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Anyone into R/C?

Discussion in 'Sports, Hobbies & Interests' started by A.D., Feb 7, 2009.

  1. Jan 23, 2012 at 1:09 PM
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    SACTOWN

    SACTOWN Mr. bougie, apparently

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    I was running the honcho around today and I notice the rear tires started wobbling. Any ideas?
     
  2. Jan 23, 2012 at 1:12 PM
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    nut

    nut she'll ride

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    Just got done flying my parkzone edge and hangar-9 1/4 scale cub :D


    And unboxed this
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  3. Jan 23, 2012 at 1:18 PM
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    SACTOWN

    SACTOWN Mr. bougie, apparently

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    That is sick!!!!! Nitro powered?
     
  4. Jan 23, 2012 at 1:26 PM
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    King 2.5" extended travel coilovers with compression adjusters, Camburg UCA's, King 2.5" rear shocks, TRD 1st gen CAI.
    I might be trading my Slash for a Blitz ESE!!! Hopefully the guy goes through with it :pray:

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  5. Jan 23, 2012 at 1:46 PM
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    Power plant seem OK? Pull you pinion and check.
     
  6. Jan 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM
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    sockmonkey Well-Known Member

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    Volant Ram Air intake,URD MAF calibrator, Mr Marv 10" sub box, Alpine HU, Alpine Amp, fog light mod, scan gauge II, RAAMmat front and rear doors, Wet Okole seat covers, blacked out dash. blacked out front bumper. American Racing Mojave Teflons wrapped with 265/70/16 Pathfinder AT. NST Lite Pulleys
    does it have a slipper clutch...maybe it came loose?
     
  7. Jan 23, 2012 at 3:20 PM
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    DanglingFury

    DanglingFury Creeper

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    Looked into a Savage Flux XS a little bit today.. I think I'm gonna sell the Jato and buy one. They are VERY fast to be a monster truck. Anyone who likes dirt slinging, I recommend you watch the last 2/3 of this review (all driving) He talks about it for 2 or 3 minutes and then beats the shit out of it and NOTHING breaks until he puts a 3s lipo in it.

    EDIT: Jump ahead to 3:25

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSd1uSHStn0
     
  8. Jan 23, 2012 at 3:26 PM
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    DanglingFury

    DanglingFury Creeper

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    PM'ed
     
  9. Jan 23, 2012 at 3:50 PM
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    mikesdoublecab

    mikesdoublecab LT Chase Truck

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    Engage Offroad long travel front and rear with some fat tires.
    with locked diffs and locked tranny, they shouldn't spin too easily... i had a similar problem a few years back and breaking the truck apart, i found that the JB weld in the tranny cracked and it was no longer locked...

    dont know how the tranny is on a crawler kit though... i like building my crawlers from scratch or scrap... haha...
     
  10. Jan 23, 2012 at 7:49 PM
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    crazyengineer

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  11. Jan 23, 2012 at 7:53 PM
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    FearNothing321

    FearNothing321 You gonna eat that taco?

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    if you get the ESE make sure to get the chassis braces. The chassis is known to be fragile
     
  12. Jan 23, 2012 at 9:19 PM
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    You're right. I've been doing a lot of reading on it and that seems to be the case with the ESE. I might pull out of the trade and look for a regular Blitz. Still waiting to hear back from the dude, though. The white chassis just look so sick!
     
  13. Jan 23, 2012 at 10:14 PM
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    will be... ive gotan identical one only about half the size as well.. ill take a pic tomorrow. ive only flown planes but am moving to a place where boats might be more practical so thats what i chose lol
     
  14. Jan 23, 2012 at 11:32 PM
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    mjbtaco low and slow

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    PERFORMANCE Custom Turbo Setup FRONT SUSPENSION Drop Spindles by Aaron Carswell 01-04 Swaybar Endlinks Energy Suspension Endlink Bushings Cando Upper Control arms QA1 coilovers with 8" spring Custom 4 pot Brembo BBK Modified lower control arms with mjbfab qa1 mounting plates and Poly bushing sleeves REAR SUSPENSION Chasis Tech drop leafs QA1 adjustable shocks weld in drop notch Gas tank cross member bridge 3" angled blocks 2013 Double Cab Short Bed TRD Sport Eibach Pro Truck Shocks front and rear Lifted to the 3rd setting on the front shocks
    new toro motor and esc combo from www.ckhobby.com that I'm trying out [​IMG]

    so far just from the runs in front of my house, this thing is quick! i'll learn more about it when i take it to the track [​IMG]

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  15. Jan 23, 2012 at 11:38 PM
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    t4daddy

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    So, senorless? How smooth are those? Just wondering, as I've ran sensored brushless ever since (before actually, was on waiting list for some time) Novak ever released a brushless system. Early 2000's, not sure now.
     
  16. Jan 23, 2012 at 11:49 PM
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    mjbtaco

    mjbtaco low and slow

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    PERFORMANCE Custom Turbo Setup FRONT SUSPENSION Drop Spindles by Aaron Carswell 01-04 Swaybar Endlinks Energy Suspension Endlink Bushings Cando Upper Control arms QA1 coilovers with 8" spring Custom 4 pot Brembo BBK Modified lower control arms with mjbfab qa1 mounting plates and Poly bushing sleeves REAR SUSPENSION Chasis Tech drop leafs QA1 adjustable shocks weld in drop notch Gas tank cross member bridge 3" angled blocks 2013 Double Cab Short Bed TRD Sport Eibach Pro Truck Shocks front and rear Lifted to the 3rd setting on the front shocks
    it depends. This set up is extremely smooth. no lag at all.

    I also had a novak ss sensored set up and i can say that this is just as smooth.

    i had a hobbywing non sensored esc and it definitely wasnt as smooth as the novak and toro set ups.

    I started out with a sensored set up so i never knew the difference but after getting the hobby wing esc i could definitely tell what people were talking about.

    imo this toro set up performs just as smoothly as the novak, and its faster too!
     
  17. Jan 23, 2012 at 11:59 PM
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    Are you racing, or bashing?
     
  18. Jan 24, 2012 at 12:10 AM
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    mjbtaco low and slow

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    im racing. i havent entered any official races but i am going to start with this set up.

    heres a vid of the track i race on (no official races or anything) this was with the novak set up and when i first started so i was pretty slow.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUPEpJODWEI
     
  19. Jan 24, 2012 at 12:17 AM
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    mjbtaco

    mjbtaco low and slow

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    a couple pictures of it installed

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  20. Jan 24, 2012 at 4:56 AM
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    FearNothing321

    FearNothing321 You gonna eat that taco?

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    if you want to race the ESE is a great platform
     

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