RE: xxt full throttle reverse cant stop it
yea nothing major yet, i noticed another thing though, it steers better to the right than to the left, when i have it off both wheels have the same rang of motion when pushing them but they dont see to have the same range or sensitivity when using the wheel on the remote, what could cause this?
Posted on: 11/24/2008 11:54 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: xxt full throttle reverse cant stop it
k well i got it figured out, there was a little dial thing like an older radio volume know thing in the center of the tx right below the steering wheel that u use to adjust forward and reverse. i'll probably have more stupid posts i figure out 3mins after i post them
Posted on: 11/24/2008 11:46 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: xxt full throttle reverse cant stop it
its an older one i got used, and the tx switch is in the proper place, its pushed to the right side, i dont not know how to tell what kind of esc it is, i am very new to this, all i know is i turn it on put it on the ground and its going backwards only way to stop it is throttle it a bit then it goes right back to reverse
Posted on: 11/24/2008 11:42 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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xxt full throttle reverse cant stop it
ok i am lost, for some reason my xxt cr is going full throttle in reverse i adjusted the trim and it doesnt stop it, i dont touch the remote either, can someone please help me figure out why on earth it is stuck in reverse
Posted on: 11/24/2008 11:37 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
well here are a few pics of it, the body has a couple little things wrong with it but over all 90% of it is in good condition, it also has aluminum wheels on it which is a nice plus and the body is not the one that came with it, its an extended cab body.
Posted on: 11/20/2008 7:05 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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deal or not or make offer
so i was surfing craigs list for a cheap rc car while i waited to get my slash and i found these two electrics. was woundering if either are worth a darn, one is a clod buster, turns out i found a kit for it on ebay going for 400 something, the other is a xxt.
Posted on: 11/20/2008 4:17 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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battery corrosion residue clean up???
i just picked up an rc car and upon opening up the place where they batteries are inserted in the remote control i discovered some battery acid corrosion white stuff like salt, can it be cleaned up with baking soda, i'm not sure what the best way to go about cleaning it off would be, any help would be appreciated as i dont really want to mess it up lol, thanks
Posted on: 11/20/2008 4:15 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
yea i didnt do too bad, now the question is what to do with them, i've heard that both of them can be pretty hot little items and the clod is more popular than the xxt due to its a rock crawler, plus i've got a slash coming as a christmas present so its a major major upgrade from the xxt, orignally i was going to buy them and race the xxt but i'm not so sure anymore might just use the slash as my basher
Posted on: 11/19/2008 1:37 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
well i know i havent written here in a while and i didnt want to keep making posts cause i know it pushes topics with new posts back to the top and i didnt want to keep rambling on about nothing, but the new news is that i made the deal with the guy today i called him up about two weeks ago and his ad had expired and noone else had shown interest in them so i wound up getting them both for 150 when he was asking 150 each so 75 bucks a piece like i wanted, good knews is they came with freaking everything instruction manuals all the extra parts some un used stickers some parts that are still stuck to their orignal pieces u snap them off and everything thats just what i saw from a quick glance, i havent tore into the boxes just yet might do that some time tomorrow, but the kids grandson told me that he put aluminum wheels in the tires that cost over 100bucks instead of the pastic one's, even the remotes still have the boxes and the styra foam they came with lol, only bad thing is the body is a tiny bit dinged up here and there and on the xxt the back wing came off but some super glue can fix that right up, i couldnt start test the cars to see if they started due to the location we were at and he said they hadnt tested them so i tried to offer 120 but he didnt want to go that low so i gave him the amount we agreed on, now i just gotta get around to taking pics of the stuff.
Posted on: 11/19/2008 1:02 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: cyclone nitro buggy, need parts
well thanks for everyones help on this topic i went to pick it up but i chose to sell it to a guy there for 50bucks instead so now its his headace and not mine i probably could have gotten more for it but i dont care, no more himoto crap for me never again i dont care if they pay me to take the car, no more nitros either maybe in my next life, their a big pain if i want speed i'll get in a real car....
Posted on: 10/23/2008 2:55 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: cyclone nitro buggy, need parts
why cant u just tell me what size i need so i can find a new one instead of used?
Posted on: 10/22/2008 10:39 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: cyclone high end needle o-ring
oh sweet ok, i am supposed to go over to the rc track tonight and get it from the guy but if i can find somewhere to get it i'll just leave it with him a bit longer and have him install it while its there, he has the box it came in and everything.
Posted on: 10/22/2008 5:29 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: cyclone high end needle o-ring
this car is a piece of junk, tower hobbies only sells electric cyclone car they dont sell nitro power cars so they didnt know what size it would take
Posted on: 10/22/2008 11:08 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
well thats good to know that i could still get parts for it but it doesnt take away from the fact that its nearly 20yrs old
Posted on: 10/22/2008 10:57 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
yea thats my point exactly sure their vintage and older but i mean really who's gonna pay 200 bucks for something thats almost 20yrs old when u can go out and get something brand new today for 150ish and be able to buy parts for it, heck it might be kinda hard to find a shock tower for that xxt if i broke one then again might still be easy, personally once i found out what the clod is i've been a tiny bit more persisitant about trying again, both are new and he said his dad only used them for a short time, so its probably still in almost new condition. not to mention price is based on supply and demand if their wernt as many affordable rc cars out there now day and more were 4-500 dollars then those would probably be flying out of people's hands at 200 a pop but since u can get one brand new for 150ish people are going that route and saying F the vintage stuff. my personal un eduacated opinion though.
Posted on: 10/22/2008 9:38 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: cyclone nitro buggy, need parts
shoot i dunno .16 or something like that, nothing major just the stock thing that came with it, cant get the exact engine size cause its at the local rc track trying to get fixed but it didnt go over very well
Posted on: 10/22/2008 3:27 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: cyclone high end needle o-ring
oh but they sell the carb o-rings go figure that one out, i mean for petes sake its their damn car they sell, i'm about ready to just throw the thing in the lake and forget about it, or sell it as a raft anchor, isnt heavy enough to hold a boat still[:@]
Posted on: 10/22/2008 3:25 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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cyclone high end needle o-ring
ok well the title says it all that is what i need and right now i am SOL till i find one, the himoto usa website doesnt carry them go freaking figure its their damn car and they dont even sell the part what a load of bs, so anyways can anyone tell me where i can go to get one or what size it is so i can hunt around and find some here locally please!!!
Posted on: 10/21/2008 11:09 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: cyclone nitro buggy, need parts
well right now i am SOL with this pos cyclone unless someone knows where i can buy a high end needle o-ring at, the himoto usa website doesnt even sell the o-ring go freaking figure, so i need to know where i can go to get this piece and what size it is any help would be great!!
Posted on: 10/21/2008 11:06 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "Redcat Racing Support"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
great so if i do ever hear back from this guy i can tell him that he is dreaming about his 150 for it cause its almost 20yrs old, some people are just amazing
Posted on: 10/21/2008 10:58 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
ok so i was woundering about how old is the losi xxt anyways, i didnt really want to post another topic on here just for asking that, you guys have heard enough from me on here this week as it is lol, any clue how much it was when it first came out by the way roughly.
Posted on: 10/21/2008 9:15 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
yea new to rc i am lol, i am trying to hold out till xmas when i will get the slash but i have an itch to find one now and not wait till then lol, this guy is like two hours away and when i talked to him on the phone he said that he was really busy so yea. i offered him 75 for the xxt and didnt think to offer him 150 for both of them. so i might just be sol.
Posted on: 10/21/2008 5:16 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Thinking of getting a Slash or other 1/10 scale MT/ST.
well from what i heard i just wanna add my two cents i'm not sure if it means this but consider this, do u want to spend more time running and bashing ur rc or going to the local hobby shop and browsing online and ordering the new parts for ur broken truck?? if u got money to throw away and dont mind looking for parts and tearing apart ur truck then get something else, if u do mind then so far from what i've heard the slash is almost as tough as it gets. slash= more time racing less time reparing, something else= more time reparing less time racing but hey what do i know right?
Posted on: 10/21/2008 6:23 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
not exactly lieing to him, just trying not to tell him that i already talked to him about them.
Posted on: 10/21/2008 12:41 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
i just called and talked to him today and offered him 75 bucks for the xxt but he said that was lower than he was willing to go and i told him i can pick one up off ebay for like 90bucks, so anyways i struck out but i am trying a bit of trickery lol, i emailed him on a different email account asking if he would take 150 for both of his older rc cars which if he isnt paying attention would still let me have it for 75bucks and then do like another guy said sell the clod on another website. but this guy isnt too quick at answering emails and i dont really feel like calling him back cause he will know who i am by my voice lol, so this is most likely a case of a dude trying to turn a puddle of mud into a gold mine:( but we shall see
Posted on: 10/20/2008 9:58 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
well he did admit in his post after all that he doesnt know much about them, so there is a slight possiblity but then again he's asking 150 a piece for them so he must know enough ya know what i mean, maybe its a ploy to try and throw people off lol not sure
Posted on: 10/20/2008 7:28 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Thinking of getting a Slash or other 1/10 scale MT/ST.
rough bashing wise i would have to say it holds up great, i also am new to rc's and will be getting the slash around christmas time but one guy at the local rc track i go to said he has jumped his off his roof several times and said that he actually broke his battery first before anything else on the truck keep in mind its probably not a two story house lol, he said he's had to replace one thing but i dont remember exactly what it was called but it wasnt major, the owner of the track said their as close to indestructiable as u can go baring in mind u dont run it full throttle into a boulder of course. no personal experience from myself yet just what i've heard and the night i was there they had 3 out of the track flipping around every which way and getting flipped over and running off again so i'm impressed with them.
Posted on: 10/20/2008 7:38 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: What to buy Please help
um wow, your new to rc cars and u want one that can over 70mph and possibly 100??? have u had much experience driving one and do u know more speed only means more busted pieces once u crash into something???
Posted on: 10/20/2008 6:55 AM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
yea 150 for both i believe, i wanted a baser electric and will buy the slash but i'm pretty sure i'm getting it for an x-mas present and i want something to tide me over till then lol, oh damn, i was just the CL ad and he said 150 each, although he does admit to not knowing much about either of them so maybe i could still get them for a sweet deal since he may not know much, maybe i can swing both for 100 if i say i'll probably wind up needing to buy new motors for them lol, well at any rate i wanna try and get the xxt it seems pretty decent and is more the size i'm after.
Posted on: 10/19/2008 9:55 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: deal or not or make offer
yea i was noticing that too, i read clod buster and i was like what in the holy heck is that some knock off el cheapo brand so i email him and only asked about the xxt t cause it didnt look so cheap and said i wouldnt have a use for the clod buster then i was like oh wait lemme go check ebay and see what its going for there and sure enough i found a NIB kit for the clod for 450 something and i was like woah ok maybe i should try to get both. so i'm thinking i'll just resell the clod if he's still got it, he said he had the xxt.
Posted on: 10/19/2008 8:16 PM by Author "hondaidiot" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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