dg masters

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- June 4, 2005 at 10:05 pm #9962
  betty.k
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  i just got a couple shipped over from toyeast. one for me one for ph2t. ph2t’s one came without a controller, still waiting for a reply!as mine was the only one that could be used i set about charging the internal (3 x 1/3 AAA) batts on my charger. they were taking 11ma and discharging 2ma! in layman’s terms, they were rooted! talldude tells me his one won’t take a charge either so i’m guessing these are ex demo or display stock.
  
  the included charger is really good, takes either 6 AA’s or a 7.2v input. this is the charger internals (sorry about the phone pics)
- June 4, 2005 at 10:30 pm #19923
  betty.k
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  i did manage to get it to run for about 30 seconds stock, the steering was reacting kinda slow but that may have been the dead batts. the lights are cool, it has head, hazard and l/r indicator lights. when you turn the indicator on it blinks and automatically switches off when the turn is complete!coolness!!
  
  i planned on using a 250mah lipo and iwaver pcb in it the whole time so i wasn’t too worried about the electrics. only prob is instead of a variable resistor in the servo they use some sorta rotary binary switch thingy, has 5 wires coming off it! so i had to modify an xmod pot to fit in it. i also found that the iwaver servo motor is much better than the stock drive motor (same size). so it’s a bit faster than a stock mini z now.
  
  anyways another crappy pic
- June 4, 2005 at 10:38 pm #19924
  betty.k
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  with the current setup it handles really well, the only thing it needs is a diff.
- June 4, 2005 at 10:42 pm #19920
  betty.k
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  the rear suspension is really simple but very effective. the only way to make it better would be to add damping. there’s enough room in the body to fit a kyosho oil shock!
- June 5, 2005 at 5:20 am #19919
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  Just so this doesn’t become a one way thread, lol……
  
  I’ve got mine and it’s pretty sweet to look at! She will be a shelf queen for a lil while longer though….
  
  ph2t.
- June 5, 2005 at 7:01 am #19918
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  i dunno man they look good but mine seems to be fuked
  
  at first it wasnt charging then it chargers!
  
  but it only holds charge for like 15secs!
  
  fuken pissed off you know. know of a replacement batt for these things? .
  
  i was thinking of putting a mini z friction dampner on it to stop the rear from skipping.
  
  they seem good but the run time suxs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- June 5, 2005 at 3:24 pm #19915
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  dude, they take bit-charg batts. If you’ve got threewith matching mAh valuesjust replace them. It should be good from there on in.
  
  ph2t.
- June 5, 2005 at 8:55 pm #19912
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  talldude if u wanna get rid of it LMK.. electronics problems are a easy fix
- June 5, 2005 at 11:16 pm #19914
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  yeah how much you willing to give me for it man?
  
  even a trade of sorts by the time i fix it it could be a while so i might as well off load it cbfed hate stuff dat dont werk straight out of the box gives me the shits reminds me of my mini z monster and that was alot of effort for little gain!
- June 16, 2005 at 2:07 am #19864
  betty.k
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  i’ve done some shell lightening to improve high speed cornering and it’s really helped. the plastic is really thick on these so there’s a lot of weight loss to be done.
  
  it’s by far my current favourite micro!
- June 16, 2005 at 3:43 am #19865
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  Anyone know where I can order a DG Master? I missed the boat on the cheapies at ToyEast.. now I can’t find anyone who’s got them (for a decent price).
- June 16, 2005 at 4:51 am #19867
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  toyeast still have them listed, only the calsonic and subaru left
  
  http://www.toyeast.com/v2/prodlist.asp?catid=1673
- June 16, 2005 at 1:05 pm #19828
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  betty wat have u done to it so far?
  
  talldude PM me how much u want for it
  
  Edited by – merc-blue on 16 June 2005 09:05:49
- June 16, 2005 at 2:25 pm #19819
  betty.k
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  merc, read the whole thread and you might get an idea!
  
  and talldude’s dgm is off the market!
- June 16, 2005 at 3:58 pm #19825
  merc-blue
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  lol betty thats to many words.. DAMN u bought it didnt u.. ur SOB. GRRR
- June 16, 2005 at 5:33 pm #19807
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  We’ll see what the ‘Wholesale stock’ of them was like when the new owner gets one of the ones out of the shop.
  
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- June 16, 2005 at 6:19 pm #19808
  dgs73
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  that sounds pretty ominous…
- June 17, 2005 at 3:20 am #19814
  Aaron
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  It only means that The packing looks AOK, and there’s none of the nasty box work Betty encountered…. But will the batteries be OK? I dunno…. Only one way to find out and seeing as it’s in the mail 🙂
  
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- June 17, 2005 at 2:19 pm #19816
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  i got to run mine against a completely stock one yesterday, kicked it’s ass! i got a real fast and light setup, stock dg weighs 62g, mine weighs 49g!! and mine had twice the speed and torque of the stocker
- June 17, 2005 at 3:46 pm #19801
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  here’s a little video (divx format, http://www.divx.com) of my stocker vs. betty’s modded beast…
  
  http://www.woahnelly.com/stuff/dgm_final.avi
  
  ph2t.
- June 20, 2005 at 6:30 pm #19772
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  mine got here an hour or so ago… will let you all know how we go. First impressions are good, nice packaging, etc. but the real test will be tonight; it’s first run
- June 21, 2005 at 1:09 pm #19749
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  ok, I also need to swap out the internal batteries. Runtime of about 2 mins, extend that to 3 or so if not playing around with the lights. The way the indicator turns itself off after a turn is cool, but they could have left the hazzard lightsout and had tail lights instead. Other than that, detail on the shell is awesome (Calsonic), and it runs very quiet. Got to say i”m happy, and will be more so after the battery swap
  
  Edited by – dgs73 on 21 June 2005 09:10:54
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