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Older electronics
I bet some of you out there have a nice collection of old school electronics!
Anything nice and interesting to show and share? Here's 2 of mine. They were sealed in their boxes but I just had to open the for a photo taking session :lol: Sanwa Super Vortex 112 This was the choice esc for Team Kyosho Japan to power their Lazer campaign in the early 90s. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/IMG_4189.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/IMG_4190.jpg KO Propo CX9 Choice esc of Masami Hirosaka in the early 90s to power his championship winning Dog Fighters. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/IMG_4187.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...e/IMG_4184.jpg |
I was shocked to find out a guy at the local track used to have
A Yokomo Super Dog Fighter in the 90's. Those were the good old days when Associated partnered with Yokomo. I have some vintage Rc-10 stock motors to prove they were together.:thumbsup: Nowadays it's all about competition. |
i have an original KO esprit II handset with the twiddly knobs instead of the buttons! Also a very early mtroniks speedo from when they just started out. can't do pics as my main PC has just died
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I've got one of the first design Nosram ESC's that most people in the UK were using in the early 80's. I'll get some better photos up soon but you can just see it in my Optima from the same period.
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How about a Demon 2 ESC, vintage 1980. Handles all of 25A through the single power transistor.
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Now that's some real vintage stuff!
Toying with the idea of getting a Super Dogfighter to match the CX9... |
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As promised some better photos of the "Advanced" FET Controller from Nosram.
I've got some old Radio race car magazines from the time too. I've found an ad from 1988 for the esc, £67.95. That was a month's wages for me back then (I was only working Sundays at the time mind you!). I've also found a RRC article from July '86 detailing Nick Marsons "Marfet" controller with circuit diagrams and component lists which I tried to build but didn't really have a clue what I was doing as I was only 14. |
novak 1 in my wonder dogfighter
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here is my mint novak 1 in my doggie
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i was chuffed to bits when I recieved my speedmaster silver star ESC in the post, and installing it in my madcap was an interesting challenge.
it actually had a RELAY switch which was so big you could hear it engage :thumbsup: |
Talking of relays, hows this for an old school reverse disable system
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...o/tekinesc.jpg :thumbsup: |
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My best mate still has his Lwb Optima mid with his Speedmaster silver star in it. When im up next time ill take a picture. He still has all his gear from back in the late 80s early nineties. |
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Hi, can anyone identify this mystery ESC? It's defniately old - and it actually works pretty well too.
It was in a "loft-find" optima that I bought off ebay last year, and the seller knew even less about it that I do... Looks almost home-grown... Thanks, Ty http://www.oople.com/forums/attachme...6&d=1216558180 |
i remember those, they used to come in a clear shrink wrap. Can't remember what make, sorry
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That looks like the speedo that glynn peglar used to make .
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Hi, yes it was indeed in a thick clear shrink wrap when I received it. The wrap was pretty beat up though, with little incisions here and there for accessing the pots and lots of various tape residues covering it. Here's a picture of it from the original ebay listing...
I cut off the shrink wrap, and encased it in black electrical tape for a while when I ran it in an old Falcon, but it's now just relegated to the odd-parts bin... Was it a pretty popular unit in the UK? From what period would you guess it to be from? Fwiw, if anyone would like to have it, you're welcome to have it for the cost of postage... Cheers, Ty http://www.oople.com/forums/attachme...7&d=1216578749 Quote:
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I cannot remember if the esc had a name or it was just Glynn Peglar ?
I remember that it came with a Shummacher Cat XLS my mate bought off a guy in Wonderland Models circa 1989 . I know it was a that kind of speedo as he sent it off to Glynn for repair. |
Wasn't it a lazer speedo? Just kinda rings a bell
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Wasn't a Bobtech was it, think his name was Bob Gelstharp from near Cardiff somewhere. A nice chap!
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A Lazer I do have
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Dan's right, Bob made one just like that, but with blue heat shrink and gotta say it wasnt bad at all. Yup nice chap indeed!!
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huge esc's
some of these are huge in comparison to novak and tekin of the era where they behind the times hey
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That's an old Nosram
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dominator (nosram) wasn't it? 3 versions i think
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I think the old Nosram speedcontroller could be a extermintor pro?
When I gave up in the early 1990s, the ESC i used was a Speedmaster Ultra Gold Star with a 12 turn limit (this was in 1989). Here is the racing gear I used:- Glynn Peglar 1700 SCE's, KO Esprit with the steering lock knob at the top, KO world champion servo with it's seperate fet booster, Tekomo pro plus slope charger. My buggy preference was mainly Schumacher (Cat XLS,Procat or Cougar) although I did try Kyosho ZXR's and Yokomos for a time. I did convert my Yokomo into a Cat-fighter, meaning a Cat front end being fitted to a Yokomo chassis.The motors were quite special being a sponsored driver for B&R motors, the winds would be 15 triple or 14 doubles. After returning back to the racing scene again last year, I am still running speedmaster speed controllers again. The models I use are either X500 or X3 with no motor limits. The speed ultra silver star is still available, but is much smaller than back in the late 1980's. www.speedmaster.co.uk |
I used a speedmaster silver star in my lazer and tomy intruder.
I bought a nosram after that and i ran a mg 17 quad motor back in the day with a tekomo pro slope charger. |
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I know it's not vintage as such, but I just picked up a Novak Hammer Pro to go in my 95 CAT ! I'd love to find a Demon 2DH to go back into my Kyosho Beetle, as that was what I ran back then, and yes you could hear the click very clearly ! |
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I got an old LRP speedo off Mr Booth once and that looked pretty similar to the one ni clear shrink wrap...that too was in clear shrink wrap. I think the team drivers used to run them like that when they were testing new products. I think now they just run the new software in older cases.
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bought mine in 1991 and still using today in my mardave proper bulletproof |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...i/DSCN0715.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...i/DSCN0717.jpg I used to run this set up on my '91 (ish) Cougar Club 10, the remains of which now look like this... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...i/DSC00143.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...i/DSC00149.jpg The other bits... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...i/DSCN0716.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...i/DSCN0718.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...i/DSCN0719.jpg |
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On a misson today to try and get my Nosram Patriot running.
Can anyone tell me if this thing has reverse and what is the motor limt? Ta! |
Someone has old Novak servo?
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when i recently purchased a car it had oldish electrics in it,
a servo, reciever and esc, all pictured |
The Corally is the MMS 2 - the the second generation. The original had fixed built-in limits, I'm sure I have one in the loft - will dig it out over the weekend.
And I will see what else I can dig up. |
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Here are the original Corally credit card speed controllers - one is for 8 minute racing (1/12th) and the other is 4-5 minutes (had a higher current setting of 50 amps).
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Did someone mention a Novak servo?
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