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RC10th wrote:Nice truck Sixtysix, looks like you use it

Janaya - I bet two of those were ones that I bought. I was surprised how cheap they sold for, shocked actually, and that nobody bid on them.

Are T2's just not popular?

Probably so. One was really clean as I was looking for more of a shelfer. I finally got one that I'm waiting for that I should have soon, but might make it a runner instead.

understand that.

anyway, I wish I had the equippment you have!

Thats nothing that can't be cleaned up with a file. Personally I've never seen a T2 bulkhead break, only sheared ball studs.

Personally I've never seen a T2 bulkhead break, only sheared ball studs.

The stud was bent, but it broke the side out of the bulk head. I've had GT bulk heads break in the same manner. Won't happen again, though!

I manage to break things that really shouldn't break, though:

anyway, I wish I had the equippment you have!

It's nothing real special. I do most of these custom pieces with a benchtop mill that can be had for ~$700 (here in the States, anyway) with a $200 tilt-swivel vise, a portable band saw, a die grinder w/some carbide burrs, a good wire gauge drill index and a handful of small SAE and metric taps (pretty much only need 4-40, 6-32, 8-32 for older AE & Losi, everything else is m3-0.50 & m4-0.70). The most expensive part is the mill cutters; I've got about 130 cutters that would probably cost upwards of $4K to replace if I lost them all today.

This is the mill I use:



Not the best machine, but it works, and it's saved my butt a few times in 1:1 automobile repair, as well as serving my hobby interests (namely RC and firearms parts). I've saved cylinder heads and blocks by machining pieces that could be bolted in where a boss broke off, used my lathe to make inserts for threaded holes that were so badly damaged Heli-coil or Time Sert wasn't an option, etc. I've actually hand made a great many polymer, aluminum and steel parts to save my customers from having to buy very expensive assemblies because the broken piece wasn't available separately. Just today, I machined a shaft insert to repair a Honda air mix door actuator that had broken it's shaft off. Replacement actuator wasn't all that bad at $85, but it was 3-4 days out. I charged her $30 to make the simple piece and repair her actuator, and it'll actually be stronger than a replacement unit anyway.

IMO, the only time you can have too many tools is when you have to move. Otherwise, more is always better!

nice !!!!

more IS better.

btw: firearms parts...... now THAT'S cool. Here in The Netherlands even steak knives that are too long are forbidden

Here in The Netherlands even steak knives that are too long are forbidden

Sounds like most of Europe. Pure silliness, IMO. Attempting to regulate dangerous/deadly weapon ownership as a means of crime control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it more difficult to get a license. Maybe one of these days our betters will figure out that the only solution is keeping dangerous people locked up away from society. Recidivism rates the world over are insane, yet we let violent criminals out well before their paltry sentence is finished on a regular basis.

The current administration and it's lackeys at more local levels would love to make the USA just like Western Europe in that regard, but it's a losing battle, likely always will be. With 85 million gun owners and more than 300 million firearms (not counting the illegal......ahem, excuse me......undocumented ones) in this country, they're not going anywhere. The only places they've succeeded with such draconian laws have incidentally become the most dangerous places in America, some with higher murder and violent crime rates than the worst hotspots in the world; Chicago is more dangerous than Rwanda or the Congo. Would love for my kids to see some of the cool stuff in the windy city, but it means going from our comfortable rural county with a 0.00% rape & murder rate to a truly dangerous place that also forbids me from protecting them.

wow.... shocking stuff there.... I probably would have said exactly the same if I was in your place.

But it's hard for me to judge to be honest, firearms praktically don't exist where I live, I personally never held a gun in my life....

RC10th wrote:Thanks, I'm really happy with how it turned out. Not sure if I'm going to paint the body or not. I bought a couple of spare bodies so I guess I could paint one of them and change it up every once in a while.

So where do you find spare bodies? I am in need of a couple for my RC10t 2 project. Thanks,

Ken

Associated still has them from time to time. They currently have some in stock but low inventory.

http://www.teamassociated.com/parts/details/6132/

I just bought two bodies and they are out of stock now

Just curious, how do you guys fit LiPo's? I'm building a T2 right now.

damnit, thos bodies were out fo stock before, i told someone about them, they bought them (and i called they had 4) and then out of stock. i wish i knew they were back in stock, ugh.

Uh oh.... It's starting again.........

T3 bodies will fit.

http://www.amazon.com/Team-Associated-F-150-Truck-Clear/dp/B0006MZSOA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412340654&sr=8-1&keywords=rc10T3+body

shoman24v wrote:I just bought two bodies and they are out of stock now

Just curious, how do you guys fit LiPo's? I'm building a T2 right now.

I'm still working on a solution to mounting a lipo. So far I've switched to a 10T battery cup to keep it in place. I'm using a shorty pack all the way forward with a battery foam towards the back. I'm using the stock battery brace but looking at other options. I haven't been able to run it yet to see if it will stay in place under race conditions but I hopt to try it out soon.

Lipo's fit in the stock battery strap.

You have to cut the part the mounts to the chassis, remove the piece that connects the two screws since it's made for C cells.

Grind the inside edges a bit.

Mount battery forward about an inch. You will be able to close it that way.

I'll post a pic tomorrow.