Aaron
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Wow!
I ended up identifying the above as a Kyosho Spider Mk2.
I’ve got 3 of them now – around 20 years old – restored to near new condition.
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Site Owner Guy.It’s been a tough learning curve. I haven’t touched much/any Radio Control in ages and everything has just come so far. You remember back when programming the radio gear meant “sticking in a Crystal”? Well now it’s all this fancy micro-controller and 2.4Ghz voodoo magic. I’m not complaining. Really.
Anyway how’s the build going?
I assembled the basics of the frame. Then discovered the props in the motor set were too long. So I re-assembled the frame. It does have two options for the deck positioning. This is letting me work out the final wiring plan because I want to make it neat – at least once.I’ve subsequently sourced smaller props, but will keep the underslung design as I think it looks kinda cool as well.
I’ve grabbed 4 spare sets of props (Thanks to a Hobbyking deal I scored them for like $0.31 a pair!)
Bit the bullet and programmed the latest “Steveis” Firmware onto the flight control. Went flawlessly so pretty happy about that.
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Site Owner Guy.Going to Japan in May this year. Will naturally be trying to have a look around at the Mini-Z stuff. Never really found much beyond the newer Readysets on visits to Malaysia and Singapore previously…
Will try and update this post and info 🙂
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Site Owner Guy.Very glad to hear there’s still groups “out there” and doing stuff.
It’s why I’ve brought the forum back so there’s at least some tech stuff still kicking around as the cars get older etc.
I’ve got a few weeks off over Christmas and may still some batteries in my collection and give them a run – see if the tyres aren’t all flat spotted!
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Site Owner Guy.And just over 10 years later we fold 1/18th back in with all the larger scale R/C. It will make the forum slightly easier to navigate and manage, plus we’re obviously not getting the posting traffic we used to.
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Site Owner Guy.Well just keep an eye on the Forums and on the main site http://ausmicro.com – Not saying the Spider is back in production yet but I am getting things back together to make the final run.
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Site Owner Guy.Yeah I’ve got over 100 PCBs and the parts to make about 20 or 30 straight up. I am only just unearthing all the ausmicro.shop stock from when I packed it up back in August 2008 – still need to set up a work area and all that.
Goal at the moment is to work out what I’ve got – where it is and then build up a smal stock of assembled Spider v4 and sell a few to buy the latest upgrade for the vBulletin software and pre pay a few months of hosting for the site. From there we’ll see how I feel 🙂
I expect some progress on this in the coming weeks.
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Site Owner Guy.Thanks – Yes it’s been 3 months or so since I’ve been here last….
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Site Owner Guy.The pics are taken direct from iWaver when we list their products sometimes there’s mix-ups with colour etc- we ship based on the written description of the catalog item.
Be quick if you want them becuase once they’re gone we won’t be restocking them..
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Site Owner Guy.There’s one way to find out 😉
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Site Owner Guy.Yeah the “this” (Left picture) is the correct way.
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Site Owner Guy.Jimmy, you’re best just waiting and ordering it when you can complete the transaction in one go. These will be in-stock (or at worst a week delay if we’re waiting for bits) right through until they get updated (probably 6 months away).
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Site Owner Guy.The tiny one is a Spider 4.0, I would think it’d survive most things within reason 😉
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Site Owner Guy.The boards are here and production will start within 24hours. Check the store tomorrow to order!
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Site Owner Guy.Look what finally arrived! Better photos and more details when I get to a computer and camera.
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Site Owner Guy.Just waiting for the boards to arrive…
Should be with me on the other side of Easter and I will have the first units availabile within 24 hours of them arriving.
More details will be posted in the next few days as I’ll start allowing pre-orders.
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Site Owner Guy.Yes…They grip best of anything I’ve tried.
Only about 30 boxes left – Only Soft and Hard (in Wide and Narrow) Mediums are currently out.
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Site Owner Guy.My personal feeling is that you’re always better off using better FETs (9934, 4562, SP8M4) in place of the stock FETs.
2×2 is the best combo of performance and “easy”, but even just as a stock replacement 1×1 you get massive improvements in performance, run times and all that.
3×2, 4×2 and 5×2 are all awesome but are progressively harder to build up and can affect throttle response etc…
I sell 10 packs becuase it’s a good number to do a few cars so people can race with matching electronics. (and most people who fiddle with their electronics have more than one car!)
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Site Owner Guy.*nods* The SP8M4 FETs are extremely good and really close up the gap between larget FET stacks (which traditionally reduce throttle sensitivity and great some nasty drive qualities) and the External H-Bridge setups like the Spider.
It’s a great way to bring a “stock” car to life with a simple (and cheap) 2×2 stack.
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Site Owner Guy.7-14 days and we’ll have all the gear in stock to commence the first production run.
I’ll be making Pre-orders available shortly.
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Site Owner Guy.Turbos will be in the FETs and Turbos section once we have the teething problems sorted.
I’ve been told to expect the boards in 7-14 days now, so here’s hoping it’s a good production run for the fabricators with no more failures.
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Site Owner Guy.Hi All,
So far we’ve had some problems with the manufacture of the v4.0 boards. Our fabricators have had problems accurately spliting the boards once made due to their size – most people don’t make boards this small. I’ve made a few changes to the design and we’re waiting for another test run..A.
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Site Owner Guy.A direct comparsion between the Spider and WoahNelly ranges is not that easy. The Spiders are closest to the WoahNelly EVO turbos in terms of design, while we don’t currently have a product that matches the feature sof the Nelly Deluxe with MOSFET drivers. This will change later in 2008.
As far as I’m aware ph2t has ceased building WoahNelly Turbos, however you can always drop him a PM and confirm this. The WoahNelly is a great turbo but there are some really cools things about our gear that I think give us and edge.
Starting with a good stock motor like the PN Speedy07BB is a great introduction to the increased performance without creating a missle in your loungeroom.
If core pricing is no object the AWD is just amazing, the design is excellent and is a lot of practical fun. That said the Nanoracer platform is well build and there’s not much about the MR02 platform that isn’t to be liked.
As for the overall list, bearings and PN motor will give you quick easy fun in any chassis without stressing stock electronics. I’d then suggest playing a bit with tyres and the suspension settings. Ball diffs can improve handling & predictability in the RWD chassis greatly, but in the AWD I feel they’re less of a need.
If you’re going LiPo in the long run you’re going to run into problems with the voltages controlling the MOSFETs. I would recommend at the moment getting a WoahNelly Deluxe or waiting for our Bug Turbo to come onstream with MOSFET drivers before going down the LiPo path.
Fluid dampers etc are great, but I do feel you’re going to get more tuneability out of the tyres (try some Gandini Foams – we have a new batch coming into stock real soon) before the damper type really matters.
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Site Owner Guy.To expand the above comments a little more, there will be develoment in 2008 of a complete MOSFET and vReg equipped version of the Bug. Basically a 10 chip package built onto a board barely the size of our first generation of 4-chip Spiders.
In the mean time “The Bug” is basically our competition to the “WoahNelly Stacked EVO turbo” that was sold through http://www.undergroundxmods.com
“The Bug” will be available from all resellers (Such as Xmods international and MaineIAC) who choose to carry/sell it as well as our Online-Store and eBay presence.
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