RE: Driveshafts?
I'm running the Stampede shafts. They are a little bit shorter than the Axials. They don't get much bite between the shaft halves, but it works OK
Posted on: 1/5/2011 3:57 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Rock Crawlers"
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RE: E Flite Eratix 3D 25e ARF Owners Club
[quote]ORIGINAL: jmir How do you change the ESC timing? [/quote] Here is a link to the manual. I must admit it can be confusing to program it using your TX but it can be done and the results are worth it. http://www.horizonhobby.com/ProdInfo/Files/EFL60ABrushlessESCInstSheet.pdf
Posted on: 5/7/2010 6:58 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric Aerobatic & Sport Planes"
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RE: E Flite Eratix 3D 25e ARF Owners Club
[quote]ORIGINAL: bart4u Hi I am having a problem with my motor set up I am using the Turnigy 42 50A 700 motor in my Eratix plane with a Turnigy 80 Plush ESC. The prop I am using is 14x7. Without the prop the motor works fine. When the prop is put on at 3/4 power I get a screeching sound and the motor shuts off. I am using a 4S 2200 battery. The motor is not rubbing on anything. Can anyone give me some help to make this run. Thanks [/quote] It sounds like an ESC timing issue to me. I had the same problem with my eEratix. Just change your ESC timing and give it another try. I am running the Eflite 60A pro ESC with a Power 32 motor and 13*6.5 prop. I bought my ESC second hand, but as soon as I changed the timing all problems went away and I've been flying it carefree ever since.
Posted on: 5/4/2010 7:32 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric Aerobatic & Sport Planes"
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RE: Has anybody had any experience with one of these lipos?
[quote]ORIGINAL: eaterofdog [quote]ORIGINAL: newjak Well, you can't run brand name lipos flat either or pull to many amps or abuse them. This lame argument gets played out over and over in many forums. The part about them not lasting long heavily depends on how you treat them. I have over 40 different lipos in use right now between airplanes ,helis, cars/trucks some are over 3 years old
Posted on: 2/27/2009 9:07 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Has anybody had any experience with one of these lipos?
[quote]ORIGINAL: eaterofdog As far as buying cheap lipos go, they can be a good deal for some people. You'll need to be careful to never run them to flat and to never pull too many amps, cheap lipos won't take any abuse. And you should be willing to make solder repairs as the balance leads will eventually break off. Otherwise they will be fine for a while. They only last half as long as good cells, but they cost 1/4 - 1/3 as much. [/quote] Well, you can't run brand name lipos flat either or pull to many amps or abuse them. This lame argument gets played out over and over in many forums. The part about them not lasting long heavily depends on how you treat them. I have over 40 different lipos in use right now between airplanes ,helis, cars/trucks some are over 3 years old with many cycles on them and they're still going strong. I've had only 3 lipos out of more than 50 fail. 2 were Thunder power and 1 no-name Balance leads falling off....maybe
Posted on: 2/26/2009 8:40 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: new VXL rustler LVC help
A 3S lipo should be at or very close to 12.6 volts at full charge. Either your charger or the pack itself is faulty if your at 11.8 volts after only 10 seconds.
Posted on: 2/18/2009 10:23 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: short range in stampede
[quote]ORIGINAL: 1maxdude Yeah, probably, get out your manual and figure out how to disable your low voltage cutoff. You say the batteries are good? If they are nickel metals and less than stellar, they could be getting sucked down while under acceleration to the point that would trigger the low voltage cutoff. Or, it could be a faulty speed controller. I seem to read alot about the vxl lvc not functioning properly, I don't own one personally. [/quote] I have a couple of VXL's and the LVC sucks real bad! I disabled mine and run my trucks without it and just monitor my runtime (3S) or use my 2S lipo alarm
Posted on: 2/10/2009 8:28 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: short range in stampede
You didn't mention what battery you're running. If you are still able to steer than you are not out of radio range. Sounds more like the VXL LVC issue.
Posted on: 2/9/2009 10:28 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: short range in stampede
[quote]ORIGINAL: slogan velineon setup in a traxxas stampede good speed,after 25' or 30' stalling, several new locations,same result, the set-up is the original lay out. [/quote] Make sure that there is no damage to the antenna on the truck. Also make sure that the AA batts in your TX are good. 25' is REALLY short. Are you using the antenna tube? TX antenna fully extended?
Posted on: 2/9/2009 4:15 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Braking issue on Slash XL-5 ESC
http://www.traxxas.com/PDF-Library/5805_manual.pdf
Posted on: 2/6/2009 8:41 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8444632

RE: Braking issue on Slash XL-5 ESC
[quote]ORIGINAL: zsultan Any help is appreciated. Thanks [/quote] I would try to re-calibrate the TX to the ESC and see if that gives any improvment
Posted on: 2/5/2009 9:58 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Weird radio glitching
[quote]ORIGINAL: yahman1254 my traxxas tq 27mhz radio is having some serious issues. when i move over 20 feet away from the car, it starts glitching. the weird thing is that it isnt random glitching, it only makes the car stall backwards. i dont know what to do... the antenna isnt touching the motor and its a brand new system. any possible solutions? [/quote] I have had similar problem with 27mhz systems. First try re-seating ALL of your connections especially the crystals in both the TX and RX
Posted on: 2/3/2009 12:21 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric On-Road vehicles, race cars and more"
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RE: shock socks
[quote]ORIGINAL: NY DIRT Anyone know a good place to get rustler and slash shock socks ?? [/quote] Search for Kalisch on Ebay. $3.00/pr delivered
Posted on: 2/1/2009 12:07 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: what does caster do?
[quote]ORIGINAL: ChuckDeez nevermind, found a video on youtube and helped out greatly. [/quote] Post the link to the video please.
Posted on: 1/28/2009 1:56 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric On-Road vehicles, race cars and more"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8412001

RE: The Official "Shelf Queen" Thread
Where's yours??[:D]
Posted on: 1/24/2009 2:12 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8395615

RE: Here is my TT-01 Drifting in the house!
Man, I'd be soooo dead if I even *thought* about doing that in the house!
Posted on: 1/21/2009 11:08 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric On-Road vehicles, race cars and more"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=8386307

RE: My New Slash
[quote]ORIGINAL: Littl3TuffGuy13 Depressing, i was changing the pinion gear and i think i stripped one of the spur covers threads. The bottom screw seemed like it wasn't in all the way so i kept tightening it, but now it doesn't seem all the way tight and there is still play if i pull the the cover a little. Depressing, i just got it on christmas and i already seemed to have damaged it. [/quote] Put a drop of CA in the hole and use the shorter of the screws on the bottom. Been there done that.
Posted on: 12/27/2008 7:56 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Recommended Lipo for Rustler/Stampede VXL
[quote]ORIGINAL: zsultan newjak, Is it possible to post picture of how you put 2 lipos in the battery tray? I would like to do the same. Thanks [/quote] This is a pic of my son's stampede, but its pretty much the same deal . Lipos side by side. No velcro on his yet.
Posted on: 12/25/2008 3:09 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Recommended Lipo for Rustler/Stampede VXL
I've never run just a single 2200 lipo. To answer your question yes you can do it , but I don't think it will be able to supply the amps that the motor wants. The performance will most likely suffer and you don't want to overstress your lipo.
Posted on: 12/24/2008 10:07 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Recommended Lipo for Rustler/Stampede VXL
[quote]ORIGINAL: Druss [quote]ORIGINAL: zsultan Can i use 2 X Thunderpower 3S 25C 2200mah connected in series for rustler vxl? What run times can i expect ? Thanks [/quote] NO and double NO... as already stated. That would be 22.2 volts. You can try and put them in parallel but man that would be big and bulky. [/quote] That is not entirely true. The weight of 2 2200 lipos together is aprox. the same as 6 cell pack. I run mine just like that and they fit perfectly in the battery bay. Only problem is you can no longer use the stock battery hold down. I put velcro straps on mine.
Posted on: 12/24/2008 6:42 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: E-Flite Mini Pulse XT Owner's Club
[quote]ORIGINAL: derek2005 Had a radio issue today. I was flying because the wind finally was not blowing, although it was cold. All was well until I lost radio contact. Luckily, the plane had some elevator and slight yaw and it just slowly circled to the ground. I thought that maybe my batery connection was bad, but no, it was fine. The ESC still had power, just no radio. Took it inside and all wires were still connected to the receiver, and the radio was now working?????? Any ideas? [/quote] I went through a similar situation with my MUS. I suspect it was a BEC overload and shutdown. My MUS went in from about 100 ft up. Since then it has been repaired and I now use a UBEC. Slowly but surely I am adding UBEC's to all of my planes that have more than 3 servos in use. It is totally worth it for the peace of mind.
Posted on: 11/21/2008 3:49 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric Aerobatic & Sport Planes"
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RE: Sapac Typhoon
[quote]ORIGINAL: tarro I flew my Typhoon today with the 3300mah 25c 3s pack and it flew awesome, it had a lot more power with this pack. It handled the wind fine and landed beautifully even with the added weight. I'm getting a few more of these packs to feed her. [/quote] Was that flight with the Sapac motor or the Typhoon 2W ?
Posted on: 9/15/2008 9:09 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric RC Jets"
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RE: Posessed Rudder
Is your transmitter on when this is happening? Before you plug in the battery be sure that the transmitter is on first. Also try moving the transmitter away from the plane by a few feet and see if the glitching stops or is reduced. If no of those work you may have a problem with your electronics.
Posted on: 8/16/2008 4:06 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Super slo-v
Superbike, I did pretty much the same thing to my Slo-V. It is now much more fun to fly than before. I did have to reenforce the main wing to take the extra stress put on it by the increased power. I was having so much fun with it that I forgot to reenforce the tail. One day while doing some loops and other stuff the tail snapped and caused it to crash. I rebuilt the tail out of coroplast. Much stronger than before
Posted on: 8/7/2008 8:07 AM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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RE: Hobby Lobby F/A 18 ARF
[quote]ORIGINAL: rcmiket Pre Ordered the F-16 70mm Fan 4S Lipo. Out on late August. 249 shipped( pre ordered) thats a deal. Mike [/quote] Where did you order it from? I'm interested.
Posted on: 7/22/2008 5:52 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric RC Jets"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7760473

RE: Phase 3 f-16 esc help
Sounds like your ESC is history. As stated earlier you have to test your motor with a known good ESC to see if the motor is still OK. When you get your replacement ESC insure that is is mounted in an area that will have some cooling airflow over it
Posted on: 7/15/2008 10:29 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric RC Jets"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7735493

RE: Phase 3 f-16 esc help
Have you tried to test it since this happened? You may have hit thermal shutdown of the BEC. When you said it was burning up I'm sure you meant temperature wise and not actually on fire[X(]. I have never run my lipos down to the low voltage cutoff so I can't comment on that.
Posted on: 7/15/2008 7:39 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric RC Jets"
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RE: Hobby Lobby F/A 18 ARF
I have this jet and I've flown it with the battery in the front bay and in the rear bay. It flies much better in the front bay. The CG in the "manual" is a mystery. Put it in the front bay and have fun!
Posted on: 5/13/2008 12:43 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Electric RC Jets"
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RE: Slo-V battery Question
Over voltage on brushed motors is a sure way to shorten its life. You will enjoy an improvement in power, but be ready to buy a new motor. Brushed motor lifespan is short enough already.
Posted on: 5/9/2008 1:47 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=7475774

RE: E-flite Power 10 Brushless Motor
I don't own one but a friend of mine does and it screams on a power 10. I say do it. I just retired a Brio 10 and the motor and electronics are looking for anew home. I am giving some serious thought to getting an E-flite extra 260
Posted on: 3/18/2008 9:59 PM by Author "newjak" in the forum "Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers"
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