i'm looking for some brackets/mounts for a project. here's an ebay link to the type of brackets i'm looking for:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=260331413492
tried mcmaster-carr, but didn't find anything like that. it's basically a tube mounted to a plate. it's hard...
howdy, i've been reading warning of "castle creations" warning people not to set their throttle EPA below 100%. basically, the consensus is that if you limit your power using your radio's EPA, the ESC will fry. what's the deal with that? if i set my throttle EPA to 25%, wouldn't that just...
howdy, looking over the RSC instructions and then at the Flux manual closer, it seems that i do not have the 75080 o-rings in my diff cups. are these necessary to prevent wear or are they just there to quiet things down? according to the manual, there should be o-rings in the diff cups mating...
i picked up a replacement screw kit ("Tony's") to have on hand. i noticed that all of the screws have the fine thread pitch that some of the factory screws use, but does not include any of the coarse thread pitch screws that bite down into the various plastic pieces. what good does that do...
howdy,
i have two SMC 20c 8000mah packs that i have yet to fully discharge, but have now recharged twice, if not thrice. this last time i charged them, i noticed that one pack took ~3700mah and the other ~5300mah. is this normal? they were ran in my savage flux using the Blur ESC which...
mornin,
was curious what y'all thought of a custom spur gear and slipper plate to do away with the shoddy clutch system. basically, need a slipper plate with nipples on both sides, and then to modify the spur so the nipples fit into the spur as they do in the slipper clutch hub. this would...
howdy,
i'm going to start a journal about my savage journey. this is it.
current mods:
Airtronics MX-3FG
Castle Link
Diff Oil - 50k Front/75k Rear
Integy Alloy Hex Hubs (C22926)
Integy Pro Wheel Nuts (C22604)
HPI Bulletproof Diffs #102692
HPI Light Weight Drive Gear 32t #86274
HPI...
well, i had the opportunity to run the truck for a total of maybe 10 minuntes yesterday. it was FUN! =)
here's how it all went down: i got all my goodies on and went to a field. thinking that my clutch would not need to be locked down (because for some reason i'm special? reason and logic...
one thing i noticed last night when i pulled the brand new flux out of the box is that it doesn't roll easily. i didn't want to push any harder than i push my 1/16 e-revo around (smooth) and went forth to tearing everything down and installing my bits and pieces (notably: tranny gears and...