Tamiya / ko volac speedo??????

[GRIFF55]

Has anyone got any advice on the usual, to buy or not to buy, Volac ms speedo? Looks neat but does anybody know is it any good?
Its a bit different to what i used to race with in the mid nineties!!!!!

[ashleyb4]

Have you got a budget? What are your requirements? Have you got any specs for this speedo cus ive looked about and cant find much other than it weights 20g.

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[GRIFF55]

have a look on rc mart . com they have all the specs.
i've no budget, but am getting back into racing after many years so i am pretty clueless!!!!

[ashleyb4]

What class are you racing and at what level?

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[GRIFF55]

i'll b racing 4wd mod, practice at my track and then do nationals next season + tiverton winter series

[ashleyb4]

Have you bought mmodified motors already? If not i would get a brushless system. It means really really low mainternance you can put that lathe in the museum. And no more rebrushing motors. I would recomend the LRP or Nosram one but the novak system is very good. But if yu have already bought brushed motors or wish to stay brushed i would get a nosram razor evolution or dominator evolution or the LRP quantum 2 competition or quantum 3 competition. These are all top of the range speedo's. And i highly recomend all of them. But i would avoid mtroniks.

What car are you going for?

If you need any more help dont hesitate to ask most of us dont bite.

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[PaulRotheram]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

But i would avoid mtroniks.

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Erm, why? nowt wrong with my ip6's, it's been amazing.. better than my qc2 by a mile, and easily more powerful than anything else on the market.

[GRIFF55]

Cheers for that, i was thinking brushless but was unsure! I have just ordered the trf501x(because of oople review). I used to race for losi, so i wanted to try something that little bit different, give most things a go once!! lol

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by ashleyb4

But i would avoid mtroniks.

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Stupid Ashley, Mtroniks have the most powerful speedos at the moment and none of the IP6's have blown, your just bitter as your very cheap old speedo blew.

[ashleyb4]

But in all seriousness i shouldnt have said that i should have put it another way. (Like avoid cheap mtroniks)the new mtroniks IP6 is a pretty good speedo but i think it would be the ONLY mtroniks speedo i would buy.
Did you forget paul?
http://www.northernracer.com/nwgp2007/59.htm

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

Erm, why? nowt wrong with my ip6's, it's been amazing.. better than my qc2 by a mile, and easily more powerful than anything else on the market.

[PaulRotheram]

that was user error, it was wired wrong for a month.. go try that with your quantum.

[ashleyb4]

Cool
did you used to race the xx4?

If so the xx4 worlds edition is still up there one of the best cars in the world if not the best.

Originally Posted by GRIFF55

Cheers for that, i was thinking brushless but was unsure! I have just ordered the trf501x(because of oople review). I used to race for losi, so i wanted to try something that little bit different, give most things a go once!! lol

[ashleyb4]

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

that was user error, it was wired wrong for a month.. go try that with your quantum.

Whoa!!! Ok i am sort of impressed with that what did you wire wrong

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[GRIFF55]

Do you recon the brushed or brushless system is the way to go, and what are the pro's and cons?
Appreciate any help on this one!!!!

[GRIFF55]

I had a xx4 with the chassis milled to half thickness in places, and no snapping believe it or not!!!

[ashleyb4]

Brushless is more exspensive than brushed in the short run but in the long run it works out alot cheaper. Brushed requires skimming rebrushing and they are high mainternace especially in 4wd. But also brushless doesnt feel like a brushed motor. A brushless motor doesnt slow the car down like a bruhsed motor meaning you have to break or you can set the rolling break to act like a brushed motor. But i would higly recomend brushless as it is alot easier i intend on going brushless in my xx4 before the summer.

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[Southwell]

The effect is known as 'cogging' and if you get it in brushless it is entirely eletronic. The cogging effect in brushed is so much better as you don't have to be on the brakes as much, which i don't like personally.
I get 3 meetings out of a motor in 2wd and 1 in 4wd with a brushed.

[secretsg]

It's a good ESC. It is just a rebadged KO PROPO VFS-1.
http://www.kopropo.com/ESC.htm