Aaron
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We’ll probably rock into the area about 3-4pm… I think the guys are all getting there around 5pm… We’re staying at some cheap joint (go lastminute.com) and I’m sure Kitty will bump up some details.
Meet point… it may be worthwhile picking a place near that to meet up – but most people have my number so I can be vague about where the heck I am?
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Site Owner Guy.I notice how he’s oddly silent on the matter – despite me sending him the link to this thread 😉
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Site Owner Guy.If I get the front mount sorted I’ll bring the Mini-Z MX5 :shy:
Front mount is proving to be a ….:dead:….
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Site Owner Guy.If I could remember the damn thingit’d be good but it sorta goes.
When I was age XX I wanted/met a girl who did YYY
repeat for a few scenarios ending with one about divorce and stuff then ending with line I quoted above…
*chants* “Google is your friend”
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Site Owner Guy.This kinda reminds me of that ‘joke’ that ends with “….Now I just want a girl with big tits”….
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Site Owner Guy.I think it’s becuase ‘monster trucks’ are very very popular at the moment – due to the ease of running on the street/yard etc. But at 1/10th and up they’re too big for some people. So the 1/18th scale is a great compromise size.
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Site Owner Guy.We’ll be in Kiama on the Sunday 🙁 So once again no racing for us …
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Site Owner Guy.They’ve left HK so they shoudl be with us soon!
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Site Owner Guy.Damn Tasmanians 🙂
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Site Owner Guy.I suspect those guys will race anything!
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Site Owner Guy.So – just making sure I understand ‘right’. An option to either Upload a pic to our server, or use a pic linked from your own server?
It could be done – I’ll see what I can do for v2.0 of the Gallery System.
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Site Owner Guy.The order was placed last week and should be here soon.
Just a reminder if you didn’t pre-order there will be limited numbers of ‘extras’ available in each size/compound.
So please get in quick..
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Site Owner Guy.Impreza, that would be right as you’re supporter status only allows you 10 pics viewable and 20 pics in the Gallery total.
Have you considered becoming a subscriber?
http://www.ausmicro.com/site_support.asp
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Site Owner Guy.Sweet! Impreza is gonna show off some new toys!
*grins*
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Site Owner Guy.Getting an interior in will be ‘impossible’ but it’s going to get:
* inner door trims
* Dash top
* rear shelf
* Tops of seats, windblocker
* steering wheel (or as much that I can fit)Still tossing up putting in a light kit as well.
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Site Owner Guy.The tyres didn’t look right though….
So out came the proper 1/24th scale tyres – they’re a perfect fit on WIDE Mini-Z wheels in internal diameter and width. The extra circumferance filled out the wheel arch gap in the rear perfectly. Sadly the same trick int he front causes clearance problems. Then again this chassis has clearance probs with a massively massaged R34 shell.
Next step will be to mate our proper chassis to the body and finish the front mount.
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Site Owner Guy.We mounted it onto a “Wide” Chassis fitted with alloys.
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Site Owner Guy.For the front mount I have taped the front bumper bar in place and started cutting down a front tab (again from teh iWaver EVO).
The final goal will be to use two locating pin holes on the inside of the body roughly between the headlights.
This is where the lower part of the plastic kit chassis mounts. I will cut the front section off the kit chassis and epoxy that to the front tab from the EVO.
This gives me the kit radiator visible through the grille opening, the cut-down evo front tab sits tight against the inside bottom of the front bar, giving frontal impact re-inforcement, while using the stock body mount points lets me get a secure mounting with all the detail of the radiator.
Then…..
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Site Owner Guy.We have progress!
Tonight I mounted the side mounts (taken from an iWaver EVO shell. To do this I filled the door sections with about 4mm of Plasti-Bond giving me a flat section to mount them to.
Then the side mounts where taped in place to provide driveable clearance. Getting the height at the rear and front by taping a 3mm piece of sprue across the tops of the tyres. This gave a universal gap around the foamies of the test chassis.
Once they were taped in place I epoxy’d (Araldite) and end of each mount in place. When it had just about ‘set’ I popped of the tape and made adjustments before boding the whole mount in place.
It took a bit of fiddling to get it ‘right and it still looks awkward on a narrow chassis.
Then I started work on the front mount….
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Site Owner Guy.No probs MK.
You’re always welcome to pick them up at any time 😉 We know the ‘Z addiction will remain (maybe just an iWaver for fun) 😉
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Site Owner Guy.You got it!
Just remove the two original FETs near the motor terminals, and solder two stacks of 5 in their place. It goes pretty easy 😉 I generally build the stacks on the board, and ‘pair’ the output legs in solder for physical support.
Orientation in the same.
The other two are the steering FETs and can be swapped as a pair if one blows.
Hope the new servo doesn’t twitch like the old one!
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Site Owner Guy.OK here’s some info on the IRF7317 option…
2×2 stack in an F1: Total resistance = 0.0325 Ohm
5×2 stack: Total Resistance = 0.013 OhmThey’re not the be all and end all but they’re a great new option instead of the trusty IRF7389.
A 6×2 stack of these bad boys is 0.0108 ohms which is marginally better than a Nelly 1.0 – but at 6×2 it’s getting to be a big stack 😉
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Site Owner Guy.I have tested the IRF7317s in 2×2 stacks in genuine Japanese MR01, Chinese MR01 and now in a iWaver 01.
Each test has been a total success and it appears these FETs are well and truely delivering the promised greater performance than the venerable IRF7389
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Site Owner Guy.No worries Dave… Still waiting on Mini-King and one other to confirm their desires and cough up 😉
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Site Owner Guy.They come on a leightweight chromed plastic rim, as seen in the background of the pic I’ve attached.
Keep in mind that the tyres are all about grip and not looks.
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