betty.k

[betty.k]

hey there big feller! nice to see you this side o’ the pond!

me personally is ok, but where my girlfriend lives is prime bushfire country.
on sunday she got the word that there was a fire 1 street away from her. she threw everything in the car and got the **** outta there! fortunately the fire was extinguished quickly and she has a home to go to.

but this is our worst ever bushfire season on record, at the present there are 170 people dead and most likely more to come. some of the areas decimated are places i’ve been, it’s kinda heartbreaking to know that there’s nothing but a pile of ash remaining. entire towns have been destroyed.

i know it’s hard to imagine over there but picture a sky full of fire, not smoke but fire. that’s the last thing most of those casualties saw.

we are putting together a bushfire fund at work, i suggest anyone that reads this do the same.

check this chit!


one of the amazing things is the people fighting the fires are members of the cfa (country fire authority).
they are all volunteers. mad props ladies and gentlemen :clap:

thanks for thinking of us dt:topstuff: :8ball:

[betty.k]

probably the only place to buy zz se’s is ebay. they are a discontinued model these days. :8ball:

[betty.k]

right now, my first choice would be buy stuff from renton. he’s got some tasty parts for sale and i guarantee they’d be cheaper than new:
http://www.ausmicro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17141

as for comercial shops you can look at rcmart/dinball:
http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/default.php

and toyeast has a limited selection too:
http://www.toyeast.com/v3/ncatlvl1list.asp?cid=1

there’s also atomicmods (i don’t have a link, use the googles;) ) :8ball:

[betty.k]

i’ll be out of town this friday so i’ll have to give it a miss:sad: :8ball:

[betty.k]

i never had any ir battle tanks but from what i heard digi q tanks are the best. but they may not be available any more.

you should check out the vs tanks at toyeast:
http://www.toyeast.com/v3/ncatlvl2list.asp?cat_id=17&clvl=2
:8ball:

[betty.k]

you could try toyeast: http://www.toyeast.com/v3/index.asp :8ball:

[betty.k]

@gertman 230038 wrote:

Is the regulator to protect the servo from the high voltage of the lithiums?

correct

This would not solve me heat problem of the V2 would it?

correct again, i guess it wasn’t such a good idea after all! doh! :8ball:

[betty.k]

they look good to me, i’d say go for it! :8ball:

[betty.k]

i’d go for the sheilded bearings. ceramics are overkill and open ones will wear out quicker.

if i was looking for xmods i’d start on ebay or if you have a friend in the u.s. get them to go shopping for you :8ball:

[betty.k]

i’ve had a go of the drift light cars, they’re great fun and don’t really need any hop ups. for the money you wanna spend i’d say they’re the best choice. :8ball:

[betty.k]

the track’s open from 9am but most people turn up around 6ish.

hope we see you there!:smiley16: :8ball:

[betty.k]

you’re dealing with multiple factors, when you up the voltage you push the electronics harder then adding a hot motor pushes it even further. hence the heat.

no one knows what’s happening with the ausmicro shop other than orders placed aren’t being carried out. :8ball:

[betty.k]

i’d go for an xmod evo.

you’re correct about what to buy to drift. and the best simple upgrade for any rc is bearings. :8ball:

[betty.k]

i lashed out and bought an iw02m for my girlfriend’s son to race with.
i also bought a ball diff, bearings, a cf top plate and steve generously threw in a full set of atomic 10deg tyres.

the quality is really good with all the stock and hopup parts, the only exception being the wheels which were a little wobbly. so i just used a set of kyosho rims from an autoscale body set.

electronically it’s rock solid, no jittery steering and a decent radio to boot! can’t wait to do some test laps on the track! :8ball:

[betty.k]

yeah, what he said;)

miniz’s are designed to run on 4.8 – 6V so any more will cause things to warm up.

one solution is to wire the cells directly to the turbo then run a 5V regulator between the cells and the main pcb. :8ball:

[betty.k]

hi man, welcome to the joint!

my guess is the lithium cells are the reason the v2 board gets hot, they have a lotta voltage and deliver a lotta current.

i’m not sure if the spider or bug would be suitable at that voltage and there are some issues at the moment with the ausmicro shop so i’d just forget the whole idea for now. :8ball:

[betty.k]

i’ll be there this friday, itching for the under 5 club!:smiley16: :8ball:

[betty.k]

hiya adrian, i’m trent. the other white feller with the red mclaren mr02.

ph2t was the big greek guy that kept losing his tyre every couple of laps!:D

i’m not 100% sure if i can make it this friday as i may be away but i’ll definately be back to get beaten by wing wong again!;) :8ball:

[betty.k]

well that was a blast, first time i’ve ever raced with more than 3 people let alone raced with a proper lap counting system!

they had cool little transponders and everything. as usual ph2t spent more time on the workbench than the track! 😆

i spent some time finalising my rubber preference, finished up using 10 degree atomic tyres all ’round and they worked out fine.
as everyone else was running atomic stock motors me an’ ph2t bought 1 each

i gotta say they’re a lot hotter than the name suggests!

here’s a pic of the chassis with transponder attached

and i shot some crappy cellphone vid too
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/displayimage.php?album=373&pos=1

or dl here:
http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGallery/albums/userpics/10012/gigspeed.wmv
:8ball:

[betty.k]

looking good! and it looks like you’ve been practising, you only crashed 73 times!:D :8ball:

[betty.k]

so next friday night hey? sounds good to me, i’ll be on holidays so i’ll be able to head down early. :8ball:

[betty.k]

they do look pretty cool, and (if cheaper) could make good donor bodies for z’s.

i wonder how many takes it took to get it to park in that little gap?! totally makes me think of that scene from the blues brothers!:smiley16: :8ball:

[betty.k]

i went on a thursday night. i guess thursday, friday or saturdays are the best bet. :8ball:

[betty.k]

i wuz gunna but then i didn’t :approve: :8ball:

[betty.k]

i won’t be able to make it on friday, got a gig to go to:sad:
i get back there eventually! :8ball:

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