RE: JUST SAW A NEW VXL RUN 70+
[quote]ORIGINAL: BigShrimpah yah the VXL is really amazing for a stock vehicle I have the bandit, and I take it out to the weekend drags and stomp all over 3.3 4tecs and some 18tz powered Jatos with a bone stock car. I am usually even slowly getting into the throttle. I am working on getting it setup to do WOT launches so I can beat anything out there. I even beat a .18 powered t-maxx racing him in reverse. [:D] [/quote] i am sure very fast but no way no way are you beating a 3.3 jato
Posted on: 4/29/2008 7:59 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: hex screw head is a complete circle...
try needle nose vise grips
Posted on: 4/27/2008 9:40 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Thoughts on the new Traxxas Slash.
if it was out already i would of purchased one. already lost intrest,won't be getting one. i hope some one at traxxas reads this.
Posted on: 4/27/2008 9:34 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: nitro guy goes electric????
why is it that every time a person wants to get into rc, the first reply is to go out and get a RTR if that is the case just tell the guy to go to toys r us. why not try a kit.
Posted on: 4/25/2008 5:54 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: The Official Traxxas Slash short-course race truck
water proof??? every one wants to run lipo,so whats the big deal about being water proof. lipo and water don''t mix.they should drop the price and offer it with no motor or esc.
Posted on: 4/14/2008 8:57 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Traxxas Slash
whats the big deal about brushless.i have a 12 turn motor and a 2 s lipo,the truck is lightning fast and wheelies like crazy.ect.ect. every one acts like brushless is the only way to have performance.
Posted on: 4/14/2008 8:12 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "Traxxas Monster Truck forum"
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RE: Official Tamiya Fire Dragon thread
looks like a great build,with bearings and a nice motor should make it a great basher.getting one also
Posted on: 4/5/2008 10:55 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Tamiya Basher
if you can find a king blackfoot on ebay this is the way to go for an all around basher.do some small upgrades like oil shocks and full bearing.throw in a traxxas 12t titan motor(under 20 bucks new) and you will have a kick a$$ basher
Posted on: 4/2/2008 9:46 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Question on LiPo pertaining to a brushless setup
could be over kill if you don't have the room to open it up,i just picked up the 5000 2s lipo from max amps and its crazy fast
Posted on: 4/1/2008 9:42 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: cheaper to buy new?
yes,buy it new
Posted on: 4/1/2008 9:37 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Recommendation for kids
kit kit kit kit kit kit kit buy them a kit. how can you guys come on this forum and tell this person to get a rtr rc truck. shame on you.
Posted on: 3/30/2008 6:43 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Question about selling my RC stuff
i find that most people sell stuff that is way way over priced.some times just a few dollars less then the current retail.if you paid 300 for a rtr set up then pounded the heck out if it you should not be asking 295 more like 100 bucks
Posted on: 3/26/2008 8:08 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: worst rc car youve owned
[quote]ORIGINAL: Lunchboxer Gearbox problem, eh..... that gearbox can takes a lot of abuse.. (takes brushless easily) If you say the Hornet sucks at handling jumps, etc. I'd believe you.. but it is so odd to see it have tranny problem... Good luck! [quote]ORIGINAL: billdee tamiya hornet for me. this thing always had some problem in the gear box.i took the gear box apart so many times
Posted on: 3/26/2008 1:41 AM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: your worst crash or outta controll rc
i have a nito kyosho mad force,big block and a three speed tranny.very fast .well after sitting for a while i took it out for a test run and a twig got stuck in carb spring and the thing took off at full speed never to be seen in one pc again.can't get the parts to re build it which realy stinks
Posted on: 3/23/2008 8:43 AM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: worst rc car youve owned
tamiya hornet for me. this thing always had some problem in the gear box.i took the gear box apart so many times that over 20 years later when building a lunch box that has the same gear box as the hornet, i could put it all together without looking at the directions.scary stuff
Posted on: 3/23/2008 8:34 AM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Kyosho Pro-X
i have a kyosho nitro truck from the mid 80's. i put it together and then never even started the motor. its been sitting in my garage for 20 something years.at the time this was a high end truck.oil shocks,metal gears,full bearings the list goes on and on.maybe i should get a new motor for it.
Posted on: 3/20/2008 12:56 AM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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mamba max gone
i went on tower hobbies web site tonight and ordered a mamba sidewinder motor and esc, then i picked out a few other things i needed.after i went to the check out page i noticed that an item was missing from my basket, it was the mamba sidewinder.i returned to the page that has all the mamba max esc and motors and they were now listed as discontinued, just a few seconds ago they were listed as in stock then the whole line of mamba max is discontinued. i wonder why??????
Posted on: 3/20/2008 12:48 AM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: bringing back from the grave
had some spare time to work on the front end, got it pretty close to stock. now i am ready to re-build the gear box.
Posted on: 3/19/2008 5:38 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: RATE MY VXL PEDE AND COMMENT
its real nice,but whats to vote on.this is a truck you take out of a box and drive it.what you should do is build something your self and then ask what every one thinks.
Posted on: 3/15/2008 10:57 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: UNOFFICAL Tamiya Blackfoot Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: jwrAMC Yea...but they ain't made a field she can't handle- even after 20+ years.[:D] [/quote] luv those rims , know ware i can get a set from
Posted on: 3/14/2008 5:43 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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bringing back from the grave
ok guys and girls, this was my first rc car/truck. don't ask me how it has managed to stay around the house for 23 something years but it has. it started out as subaru brat and then was transformed into a buggy then into some kind of monster truck.after cleaning out my garage of tons of garbage i came across a old brown bag with this car inside and lots of parts. i just couldn't throw her away like some pc of trash but instead i will be restoring her to original shape.i do have alot of parts already and a few nice motors just laying around, so i should have it up and running soon. i will be posting pics of this restore from junk to shelf queen.please join me while i start the process.thanks
Posted on: 3/10/2008 8:30 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: xray m18mt
very nice,who did the paint job its very nice.
Posted on: 3/9/2008 6:47 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: My lhs blames hot venom battery on my stock gearing
if you like wheelies so much why don't you get a lunch box or wheelie king.problem solved. no hot batterie and wheelies all day
Posted on: 3/8/2008 11:11 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Brushless or Brushed?
you can go on you tube and check out some rc videos. once you go brusless you will never want to go back to brushed, its not even close in performance. and by the way i have an r/c magazine thats 20 years old that has an article about brushless motors.they have been around a long time
Posted on: 3/8/2008 9:01 AM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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xray m18mt
today was the first day i realy got to see what this truck is made of. ihad the truck from early dec 07 and just couldn't get the correct motor, esc and batterie set up. first i went with a mamba sport package and a 3s lipo.this was just to much power. i then put in the stock motor , esc and nihm batterie. it was fine to drive around the house and it was just ok in the yard. what i realy wanted was to put the mamba brushless set up back into the truck and find a way to control the power. first i changed the tires to a softer compound, i needed a way to get the truck to stick. i then ordered a maxamps 2s lipo 1550mah. i set up the esc for the lowest timing advance.today i got to run the truck and was blown away by the speed and ability to hold the ground and not flip out of control. i also can wheelie on demand. this is one great set up and a great truck.
Posted on: 3/7/2008 3:08 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: toyota high lux
they make for a great build.
Posted on: 3/6/2008 10:41 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Looking to get into Electric off-road for under $150
DARK IMPACT OR KEEN HAWK ARE NICE BUGGIES. CHECK OUT EBAY AND SEE IF YOU CAN PICK UP A TAMIYA KING BLACK FOOT . THEY MAKE GREAT BASHERS.
Posted on: 3/6/2008 10:34 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Your first truck
my first truck was a tamiya black foot. that was in the mid 80's. whats scary is that i still have a black foot in my rc line up. hands down with just a few hop up parts its the best truck to bash with.i have every thing from nitro to brushless set ups but when i want some good old back yard bashing i always take out the black foot.full bearings some nice shocks a 12turn titan motor and a 2s lipo make this truck always fun.this set up was years ahead of its time. NICE WORK TAMIYA!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on: 3/6/2008 10:31 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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toyota high lux
i was thinking about picking one up.i know they make good crawlers but can you get speed out of them.any one go brushless with one??????
Posted on: 3/6/2008 8:06 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: fresh build
i took the keen hawk out for its first run today. i will be going brushless soon. i luv the fact this thing will not tip over no matter how hard i push it. this was a good build if any one is looking for a real nice buggy you can't go wrong with this one.
Posted on: 3/6/2008 3:43 PM by Author "billdee" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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