RE: 1/16 e revo vxl diff durablity?
You definitely run yours more than me... When I first got it I ran 2-4 packs a day for the first few months, but now it only comes out a couple times a month, plus anytime I go camping. When it gets really dirty, it gets washed off with the hose (free running water, no "spraying") and dried in the sun, little oil on the moving parts and put away. The most I have ever torn it down was just far enough to replace the front suspension arms when one broke due to an embedded rock that I clipped twice at top speed..... If I had to guess I would say I have 250-300 "runs" on it (a run for me is two packs in paralell run down once) its probably due for a teardown, but no part of this truck owes anybody anything, so im going to run it till it gives me trouble then plunk down a $100 bill or so to replace anything that looks worn..... For the diff case, I think you mentiond "integy"? They are bad news IMO..... poor quality parts that have caused just as many issues as they have solved. Ive never yet been glad I bought an integy part after a few months of use... They are great for shelf queens that need to look good, but not so great if you bash your stuff like you mean it...[:D]
Posted on: 2/18/2012 7:28 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: My 2 cents about Traxxas...
[quote]ORIGINAL: yakfish I just believe their products are inferior and over priced. [/quote] I guess that depends on your definition of inferior..... if you are like 5-10% of the people in the hobby and demand superior handling no matter the cost in durability, then yea, traxxas is inferior. The rest of us however appreciate the fact that traxxas stuff is TOUGH and can take our abuse.... Sure team losi stuff will beat traxxas stuff given equal drivers, but crash both trucks on the last lap, and the traxxas is going to finish the race more often than the losi..... Yea, I know, dont crash, well, I crash, and my kids crash, and traxxas stuff just plain holds up to crashing.... which honestly is what the vast majority of hobbyists want.... most people dont want to spend 5-50 dollars every time they crash, and most of the ones that do fly heli's [:D] Traxxas is one of the best things to happen to this hobby, ever... lets see.... the t-maxx started the monster truck craze, the slash started the short course truck craze, and their mini e-revo perfected the small scale craze, IMO.... so... Go traxxas....
Posted on: 2/17/2012 8:52 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: 1/16 e revo vxl diff durablity?
There has to be something wrong somewhere with your truck, becuase I run 6 cell nimh in paralell, slipper adjusted tight, on everything from loose dirt to grass to concrete to asphalt, and have never had a single issue with my diffs... I just dont get how you could strip one, let alone multiples on dirt with the slipper correctly adjusted, or even if the slipper were locked down. Wish I could help you.
Posted on: 2/17/2012 8:08 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: 1/16 e revo vxl diff durablity?
out of curiosity, what voltage are you running, and on what terrain?
Posted on: 2/14/2012 12:17 AM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: official mini quake thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: J0EC00L Well.... That stinks. I guess I should have waited and spent a little more on a vendetta. I like my last vendetta. I should have kept it, but I sold it to fund a different rc project. Big mistake :( I guess I can fix the MQ and try selling it for a little more than I paid. So Dacur, if you had a choice between vendetta or mini LST, what would you decide and why? Which will require more money invested as well. I understand alot can be invested based on tastes, but I'll already have the brushless system, so I am more concerned about the needed driveline and suspension upgrades and their respective costs for either the Vendetta or LST Thanks again for your help Joe. [/quote] The tires are a dead givaway that its not duratrax, but I believe I have read that 90%+ of the parts will swap over. As for the vendetta or the mini lst, IF you are going to stick with stock power, I would say mini LST2 all the way, the only weak point with stock power is the steering servo gears, but thats an easy upgrade, but with the mini LST once you start adding power, the plastic spider gears start to strip. the R&P in the mini lst2 is metal, but the spiders are still plastic. If you change to ball diffs front and rear, it can handle brushless, but then you have lots more maintenance..... Ive never owned a vendetta, but have heard good things about then being able to be upgraded to brushless, however from the posts i have read where the posted owns both, the mini LST/2 handles much better..... Until the mini e-revo came out, the mini LSt/2 was the best handling mini you could get.... and if you stick with the 1/18 size, it still is (since the mini e-revo is really 1/16 and noticeably bigger, bigger will always handle better) thats probably not much help.... in direct answer to the question you asked, I would go with a vendetta if i planned to upgrade to brushless, it can handle brushless power with less invested in upgrades and honestly, at 60mph, it doesn't much matter how good a mini's supension is, things are going to go very badly if you hit a bump wrong or turn fast..... At the speeds these things were designed for, the LSt2 is clearly superior, but at brushless speeds, the vendettas toughness brings it out in front..... However, the mini e-revo is so clearly superior to either, that I would just get one of those.... I havent run my mini LST2 in over a year... its just not much fun since I have the mini e-revo.... [:D]
Posted on: 8/28/2011 10:05 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: official mini quake thread
the stock tires arent that great, mini lst tires would be bigger, but you will need some adapters to fit them, since the stock wheels attach with a screw into the hub, rather than a standard hex and nut... You would definatly need to do some driveline upgrades, since its all plastic other than the center shaft, which is aluminum... Honestly, I dont think it would be worthwhile on a MQ though.... the suspension just isnt a good design, 8 tiny shocks, and as much as i tried to tune them with pistons and oil, I could never get mine as smooth as my mini lst or a vendetta.... it cant keep up with a stock mini quake at 15mph.... Honestly even at its best, I would drive my mini lst, then the mini quake, and the MQ would look like a toy bouncing throgh the grass.... If you are going to keep it stock and brushed, a MQ is a great toy, tough as nails and fun, but upgrade the power and all you do is break stuff....
Posted on: 8/24/2011 10:05 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: official mini quake thread
Once the e-revo came out, I sold my MQ.... The thing I loved about the MQ was its durability... the e-revo is just as durable, more-so actualy, and makes the MQ seem like a slow toy.... If you have any questions ill try to answer.... I think DT made a mistake discontinuing it, but thats probably why the thread died... no new people coming in with shiny new MQ's....
Posted on: 8/24/2011 5:05 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Stampede VXL vs Rustler VXL
The savage flux isnt really in the same class... Its only 1/12 scale, more in the mini e-revo/slash area... The flux wheelbase is less than an inch more than a mini e-revo, while the stampede wheelbasae is more than 2 inches longer than a flux.... If you want a mini, it looks cool, I love my mini e-revo and its just the right size for where I drive most of the time, but I realise that mini's have limits, and are upset (crash) MUCH more easily than a 1/10 scale truck.... Vs other mini's, the flux will be great, it should be being bigger, but vs 1/10 scale trucks, its just not going to keep up.... (not just talking about speed, either)
Posted on: 8/20/2011 2:09 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Stampede VXL vs Rustler VXL
Yep. If what you want is something that goes really fast in a straight line on road, a rustler is just the ticket. If you are going to be driving on groomed track's, a rustler is fine, but for anything else, get the stampede or slash 4x4.....
Posted on: 8/17/2011 10:07 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Stampede VXL vs Rustler VXL
+1 for the 4x4.... no comparison on or off road....
Posted on: 8/15/2011 9:37 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: DX3S or DX3R
no a flight reciver wont work with a surface transmitter. You can use any dsm reciver from spektrum, JR, or team losi.... the 2.4ghz team losi vehicles use spektrum technology, and when people buy them and use a different brand radio, the receivers go on ebay for cheap. go to ebay and search for "losi 2.4" you can get one "buy it now" for $50 any day of the week, and if you wait and keep looking, I've seen them go for as low as $25.
Posted on: 6/29/2011 10:13 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "RC Car Radio Equipment"
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RE: 1/16 erevo vs 1/16 summit
Im not sure where sloppyG got it in his head that the e-revo is fragile, people that actualy own one can tell you this truck is VERY durable. If the summit had been out when I got my mini e-revo, I would have gotten that one, simply because I like the looks better. The e-revo does just fine on all the grass I have tried it on though, using the stock battery. It does make the battery hotter to run on grass, but I run two packs in paralell, so dont have a problem. In addition to the rockers, body, and tires, the summit also has different rear suspension arms, which give it a 10mm longer wheelbase... They are an option part on the summit though, so thats not a big deal on choosing which one you want.... When my stockers break, I will get some of the summit arms anyway, but in over year of hard driving, they have yet to break. In fact the only part I have broken (if you dont count the rear wing, which has been shreaded by too many wheelies) is one front suspension arm, and even that took hitting the same pointy embeded rock TWICE.... (sent the truck endoing both times, but it drove away no problem the first time [:D]) I am thinking of converting mine to a summit though... I think ill probably skip the body since I like the one I have, but the rockers, tires, and rear arms are a must.... [image]http://www.dacaur.com/rc/mer/rambod.jpg [/image]
Posted on: 4/16/2011 11:26 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official Traxxas 1/16 Summit VXL
[quote]ORIGINAL: SRVoodoo thanks but that link has nothing to do with RPM a-arms for the REAR of the 1/16th Summit VXL ...only the erevo. [/quote] They are the same part... Well, the traxxas summit arms give it a 10mm longer wheelbase than an e-revo, but you can swap the summit arms directly to the e-revo so it stands to reason you can swap the e-revo arms onto the summit.... especially considering both vehicles use the same bulkheads...
Posted on: 4/16/2011 11:03 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Official Traxxas 1/16 Summit VXL
get the RPM set... about the same price, much tougher.....
Posted on: 4/6/2011 10:57 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: 1/16 e revo vxl diff durablity?
[quote]ORIGINAL: NitroNuisance I have noticed 1 other weak spot and that is the axle carriers. The stupid littl clip in ball caps are crap. I broke 3 out of the 4 in a single quadruple rollover. I upgraded to the rpm ones and that took care of that. [/quote] That weird, I have rolled, tumbled, and cartwheeled mine hundreds of times and never had anything but a a-arm break, and that wasnt from a roll, it was from going fomr 3-mph to a dead stop due to a pointed rock embedded in the dirt.... I have not heard of a new R&P set, when did that happen?
Posted on: 3/7/2011 3:45 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: $100 budget, whats the best micro?
Ah, sounds like you are making a good choice then [:D] let us know how it goes when you get them...
Posted on: 3/7/2011 3:42 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: $100 budget, whats the best micro?
Cool... hope you dont plan on racing your dad [:D]... Did you go check out some youtube vids of the two? I did say in my last post that all micros are slow, but the micro crawler [i]is[/i] much slower than the micro high roller.... Like I said, personally, I would get the crawler, [i]but[/i] If i had someone to drive with me, I would want them to both have similar performance.... the high roller is going to go faster, but the crawler is going to be able to handle rougher terrain, so you wont really be able to drive together much.... which that is, depends on what kind of terrain you have to drive on.... if you have a big open indoor room, two micro high rollers would be a blast, same if you have an outdoor area thats NOT deep grass... about 1" deep grass is about the limit for these little guys.... If you dont have either of those, the crawler will probably be more fun, as you can set up little course's using stuff around the house or little rocks outside.... See if the hobby shop will let you drive bothe before you decide....
Posted on: 3/4/2011 3:10 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: 1/16 e revo vxl diff durablity?
Yea, I'm really happy with the performance in parallel... I couldn't even imagine how insane it must be in series!!! No thanks... as it is on the stock voltage I sometimes put it in "training mode" when driving on rough terrain so i flip it less and get longer run time [:D]
Posted on: 3/4/2011 2:42 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: project
I have the mini e-revo so im not sure on the summit... I dont know how that thing is for wheelies, but on the e-revo a wheely bar is a MUST!, body clip retainers too!.... I dont think I would go bigger tires, as for the rockers, that part is differnt from the revo too, I think the summit has more progressive rockers, which are better for low speed with more wheel action, the regular ones that come on the e-revo are better for high speed stuff.... I wish the summit had come out at the same time as the e-revo... would much rather have that one.... as it is im going to just have to upgrade mine.... as soon as the tires on my e-revo wear out, im getting some summit tires and rockers, and maybe the body too, but im pretty happy with my raminator body....[:D] [image]http://www.dacaur.com/rc/mer/rambod.jpg[/image]
Posted on: 3/4/2011 2:38 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: project
its the exact same part... But, If you bought the traxxas a-arms... I would see if you can take them back and get RPM arms... they are about the same price, and way tougher....
Posted on: 3/3/2011 9:54 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: $100 budget, whats the best micro?
[quote]ORIGINAL: i luv duct tape ok. i googled it and i found two things: for the win and f**k the world. i like for the win better. i changed my mind. do you think micro desert truck or micro crawler? [/quote] In this case it was "for the win"... You say *insert awesome thing here* FTW!.. as in, this is the best[:)] Out of those two, I would get the crawler.... No micro is going to be *fast*..... so you might was well get the crawler [:D]... I had a micro-t... I thought it was really fast when I drove it inside... then I took it outside....[:@] so slow.... lol.... I got mad at losi and sold it when the raminator version was announced a week after I bought my micro-t [:(]... (didn't buy the raminator either... otherwise they never learn, right [8|] )
Posted on: 3/3/2011 9:50 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Mini-Monster Baja nimh Problem
Yea cycling it might help.... it doesnt take nimh a few charges to get up to full... uhhh.... goodness?... what kind of charger are you using?
Posted on: 2/28/2011 5:04 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: And tell me Wifi wont interfere with 2.4GHz RC???
[quote]ORIGINAL: AraTidwell Wow so much for flying in that corperate park I know uses a lot of Wifi. Talk about ''wide band'' makes me wonder why the FCC didn't section off some frequences just for RC <a href=''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels'' rel=''nofollow'' target=''_blank''>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels And you thought a 2.4ghz video transmitter would knock you out? [/quote] I dont really understand the point of this post other than that wikipedia is evil?.... we have been mixing 2.4ghz tx's with wi-fi for years with no problems... the reason a 2.4ghz vido TX will will knock out a 2.4ghz reciver is because the video transmitter it swamps it... its basicaly yelling so loud the reciver can no longer hear the transmitter....
Posted on: 2/27/2011 12:39 AM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "RC Radios, Transmitters, Receivers, Servos, gyros"
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RE: Mini-Monster Baja nimh Problem
Bad battery. The mini monster baja has 3 differnt "safeties", thefirst is a low voltage cutoff built into the stock lipo. The second is a thermal cutoff (when the ESC gets too hot it shuts down) and the third is in the esc, which shuts down the motor when it detects a rapid drop in voltage. Not a specific voltage, just a rapid drop. The first two will kill the truck dead, motor and steering, the third will just cut the motor, but you will still have steering..... Its sounds like your nimh pack has a bad cell in it. It would measure full voltage resting, but as soon as you use it, the bad cell will drop its voltage....
Posted on: 2/27/2011 12:27 AM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Traxxas TQ 2.4GHz radio system
[quote]ORIGINAL: mrpopcorn what is better about the 2.4 over a regular am radio set any way? [/quote] With the standard AM traxxas radio, there are 6 possible frequencies, these are not "traxxas" frequencies, these are AM 27Mhz frequencies, shared with everything from radioshack toys to rc boats and planes..... if you are driving, and someone nearby turns on a transmitter that is on the same frequency you are one, your car will probably take off and crash. With 2.4, this is not a concern, the radio selects an open frequency, and then when the next one turns on, it picks an open frequency. no one can turn on a radio on "your" frequency......
Posted on: 2/20/2011 11:19 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: OFFICIAL MINI E-REVO THREAD!!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: booh since i changed my revo to a slash now it seems slower iam using 2s 2200mah lipos with 23/55 gearing i want more speed. so what gearing would be better i have a 50t spur and 28 31 pinion gears. would i be able to use 23/50 or 28/50 or go lower than a 23t pinion with the 50 spur to get more speed [/quote] [color=#FF0000]Edit - my first try I read it as you went from a slash to a revo, the text below is correct for going from a revo to a slash....[/color] You are thinking about this backward. on any given voltage the 23t pinion will be SLOWER than the 28t or 31t pinion. You need to up in pinion or down in spur to get more speed. Assuming you are using the traxxas wheels and tires, I would start with 31/50 or 28/50, but both will be slower than a stock slash. 31/45 is the stock slash gearing. The 23t pinion is the "speed" pinion for a e-revo, you would use it if you were using 3 cell lipo/12cell nimh on an erevo. Since you are using a 2 cell lipo you dont want to use that, as it actualy gears the truck down and makes is slower on 2 cells than the 28t. The "speed" pinion on a slash is actualy 28t. 31/50 is about the same ratio as 28/45, which is the slash's "speed" pinion gearing. Honestly, you need to get a 45T spur gear to get your slash up to speed so you can get the stock 31/45 ratio. That will be [b]WAY[/b] faster than the 23/55 you have now. Also, you didnt say if you are running the lipos in paralell or series, the text above assumes paralell. If you are running in series then 31/50 should give you about 50mph...
Posted on: 2/20/2011 8:35 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Maisto Rock Crawler
[quote]ORIGINAL: The Jackalope how is the wheel speed with the 2cell lipo's?   Is it still a crawling speed?  or is it a monster like mine? [/quote] [quote]ORIGINAL: Spiike 2 cell lip is 7.2 volts, so in theory your 9.6v is stronger [/quote] On a 2 cell lipo the speed will be about the same as stock, a little faster maybe, but the steering be much stronger and the power will be much better, probably at least as much as on the 9.6v pack, but it will be much easier on the motors. A 2 cell lipo, even a crappy one, can put out way more power than AA nicads.
Posted on: 2/19/2011 3:59 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "Toy-Grade RC Products"
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RE: OFFICIAL MINI E-REVO THREAD!!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: cooldriver385 Hey any of you guys have trouble with burning out the stock servo? I've had my MERV since Christmas and now the servo died yesterday. Traxxas is sending me a new one anyway, but could it have burned out from my 3S lipo? It burned out when I was driving it with the stock 6 cell battery. But I had run it once with 3S the day before. [/quote] No running it on 3 cell couldnt burn out your servo. reguardless of the battery the servo gets the same voltage. I havent had a problem with the stock servo.
Posted on: 2/19/2011 3:48 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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RE: Maisto Rock Crawler
Yea I bet you would get more run time with a regualra 1/18 scale "real" rc battery pack.... giving the motors more volts means they are going to pull more amps at full throttle....
Posted on: 2/18/2011 11:50 AM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "Toy-Grade RC Products"
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RE: OFFICIAL MINI E-REVO THREAD!!!
[quote]ORIGINAL: MTboy Hey thanks for the info. Still not sure if I want the 1/10 system size as I feel it would take the lCG away making it roll easier. Also bigger system eats more juice but then theres not much I've found other then 1/10.. [/quote] A 1/10 system wont draw more current just be virtue of being 1/10 size. In fact with two motors of the same KV, the 1/10 would likley be more efficient due to larger wires and better heat dissipation, especially when you get up higher in the KV range (more efficient = uses less amps for the same speed).... The really important thing is the KV rating and gearing combo. Lower KV motors, whether they are 1/10 or 1/18, will draw less current than higher KV motors, but will also give less top speed. The stock motor is only 3500kv, and gives more top speed than this little truck can handle already....
Posted on: 2/17/2011 4:02 PM by Author "dacaur" in the forum "1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars"
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