The R3V R/C car,truck thread.

[brodee]

And here's some pics of my 4x2 Slash Raptor doing some jumps at the track.

[brodee]

Here's one of my 1/5th scale 5T's jumping on a track from last weekend. Going to clean this one up an sell it.

HPI Baja 5t

[E30_Pare]

sweet post it up when your finished! I need to sell my ta06 :( wish I could keep it, but need to buy car parts and get back on the road.

[Subtle]

those RS's are tiny :) would look rad on an old school jdm body.

That's what they were made for as they have this like ring around them so it gives it a stretch tire look, I also have some 12mm offset TE37's that I plan to run and me and my friends swap wheels like crazy. I also have a E30 M3 body coming and a 911 RSR body I'm going to make into an RWB build :D

[E30_Pare]

those RS's are tiny :) would look rad on an old school jdm body.

[Andy.B]

So with this onslaught of winter weather, my e30 at the painter (still), and a break between semesters, I have been stuck inside, and getting antsy to tinker with tools. I decided yesterday that I should take all of the parts from a TL-01 chassis (which has a monocoque frame), and attach everything to a carbon fiber 'tub' style chassis to help improve the weight balance and lower the center of gravity. Would it have been easier to just buy a used cf car on ebay? Absolutely, but what fun would that be?



I started trimming out the middle of the chassis, with the goal of keeping just the gearbox and control arm mount points. I then trimmed and sanded the bottom of the bulkheads flat, in order to bring the housings as low as possible on the chassis. I still have quite a bit more plastic to trim. The drawing shows my initial plan for the bottom chassis. There will be another narrow brace across the top.

Will this be an improvement over the fully hopped up tl-01 chassis on the right? Quite possibly not. But I'm having lots of fun, so thats something.

I'll post pictures of the build as it progresses.

[Subtle]

[ricerscott]

Competed in my first race yesterday with a sc10rs. I actually climbed up a few spots from last place in the rankings until the steering servo died in the main race. Overall it was tons of fun, and I am excited to go race again.

Glad you had fun at the first race! The stock AE servos are junk...even the MG ones. It is wise to spend a few bucks here on a good servo. I would look into an ACE/Xp Ds1313 or DS1015, or a spektrum s6040. All great servos! Another thing you will want to do if you upgrade the servo is superglue the steering bellcrank (to eliminate the servo saver) or upgrade to aluminum cranks, it will make the steering much more consistant.

[Andy.B]

Competed in my first race yesterday with a sc10rs. I actually climbed up a few spots from last place in the rankings until the steering servo died in the main race. Overall it was tons of fun, and I am excited to go race again.

[Subtle]

just picked up a tamiya 911 GT2 body i plan to try and make a RWB drift car out of.

super excited!

[E30_Pare]

Really diggin the r32.
Added some spacers in the rear.
A Nissan banner
& some nismo love

Want to get another r32 and do it better. This and my m3 have been my all time fav bodies from hpi so far. Cant choose my next body hpi just because they're common at my local hobby shops. Either a supra or s15.

[YosemiteSam]

I think they are typically too fast with too large a turning radius to be fun indoors, but to bouncy, small, and slow to be fun outdoors.

A 1/10 scale can handle grass and gravel well, while a 1/18 will have a harder time.

That is my reasoning almost exactly. Outside they are really just to small to run on anything except flat pavement. Even on a gravel driveway they will get hung up, and it is not uncommon for dirt to get into the steering system and prevent the wheels from turning. Trust us, once you run it outside once, you will wish you had something different. If I still had some 18th scales I would give you a great deal on one to try it out, but unfortunately I sold them all already. I pretty much only have 10th scales, and a handful of micros to run around the house.

Ok, that makes sense. I'll keep thinking about it I guess. Thanks for the info!

[ricerscott]

I think they are typically too fast with too large a turning radius to be fun indoors, but to bouncy, small, and slow to be fun outdoors.

A 1/10 scale can handle grass and gravel well, while a 1/18 will have a harder time.

That is my reasoning almost exactly. Outside they are really just to small to run on anything except flat pavement. Even on a gravel driveway they will get hung up, and it is not uncommon for dirt to get into the steering system and prevent the wheels from turning. Trust us, once you run it outside once, you will wish you had something different. If I still had some 18th scales I would give you a great deal on one to try it out, but unfortunately I sold them all already. I pretty much only have 10th scales, and a handful of micros to run around the house.

[Andy.B]

Dang. Just curious, why do you say that the 18th scale cars aren't much fun outside? Is it down to speed?

I think they are typically too fast with too large a turning radius to be fun indoors, but to bouncy, small, and slow to be fun outdoors.

A 1/10 scale can handle grass and gravel well, while a 1/18 will have a harder time.

[Pantless Spency]

whats the cheapest tt-01/e starter kit that includes everything needed? like a remote control and batteries/charger all the goodies.



i want one so baddddd