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Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson 23-09-2011 06:54 PM

Newbie :)
 
Right, After much thought, me and my brother are giving 8th a go this year. Starting with a few club meeting at NDOR and Deerdale, Hopefully onto the 8/11 (8/12) series... Then Nationals :woot:

I will be running a Team Associated RC8B, With a Picco P3 .21B Off-Road SG engine and pipe. Any thoughts on this engine from anyone, general advice welcome? :thumbsup:

Running a 6.0v 2000Mah LiFe receiver pack, as I am led to believe these do not have the need for a regulator.

Also will be running a Savox 1257 for the steering:
http://www.cmldistribution.co.uk/cml...tId=0000004216

And an Alturn AAS-752MG servo for the throttle:
http://www.modelsport.co.uk/alturn-u...roducts/359785

Any thoughts on these choices are welcome :) Have I got adequate torque on these servo's? Or would you recommend anything more ball-sie! :)

Any other hints/Tips or advice would be much appreciated lol

sime46 23-09-2011 08:30 PM

my advice for what its worth would be to go up to Tims track(ndor) on a saturday for practice and run the hell out of it. I was there today running my engine in and it was great fun. Track seems massive after all the tenth ones that we run on but the 1/8 cars cover the ground very quickly and drive very differently to the tenth cars. I was surprised how nimble it was considering how heavy they are. Very impressed so far. May have caught the nitro bug.:thumbsup:

dbizzle5 23-09-2011 08:34 PM

What car you got Si?

sime46 23-09-2011 08:39 PM

RB one mate.

eyeayen 23-09-2011 09:06 PM

Get a couple of RC Sure Start engine heaters, invaluable especially coming into winter. http://www.rcsurestart.co.uk/ along with the latest version of the SMD Evolution starter box.

Not sure how the specs compare but I've been told to get Savox 1258 for the steering & 1256 for the throttle.

Unfortunately I haven't heard that many good things from people on the picco's :( I'm sure if you run them in and treat them well they'll last you fine, just what I've heard.

Good luck, maybe you should make a blog between you so other people wanting to make the jump from electric tenth to nitro eighth can see what it's like.

Enjoy :D

racingdwarf 23-09-2011 09:28 PM

Losi nitrotec engines, just under 200quid, fantastic engine for the money

12-nitroman 07-10-2011 02:05 PM

picco
 
yes mate as some people have said and is true,the picco engine isn't the best or good as they are a sod to tune and do have problems,if i was you i'd buy a novarossi 21 non lullstart or a hyper 21 8port engine. i rate both of these engines 5 stars.

showtime 08-10-2011 09:15 PM

the best bang for the buck engine at the moment has to be the Argus

only £129 retail & as fast as anything else out there. reliable & easy to tune too :thumbsup:

dave-p 09-10-2011 08:10 AM

argus
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by showtime (Post 564322)
the best bang for the buck engine at the moment has to be the Argus

only £129 retail & as fast as anything else out there. reliable & easy to tune too :thumbsup:


+ 1 FOR THE ARGUS


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