RE: What's New Guy's?
Awesome! [:D]
Posted on: 12/27/2011 11:17 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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What's New Guy's?
Its been forever and then some since I last logged on here. Ive been debating on getting back into the R/C scene again seeing as how my obsession with 1:1 is getting pretty pricey. Whats hot right now for new vehicles? Ive been out of the game for to long to even know. Your help could get me back in the game! [8D]
Posted on: 12/27/2011 7:14 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Savage brushless
Why dont you just use search?
Posted on: 4/22/2009 1:27 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: the Price of the mini slash and E-revo
[quote]ORIGINAL: maybelater29 [quote]ORIGINAL: Takedown Lets put this in perspective.... What other mini's is their to compare to the mini e-revo/slash? The mini revo and slash are complicated and syphisticated minis. Ive seen them first hand and was decently impressed with the overall design layout & design. Im by no means a traxxas fan but by the looks of it the mini slash and revo
Posted on: 4/21/2009 3:53 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: the Price of the mini slash and E-revo
Lets put this in perspective.... What other mini's is their to compare to the mini e-revo/slash? The mini revo and slash are complicated and syphisticated minis. Ive seen them first hand and was decently impressed with the overall design layout & design. Im by no means a traxxas fan but by the looks of it the mini slash and revo are going to be a hit because of their design. I personally would still take a mini lst2 over it with the BYT diff mod but thats just me.
Posted on: 4/21/2009 1:03 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Good offroad nitro under $300
mgt 3.0
Posted on: 4/9/2009 1:00 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Intellect LiPos???
[quote]ORIGINAL: AutoXMan You have to take into account drivetrain loss, friction etc etc. Best way is to hook up to multimeter. [/quote] Ammeter to be exact.[;)]
Posted on: 4/9/2009 11:59 AM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: high mah lipo's
The new 40c packs are not made by enerland though. I have yet to find out who their made by.
Posted on: 4/9/2009 11:58 AM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Mamba Monster Maxx Lipo Question
And dont bother to set up the lipo cutoff without a castle link. Yes auto-lipo cutoff may be handy but it isnt always safe. Your best bet is to take the extra step and use the castle link and program the cutoff manually.
Posted on: 4/8/2009 3:56 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: high mah lipo's
Pretty much as long as your not wasting your money on minamps you'll be fine if you are running the right pack.
Posted on: 4/8/2009 3:54 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Intellect LiPos???
That calculation however wont be to accurate seeing how your system will be under different stresses.
Posted on: 4/8/2009 3:49 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: Intellect LiPos???
[quote]ORIGINAL: traxxaspede Do you know how to find out how much current my setup it drawing? or would I be able to use it with a mamba max/VXL? [/quote] Amps= Volts/Resistance. Find the resistance of the motor and divide that from 7.4 to get your constant amp draw.
Posted on: 4/8/2009 3:46 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: high mah lipo's
Flight Power uses Thunder Power's cells which are custom ordered from enerland.
Posted on: 4/8/2009 3:19 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Mamba Monster Maxx Lipo Question
[quote]ORIGINAL: fusebmx13 Just set the auto lipo on. Or if you are unsure just set it at 3v per cell. For example, a 2s pack would be set at 6 volts, 3s at 9v and so on. The easiest thing to do is auto lipo. [/quote] Only use auto when you absolutely must. Its not very well trusted.
Posted on: 4/8/2009 3:11 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: high mah lipo's
[quote]ORIGINAL: FairTax4me SMC is working on a 3S 5200mah 40C pack. Don't know when it will be available, but they have 2S packs out now. And from the stuff I've read people really like them. Most are getting better test numbers than what SMC prints on the labels. X2 on the Flight Powers. I've met quite a few plane guys through my LHS, all of them say they'll run nothing but Flight Power. IIRC they use Kokam cells. [/quote] They use ThunderPower cells.
Posted on: 4/8/2009 12:13 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Intellect LiPos???
They will work fine if the setup your running doesnt draw more than 80a cont.
Posted on: 4/7/2009 3:36 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: high mah lipo's
Oh and heres what I'd reccomend if your willing to deal big cash for a high quality pack "still cheaper than maxamps"... PQ 5000mah 25-50c 3s- http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=5728&Product_Name=Polyquest_5000mAh_3S_25C_Lipoly PQ 6000mah 25-50c 3s- http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6322&Product_Name=Polyquest_6000mAh_3S_25C_Lipoly_(V2) Neu Energy specs on lipos... http://www.neumotors.com/Site/Battery_Specs.html Also take a look into flightpower and true r/c lipos.
Posted on: 4/7/2009 12:23 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: high mah lipo's
[quote]ORIGINAL: chummer [quote]ORIGINAL: Redvanmafia what is a good 3s lipo that has more then 5000mah, and can handle more then 100amps. ive heard bad things about maxamps, (DOA batterys) anybody have any ideas? [/quote] Is this true[X(]. Where have you heard that? I always thought maxamps was a leader in lipo. I am going to be purchasing lipo's very soon and maxamps was my #1 choice. I would like to hear more. [/quote] Maxamps claims their #1 in quality lipos. The cells they use are infact terrible quality. The zippy's have been known to perform better and last longer. Maxamps imports their cells directly from a small chinese lipo cell manu. If you want to spend a rediculous amount on lipos them dont even bother with maxamps. Take a look into flightpower, polyquest, a123, thunderpower, neu energy... Those are all the highest of quality. And I forgot to mention the amp ratings they claim from their packs are bogus. Their are way to many charts on rc-m showing the dropoff of the maxamps cells way to soon which means they are poor.
Posted on: 4/7/2009 12:17 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Electric Conversion Thread
Wow, havent posted on this forum in awhile. Guess I would just give you guys an update. I currently have 0 running r/c's. Yes 0.... I sold my 1/5 brushless mt, my SB 989 charger, my hyperion 6i acdc charger, brushless lst2. I have my brushless evader ext and my brushless warhead left. But they arent running atm.
Posted on: 4/7/2009 11:45 AM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Cheap bashing batteries?
Take a look into zippy lipo's on www.unitedhobbies.com or some cheap HC lipo packs on www.rcmart.com
Posted on: 4/7/2009 9:18 AM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: vxl esc vs. mamba motor
[quote]ORIGINAL: Metallover VXL can handle more amps then the MM?[X(] how was the bec figured on each one? Whats the catch? [/quote] Their is no catch from what I can see.
Posted on: 4/7/2009 9:09 AM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: vxl esc vs. mamba motor
[quote]ORIGINAL: Access [quote]ORIGINAL: Takedown Ive ran a feigao 6xl on 3s and the esc didnt even get a smidge warm. I ran the same setup on a MM and the MM topped 180deg in under 4 mins of runtime. Take note that this was used in an e-maxx to prove that the vxl esc is more amp capable than the mm. And no that was not my permanent setup. [/quote] Did you compare the actual performance you got
Posted on: 4/7/2009 9:08 AM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Guess who's back?
Yep, I remember now. Cant swear= boring....
Posted on: 4/7/2009 9:00 AM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Guess who's back?
Damn you chris... lol
Posted on: 4/6/2009 9:44 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: LiPo Video
Not intended to be microwaved so safety hazards as far as this goes are stll safe. Lithium technology is getting alot more "safe" then it use to be. Theirs suppose to be a cell coming "forgot the chemistry" that is as safe as a123 cells but delivers 2x as much punch as a quality lipo cell.
Posted on: 4/6/2009 4:00 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: On the Battery fence
[quote]ORIGINAL: redfisher1974 [quote]ORIGINAL: Takedown [quote]ORIGINAL: redfisher1974 I have seen test's done and with a brushed stock motor the 7 cell nimh will be faster speed wise....As the stock motor wont pull alot of amps so the 7 cell will put out more volts,That is untill you go brushless then the higher amp pull will favour the lipo packs... [/quote] This is untrue... If you run
Posted on: 4/6/2009 3:55 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: vxl esc vs. mamba motor
[quote]ORIGINAL: Metallover There is no way in hell the traxxas does 200a continuous. The mamba monster max does 120 continuous. I would estimate the vxl to do 80-100a. I think the mamba max had the edge on the vxl. You don't see any vxls running 4s or even 5s... It doesn't even really matter anyway. We all know what motors each esc can handle, and that's all that's important. [/quote] Ive ran a feigao 6xl on 3s and the esc didnt even get a smidge warm. I ran the same setup on a MM and the MM topped 180deg in under 4 mins of runtime. Take note that this was used in an e-maxx to prove that the vxl esc is more amp capable than the mm. And no that was not my permanent setup. This was my exact setup I permanently used after i got rid of the tranny. "4s flightpower lipo, modded CC hydra 120 esc, Turnigy outrunner 50-55 DD." [IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn70/TakedownRCU/Picture001-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn70/TakedownRCU/Picture002-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn70/TakedownRCU/Picture003-1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn70/TakedownRCU/Picture004.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn70/TakedownRCU/Picture221.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn70/TakedownRCU/Picture223.jpg[/IMG]
Posted on: 4/6/2009 3:50 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: On the Battery fence
[quote]ORIGINAL: redfisher1974 I have seen test's done and with a brushed stock motor the 7 cell nimh will be faster speed wise....As the stock motor wont pull alot of amps so the 7 cell will put out more volts,That is untill you go brushless then the higher amp pull will favour the lipo packs... [/quote] This is untrue... If you run a 5000mah 2s lipo with atleast 20c continious it will outperform a 6-cell pack with the same mah. A 7-cell nimh pack with an equal 5000mah will only put out around 30a-40a continous compared to the 2s 5000mah pack which will put out 100a contininous. Its already been proven that a 2s lipo will run about the same speed as a quality 7-cell pack but the difference in torque and runtimes makes buying a lipo much more worth it. 5000mah in lipo form is basically like comparing it to a 7500mah nimh cell which has been stated many times on other forums.
Posted on: 4/6/2009 3:38 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Petition for Console Rc Game/sim
[quote]ORIGINAL: MTboy They do but not for anything other then PC. I have one but just think it would be cool to have a game on the 360 to play on those days you can't get out to do in real life. [/quote] Why make it for consoles when the number of computers completely out-number the consoles of ps3's, x-box 360's etc...?
Posted on: 4/6/2009 3:32 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Guess who's back?
[quote]ORIGINAL: Access I remember the name at least, not really what you were doing though... [/quote] Dont know if I should be happy or negated by your post?[;)]
Posted on: 4/6/2009 3:30 PM by Author "Takedown" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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