Ansman Macnum | build,pics and tricks
 

Ordered a Macnum Truck for 2 sec ago..did see that Silent_bob my clubmate have te Buggy, he passed by the club yesterday and i think it looks ral good...Since i have the B4 and S2 there is no need for another one, but we do have a truck class here...

So my Q are.

Best place for spares UK or other.
Bering size where i have to upgrade and how many? can the RT5 bearing kit fit?
RC10T4 T buckles do they fit?
What rims hex/fitment does this truck use? 12mm or? can a AE converison be done ? or so

hi mate ae turnbuckles fit
and i converted the front end to t4 spec all i did was bore out the wish bones at front where the hinge pin goes through at they are a bit bigger than ae ones but other than that it was fine
ae rear cvds are avalible from team c in japan or china but the kyosho truck wheels fit (think its 12mm)
as for bearing i just looked on ebay and found them straight away for about 10pounds
spares wise not sure on that one

Ok, ordered a extra truck :D....

I buy my spares at TCModels.net
I use kyosho wheels.

Have fun with your macnum :)

Thanks Kedal

What lids do fit this truck?

Thundertigre AT-10 (old AE T3)
Associated T4
Kyosho RT5?

Let me know..and, how can i run the Kyosho wheels? arnt they Quickchange system

Ohhh yes, the truck kyosho wheels arent the same as buggy ones... sorry (I use buggy kyosho wheels on my Mad Rat)

So finaly i have ordered everything i need to start truck-class racing...or just to have fun. Not sure if it is needed, but who does not luuuv carbon fibre?

Got

CarbonFibre Towers front and rear Truck
Carbon T-plate
Alu front arm mount
Alu rear arm mount
Motorplate
Hex

Then the regular plastic parts that will be needed for a race season..and a spare truck kit to :D

WIll use Lunsford T-buckles with RPM cups..and finaly the Losi shocks, i have some 1.2 house here, so only 0.9 was needed..in combo with Team wave that i use in my other buggies i will have the 65r linear motor...IB4200 lipo...be back with pics..

Recvied the tcmodels order...and i must say, wow, for the finish of the

front alu arm holder,rear, carbon towers!! and T-plate...motormount and hex..and all the other parts..i will have adedicated blogg for this truck, will be up later...all öics, building tips and tricks can be seen here...

Nice look forward to seeing all that stuff :)

Some hopups arrived...

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Started to sand and then CA sealing the tower, will finnish off me AUTOSOL polish and dremel for mirror look :)

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Here if you are interested, i have a blogg for the truck http://ansmannmacnum.blogspot.com/

Inform us what you think about the t plate in carbon.
They will change the seeting?

What is this 'CA' you refer too when sealing the Carbon Fibre ?... what product are you using?

Thanks

J

CA glue :)

pics will come, trucks are located on the local PO now :D..

Thomas, do you play table tennis?, they often seal the edge of the blade/bat with super glue (ca) and then polish it, like you are doing on the carbon

Do you play table tennis nicefrog? :) I like it, and I play it as often as I can, though I'm not a very good player.
I like go kart as well :D I had a competition today, it was the 4th race out of 10 today.

Yep, I play table tennis in competitions. I don't go kart though :). I have had a drive of one only once. I was pretty fast (faster than the owner) but I didn't have enough money for that sport :). So I just stayed with table tennis, did you see my orange and green truck :)?

Of course I've seen it :) It is a nice paint job! Looks pretty professional. I have put some stickers on mine, and it still has the starting number form the race :)
It looks pretty good with the stickers :D
So you are a good driver as well :) Glad to hear that.

Used to play on medium level..but now only rc car racing :D...

2 trucks here on the table..box of Org hopups, some other parts are located on the Local PO, il be going there in a h or so

No , Lunsfords or Losi shocks, had no time, but i have started...

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The front arm piece is shiny :) are all the option parts going on one truck and you are building the other standard? or is it just for parts?

the other is a sparepart truck :D

truck is almost done...not sure about the Losi "truck shocks" anymore...they are real long.. when chassi flats out, i have no more compression on the shocks at all :(...

I use 1.2 house in the rear and same shafts, planing to go down to 1.0 shafts

front i use 0.9 and same shafts and they are way to long...im suing 4mm limiters and now i have a descent down travel..but chassi bearly flat out in the front when shocks are fully compressed...

Any tip? or other shocks ?

I have same problem with the rear shock on my buggy. Don't know the size, but its for buggy.
There are also limiter in the body... maybe if we use shorter shaft, that will work all good. I have to buy new shaft, I'll think about this.

il give it a try...Sat-day il install all electronics :D

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Looking real nice... :D

Are you going to be able to fit the slipper cover...looks tight against that ball cup, did you say they were Losi ?...

Granted with a cool slipper disk like that you might not want to cover it hehe

J

I have replaced the stock rear springs with longer ones, which are even progressive springs.

Kaylon, yes they are losi..i think il giveém a try :D...even if the front are almost to long, they work, hope they will do it ok :)

tomorrow, it will be el install...do we want it clean ?

Very nice, the slipper is paint or it's a steakers?

Ben, it is a sticker =). Anyone have a descent setup tip? astro, high grip BUMPY!!

SO, all electrics are installed..il be testing the Losi shocks anyway..if they work il stick to them, i finshed the stock plastic ones, they feel absolutly perfect, but for how long?...hope testday will be sunday morning...

If you like the standard plastic shocks then you will love these... Master Smacker Shocks...

I'm very impressed with them. I think they are the ones they show in all the photos actually...but don't get. They are better then some full alloy ones I've used and are only £9 for all 4!!

Really nice backup or bashing shocks...The caps are alloy and I have yet to have one pop off, if anyone wants to upgrade from the standard plastic mad rat shocks and not spend a fortune then these are the ones to go for...

J

Thanks mate, il give the losi a shot..if they do not want what i want il giveém a try...AE springs fits perfect :) any idea if AE T4 will be a go?

The Ansmann X-Pro shocks are excellent btw... £50 for the full set with springs, or about £36 without springs.

A T4, which I assume you mean a Truggy version of the X4... is not in the 2010 catalogue...

But now that you have mentioned it I think I might grab a Blizzard and do a Truggy conversion for some quality bashing, can't be that hard. Would need to make a new front shock tower, probably use the Royal Flash (larger) shocks and get some nice 2.2 or 2.8 truck wheels and a Proline crowed pleaser 2 shell... job done, great idea :D

J

No, thomas means RC10T4, truck version of the B4 :)

I think the shocks fit, but give losi shocks a chance :)

Kedal, il do that, but i know they are a few mm shorter :)

Thomas the Team C truck shocks are awesome you should just get those, they are pretty expensive I guess, but they are just as good as the Associated shocks or Losi's and they would both cost more. You might realise like I did it's just more sensible to buy the whole truck from rcmart

Here's the front shocks for the truck
http://www.tcmodels.net/index.php?op...=590&Itemid=71

And rear truck shocks
http://www.tcmodels.net/index.php?op...hk=1&Itemid=71

Il give the losi a try, if they do not work as i want, il go for thoose you linked to :), but i noticed the new AE v2 shocks are only 6$ more per set...have to think :D, have to resolder the minus cable, then i think we have a lift off :)

So, will use my rtr lid, untill my other is "race collor painted"...

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