Any R/C drifters on here? - Page 9

chicaboo · 08-05-2010, 08:15 PM

mkid: Are you talking about a 1/8th 0.21ci powered car?

mkid · 08-05-2010, 10:22 PM

yeah i think so cant remember
will have a look tomorrow
each engine was about $500 new
plently of wheels and tryes left
shells complete electric start station
its just sitting there collecting dust
mearly everything is carbon fibre
i dont have enough space to write it all up
was a very good racer fast powerfull
only the work factory ones that came from japan could keep up with it
never maxed it tho could never find a straight enough road for it
plus it sits three mill off the ground
many thousands of $$$$$ was spent

chicaboo · 09-05-2010, 12:44 AM

OK, this is relevant if you think of it as dirt drifting.

I found a place at the GC that sells the HPI Blitz RTR SC truck for $309! Very tempting. Hmmm...

Gav.

RustyKaos · 09-05-2010, 07:13 AM

I had a go of the new HPI Vorza Flux 4wd buggy and watch it tear up my mates front lawn. Was a very quick machine.

chicaboo · 09-05-2010, 09:15 AM

The HPI website has very impressive speed stats for it if you have 2x11.1v lipo too!

Clean_Cookie · 09-05-2010, 11:25 AM

haha well i was the first at the track to convert a 1/8 buggy to electric using a neu and a MMM esc ( mm used before the MMM was available!) and with 4s lipo say goodbye to tyres. destroyed 2 sets with one battery before experimenting with taping the inside of the tyres with electrical tape then adding the foams and gluing... was awesmoe and uncontrollable especially when i geared it correctly (started off with very low gearing to get used to it.) was geared for approx 45mph = 70km/hr ish... bloody quick to get to top speed too. heres a photo of it- somewhat crude but did the job and used a clear body shell so i could show off my gear hah!

and the orange i want to use again perhaps...

and that chassis in my previous post is an xray t2 009. one of the nicest built cars around. just attention to detail etc which leads to an exorbadant price but hey what the hell, tough as nails too... (about 550 usd new!)
edit : sorry bout huge pics oops...

chicaboo · 09-05-2010, 07:15 PM

Just for funs I took the drive gears off the prop-shaft on my TL01B truggy, and ran it RWD with the lowest pinion gear I have [16T 48P]. WOW! There were rooster tails.

It has so much power I can't use, so it needs to be controlled by a taller pinion gear or some trained thumb control [sticks FTW!]. Upside to the taller pinion is greater top speed.

I think I will put it back to 4WD soon, because in 2WD it just rips the backyard to pieces, and it is somewhat hard to control as it launches.

Will be fun for a while though.

EDIT: I more or less did it to see how I would feel about having a larger 2WD short course truck for instance.

Gav.

Clean_Cookie · 09-05-2010, 08:58 PM

well got my stampede up and running 2wd and its lotsa fun. cheap too so i dont care who has a go - and pretty damn tough.

sorta like an SC haha.

mkid · 09-05-2010, 10:37 PM

here yous go some pics from today

also have a few specailly made drag shells
and other racing cars and show shells

chicaboo · 11-05-2010, 10:37 PM

I put the tallest gear [18T] in the Mini Hornet today, and tightened up the slipper clutch, so now it lifts the front wheels on carpet even more so than before!

I'm getting a lot of gear noise from this pinion though.

I haven't had a chance to try it in the dirt with all the rain today. RWD dirt drifting is quite challenging!

Clean_Cookie · 12-05-2010, 06:32 AM

locked diff in the 2wd? or just a spool?

chicaboo · 12-05-2010, 10:54 AM

It's a ball diff, but I've tightened it up quite a fair bit because it was letting go occasionally. And being a ball diff, they work themselves loose after a while too. It's a lot better than the ball diff in my TL01D though, which would be rubbish if it wasn't just catching hard ABS drift tyres...

My TL01B truggy has a home made viscous diff, which seems to do OK, but would probably be better off as a locker.

Gav.

Clean_Cookie · 12-05-2010, 06:26 PM

i hate ball diffs. only thing which stopped my tc3 from being awesome.. they just kept coming loose and couldnt figoure out how to stop it... even superglue failed with the power (think 6s + long can motor - would actually do a 1/2 decent burnout. check youtube "tc3 burnout" for something similar haha

RustyKaos · 14-05-2010, 05:20 PM

Quick question about painting shells:

Can you paint black over white or not. I am going to have white as my main colour but I want a black interior so it is nice and dark inside.

Mad Mat · 14-05-2010, 06:07 PM

paint in reverse order on the inside of the shell

chicaboo · 14-05-2010, 08:35 PM

If you put enough coats of white down, you might get away with it. Otherwise, tint your windows and crazy with the overspray.

RustyKaos · 14-05-2010, 09:53 PM

Yeah was thinking on doing about 5-6 coats and then back spray with black. I have a can of smoke so might try that as well. I have some left over lexen so will try on that.

marcs_sp20 · 14-05-2010, 10:04 PM

so are you spraying the outside white? just wanna make sure im gettin this right

I thought about painting the skyline shell, but its too nice to ruin

RustyKaos · 14-05-2010, 10:11 PM

No spraying the inside white as the main colour but I want the inside to be dark so want to paint the last layer black.

chicaboo · 14-05-2010, 10:13 PM

My DJR AU body is red, yellow and blue with white backing to bring the colours out.
Jarrod wants to do white [internally] with black backing so you can't see in to the car.

Jarrod: If you are worried, put down a layer of silver before you do the black.

Gav.

09-05-2010, 07:13 AM	#164
RustyKaos Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Side Brisbane Car: 1998 BA 323 Astina Hardtop Posts: 1,414 View Photos By: RustyKaos	I had a go of the new HPI Vorza Flux 4wd buggy and watch it tear up my mates front lawn. Was a very quick machine. __________________ Everytime an idiot dies, 20 more are born. Come challenge me. I dare ya.

09-05-2010, 11:25 AM	#166
Clean_Cookie obsessed-incomplete-broke Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: BA Hardtop/Hatch Posts: 5,441	haha well i was the first at the track to convert a 1/8 buggy to electric using a neu and a MMM esc ( mm used before the MMM was available!) and with 4s lipo say goodbye to tyres. destroyed 2 sets with one battery before experimenting with taping the inside of the tyres with electrical tape then adding the foams and gluing... was awesmoe and uncontrollable especially when i geared it correctly (started off with very low gearing to get used to it.) was geared for approx 45mph = 70km/hr ish... bloody quick to get to top speed too. heres a photo of it- somewhat crude but did the job and used a clear body shell so i could show off my gear hah! and the orange i want to use again perhaps... and that chassis in my previous post is an xray t2 009. one of the nicest built cars around. just attention to detail etc which leads to an exorbadant price but hey what the hell, tough as nails too... (about 550 usd new!) edit : sorry bout huge pics oops... __________________ Worklog

09-05-2010, 07:15 PM	#167
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	Just for funs I took the drive gears off the prop-shaft on my TL01B truggy, and ran it RWD with the lowest pinion gear I have [16T 48P]. WOW! There were rooster tails. It has so much power I can't use, so it needs to be controlled by a taller pinion gear or some trained thumb control [sticks FTW!]. Upside to the taller pinion is greater top speed. I think I will put it back to 4WD soon, because in 2WD it just rips the backyard to pieces, and it is somewhat hard to control as it launches. Will be fun for a while though. EDIT: I more or less did it to see how I would feel about having a larger 2WD short course truck for instance. Gav. Last edited by chicaboo; 09-05-2010 at 07:18 PM.

09-05-2010, 08:58 PM	#168
Clean_Cookie obsessed-incomplete-broke Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: BA Hardtop/Hatch Posts: 5,441	well got my stampede up and running 2wd and its lotsa fun. cheap too so i dont care who has a go - and pretty damn tough. sorta like an SC haha. __________________ Worklog

12-05-2010, 06:32 AM	#171
Clean_Cookie obsessed-incomplete-broke Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: BA Hardtop/Hatch Posts: 5,441	locked diff in the 2wd? or just a spool? __________________ Worklog

08-05-2010, 08:15 PM	#161
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	mkid: Are you talking about a 1/8th 0.21ci powered car?

08-05-2010, 10:22 PM	#162
mkid Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wollongong, NSW, australia Car: BK 3 SP23 Posts: 840	yeah i think so cant remember will have a look tomorrow each engine was about $500 new plently of wheels and tryes left shells complete electric start station its just sitting there collecting dust mearly everything is carbon fibre i dont have enough space to write it all up was a very good racer fast powerfull only the work factory ones that came from japan could keep up with it never maxed it tho could never find a straight enough road for it plus it sits three mill off the ground many thousands of $$$$$ was spent

09-05-2010, 12:44 AM	#163
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	OK, this is relevant if you think of it as dirt drifting. I found a place at the GC that sells the HPI Blitz RTR SC truck for $309! Very tempting. Hmmm... Gav.

09-05-2010, 09:15 AM	#165
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	The HPI website has very impressive speed stats for it if you have 2x11.1v lipo too!

09-05-2010, 10:37 PM	#169
mkid Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wollongong, NSW, australia Car: BK 3 SP23 Posts: 840	here yous go some pics from today also have a few specailly made drag shells and other racing cars and show shells

11-05-2010, 10:37 PM	#170
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	I put the tallest gear [18T] in the Mini Hornet today, and tightened up the slipper clutch, so now it lifts the front wheels on carpet even more so than before! I'm getting a lot of gear noise from this pinion though. I haven't had a chance to try it in the dirt with all the rain today. RWD dirt drifting is quite challenging!

12-05-2010, 10:54 AM	#172
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	It's a ball diff, but I've tightened it up quite a fair bit because it was letting go occasionally. And being a ball diff, they work themselves loose after a while too. It's a lot better than the ball diff in my TL01D though, which would be rubbish if it wasn't just catching hard ABS drift tyres... My TL01B truggy has a home made viscous diff, which seems to do OK, but would probably be better off as a locker. Gav.

12-05-2010, 06:26 PM	#173
Clean_Cookie obsessed-incomplete-broke Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: BA Hardtop/Hatch Posts: 5,441	i hate ball diffs. only thing which stopped my tc3 from being awesome.. they just kept coming loose and couldnt figoure out how to stop it... even superglue failed with the power (think 6s + long can motor - would actually do a 1/2 decent burnout. check youtube "tc3 burnout" for something similar haha __________________ Worklog

14-05-2010, 05:20 PM	#174
RustyKaos Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Side Brisbane Car: 1998 BA 323 Astina Hardtop Posts: 1,414 View Photos By: RustyKaos	Quick question about painting shells: Can you paint black over white or not. I am going to have white as my main colour but I want a black interior so it is nice and dark inside. __________________ Everytime an idiot dies, 20 more are born. Come challenge me. I dare ya.

14-05-2010, 06:07 PM	#175
Mad Mat HONEYWELL REPRESENT Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salisbury - Inner City Car: 1997 BA Hardtop - Had a 2003 BJii J48 Sport20, and 2x bg SOHC astina hatches Posts: 5,011 View Photos By: Mad Mat	paint in reverse order on the inside of the shell __________________ PROJECT "Catalina" 1994 323 BG Hatch 2005-2007 Crashed into truck 1991 323 BG Hatch 2007-2008/9 SOLD 2003 BJ SP20 J48 Hatch 2008-2011 Regretfully SOLD 1997 BA I4 Sedan 2012-CURRENT 1985 BF 323 Hatch 2014-2015SOLD 1989 MX5 2015-2015

14-05-2010, 08:35 PM	#176
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	If you put enough coats of white down, you might get away with it. Otherwise, tint your windows and crazy with the overspray.

14-05-2010, 09:53 PM	#177
RustyKaos Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Side Brisbane Car: 1998 BA 323 Astina Hardtop Posts: 1,414 View Photos By: RustyKaos	Yeah was thinking on doing about 5-6 coats and then back spray with black. I have a can of smoke so might try that as well. I have some left over lexen so will try on that. __________________ Everytime an idiot dies, 20 more are born. Come challenge me. I dare ya.

14-05-2010, 10:04 PM	#178
marcs_sp20 Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ipswich, Queensland Car: 2002 Mazda Astina SP20 2006 Mazda 6 GY Wagon Posts: 9,769 View Photos By: marcs_sp20	so are you spraying the outside white? just wanna make sure im gettin this right I thought about painting the skyline shell, but its too nice to ruin __________________

14-05-2010, 10:11 PM	#179
RustyKaos Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North Side Brisbane Car: 1998 BA 323 Astina Hardtop Posts: 1,414 View Photos By: RustyKaos	No spraying the inside white as the main colour but I want the inside to be dark so want to paint the last layer black. __________________ Everytime an idiot dies, 20 more are born. Come challenge me. I dare ya.

14-05-2010, 10:13 PM	#180
chicaboo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Logan prefecture Car: Touge monster Posts: 7,585	My DJR AU body is red, yellow and blue with white backing to bring the colours out. Jarrod wants to do white [internally] with black backing so you can't see in to the car. Jarrod: If you are worried, put down a layer of silver before you do the black. Gav.

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