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Oh yeah. I loving love this FrSky gear. Wish they had a pistol grip radio. But I’m getting along fine after installing some gimbal gates on my X10.
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Nerobro posted:Before we just go "the bec's are poo poo" Lets cover the reality. They're not "terrible" They're just the size they are. It's like calling a 8mm socket terrible becuase you need a 32mm socket. It's still a good socket, just not the one you need.
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Well... Tonight was race one of the Motiv Midwest Carpet Series. There's a planned 4 races I think. I ran USGT and VTA. The track I run at, Windy City RC, is populated by ~really freaking fast~ drivers. (Have I said that before, if I have, consider it emphasis) When I show up at a club race, I'm up against some pretty serious competition. Compared to the locals, I'm pretty slow. So I have recently found the joy of "big races". When there's multiple qualifiers, I don't end up feeling like I suck, quite so much. In USGT my first qualifier I ended up cracking a knuckle, and came in last. But only "just". I got progressively better in USGT as the day went on. In the third qualifier, I came in second. Of course, this was with the slow qualifier. In VTA, everything went pretty well. Including, finishing the B main in second, and getting bumped up to the A main. Where I came in last. Both cars started pushing as the day went on. I was, hesitant to try to alter that to much. Running on black carpet is quite challenging, and if there's a combination that's not rolling over, care needs to be taken to preserve that. This, was a good day of racing. I was quite tired by the end of the third main I participated in. I believe the next race is in oshkosh. Thankfully that's not until January. That's gonna be a big trip.
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Which chassis were you running?
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2018 Xray T4 for VTA. Tamiya TA07 for USGT: Swaybars, PSM Graphite chassis, Eagle Racing aluminum bulkheads.
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 So.. I built that thing with my daughter the other night. It's a MST TCR. It's a very strange hybrid of pan car and touring car. Direct drive FWD (though can be configured for MR or RR motor position too.. but there's no class it's legal in with those configurations.) It's also freaky light, under 350g without "accessories" It's currently about 1200g ready to run. To put a spotlight on how light that is, the minimum weight for USGT is 1350g. Same for IFMAR. http://realtinker.blogspot.com/2018/12/mst-tcr-it-touring-car-sorta.html
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Interesting. The light weight and (most of the) easy drivetrain management of a pan car, with the easier to manage suspension of a touring car. Edit: With no shocks? :heh: IOwnCalculus fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Dec 10, 2018 |
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Yup, no damping. That's.. wacky. That said, my TT01e, is a lot of fun, and it essentially has no damping... And there's the option of gooping the kingpins with grease...
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Got the Traxxis Bronco crawler today and man is this thing awesome. The biggest thing that jumps out compared to my Jeep SCX10 is the range, it's incredible how far you can go.
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My nitro slash shows up tomorrow, can't wait to boogie.
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Dec 13, 2018 05:34
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Had to put a license plate on it. Also, have the light kit coming.
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Lights installed. That was a lot easier than I anticipated.  My steering servo is making a buzzing noise, when I turn to the left it stops. Any ideas why?
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wandler20 posted:Lights installed. That was a lot easier than I anticipated. Stock servo? They're one of the worst stock servos in the history of crappy stock servos.
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Spatule posted:Stock servo? They're one of the worst stock servos in the history of crappy stock servos. It is. Any recommendations on an upgrade for when it inevitably fails?
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Dec 18, 2018 19:26
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Holmes, reef, savox, powerhd
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wandler20 posted:My steering servo is making a buzzing noise, when I turn to the left it stops. Any ideas why? I believe those models have been including a digital servo. Digital servos make a noise, they are constantly centering themselves. Some are more noisy than others. Replacing it when it fails will be good, any of the brands mentioned before would work fine.
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Throwing in a recommendation for Promodeler. Small time manufacturer but makes quite nice gear.
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kuffs posted:Throwing in a recommendation for Promodeler. Small time manufacturer but makes quite nice gear. I saw this one recommended a lot and it looks great but I'm not sure it'll work with my stock setup and 3S battery without burning up the ESC.
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I second the PowerHD, Savox options. I use a lot of turnigy servos.
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Any high torque servo is gonna require the supporting current from your speedo’s BEC or an external one. I’ve taken to running Holmes 12v servos just to sidestep all of that.
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wandler20 posted:I saw this one recommended a lot and it looks great but I'm not sure it'll work with my stock setup and 3S battery without burning up the ESC.
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kuffs posted:Any high torque servo is gonna require the supporting current from your speedo’s BEC or an external one. I’ve taken to running Holmes 12v servos just to sidestep all of that. This one? https://www.amainhobbies.com/holmes-hobbies-bls-shv500v2-brushless-12v-crawler-servo-high-voltage-hhbtrmblshv500sv2/p716285 I'm pretty new to all of this so a lot of this is over my head. I appreciate the feed back.
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wandler20 posted:This one? https://www.amainhobbies.com/holmes-hobbies-bls-shv500v2-brushless-12v-crawler-servo-high-voltage-hhbtrmblshv500sv2/p716285
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wandler20 posted:This one? https://www.amainhobbies.com/holmes-hobbies-bls-shv500v2-brushless-12v-crawler-servo-high-voltage-hhbtrmblshv500sv2/p716285 Yeah. I own uhhh 5 of them? Keep in mind that’s a 12v servo and you’ll wanna wire the included JST socket directly to your esc’s battery connector. This will work best with 3s lipo. I’m on my phone right now so I can’t post a good diagram. Keep in mind that this is a loving battletank of a servo. Make sure your endpoints are adjusted correctly on your radio to prevent binding. kuffs fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Dec 21, 2018 |
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The v2's HV will take 4s directly actually, i have no idea why amain marked it as 12V
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I actually didn’t know it would take 4s until I re-read the description.
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I was on the podium today! I got third in Euro Truck. .... There were only three entries. But damnit, I got a trophy. Other discoveries: New euro truck body really changes the truck. My USGT car is ~dog slow~. One should carefully run setup on a car before racing it.
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Nerobro posted:I was on the podium today! I got third in Euro Truck. Trophies are still awesome!
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They are! I went to the Motiv Indoor Carpet Series this weekend. 350 miles of driving for a day at the r/c track. .... It was a big adventure. I busted my first arm on a r/c car. I did awfully. But... I had fun.
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Nerobro posted:I had fun. That's the point! Congrats on third.
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Added some mud flaps, brush guard, and spare tire to my Bronco today.  Also, I picked up a Rustler and an e-revo for my son. So much fun on packed snow.
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You're allowed two 30mm fans on 1/10 scale race cars. This is something people usually interpret as two computer style muffin fans. your'e also allowed one 60mm hole in the body, for cooling. That is 60mm in any dimension. I can buy 30mm EDF's, that have 120g of thrust. Two of those, 60mm hole... 240g of thrust. On as little as a 1100g car. This.... could cause new rules to be written. I'm going to cause the ROAR rulebook to be re-written. *burries face in hands*
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What makes EDF different from a typical computer fan?
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https://www.hobbypartz.com/88e-adf35-100-p-11000kv.html I've never seen a 30mm computer fan drawing 20 amps at any voltage. Thrust, or downforce?
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Kibner posted:What makes EDF different from a typical computer fan? The average computer fan isn't 300W. IOwnCalculus posted:https://www.hobbypartz.com/88e-adf35-100-p-11000kv.html
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Nerobro posted:You're allowed two 30mm fans on 1/10 scale race cars. This is something people usually interpret as two computer style muffin fans. You're allowed two 40mm fans in Australia, but no cooling holes cut in the shell (unless it is nitro/gas cars for air intake). Fan shrouds were banned in Australia for a while a very small number of people were putting dry ice in the shroud to cool the motors better. However the rule has been changed for this year.
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Kibner posted:What makes EDF different from a typical computer fan? Better duct design, much bigger motor, bigger ESC. IOwnCalculus posted:Thrust, or downforce? The answer is "yes". Now the question is, will there be a vacuum under the body too....... evil_bunnY posted:The average computer fan isn't 300W. You're not allowed undertrays or diffusers anymore. That's specific in the rules. The motors are on their way... so we'll see what happens.
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Nerobro posted:You're not allowed undertrays or diffusers anymore. That's specific in the rules.
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evil_bunnY posted:Ye but isn't everyone running a flat AF carbon sheet as a "chassis"? Whenever I see comp 1/10 cars it always bugs me how little aero sense they make. Yeah, to an extent. At least locally a lot of them also slap a clear plastic sheet on the bottom as a 'protector'.
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