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I have just ordered the following parts on Tower Hobbies:
X1 Front Carbon Fiber Damper Stay
X1 Rear Carbon Fiber Damper Stay
X1 Plastic Caster Blocks front
X1 Plastic Caster Blocks rear
X1 Rear A-arms

I have an extra set of belts also that I ordered 2 months ago.
And 2 sets of front A-arms I ordered 2 months ago

Someone said running the plastic caster blocks gets rid of the twitchiness
so I thought Id try it for myself.

I have a set of proline inside jobs I'll CA glue to the durga rims.


I also have 71 dollars in parts waiting at my local hobby shop
X1 Front Tungsten diff balls
X1 Rear Tungsten Diff Balls
X1 Aluminum Steering Bridge
X1 91 tooth Spur Gear

So? :confused:

BMag mate. Were all so delighted to here about your great news:thumbsup:

Brian (first name terms ;))

Have you run the 501X yet?

haha yeh was gonna say. He's only used it in practice or something hahaha

Maybe this should be in the playground?

hope all the new shiney parts help
let us know what they do compared to the original setup

Jimmy should I change to the plastic caster blocks?
I have not had twitching issues with the aluminum ones at all.

And Jimmy did you out-qualify anyone with the 501x recently?
I know you have been racing the durga also, do you like it better than the 501x?
Do you think I'll stack up to Wes's predator X10 with this car?

sorry for all these questions... :/

Not officially, I have been running the B44.
Parts are cheaper for the B44, and I have suffecient supply of B44 spares.

I'll save the 501x for the Albion debut.

Hi Brian

You have just bought a pile of parts for a car that you are going to run in half a year to fix a problem you haven't been having (twitchiness...)

Why don't you invest the cash in two decent Reedy saddlepack lipos that you can use in all your cars, a used T4 and a decent stock motor and learn to drive properly instead in a larger field of drivers? Driving with others of similar ability improves your driving a lot more than buying more stuff... Also learn to tune your car and understand what each change you make does. There are great online resources to read on setup too.
I think you'd actually have more fun and improve your driving a lot more than fighting with a totally overpowered 4WD (I understood you were running a 3.5) on smallish indoor tracks.

That way maybe sometime you might really be able to hand out advice and be listened to instead of being flamed when you say hello :)

Oh and don't mention wrestling. Most people just don't understand :woot:

Dudes, watch this: I ordered 6 ball cups today, I was thinking of buying 8, but that would have been too heavy.

I had a BLT with mayonaise for lunch. The cool thing about it was that I washed it down with a cup of tea...

That isn't true, I really did the lawn on Saturday, not Sunday.

Wow, that's really cool.

Maybe you can learn us how you do that? :p

BLT`s are for girls, chilli cheese and ham with mayo is the stuff the fast guys are on.

It's a Tekin R1 Pro with a 362 motor.
It's not a 3 turn, it's a 3 turn brushless, but after running it, it was
a bit faster than my B44, so Id say 9 turn brushed equalvalent.
Oh and wrestling I wont mention anymore, it's driving people crazy.:lol:

It never hurts to have extra parts, you never know when I might get kegged.:cry:

I couldnt find any setups for this car either they all point me to oople.:blush:
I wreak alot less when running the 501x. I wreak more often with the B44,
And wings for the B44 I constinly break...SAD....

But I have not broken A-arms in a long time so I suppose that is good.
Apparently RPM Ball cups strengthened my A-arms.

:confused:

Brian,

Have you considered trying a 27t motor or a 19t, to be honest you will not be any slower than you currently are, it will also teach you to carry a lot of corner speed and will probably make you a better driver instead of struggling with a high power brushless system.

Well worth thinking about dude :thumbsup:

You will enjoy racing more as well, i used to love running stock when i was younger.

That motor would just be super-ridiculous in anything but an RC dragster, not even the proest of pros run stuff that hot on small tracks.

Have you ever thought of running a slightly more porpular class to be able to measure yourself against other people instead of just coming last all the time? Trucks are seriously easier to drive and just the thing to learn with. And stock with a lipo is just the thing to hone your skills with.

As for the setups, here goes:

B44

TRF501X

RC10T4 <-- MASSIVE HINT!!!

mmmmmm............BLT rules:thumbsup:.

Bri :woot:

When we were over at the clash last year, maifield ran a 7.5 and lipo and his car was rapid, i thought he had a 5.5 in personally. But the fast guys choose to run milder winds so they can get the power down easier and so they dont upset the balance of the car so much.

Slow is fast :thumbsup:


CHILLI CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!! Can ya smell what the rock is cookin :lol:

Try to run the car without rims and tyres, slows it down a bit, so you make less mistakes.

I'm quite partial to an avocado sandwich with cress swirls, ricotta cheese and a light vinaigrette too :wub Obviously without crust.

Obviously :thumbsup::lol:

Sounds interesting i may have to have a dabble :)


Northy just likes cheese :thumbsup:

heres a clay track 501X setup for ya

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/euros...07EC-Vaasa.htm

And only "standard" cheese at that! :woot:

G

ok thanks
I'll print this later on.

I started with a 7.5 in the B44, I now run a 6.5 lite series novak motor.
I can manage to pull faster laps with the 6.5 that I couldnt do with the 7.5R. I run nimh so my car will be heavier than the lipo powered ones.
I guess I'm one of the ones that rather run cheap batts.

I just didnt know maifield ran Lipo. Tebo probably does also then.
Cav what does he run? I have his setup in my B44 manual also.

i thought they all did ?

I would drop to a slower motor Brian, it will do you the world of good !

I'm waiting for the kyosho stadium truck to come out.
Ben Ellis had it up at linton, but it was covered up so people couldnt see it.:bored:
4wd buggies I have been running for 2+ years.
2006-rcrcr
2007-rcrcr
2008-albion/reo

I would be happy with a T4, but that would just give others an excuse
for me to run 2 classes and pay more money.

And I didnt get last this past weekend. I got 2nd place with 20 laps in 8 mins.

Brian you may be slightly quicker over 1 lap with a 6.5 but can you do it every lap?

If the answer is no then put in a slower motor.

Awesome! :lol:

Haha I didn't see that, I stopped at 'It's not a 3 turn, it's a 3 turn'. It just gets better :thumbsup:

Brian, seriously, put a slower motor in! Lee is probably about right on what to try motor wise!

Hub carrier wise I have heard plastics better, best thing is to try them sometime and see!

Still, your a legend, even 70's people loved you! "I'm Brian and so's my wife!" go Monty Python!

Brian, you really should buy yourself a T4!

And some LiPo batteries (USE THE CORRECT CHARGER!!!) and a 7,5 turn brushless motor.

I promise: You will LOVE it!!! (Even Hulk Hogan would have loved it!)

The std. setup for the T4 works like a dream!

PS. I made duck breast for dinner today. It was good. My girlfriend made me make kenoa also. That I don't like. She says it's healthy but I don't like it. She now does not like it either after I cooked it. I like that. I also made salad but that's not so interesting. But it was salad with both chili and honey melon. I liked that. I do not like people falling asleep while reading my post...

Did you cut the fat on the top into little squares and fry it slowly to get rid of the excess fat? It turns crispy on the top then also? Then turn it to get the other side sealed and then into the oven for 20-30mins at 120°C.
I'm getting hungry just thinking of it :thumbsup:

Brian,

you are buying parts for two cars already! And not even running two classes at that...
Stick with a T4 if you get a truck because it's always an idea to buy the car you can get parts for easiest... Plus it goes like shit off a shovel and you won't be on your own looking for setups.
It's not there for you to shoot your mouth off about it being the best truck out there and blowing everything away and being your ticket to a Kyosho sponsorship bla bla bla bla :p

Congrats on the second place! What race was it and how many people were running?

Yessir! Cut into squares, rub with salt n' pepa. Fry it hard (with no butter or oil) for 7-10 mins until the fat is bacon crisp. Then flip it over and fry 2 more minutes. Let rest 5 minutes and serve... with red wine sauce +++ :drool: Extremely good with "Hasselback" potatoes... (brush/clean and keep skin, cut into a fan, salt, pepper, green spices, butter or olive oil. Oven for 50 mins at 250 deg C, 10 last minutes prinkle with lots of parmesan)

BMag, what's your favorite food?

You know your ducks ;)

Meat that good doesn't need sauce! The potatos sound interesting, must give it a try with the duck breast I will be getting tomorrow... :thumbsup:
BTW what are "green spices"?

Oregano, Basel(Basilikum?) etc...

Put the potato in a spoon when you cut it so you keep the back...

Well, I'm a sauce-man! Ever tried to make sauces yourself? Mmmmm...

Bon apetit! :lol::lol::lol:

http://peppernet.no/peppernet/Oppskr...lbackpotet.jpg

Just a club race with a 4 year old, 22 year old, and a 8 year old.

The 22 year old beat me because he ran a XXX-tCR with Lipo.
In the middle of the race I was pulling faster laps than he was though. Its just at the very end he wasnt making that many mistakes and I made a couple. I could have won, but just didnt care.;)

Wes and Rudd beat this guy every weekend, so he probably felt good to win one race, because he never wins.