Ansmann/TQ/TC : the off thread

[kedal]

Yes you are a little too high.
Front is almost good, I personnaly ride with the front arm a little low.

For the rear, the right height is with the bone level, not the arms.

Try it, and you will have more bite front and rear

[nicefrog]

Good tip my trucks a bit lower than that I think but I'll check it.
Going realllllly off in the off thread I just bought these E-Revo optional wide dish wheels

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXZRJ7&P=RH

Not for my Team C buggy.... But for my vintage rc10's, I've been looking for months for a wheel with an almost centered offset that will let me run 12mm hex with the hpi hex adapters and use a 2.2 inch buggy tyre, I think finally I've found the magic wheel. Exciting times to finally drive a vintage rc10 with good tyres

[positronic]

ok I lowered it, to kedal specifications, track was considerably looser today so it was hard to compare, but it handled well

made a new video of it too

[kedal]

New article on my blog :

http://rctouch.over-blog.com/article...-54397108.html

With pics for you Positronic to show you my ride height

[EDIT] Yeah, I love your video !! That's awesome to see how the suspension work, very very nice !!
Impressive crash also ! You didnt break anything ?

Could you post your suspension set up and your tires set up please ?

[positronic]

thanks kedal, nope didnt break anything. well cracked my wing guess it had to happen sooner or later, but I just stuck the BFast stickers on it the other day.

My tyres are Jconcepts goosebumps on the rear and carvers on the front, both super soft green compound, the suspension is all stock settings as per manual except the running the inner holes on the front hubs, 50grams lead on front servo, still has the kit oil etc

Bfast diff and 12.9 hardware only things Ive done to it.

Nicefrog broke the hub on the truck today though, ran straight into a boulder

I'll go read your blog now

edit, my bad the fronts I have a Groovy's just checked.
read the blog you have a lot of good upgrades, whats the idler gear your using? I really need to get the aluminium hexes also

[kedal]

Ok positronic, JConcept make really good tires

I bought the TCModels.net ilder gear, see their website, its cheap, the turnbuckle too !

Still happy with your bfast kit ?

What you mean "12.9 hardware" ??

[positronic]

I'll have to order some more stuff from tcmodels soon, Yep I love the BFast diff havn't had to adjust or worry about the diff at all since I got it

The 12.9 is the grade of the steel

"The lowest grade is 4.6, commonly known as commercial grade. Next comes grade 8.8, known as structural grade, and finally, the highest grade is 12.9, known as high tensile bolts."

They are very strong

[kedal]

Oh ok
Its the steel you put on the box or into the diff ?

What will you buy at TCModels ?

[positronic]

just all the hex screws in the car, we got them from here http://www.hexcrews.com/index.aspx

[nicefrog]

Nice blog article Kedal, I liked that, the metal idler sounds much different when running?.

I did break my Stadium Truck on the big Rock :P (In slow motion) It only tore the ball out of the side of the hub, so it was only minor damage.

The good news is my TC04 has been posted and is now somewhere between Hong Kong and Australia, in the end it only cost $150 usd +pp. I need to buy some good quality Hex heads screws for it and some extra shims for the diff. I think I'll make a build thread too since no one has done one yet

[ben44]

Very nice video, and nice blog to kedal.
I'm in holiday, and I can start to built mind.
i don't speak very well englih so see the picture
http://picasaweb.google.fr/sion.benjamin/XPro#

[notme]

Jason, pm me your address I will send you some extra shims I have.
Also I havent had any trouble with the kit screws, except for the 2wd/2wdT diff screws (small phillips head) Or are you looking for bling factor...?

[nicefrog]

I had problems with a couple of the screws on each kit. But I wasn't using a full size hex head to start the thread beforehand and I am now. Still they are soft screws and that annoyed me. I like everything to be as invincible as a mid 90s Associated so I wanted really hard hex head screws, I worked for an engineer for a while so I kinda expect allen bolts/screws to be pretty much unbreakable and rated to grade 12.9 like they are supposed to be. Now every screw in the cars is grade 12.9 including the diff screw and I'm more happy .

During all this we discovered that a T8? torx bit will grab a worn out 2mm allen head so we've been doing up and removing everything with the torx now and that stops any problem. But still I like the higher grade screws to be in the cars at least then I know I can undo them 1000 times without having to need a new one. Is there a part number for the shims, or do they come with the diff gears? if not I'll take you up on the offer but we are doing a tcmodels order soon so a part number will work

I crashed the Stadium truck full speed into a boulder the other day and riped one of the turnbuckles and balls out of the hub I've "done a zagonielod" and super glued it for the moment The buggy still refuses to break anything.... ever and that's been barrel rolled 10 meters down the track 200 times

[zagonielod]

where do you get those screws nicefrog?

[kedal]

Good news for me : I win an auction on ebay to buy a used Tekin RS, 90€, 96€ shipped from France.
Shipped tomorrow

But I now need a good capacitor... looking for a good one during this week.

[zagonielod]

ouch! good for you my friend congratulations! you hardly could want more than a Tekin RS.

[positronic]

the screws were from http://www.hexcrews.com/index.aspx

they don't have a set though, we had to put each screw in the cart, took ages.

I stripped a couple of those shallow countersunk ones that hold the front bumper/skid on when building the kit. Really if your'e having no problem with the screws there is no need to replace them

[zagonielod]

All the screws on hexcrews are 12.9 ? Looks a bit difficult to navigate on the site...

[positronic]

Originally Posted by zagonielod

All the screws on hexcrews are 12.9 ? Looks a bit difficult to navigate on the site...

your'e right it's not the easiest site to navigate, they sell 12.9 and 12.9 AP (armour plated)

short vid Of nicefrogs truck

[rob martin]

Originally Posted by kedal

Good news for me : I win an auction on ebay to buy a used Tekin RS, 90€, 96€ shipped from France.
Shipped tomorrow

But I now need a good capacitor... looking for a good one during this week.

Nice. The tekins a nice unit