RE: Official Dark Impact Thread
Looking great Nick, I got my kyosho ball cups for mine, never did find my dogbone though :(
Posted on: 11/14/2010 8:33 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Offroad rear rim/tyre combo - Team C TR02T/Associated. RC10
[quote]ORIGINAL: mc4798 [quote]ORIGINAL: positron It uses hexes, so it won't fit associated rims. guess that makes it a pretty bad copy.... [/quote] t4 wheels fit also. Guess that makes it a improved copy [/quote] associated wheels requires different cvd's, they are an optional part, does not come with the kit
Posted on: 11/14/2010 8:31 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Offroad rear rim/tyre combo - Team C TR02T/Associated. RC10
It uses hexes, so it won't fit associated rims. guess that makes it a pretty bad copy....
Posted on: 11/14/2010 5:10 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: $600 budget, what would you do?
if you like associated why not check out the team associated short course truck
Posted on: 11/7/2010 4:01 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Show Off your Trucks
Baja and flux get there own bench most the other ones
Posted on: 11/4/2010 7:19 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Flux Owners... How much runtime do you get?
I'll have to time mine when it's fixed, but seems like a long time on the 5200 2s x 2 zippys
Posted on: 11/2/2010 6:31 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: Hpi blitz monster baja
I had some pede wheels on my slash, but can't find a pic of it, fun enough with 3s and the buggy wheels though
Posted on: 10/21/2010 6:18 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Any Shops that Build Kits?
only takes a few hours to build a kit (unless it's a baja) if you dont have time to build it, you wont have time to fix it or do maintenance
Posted on: 10/19/2010 5:46 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Shipping from HobbyKing?
can also ring them, that seemed to be the best way if they weren't answering the live chat
Posted on: 10/19/2010 5:44 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: flux motor timing?
running mine on 15 with 4s, everythings staying cool
Posted on: 10/18/2010 5:51 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "HPI Monster Truck Forum"
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RE: looking for a new 4x4 slash tamiya or?
The rustler handles better than a slash, it has a much lower COG, putting a rustler chassis on a slash with a conversion seriously improves it's handling, take your own advice topdogg11
Posted on: 10/10/2010 10:32 PM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Horizon/Losi woke up!!! XXX-SCT!
[quote]ORIGINAL: ThunderbirdJunkie ThunderibrdJunkie wants an XXX-SCT CR [/quote] I bet they will bring one out soon enough
Posted on: 10/9/2010 1:15 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Dark Impact Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: 860Crawler nice vid! How do you like the new rubber? [/quote] thanks , they are ok, they are more for hard clay type surfaces, seemed lacking in side grip in the dust. Certainly better than the hard ones that came with the kit though. Think I'll have to set it up better, at the moment my 2wd is faster around the track
Posted on: 9/29/2010 8:25 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Dark Impact Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: glancyguy Thanks for the advice. Thanks also for your patience if this is a rudimentary question as this is the first time I have serviced a ball diff since I was 13 and had my first RC10 in the 80's. :) The thrust bearing looks intact and I examined all bearings. Nothing was binding. I put the gear box back together and locked the diff. I then locked the outdrives with allen wrenches. I was not able to rotate the spur gear. I then repeated the same exercise after I loosened the diffs 1 full turn. I was able to easily rotate the spur with the diff outdrives locked. It seemed too easy. This leads me to believe that there is some kind of wear in the diff gear. I am sorry to be persistent, but the frustrating part in all of this is that I don't know what a worn diff looks like and how well the diff balls *should* seat in the diff gear. I'd like to be crystal clear before I have to order the parts from Hong Kong, wait 2 weeks, and find out that the new diff gear did not solve the problem. [/quote] at least you dont have to build the thrust bearing like the rc10, you should set the tension of the diff while its outside of the vehicle, maybe I was being unclear but it shows how to do it in the manual, . I finally got some decent tyres for mine today, and mounted them on my white rims, only got 10 mins out of it before the battery was flat, my lipo charger is broken :( managed to make a short video though [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYBY329LZF0[/youtube]
Posted on: 9/29/2010 4:48 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Dark Impact Thread
take the spur cover off, hold the buggy and give it some throttle see if the spur is spinning,if the spurs spinning, its the diff. pull the diff out, jam something in each outdrive cup like it shows in the manual, the diff gear should be tight enough so you have to put a fair bit of force on it with your fingers to rotate it. check the thrust bearing is healthy also
Posted on: 9/26/2010 7:45 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Show your cars
Most of mine, is always new ones sneaking in.
Posted on: 9/18/2010 9:10 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Car General Discussions"
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RE: New to electric... bandit vs. brama?
AE b4.1 is a good RTR buggy, brushless version doesn't cost much more either
Posted on: 8/19/2010 7:57 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Old school RC10 what do i have
The black alloy is definitely a 1993 Team Truck part no 7035, the gold tub that still has the original shock towers is an original rc10 1984-1988 or so and has been upgraded to the later wider front arms and the slipper clutch wouldn't be original. The other original rc10 gold pan has had a retrofit stealth conversion and also has been setup for flat indoor racing I'd say. The graphite car is a bit weird, seems to be either a graphite team car with a older motor plate thats been cut off a gold tub or the original graphite car thats been converted to stealth box and team car shocks. For sure the most original of all those cars are the gold tube 6 gear and the Team Truck, the rear arms on the truck are not original but otherwise it looks factory. The team truck is the rarest one there.
Posted on: 8/15/2010 5:48 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: First Electric RTR
If you liked the Savage, you could check out the savage flux and not have to worry about upgrading the motor
Posted on: 8/12/2010 6:41 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Any updates on the HPI Bullet Flux?
[quote]ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM [quote]ORIGINAL: positron [quote]ORIGINAL: marts895 Hey positron, Are you using stock gearing and stock system? Are you also using Lipos? [/quote] Im running that setup in a dark impact 1/10th 4wd buggy, which is a lot lighter than the bullet no doubt, I currently have the 35a ezrun in my 2wd buggy powering a traxxas velineon motor with a 40c burst 5200mh lipo, gearing
Posted on: 8/11/2010 1:29 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Any updates on the HPI Bullet Flux?
[quote]ORIGINAL: marts895 Hey positron, Are you using stock gearing and stock system? Are you also using Lipos? [/quote] Im running that setup in a dark impact 1/10th 4wd buggy, which is a lot lighter than the bullet no doubt, I currently have the 35a ezrun in my 2wd buggy powering a traxxas velineon motor with a 40c burst 5200mh lipo, gearing is close to stock, as far as getting an ezrun in aus
Posted on: 8/10/2010 11:47 PM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Any updates on the HPI Bullet Flux?
[quote]ORIGINAL: sybok4 Please allow me to apologize for not being aware the bullet flux will have a rebadged EZrun bl system in it. I rarely have a chance or the time review the data that is posted in these forums as I work for a living. I do understand that the EZ run systems work and are fast with very reasonable prices. However their efficiency is marginal at best. When using the best connectors for minimal resistace and spending for good lipos with high voltage and 'C' ratings to increase performance, I have absolutely no idea why anyone would want to run a system that produces additional heat because of it's inefficiency. My brushless systems are based on my batteries increasing torque and speed.. not a more heat. The EZ runs are a step beckward. Obviously they are being used by HPI to achieve a certain price point. You are going to hear more and more complaints about the EZ run systems and the Bullet Flux producing excess heat. Hopefuly HPI will offer a roller. You can shake your at the above. Thank you.[/quote] Mine runs quite cool, not sure where you getting this excess heat claim from. the bullet is not a race vehicle, it's for bashing. So no need to waste your money on the worlds best lipo
Posted on: 8/10/2010 6:54 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Pretty cool new 1/10 scale 4wd buggy??
this ones called the s10b, nice looking buggy
Posted on: 8/9/2010 11:58 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Any updates on the HPI Bullet Flux?
I have one of those 35a 9T's in my dark impact, it's worked flawlessly (I have a sidewinder also) does seem like an odd choice for this truck though.
Posted on: 8/3/2010 11:37 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Dark Impact Thread
Nice, mine stays cool also, im using the stock gearing I think, well the black spur that comes with the slipper kit. Not sure if that one comes with the MS
Posted on: 8/3/2010 6:46 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Any updates on the HPI Bullet Flux?
[quote]ORIGINAL: t9dragon [quote]ORIGINAL: positron magazine advert for good measure [/quote] Where did you find the ad? [/quote] in an Aussie mag called "Racing Lines"
Posted on: 8/3/2010 6:36 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Any updates on the HPI Bullet Flux?
magazine advert for good measure
Posted on: 8/1/2010 11:19 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Dark Impact Thread
no doubt the thrust bearing is same size as another vehicle, just have to figure out what. Be nice if they were same size as the 501x or something I read through this whole thread once, plenty of people burned out diffs, wether they were running 3s or just poorly adjusted who knows, I have ceramic balls front and back, and never had an issue with it. Nick those cv's are giving you enough trouble for me to be happy I only have dogbones.
Posted on: 8/1/2010 10:39 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Novak Kinetic
they said water resistant in the interview I seen
Posted on: 8/1/2010 7:25 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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RE: Official Dark Impact Thread
yes thats the rear diff on the lower left. Probably a good time to pick up some ceramic or carbide balls for it too. hows the front diff? Nick. that fits pretty well, my new pack the cover wont even go on, still deciding what to do at the moment, had a bit of a look at the toyz extended chassis. Getting a new charger this week though, So get to find out if my charger was playing up or it's my lipo's
Posted on: 8/1/2010 6:56 AM by Author "positron" in the forum "RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more"
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