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Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:42 pm
by coxbros1
Nice! i wish u could do a short video (10 secs) and show the rear steer working....that would be just titties!

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:35 pm
by Dadio
Hmm ! I'll see what I can do , I'm no great shakes as a photographer , narrator or video editor :?

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:37 pm
by coxbros1
Dadio wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 4:35 pm Hmm ! I'll see what I can do , I'm no great shakes as a photographer , narrator or video editor :?
You must be good.....you have won dozens of botm's!
that takes photography skills :lol:

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 5:02 pm
by Dadio
Finally got the last shock parts , can't believe how much it bugged me to have odd shocks on the front , I!l try and get a video of the suspension/steering functioning tomorrow , was kind of busy today .

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:16 am
by Dadio
Here is a vid , as promised not very good [youtube]https://youtu.be/HyTJxYCmtTw[/youtube]

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:58 pm
by coxbros1
the video is fine...nice work! wish i new how to post videos

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:06 pm
by Dadio
coxbros1 wrote: Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:58 pm the video is fine...nice work! wish i new how to post videos
So do I , kids have got to be good for something right ! :lol:

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:24 am
by Johanp
Hi,
I wish I had old photos like you have.
Very cool!

I once started with a Hotshot and I still have that car.
I will always have a soft spot for the Hotshot and got really inspired by your build.
Might have to get a re-re and build something crazy. :)

Is that chassis available from Factory Works?

//Johan

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:21 pm
by Dadio
Johanp wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:24 am Hi,
I wish I had old photos like you have.
Very cool!

I once started with a Hotshot and I still have that car.
I will always have a soft spot for the Hotshot and got really inspired by your build.
Might have to get a re-re and build something crazy. :)

Is that chassis available from Factory Works?

//Johan
Jeff at Factory Works has the plans for the chassis , there was a tweak to do before making more but I'm sure he'd be happy to make a set for you , just PM him , he's GoMachV on this forum .

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:36 pm
by Dadio
I finally got a small break in the rain today so I took her out for a quick squirt up-n-down the road :D pretty pleased with her , holds nice and straight at speed , slight under steer if you apply gentle inputs but if you throw it into a corner it turns on a sixpence ! Handling is most comparable to the PB Mini Mustang but with noticeably more drag in the transmition . I ran it with the Demon 16x2 with 15 tooth pinion on NIMH and the motor was still no more than warm after 5 min , the Novak Super Rooster is as smooth as silk ! Really probably the smoothest control of any brushed ESC I have ever used !

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:48 pm
by coxbros1
Bout time we got an update! Dont you know we are very bored :lol: Do u think it would beat Sandkills FF10 on 80s loamy track?

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:42 pm
by Dadio
coxbros1 wrote: Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:48 pm Bout time we got an update! Dont you know we are very bored :lol: Do u think it would beat Sandkills FF10 on 80s loamy track?
Probably not with his FF being modern brushless powered but I'm quite bloody minded so it'd be closer than you'd bet on !

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:50 pm
by Dadio
Painted the body today :( absolute disaster , poor choice of colours and tried and failed at a new masking technique , really dreadful ,not sure if I'm ever going to show it :oops: I literally just ordered another in disgust !

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:57 pm
by Dadio
Hmmm might have rescued it just enough to use as a runner body but I'm still doing another .

Re: My racing days Hotshot replica hopefully

Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:38 pm
by 1300GT
Dadio wrote: Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:50 pm Painted the body today :( absolute disaster , poor choice of colours and tried and failed at a new masking technique , really dreadful ,not sure if I'm ever going to show it :oops: I literally just ordered another in disgust !
Paint it on the outside with flat black. Stealth Hotshot with a nice A.S.S. 😁