The Losi slipper pads and spur fit on the B4 - the B4 stuff fits on the 501X, so I would guess the Losi things fit on the 501X with no modifications. I'm not sure what the slipper plates are all about but I'm sure Cedric will spill the beans! :drool:
The 501X slipper is great :thumbsup:

Just had a look at Hupos car, what blue turn buckles are they? are they associated ones? if any one knows what ones to use or part numbers that would be great!

I have swapped my BJ4WE for a 501 hence me posting in tamiya section!

oh and i love blue bits!!:thumbsup:

Blue bling - yup its addictive isnt it.

whilst on the subject, hope someone comes up with answer for the turnbuckles (i.e I want some blue ones) but my question is, do the J concepts white ball joints fit the tamiya ball joints and turnbuckles?

Yes they look like AE/Lunsford turnbuckles. If you want to use JConcepts ball cups you need to have smaller ball studs. A set of Hot Bodies studs is what I did. Part numbers are HB-61581 and HB-61582.

Just remember that AE blue and tamiya blue are different, if you mix them it may look cack. (not used that word for ages)

My guess is that Hupo got Cedric from Optimised rc to anodise them in tamiya blue ;)

The blue turnbuckles are more than likely from the new TRF blue titanium turnbuckle series.

These should have been released last month by Tamiya but has been delayed 'til August.

We should have these in stock once they're available from Tamiya. Sorry...shameless plug! :p


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thanks for the replys guys, i have gone with hb ball joints, j concepts white ball links and lunsford turn buckles, that should do it!

yes i know what you mean about tamiya blue and associated blue, cack! good word!

Wow, I need these...

The new TRF light blue turnbuckles was Lunsford product !
The 0.5 rear hubs was prototypes from TRF, but you could use Rayspeed 0.5 hubs for yokomo car, they are available but may-be difficult to find !
Hupo use 6.5 motor with 23 tooth pinion and 86 tooth spur gear ! (around 8.5 gear ratio :drool:)
The slipper plate from the Losi looks to fit a bigger diameter than the original TRF and fit perfectly the Losi pad ;)

Thanks mate.
I would REALLY like those hubs to use on some low traction tracks here. As you said : the Yok hubs aren't easy to find.

23/86 on a 6.5 !!!!!!!!! THAT'S INSANE !! :confused::confused:

I would fry everthing using that gearing.

Depending of the brand, brushless motors can be very different gearing-wise, although the winds are the same.
That's why it's not very useful to ask, say, 'gearing for a 6.5' if you don't give the brand, rotor size, sintered or not, etc.

When I first tried a brushless motor (Orion 6.5 with 13mm rotor), I used the conservative recommended gearing. It was so slow!:bored: It's only when I geared it with 4 more teeth on the pinion :wtf: that it came to life.

Has anybody tried Hupo's wishbone mod to add flex, would this mod work for indoors on polished wood to help increase the level of grip with more flex?

I have to admit chassis flex is not something I particularily understand, I've also been looking at the Team Azarashi top decks which are also designed to increase the flex.

Can anybody shed any further light on this subject ?

I think Hupo's shell is more alike a HB D4 shell with a bit of modifications at the rear part......... get rid of all the shark fins .......

You can also use the DB01 plastic arms.

Can someone please point me in the direction of the pictures of Hupo's 501x being discussed?

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/euros2008/day5/

some small ones in the report, and larger ones at the bottom of the page in the gallery.

The arm mod was done before the plastic arms were available - so if you want to try it, I'd guess the plastic DB01 arms are a similar effect.

Hupo's car
 

do my eyes decieve me or is hupo running a brushless without a power cap...???

take a good look under the wires. ;)

I need a new shell for my 501, has any one found what shell Hupo was running?