Lynchburg Dubs GTG's

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rofl:
1)Go to Google maps.
2) Get Directions
3) Type Japan as start location
4) Type China as the end location
5) Go to direction #43

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mata...sorry for yet another rc question.
seriously considering this
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXLKY9&P=0
available as a combo from tower
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1p?&I=L7LKY9**
just curious if there was something there that i should upgrade through the "build your own combo"
like battery or charger....

[InsomniacZ32]

ollllld news on that google maps thing, there was also one for england or whatever.

Get one of the Radios that Mata recc the other day, its either on 572 or 571

[Mataleao]

Don't go with that combo. Go for a nimh battery, and a digital peak charger. Both are linked a few posts up. Get the the ball bearing set, aluminum drive shaft, and aluminum motor mount. I'll post links tomorrow if you can't find them on tower hobbies.

[Mataleao]

If you want to do the ultimate combo:
Chassis:http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLKY9
Battery: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXXUP0
Charger: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXWTE0
TX/RX/Servo:http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1p?&I=LXASX3**

Total: $197.36

Recommended upgrades:

BallBearing:http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXBUA9&P=7
MotorMount:http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFSE7&P=7
PropShaft&Joint: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXUGY8&P=M
Drift Tires: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...I=L5TDP002&P=7

Total: $62.07

Better but more expensive components:
TX/RX/Servo:http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0161p?&I=LZ0960
Charger: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXCLD5&P=7

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Retail Drift tires are the way to go since they last much longer than PVC or ABS (apparently) and provide a more controller/stable drift. I don't have experience with them but its what I keep hearing.

DIY ABS Tires can be had from Hooper Plumbing on Timberlake. Ask for: ABS pipe 2 inch inner diameter. PVC Tires provide less grip/durability and its white.

If all else fails, you can wrap the stock rubber tires with electrical tape. It'll last for that session and will need to be reapplied constantly. Its best suited for polished concrete.

[Mataleao]

Found these prefabbed ABS tires for cheap:

http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Sushi-DRIFT-R...item43a2f0cef1

[blkmagic1]

43. Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean

LMAO...GOOD ONE Jason

[InsomniacZ32]

More questions about RC cars!

What kind of wheels can I use with the TT01r chassis? HPI? or stick with Tamiya wheels? HPI has the Work wheels I really want, but I suppose I can settle for some 5-spoke Tamiyas.

[iamnotemo]

iirc all the wheels are interchangeable

[InsomniacZ32]

sweeeeeet

[Mataleao]

Tamiya wheels are narrower 24mm. Hpis are 26mm. Both work just fine. U only have to worry about it if you buy Hpi tdrift tires which fit 26mm rims and if you buy TAMiya drifttech tires which fit 24mm rims.

[InsomniacZ32]

but if I do that, I can have them look like super stretched tires with some of the wheel showing!

Chassis delivery next fri, stupid slow cheap shipping.

[Mataleao]

You can definitely stretch the stock rubber tires. The drift tires are hard rubber that is the consistency of plastic. The stretched look would be sweet looking along with a nice negative camber and slammed body.

Grats on buying a chassis. Building it was a lot of fun. Did you remember to buy polycarbonate spray paint?

Wait till you get into modding..shipping from China and Japan takes 2 weeks to get here. The cheapest shipping is not very cheap especially if the item is as big as a chassis..like the polycarbonate shell.

[InsomniacZ32]

im patient I've ordered many model car parts from china and japan, haha.

AHHHHHHHH, my chassis is in nevada!

[InsomniacZ32]

so, to anyone driving down wards ferry, be careful!

They decided to dig up a little trench that goes all the way across both lanes, my drivers side took the brunt of the damage even though i slowed down to like 10mph by the time I realized what they did. The only thing they marked the trench was a small orange cone on either side of the road.

I now carry bits and pieces of wards ferry with me wherever I go : )

Or at least until I take the blowtip and get it all out, some gravel made it to the shift linkage weight thing in front of the firewall

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thanks for the heads up. thats my usual route to target/bestbuy, and i was planning on going to gamestop tonight for COD so i will travel an alternate path.

[Mataleao]

COD is cutting into your RC Drift fund. tsk tsk.

[InsomniacZ32]

My z32 body is here

[Mataleao]

Nice.

I finally installed LEDs on mine and some other unnecessary bling. I have it configured for Counter Steer drift and its been tricky. It requires more skill to hold a drift but I think with practice I can be as good as I was with 50:50 Drift.

[InsomniacZ32]

which led kit did you use? the tamiya one?

[Henni]

Here is the vid I told E. and Jason about...









Sorry Jon I dropped off the tool box.

As for the jacket I will find you one for cheap if I can.

[Mataleao]

So I took out the massive toe out and returned it to about a degree toe out and it is now drifting way better..atleast it does on carpet squares. I also figured out that the majority of the radio interferences I was getting was from my wedding ring.

For anyone getting an AM transmitter, I'm running on frequency 84.

Edit:

So CS kit with locked rear diffs and open front diffs is the setup for carpet drifting. Tarmac drifting sucks with that setup. I'm going to lock the front diffs tonight and see how it goes tomorrow.

[paul wall]

I gotta say, you all continue to miss out on a hell of a time every year.

[iamnotemo]

So I took out the massive toe out and returned it to about a degree toe out and it is now drifting way better..atleast it does on carpet squares. I also figured out that the majority of the radio interferences I was getting was from my wedding ring.

For anyone getting an AM transmitter, I'm running on frequency 84.

Edit:

So CS kit with locked rear diffs and open front diffs is the setup for carpet drifting. Tarmac drifting sucks with that setup. I'm going to lock the front diffs tonight and see how it goes tomorrow.

Really? From your wedding band? What material is it made of? I wonder how have a locked front and open rear would affect it?

[blkmagic1]

Did anyone watch psych tonight. Pretty funny..."This is my partners Big Apple Macintosh, and Yasmeen Bleath." LOL Gus was Yasmeen.

[iamnotemo]

Hell yes I watched it. I loved Carey Elwes.

[InsomniacZ32]

forgive them paul, they're old

55 shipped for Neuspeed short shift kit, good deal?

I really just want to get rid of my really sloppy shifter, it moves back and forth when I'm accelerating/turning/stopping/looking at it wrong.

[Henni]

check the bushings in the shift linkage. I wonder if USRT makes an upgrade for it?

[Henni]

There are even dancing pandas...

[Mataleao]

Jon,

I'm pretty sure I paid 2 or 3 times that for my VF Engineering short shifter. Go for it.

Eric,

My wedding band is made out of unobtainium but I tested it with a titanium and white gold one and it resulted in the same radio interference. Good excuse to upgrade to a spread spectrum tx/rx.

I can't run open diffs on the back because the CS kit requires a locked diff. I decided to sorta lock the front diff which actually resulted in a limited slip diff. So far so good, it understeer's a tad which I'm hoping it will keep the back end from being too tail happy.

[Mataleao]

Kevin,

Thanks for bringing the tackle box full of rc stuffs. I've to yet dive into it but i'm planning on it soon.

Jason,

This Chevy BelAir might be your style:

[InsomniacZ32]

hahahaha, that belair is badass.

I think rapp needs to get a lightbar for the top of his AE86, and still have it painted in the tofu getup (btw I have some white poly Tamiya spraypaint already from something I painted last year)

Mataleao - expect questions soon!

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heres my assembled list.
tamiya tt-01e type r (adjustable suspension, aluminum shaft, upgrayed steering)
2 duratrax 3000 mAh stick batts
tower peak charger
Futaba 2PH 2-Channel AM/2 S3003 Servos CH.66
Parma 1/10 '53 Ford Truck Body
pactra outlaw black paint/tamiya flat clear paint
probably just going to cut pipe for tires...for a while anyway.

so this truck in expendables style


expendables truck:

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considered this hpi body but im not sure about the way it looks crushed forward


and this other one from proline is made for monster trucks



i was worried that it wouldnt fit

proline-
Length:
17.5" (445mm)
Width:
6.7" (170mm)
Height:
5.9" (150mm)
Wheel Base:
11.2" (285mm)

hpi body=
Length: 17.75" (451mm)
Width: 8.63" (219mm) at rear wheels-widest point
Width: 8.25" (210mm) behind front wheels-narrowest point
Height: 7" (178mm)
Wheelbase: 11.5" (292mm)

parma body=
265mm/10.5" Wheelbase and 185mm/7.25" Wide

tt-01 spec
Length: 380mm (15")
Width: 183mm (7.2")
Wheelbase: 251mm (9.9"), 257mm (10.1")

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of course this is enough to make me want to build the 61 impala