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i have since done a bit more reading and all the references to this motor liking a high gearing are on touring car forums. maybe that is the difference. mine is certainly happier on 21/81. i polished the comm to a mirror finish and i stick some earbuds (q-tips) in my pockets when i go out so i can s...

both motor and trans spin really well and the gear mesh looks perfect. it could be a combo of lipo with the grip of new tyres on grass. im gonna keep using my makeshift lathe for now. re. vintage cars. no not really. i have not had an rc car since a tamiya mad fighter years ago. ive been keeping my ...

hi i won a hobbyking 6.5 turn motor of ebay for a few euro and am looking around for a cheap esc. it is going in a b4 so i know it's a bit of a handful but that's the one i won so it's what i will have to use. my question relates to the current rating of the esc. the motor is the one in the 100a com...

thanks for all the helpful replies. i did a couple of things and i think it's going a bit better. i went to a 21t pinion (standard spur). i cut the brushes down a bit. and i polished the comm to a mega shine. seems to be lasting a bit longer now and not looking so completely destroyed like before. i...

got some t3 or t4 wheels of ebay. had to see how they would look.

it just occurred to me that the problem is possibly more apparent after i put a shottky diode on the motor. is this a possibility or am i imagining the timing of when i put the diode on? the motor was run for twenty minutes over about four days so not all together. what are some things which cause i...

Hi I have a reedy quad spec 19t in a b4. the comm is in a terrible state after about twenty minutes running. i have standard wheels and a 23t pinion on an 81t spur. the battery is a 2 cell 5000mah and the esc is an lrp ipc v6. I have attached a picture of the comm. It was in good shape to start with...

i have a question about weight. what is a decent weight for a b4? with a 5000mah 2 cell and normal body it comes in at 1580g. with the brass frame it is 1770g. i know that is a pretty hefty weight increase but for bashing the brass frame looks much cooler and protects the shock towers a lot. does an...

hey man
just noticed your rebuilds. really nice clean work. i like how you put in the work and didn't bolt on loads of blue bits etc.

so i brought these monstrosities for a test today and realised i have un matched wheels. so i did a light light editing and was wondering is it possible to dye white wheels to this pro-line yellow?

yeah in the past i have not liked using that soldering iron method but it actually suits the body. the "rivets" could be used all over the place.

couldn't for the life of me find any plastic sheet to buy so i bought some a4 document folder things with pp covers. http://i.imgur.com/UNtGSCq.jpg trying to figure out how many panels to divide it into. http://i.imgur.com/jTI5bmn.jpg working in cereal http://i.imgur.com/6JjtA62.jpg assembling the p...

i wish i had access to vacuum former. i used one a lot in college. i would need to cover it with something solid enough to resist the vacuum to get flat sides. i am hoping to work up something from flat pp sheet. btw i dont know why rc bodies are not made of pp. i have vac-formed it in to hemisphere...

don't think of it as creative. think of it as something you want but not enough to pay the price.

an update on the brass frame. ran out of brass so it's stalled just now. http://i.imgur.com/gFkiKSy.jpg when i ran the wooden frame i gathered loads of dirt in the chassis so designed this frame to fit over the stock body to keep dirt out. http://i.imgur.com/DBKjIn5.jpg http://i.imgur.com/yXFSlW4.jp...