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yeah, my abs doesn’t seem to work well either.
it locks the wheels for about half a second then it just coasts. weird.
i tried abs with the 1:10, which has a forward/ reverse/ abs brake esc. hitting the brake just made it coast, totally no brake whatsoever. obviously the 2 braking systems cancel each other out or something.
the manual states that it’s all fully adjustable but i think it’s a load of hooey! i read somewhere that the manual is a word for word ripoff of the futaba 3pm manual anyway so i dunno what to believe!:8ball:

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ah yes but dirt is a magical substance! nothing’s totally impermeable to dirt.

otp, what exactly do you mean attention? do you mean it stretches over time or the fact that they lock up when a rock gets in the belt? i’m currently using a kyosho pure ten alpha which is a belt drive 4wd. i made a cover for the belt but every now and then rocks creep in and make life exciting!:smiley2::8ball:

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and don’t fergit good ol’ microamps made a showing!:smiley2: hot?? man, it was so hot the tyres were actually losing traction! i think we liquified a couple!:dead::8ball:

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Betty, whats that you’ve got it set to on the display…..:shock::smiley2:

sad really, my tx is getting more action than me!:D:8ball:

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yeah, what he said!:smiley2: hope you all get the rest you need and have a great ’05 (international year of the 1:18!):8ball:

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well that was a great day, bloody hot but! (35c) ph2t, leon and myself had the track to ourselves and got some fun racing in. the batteries were coming out of the cars too hot to hold due to the heat!:shock:
then we noticed a lone car come puttering up to the track and out pops microamps! no rc’s but we had plenty to spare and we needed a cameraman anyway:smiley2:
unfortunately we didn’t get the onboard cam working so no racecam action. but we did shoot some action which should turn up soon:8ball:

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wow! 😯 now that’s a rooster tail!!

jeez, there’s been some great rc vids around lately:smiley16::8ball:

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xmods rocked my world this year, closely followed by the zz monster. good ol’ u.s. rc for me!:p:8ball:

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nice one! looks like some of those shoppers got a surprise!:smiley2::8ball:

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i’m hoping to get some 1:10 on board action, we’ll see!:smiley2::8ball:

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porter st templestowe. it’s behind the footy oval on the corner of williamson’s rd and porter st.:8ball:

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radio shack stores in the u.s. are the only retail outlet that sells xmods. they have an online store but they only ship to the u.s.
hpi are distributing them throughout japan i think.

so ebay is the first stop if you’re not in japan or merika. after that you could buy them from rcmart but they’re expensive even before shipping from there.
failing all that you could get friendly with a merikan and have him ship one over:8ball:

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the h2 hummer is the ugliest girly car there is! it looks like the kinda ride barbie would take up bush!:shock: i love the h1 humvee, but i think even the “queer eye” team could’ve done a better makeover than the h2.

at least you got the black one!:smiley2::8ball:

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if you’re outside the us then ebay is your best bet:8ball:

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i use my nicad/nimh charger for everything. does 1 – 10 cells up to 4 amps:8ball:

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i had to cut the fake vents out because they went too far in and would have hit the front suspension. they also allow air to flow through to the motor. form and function:8ball:

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it’s a tri cell using 200mah nimh:8ball:

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the stock steering motor is pretty weak so i used a bit motor (red zz 2.1) in it’s place and the steering is finally strong enough. i tell ya, so much fun for so little work!:8ball:

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i had the stock tyres on but they were a bit too soft so i put the hard ones from the upgrade set on. i find harder tyres grip better on tarmac and last longer:8ball:

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yeesh! there’s just no satisfying you is there!:D:8ball:

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awwright! here’s ya pics! here’s the insides

the pcb sits a little high due to the tri cell

but not so high that the body won’t fit:8ball:

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great work man, it’s a shame rs couldn’t figure this one out!:8ball:

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hmmm, these sound interesting!:p:8ball:

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i finally got this sucker on a track and the results are exellent! it slid around at first so i changed tyres and it hung on beautifully. the power transfer is phenomenal, it went uphill almost as fast as downhill!:p nothing impressive on the speedo, 34kph but it’s all transfered to the wheels on the ground. i didn’t like the atomic can so i got another s03 into it and used the 11t gearset. i could even go higher, there’s still torque to spare!

of course i tested to destruction! by the end of the night there was an obvious meshing issue after a hard knock and after taking it apart i found a broken motor mount. i got spares so it’s up and running again with some minor reinforcing (2 washers).

so compared to my old i waver z 01 the xmod is a total winner on all counts.

speed/torque: just as good as as the ol iw

handling: superb! goes exactly where you point it and holds on tight

durability: this thing is like an armoured pitbull! i sliced through z beams mr01 with barely a scratch! (sorry dude!:dead:) i’d be confident to race this on a track full of z destroying 1:10’s!

weight: the hopped up 01 weighed in at 220g with batts and body. the gt40 x waver? 197g.

so i finally got a 1:28 racer that’s tough enough for me and that can cut it with the big boys!:8ball:

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well if it was a race day it must have been way early! kitsune arrived at about 4 and there was no one there until about 7 when z beam, ph2t and myself arrived. daylight savings rocks!:D we got some good driving in and poor ol zb got a taste of melbourne when i sliced through his z with the xmod!:dead:
the camaro looks hot in person, luckily it didn’t get track time!
so it was a good day, it’s always fun to meet an interstate member. hopefully we can get together again some time:smiley16::8ball:

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