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  • in reply to: So Who’s done What to there AWD’s #58274
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    Got these onto the car now. Seems to have stiffened up the steering response a litle compared with the plastic. However my car didn’t steer that well since the front end split 😉

    They’re available in PN Orange, PN Blue (Pictured) and Raw Alloy.

    I’ve got some stock (but not much) and will have prices etc today.

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    in reply to: So Who’s done What to there AWD’s #58273
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    Nice looking car Ken 🙂

    I think the best Unis will be the Kyosho for a while – It seems everything else that came out real quick isn’t the greatest. I expect PN to come out with some – but they will probably only release when they have it ‘right’.

    The attached pics show the top side of the damage, the phone camera couldn’t pic up the spidering cracks all through the front corner. So much so the front diff can wobble.

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    in reply to: Help Firelap Antenna #58272
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    And the Pic attached….

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    in reply to: Help Firelap Antenna #58752
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    Got a pic of a couple. Will post tomorrow.

    BUT on the top side of the board close to the steering end look for “ANT” printed next to a pair of inductors near the xtal socket legs.

    That point is the ANTenna one.

    The pics will make more sense.

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    in reply to: So Who’s done What to there AWD’s #58751
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    Well – Officially I’d like to say that I’ve written off the chassis of my MA-010. That plastics problems mentioned early have now devoped to a stage where the entire front corner of the chassis is crumbling apart.

    Now there’s no doubt my combination of drifting at full throttle into solid objects and generally crap driving have caused the problem, however thanks to the more brittle plastic used for the MA-010 it’s pretty much trashed.

    I have installed the new PN Racing diff top covers (front and rear) and have to say they’re a very impressive bit of gear. Very light and magic to look at.

    Pics tomorrow.

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    in reply to: So Who’s done What to there AWD’s #58894
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    No twitchy steering, bent motor caps. I did install a power cap like ph2t did and got a little extra punch off the line – but also got massive run-away problems.

    Didn’t bother changing xtals to work out if the kid a couple doors down was stuffing around with his 1/10th gear.

    I can’t remember the wheel choices I made – they won’t be dish wheels though – if you want dish wheels the new PN dish sets (plastic) would be a great idea 😉 Unless you want mirror polish finish?

    As I’m heading out of town from the 10th through to the 27th of Feb I’m tryign to limit stock in transit, so didn’t make a large order.

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    in reply to: So Who’s done What to there AWD’s #58318
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    I’m running a off-the-shelf PN motor in mine, they’re the same motors but the capacitors are bent around on the AWD setups. Easy enough to change over or bend (as I did).

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    in reply to: Kyosho Mini-Z all wheels drive #57564
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    As Ken says Whitebodies are out for pretty much everything. Kyosho has never released anything on my list except the two Subarus and two different lancers.

    I just think it’d be nice to have cars that matched the AWD, but were also “new” bodies not the older ones re-released.

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    in reply to: v4.0 Is Here! The Good The Bad and the Worse. #57501
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    Attached Pics is fixed (Zone Alarm at your end) weird proggy that one.

    The PM pop ups annoyed me so I turned them off… I’ll have a poke at that bit and see what’s goign on…
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    in reply to: Hatchie-Dookie .. Spotted in Sydney #57601
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    It’s an “X2” Hyundai Excel (X2 being the model designation) I think everywhere except Australia they were called Accents

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    in reply to: Mad Max stuff! #57498
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    Yeah a Readyset (only I can get them) would run to about USD220 at your door.

    “cheap” if you want the complete readyset for it’s rarity, but still a lot of cash.

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    in reply to: Hatchie-Dookie .. Spotted in Sydney #57495
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    I think even Talldudes Focus has a chance against that one 😉

    *laughs*

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    in reply to: I’m new to micro and need help #57597
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    iWavers are great to get an entry level into the hobby. Once you’re in and start modding then you will drift towards Kyosho for core parts like electronics and stuff – but honestly when you’re replacing a lot of the bits with hop-ups a iWaver or Kyosho is not differentiated by much.

    Unless you know you have plenty of empty flat space a Overland on Monster style is better. They’re a bit top heavy but great fun to bounce around over stuff..

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    in reply to: Mad Max stuff! #57596
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    I can still get those “Dirty” Interceptor ReadySets. No Autoscales aroudn though.

    As for cost – you’r nuts may be safe but it’d be heading around AWD money.

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    in reply to: Get into the Gallery! #59552
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    The Latest Gallery Pics now appear on the Homepage (http://www.ausmicro.com) – so by uploading your pics you will instantly get them promoted!

    This is a great way to share!

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    in reply to: So Who’s done What to there AWD’s #59561
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    New Stuff coming into my hands in the next couple of weeks:
    Lightweight alloy top covers for Diffs from PN. These are the lightest around without any unneccessary weight.

    Alloy Wheels from iWaver Two designs coming in. Shoudl be interesting

    Battery Heatsink from iWaver

    PN Racing 800MaH batteries

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    in reply to: Kyosho Mini-Z all wheels drive #59560
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    I’m starting to get a bit tired of Skylines. 😉 Perhaps doing a different AWD car (Subaru, Lancer, Atenza MPS, Lancia Delta, Audi etc etc) would be a good move.

    Still more is good overall.

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    in reply to: v4.0 Is Here! The Good The Bad and the Worse. #59557
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    TallduDe wrote:
    so what happened to those who subsribed llast year nad havent got pretty colour names now?

    did my subsrciption run out?

    Sorted now. Yourself, Hype and Priest still had current running stuff that I hadn’t marked up. All sorted now – sorry for the confusion 😮

    Oh and you can see a list of Subscribers Donor etc here: http://www.ausmicro.com/forum/showgroups.php

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    in reply to: v4.0 Is Here! The Good The Bad and the Worse. #59556
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    Yes dude all ran out (after some 18 months for some members). I theres two peopel I have to check the expiry on though. The New system still has Subscribers and Donors and is pretty automated for PayPal…

    Go here: http://www.ausmicro.com/forum/payments.php

    In the FAQ (Click FAQ in the top bar) there’s info on the deal…

    I’ve not had a chance to fully polish the speil there and give a clearer indication of benefits, been focussed on gettin back the missing posts 😉

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    in reply to: Thread and Post Weirdness. #59566
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    betty.k wrote:
    i think he slipped some sorta mind control chip into me via an iwaver once, anytime i have an evil thought i drop to the ground with river phoenix style convulsions:smiley11: :8ball:

    Oh crap… actually I use a rock out the front of yer house just like the Pommies did for spying on the Ruskies

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/britain-plays-coy-as-russia-accuses-diplomats-of-rocky-spy-games/2006/01/24/1138066792937.html

    :topstuff:

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    in reply to: Thread and Post Weirdness. #59563
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    950 users to go!

    This is going to take ‘some’ time 🙂 I can’t give away the secret to keeping Betty.K under control – well if I did I’d have to kill you 😉

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    in reply to: Thread and Post Weirdness. #59749
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    Nah – I do it all – we have a couple of Moderators – but becuase have a mature and relaxed community we don’t need to actually moderate anything 😉

    As for Admin – Kitty does occasionally help out – but on the whole it’s just me..

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    in reply to: Thread and Post Weirdness. #59782
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    Things seem to be going along well.
    I’ve now imported everything. BUT I still need to manually merge 1002 (yes one thousand and two) users then remove the duplicates etc.

    Takes about 1 minute per user. What I have done is do the top posters and the most recent posters so you’ll only see the “imported_” names in older stuff.

    We’re getting there!

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    in reply to: awesomeness at the worst big day out ever… #59742
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    That’s just plain freaky…

    So what exactly was so bad about the BDO? Just a crap lineup? Or an average line-up that couldn’t perform for shit?

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    in reply to: RC plane onboard vids #59819
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    That’s impressive. Totally excellent Job!

    You should start popping a few of these into the Gallery 😉

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