RC10 Team Car Revival - Updated w electronics, short video
RC10 Team Car Revival - Updated w electronics, short video
Edit - I think there were too many pics so I cut it down a lot! Also started a separate post for electronics/videos.
This is my Team Car that I had as a 13 year old (I’m 28 now). I bought it new from a LHS near Minneapolis. I only ran it a few dozen times. Black plastic parts are original which I think is strange for a team car. The only upgrades I’ve put in are the RPM bearing steering kit and the graphite tranny brace (I installed these as a kid). I had also put graphite towers on but have since gone back to the originals. I think the RPM steering looks great with the fibreglass towers. The rest of the parts are original or direct/near direct replacements. I had Lunsford tie rods, but I replaced these with the OG black Associated rods.
Goal is to get this to be a soft runner (carpet) with old school electronics – all the ones I wished I could have bought as a kid but lawnmowing and caddying didn’t cut it!
On to the show!
Teardown/Cleanup
Just some soft soap.
Buildup
Finishing Bits
Ladies and Gentlemen - Roller Status Achieved!!!
Amazing what a difference the new style tires and black wheels makes in the appearance!
This is my Team Car that I had as a 13 year old (I’m 28 now). I bought it new from a LHS near Minneapolis. I only ran it a few dozen times. Black plastic parts are original which I think is strange for a team car. The only upgrades I’ve put in are the RPM bearing steering kit and the graphite tranny brace (I installed these as a kid). I had also put graphite towers on but have since gone back to the originals. I think the RPM steering looks great with the fibreglass towers. The rest of the parts are original or direct/near direct replacements. I had Lunsford tie rods, but I replaced these with the OG black Associated rods.
Goal is to get this to be a soft runner (carpet) with old school electronics – all the ones I wished I could have bought as a kid but lawnmowing and caddying didn’t cut it!
On to the show!
Teardown/Cleanup
Just some soft soap.
Buildup
Finishing Bits
Ladies and Gentlemen - Roller Status Achieved!!!
Amazing what a difference the new style tires and black wheels makes in the appearance!
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Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
Very cool man, looking good, I'm collecting parts for a build like that myself, Do you remember if that was the original graphite tranny brace, or did you add it on, also, would you remember if the original servo saver was black, or white.
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Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
yupfrgna wrote:RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
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Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
reading is for suckers... i like moar pictures!scr8p wrote:yupfrgna wrote:RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
Looks great!
Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
Thanks Marlo - the graphite was an upgrade, original was blackmarlo wrote:Very cool man, looking good, I'm collecting parts for a build like that myself, Do you remember if that was the original graphite tranny brace, or did you add it on, also, would you remember if the original servo saver was black, or white.
I don't specifically remember the servo saver, sorry - it was one of the first things to go
Protech body and a trinity monster horsepower on the way
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Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
Looks great! The all black is very sinister looking.
Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
So the answer to my question "Is there such a thing as too many pictures" is....scr8p wrote:yupfrgna wrote:RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
Might have been a little overexuberant on this one, haha - I've caught that RC10 bug bad!!!
Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - lots of pics...lots...too many?
Agreed on the all black - the Dirt Hawg tires are just mean too. They're going on my desert runner car.hawgfanman wrote:Looks great! The all black is very sinister looking.
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a NiMH battery pack that will fit the RC10 without mods? I tried my 2000 MaH cells and they're too big...need an older school pack to be true to the car.
Re: RC10 Team Car Revival Build
Electronics time – it’s a runner after all (though a gentle runner – carpet only)
Futaba S9001 Coreless
The ESC I always wanted as a kid! Also I can’t believe how small these 2.4 ghz receivers are nowadays…
Futaba S9001 Coreless
The ESC I always wanted as a kid! Also I can’t believe how small these 2.4 ghz receivers are nowadays…
Re: RC10 Team Car Revival Build - electronics in
Electronics finished - popped in a Savox 1257TG because it drives just soooo much better with it than the old Futaba S9001.
Also put in a Trinity Monster Horsepower because it's awesome and looks cool.
Amateur hour on the soldering.
Also put in a Trinity Monster Horsepower because it's awesome and looks cool.
Amateur hour on the soldering.
Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - Updated w electronics in
Just a quick vid testing the electronics - love this servo!
Guest appearance from the family dog at 0:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sZzqaZgdA8
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Guest appearance from the family dog at 0:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sZzqaZgdA8
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Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - Updated w electronics, short vid
Nice clean team car...
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Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - Updated w electronics, short vid
I could never drive something with that fast of a servo! My reflexes are way too slow!
Re: RC10 Team Car Revival - Updated w electronics, short vid
It was weird, I never had anything better than an S148 as a kid, so when I drove this for the first time, it felt like it was reading my mind...hawgfanman wrote:I could never drive something with that fast of a servo! My reflexes are way too slow!
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