TRF511 build blog

[nobby]

how's chris stewart getting on with the 502?
i'v tried both 502 and 511 back to back (all be it indoors only)
but i have got the 502 working very well just don't know which way to go for outdoors.

i'll catch up with you at the weekend.

[chrispattinson]

Ive only been to Worksop racing against him, and he wasnt at his best, so not a fair evaluation of the car..
Jeff Steel is running his 502 and doing really well. Car looks planted, with lots of steering.
See my review of our Worksop meeting on the blog

[David Church]

You know Chris, I was trying to remember where I got my first 511 from???

[chrispattinson]

Rd 6 Nationals last year, Stotfold, from myself. Wish I'd never sold it. Its taken a lot of searching, money, and patience, to get this 511 together, and it still missing the main options I had for that 511...

The Fredrik cover and Lipo slots, thicker shock tower, and 0.5deg additional rear toe in hubs... cant remember who bought those? Either you, Pimlot, Alex Springer or Neil Adamson? They were Yokomo Rayspeed ones, custom machined to fit the Tamiya here at work.

[nobby]

never been to stotford before so could anybody give me a few general setup tips?
sorry chris i don't want to hijack your thread just thought people could share there idea's

[David Church]

Originally Posted by chrispattinson

Rd 6 Nationals last year, Stotfold, from myself. Wish I'd never sold it. Its taken a lot of searching, money, and patience, to get this 511 together, and it still missing the main options I had for that 511...

The Fredrik cover and Lipo slots, thicker shock tower, and 0.5deg additional rear toe in hubs... cant remember who bought those? Either you, Pimlot, or Neil Adamson? They were Yokomo Rayspeed ones, custom machined to fit the Tamiya here at work.

Yes I know silly haha.
Since I got that car from you I have gone Tamiya all the way.
In fact I have 6 511's now, yes 6!!! Well you can never have enough eh.
I source alot of my stuff from e bay, Dinball is a good guy at RC mart.

[mikeyscott]

Who are running Ghea pistons with their 511/502s?

[chrispattinson]

Chris ... if you look at my blog, on the build you'll find a link to the setup I'll be using, and the changes to the setup Ill be making for Stotfold.

Take some Schumacher green minispikes.

DC - so am I getting the blame for your 511 habit? Don't blame you, its a great chassis. Ive just got the 2 at the moment ... the built one and one NIB for spares.

Mikey - Im running the 1.3 and 1.4 machined Tamiya pistons. Is it worth trying to profile these into "ghea type" pistons with a hobby knife?

[Jan Larsen]

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

Who are running Ghea pistons with their 511/502s?

I am. It generally jumps and lands better with them, but I feel no difference in the corners.

[David Church]

[QUOTE=chrispattinson;489079]DC - so am I getting the blame for your 511 habit? Don't blame you, its a great chassis. Ive just got the 2 at the moment ... the built one and one NIB for spares.

QUOTE]


No it's springer that gets the blame eventhough he now gone to Predator

[mattybucks]

I have the Ghea pistons but don't really notice that much difference.

Yeah Springer did his old trick of get a 511 and then converted to the darkside and got in self a model plane, i mean predator. To be honest for once he was right and it is an amazing car.

[chrispattinson]

Im trying to think of something to use to keep dust and grit getting to the thrust race. Does anyone run any sort of foam insert in the outdrive to keep the muck out?

[muratti]

Here you are:

http://www.modellbau-seidel.de/index...Bushing-10-ROT

I run them in my DB01R and they seem to last forever

[chrispattinson]

And that doesn't foul, or bind the suspension movement or driveshaft movement at all?

[muratti]

In the DB01R they seem to work without binding. I have recently installed the WO Universal at the front which the TRF511 has as stock and it worked too. Don´t have the rear ones installed yet but i think it will work too. If you find that they are binding you could then just cut off a small piece just for dust and dirt protection.

[chrispattinson]

Thanks

[N7ELA]

Originally Posted by chrispattinson

Ive just finished my TRF511 build for this weekends National. I documented it in my blog incase anyone is interested:

http://ne-rc.blogspot.com/2011/04/my...511-build.html

Any comments or tips are welcome.

Very good chris but as usual your over thinking everything.

This is an excellent car as standard out of the box. All you really need is the hard hex ball joints and maybe ceramic or tungsten diff balls.

It'll be interesting to see how it goes with all that extra weight and 501 arms on it. Probably like a 501. Not strictly bad but not like a 511...

And never mind about yellow wheels being Gay, putting hair gel on yer screws is just wrong.

[N7ELA]

Oh, and your wiring always makes me chuckle.

It's terrible.

Here you go chris, Just for you.

Click me.

[chrispattinson]

Yeah well... over thinking and playing about with the car is half the fun I think..... I'll see how it goes

Thanks for the wiring tip .... but what exactly is wrong with it? If you think its going to cause problems, then might let you have a go at correcting it on Saturday.... saying that though, I never normally have electrical failures

[chris68nufc]

To be fair Schnell...thats the best wiring ive ever seen on Chris P car! Hes right, he hasnt had many failures due to electrical problems, ive even seem him finish a race with a speedo hanging out of the side of the car, must have been the cheapo connectors he had used!!!!
Well done Chris, H Final? You would be gutted, and its not your first national, its your 10th or something