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here’s a close up of the pcb. you can see that the fets are gone and there are 4 grey wires attached to the gate pads. and the 2 power leads i just soldered onto the pcb at v+ and v-. i suppose if you’re fussy you can solder these directly to the battery terminals for extra current handling. but this way is easiest as you only need to remove the pcb cover to get to the business end:8ball:

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We should surely have learnt by now that group buys aren’t worth the effort.

My Iwaver cost AU$48 shipped with my 10% discount.

I see people advertising group buys all over the place, come on, give it up already. At best you’ll save a couple of bucks.

the great wet blanket strikes again…….:8ball:

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nelly will hit the market, i think it’s just a matter of finding a reliable supplier of the fets who’s willing to sell less than 3000 at a time.

and yeah, that z of jamie’s was soooooo fast, most of it flew to melbourne and landed here, honest!!:D:8ball:

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couldn’t find a hillbilly jim pic huh?!!

“don’t go messin’ with a country boy, a country boy, a country boy”!!:D:8ball:

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i know, just too much “yadda yadda yadda” for me:8ball:

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sorry man, forgot to post the link!

http://www.geocities.com/bettyksprivatestash/iwaver2.html:8ball:

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i’d rather go to tassie than sydney! man, i spent a whole week in sydney one night….:8ball:

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guys, save your questions. aaron will let you know what the deal is when he knows. and there’s prolly no point starting your want lists yet, once we know what aaron can get he’ll start taking orders:8ball:

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here’s a peek of it loaded up. i opted to solder the motor wires directly to the nelly to save space, but if you’re swapping motors often then it usually comes with screw lugs so no need for constant soldering:8ball:

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my tip for tightening the pinion is to lube the thread. you sholud really do this to all metal to metal threads, they won’t strip as easily and you can tighten a little more than without. either that or make a little flat spot on the motor shaft where the screw will sit:8ball:

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toyeast aint stoopid, i noticed that these babies have gone up $2!:8ball:

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well if it all goes well i’ll probably go one of the mercedes:8ball:

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well the nelly is 100% okey dokey on an iwaver pcb, and the stock fets are pin for pin matches to the kyosho ones. so that’s a green light on the iwaver fet department:):8ball:

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i got one of these with my iwaver and while it’s a pretty good motor, it’s nothing on an x speed. i went from an escalation to an x speed and the x speed was definately 50% faster and ballsy. get the x speed, costs more but worth it. i’m sticking with mine for now, it’s fast enough to have fun with and maybe even race worthy:8ball:

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ay carumba!! she gonna launch into orbit off the right kinda ramp!!!!:p:8ball:

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ditto:8ball:

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wow! nice looking toy. and i just love this quote: ” Only 14 AA batteries are needed for operation.”! wow, only????:D
looks like the mad force has a serious contender:8ball:

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toyeast had em for a while. and they probably still do:8ball:

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must be something in the aussie air today! i’ll see ya behind the shelter sheds at 3:30. you goin down!!:D:8ball:

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you got a point. instant fun for bad drivers like me can be found in a 4wd. but succesful drifting with rwd is trickier, and requires more skill. i’m trying to get better at drifting the wanna z, just practice lots!

sorry if i’m sounding stroppy, just up for a good argument today!!:D:8ball:

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i’ll take that bet!! leon, buy an xmod!!:D:8ball:

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i gotta bring you up again dgs! awd is the pinnacle of drifting, i swear all you need to do is watch a 4wd drifter for 5 seconds and you’ll know what i mean. i used to think rear wd was the drift setup of choice. but after watching panda’a 1:10 4wd slipping around i stand corrected. rear wd for drifting usually leads to uncontrollable spins, whereas a 4wd can be controlled, point the front wheels where you wanna go and it does!:8ball:

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come on!! the best drifting is nice and slow! nothing cooler than hearing the motor top out while the car crawls along sideways!:8ball:

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check to see that the motor is making contact with the terminals. you may have to wedge some paper behind the motor terminal that touches the end of the motor. or maybe the motor died, i’ve had the same prob to discover a dead motor the source of the problem. and no point saying “but it’s new” because i’ve had dud motors outta the box:8ball:

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some very good advice there. my method consists of spending more than i can afford!:8ball:

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