are aluminum but I have no clue of what these things are
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my stuff has been collecting dust. but i have the hankering to run nitro. i have a quart. i dug the nitro RS4 2 out. i need to charge the receiver pack. maybe sometime this next week ill stop off after work and run it.
i uploaded an old video to my youtube channel to help motivate me
i really should do more with that channel...
i uploaded an old video to my youtube channel to help motivate me
i really should do more with that channel...
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told myself i was going to make 35 new videos for my youtube channel this year. so far iv done an honest 2. almost 6 months into the year im a little behind schedule. so im currently doing some prepping and vehicle/equipment inspections. planning on doing a lot of running and filming next weekend. nothing crazy, just some very old school backyard shenanigan's. probably some Clodbuster, Wheely King, and Kyosho Stadium Baja, driving. maybe some 1/18 scale and Mini Z stuff. idk if ill break out the fast stuff as im limited on space and don't want to mess up my lawn. the OG Stealth box RC10 is a possibility... might also stop off and run electric TC's this next week, i pass a parking lot everyday that iv been meaning to try out.
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drove the first hobby grade RC i ever bought, Kyosho Stadium Baja. also drove my Tamiya Super Clodbuster, HPI Wheely King, RC10 Worlds Car rerelase, RC10T, and HPI Savage XS SS.
and the only thing i managed to break was a drive pin on the Savage XS, which seems to be a common occurrence. i think this is the 6th one iv broken.
videos coming, eventually...
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and the only thing i managed to break was a drive pin on the Savage XS, which seems to be a common occurrence. i think this is the 6th one iv broken.
videos coming, eventually...
edit: and more coming, eventually...
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finally glued up a set of Proline Blockade 2.2 buggy tires for my Worlds Car. gave it a quick run on thick grass. they worked pretty good. im happy with them.
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lets see it has been ages so I cleaned a few up thinking of selling them. sold my savage flux already a little while back.
fixed a few others that were laying in parts for over 12 years.
went to see the condition of my lipos as I had the itch to run one, and saw the cells I stored at 3.8v's and checked every 1-2 years they were in storage were reading 5.3v's each >.> used them to center the steering on one I put a steering servo back in, but I definitely won't run them on that.
Now not selling all I am definitely keeping my 2 DF-02's, and my crawlers, and Jammin .5's,, my 1/8th scale electric converted jammin crt(doubt I'd get a fraction what I put into it), and prolly my stampede 4x4, but I might make it back into a slash 4x4(it originally was one I just bought a stampede chassis and drive shaft, and a few other parts). contemplated making the nitro jammin buggy I have electric, even made a motor mount, but changed my mind when I was trying to figure out how to put the batteries in it.
I've also thought about reassembling my old wheelyking after seeing the video above, but I'm not sure where I put its transmission(and pretty sure I butchered it up), and I would have to scrap my 6wd build to get its parts back, or scrap the other crawler I made of wheely king axles, and 3d printed parts.
fixed a few others that were laying in parts for over 12 years.
went to see the condition of my lipos as I had the itch to run one, and saw the cells I stored at 3.8v's and checked every 1-2 years they were in storage were reading 5.3v's each >.> used them to center the steering on one I put a steering servo back in, but I definitely won't run them on that.
Now not selling all I am definitely keeping my 2 DF-02's, and my crawlers, and Jammin .5's,, my 1/8th scale electric converted jammin crt(doubt I'd get a fraction what I put into it), and prolly my stampede 4x4, but I might make it back into a slash 4x4(it originally was one I just bought a stampede chassis and drive shaft, and a few other parts). contemplated making the nitro jammin buggy I have electric, even made a motor mount, but changed my mind when I was trying to figure out how to put the batteries in it.
I've also thought about reassembling my old wheelyking after seeing the video above, but I'm not sure where I put its transmission(and pretty sure I butchered it up), and I would have to scrap my 6wd build to get its parts back, or scrap the other crawler I made of wheely king axles, and 3d printed parts.
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found out today my old 1st gen 2.4ghz Eurgle radio is dead gonna take it apart to see why its not powering up later or maybe tomorrow as if I can't fix it as without it I only would have 1 radio for them.
found out today my old 1st gen 2.4ghz Eurgle radio is dead gonna take it apart to see why its not powering up later or maybe tomorrow as if I can't fix it as without it I only would have 1 radio for them.
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yea that is my guess I've just not had time to look as something else came up. or when I connected the lipo the voltage toasted something.
radio also looks like a royal pain to dismantle so that too is part of the reason for the postponement if it was a simple 4 screws and its apart deal I'd have done it by now.
radio also looks like a royal pain to dismantle so that too is part of the reason for the postponement if it was a simple 4 screws and its apart deal I'd have done it by now.
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well checked my lipos again with a different multimeter, and they all read 3.72 - 3.82 volts per cell so they should be good still. They aren't swelling or anythings so might give them a try.
Reason I rechecked was I took the one radio apart that isn't working to see if there was anything obviously wrong with it, and I decided to do a basic continuity check to see if there was a break in the line, and its power died. I noticed it had a blinking battery notification on the screen, and grabbed my backup multimeter.
So anyways I was checking if there was voltage at the switch with my backup multimeter, and noticed the 3s lipo I had for my radios which I had hooked up which was reading 15v on the other multimeter was reading 11.2 volts so I checked all the cells, and was like hmm they were all reading around 3.8v with a drift of +/- 0.1v. Then I grabbed my ammo can of lipos and checked em all, and they all were similar I think one was 0.2v's difference between cells. Not bad for not being balanced storage charged in over 4-5 years.
Side note that radio... internally it was 3 caps, around 50-80 of the smallest surface mount resistors I've seen that there is no way to read the value of, and 3 IC's. As I have no schematic, nor idea what the pin outs of the chips are there is no way to diagnose it further. I was hoping it would be some simple issue like the power wire's solder joint broke off(I've had that in electronics), or a bad switch, but alas those were working right.
Reason I rechecked was I took the one radio apart that isn't working to see if there was anything obviously wrong with it, and I decided to do a basic continuity check to see if there was a break in the line, and its power died. I noticed it had a blinking battery notification on the screen, and grabbed my backup multimeter.
So anyways I was checking if there was voltage at the switch with my backup multimeter, and noticed the 3s lipo I had for my radios which I had hooked up which was reading 15v on the other multimeter was reading 11.2 volts so I checked all the cells, and was like hmm they were all reading around 3.8v with a drift of +/- 0.1v. Then I grabbed my ammo can of lipos and checked em all, and they all were similar I think one was 0.2v's difference between cells. Not bad for not being balanced storage charged in over 4-5 years.
Side note that radio... internally it was 3 caps, around 50-80 of the smallest surface mount resistors I've seen that there is no way to read the value of, and 3 IC's. As I have no schematic, nor idea what the pin outs of the chips are there is no way to diagnose it further. I was hoping it would be some simple issue like the power wire's solder joint broke off(I've had that in electronics), or a bad switch, but alas those were working right.
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I finally figured out what I did with my wheely king gear box. I made a crawler out of a pile of random RC stuff, and 3d printed parts 5 years back I that used it, and forgot I put it in it... It was literally staring me in the face the past month. I noticed it when I took its shell off.
While I picked it up I forgot I made diff lockers, and broke the one when I tried to turn the wheels so I designed a stronger one better designed one, made it, and replaced the original ones.
I originally had a write up on it, but I'll make a post for it as it was a bit long
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While I picked it up I forgot I made diff lockers, and broke the one when I tried to turn the wheels so I designed a stronger one better designed one, made it, and replaced the original ones.
I originally had a write up on it, but I'll make a post for it as it was a bit long
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that is some serious driveshaft angle you got there
iv been building a truck i don't care for form a manufacture i hate more than hate can describe out of as many aftermarket or non manufacture parts as possible. so far iv only used 3 parts from an original truck. might need a diff, not sure yet. maybe by the end of the weekend it'll be a roller minus wheels.
iv been building a truck i don't care for form a manufacture i hate more than hate can describe out of as many aftermarket or non manufacture parts as possible. so far iv only used 3 parts from an original truck. might need a diff, not sure yet. maybe by the end of the weekend it'll be a roller minus wheels.
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yea I know the drive shaft angle is kinda high, but funny enough it doesn't bind.
The body I 3d printed for it I honestly didn't like it much after I finished 80% of it.
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Yea right before taking that picture a few mins ago I dropped it, and broke one of the front linkage connectors for the axle... I'm gonna make it a little beefier, and reprint it.
As for how rough it looks it was actually printed on my original 3d printer way before it had even half its upgrades the printer can now print WAY better since then. I also have 2 more printers. When I buy a bit of filament I'll have to remake it. I wonder if I can find a better model for it as I used a mediocre jeep model I found, and scaled it up
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Wow I looked up stuff for a Tamiya DF-02, and can't believe how much after market parts are still available. Hell they seem to have redesigned some of the old ones to where they look like they might work better, and seem to have alot of them in various colors. I'm actually amazed as it was one of my favorite platforms 15 or so years ago, but back then parts supply was sketchy at best as it was a chassis they basically were retired as I had to order a few things from some small hobby shops in Japan as Tamiya didn't have any stock (in the US or Japan). Sheesh looking up other things, and you can still get then NIB for $130(from Japan), and virtually every part that I could imagine breaking is for sale pretty cheap from HK or Japan (Don't think I seen any in US)
Anyways was thinking of making my bootlegged DF-02 I bought way back when (extreme Machine from Target) into a buggy as it was designed to be as it currently has a Stadium truck body on it with mud thrasher tires. To convert it back I'd need the front shock tower, shocks, and the front body post as those were really the only difference between the bootleg, and the stock tamiya DF-02. It already has a aluminum rear shock tower, C-hubs, knuckles, and has upgraded universal shafts going to the tires. I already have a set of buggy tires, rims, a wing with a mount(I'll use the one from the old Brama 10b), and a new body sitting in a bin, and I should have a body mount..
The body I 3d printed for it I honestly didn't like it much after I finished 80% of it.
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Yea right before taking that picture a few mins ago I dropped it, and broke one of the front linkage connectors for the axle... I'm gonna make it a little beefier, and reprint it.
As for how rough it looks it was actually printed on my original 3d printer way before it had even half its upgrades the printer can now print WAY better since then. I also have 2 more printers. When I buy a bit of filament I'll have to remake it. I wonder if I can find a better model for it as I used a mediocre jeep model I found, and scaled it up
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Wow I looked up stuff for a Tamiya DF-02, and can't believe how much after market parts are still available. Hell they seem to have redesigned some of the old ones to where they look like they might work better, and seem to have alot of them in various colors. I'm actually amazed as it was one of my favorite platforms 15 or so years ago, but back then parts supply was sketchy at best as it was a chassis they basically were retired as I had to order a few things from some small hobby shops in Japan as Tamiya didn't have any stock (in the US or Japan). Sheesh looking up other things, and you can still get then NIB for $130(from Japan), and virtually every part that I could imagine breaking is for sale pretty cheap from HK or Japan (Don't think I seen any in US)
Anyways was thinking of making my bootlegged DF-02 I bought way back when (extreme Machine from Target) into a buggy as it was designed to be as it currently has a Stadium truck body on it with mud thrasher tires. To convert it back I'd need the front shock tower, shocks, and the front body post as those were really the only difference between the bootleg, and the stock tamiya DF-02. It already has a aluminum rear shock tower, C-hubs, knuckles, and has upgraded universal shafts going to the tires. I already have a set of buggy tires, rims, a wing with a mount(I'll use the one from the old Brama 10b), and a new body sitting in a bin, and I should have a body mount..
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