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well remember that i’ve only done it once, and i don’t have the goodwill that say micro amps has with his fet mods. i’m going to try it with a tomy soon so i’ll let you know how confident i am with it then. if you really really really want it i’ll do it but it’s a lot of labour so i’m not sure about price, don’t wanna make money just wanna make people happy! but i should have the tomy done within the week. if you’re in melb we could hook up and go over it.:8ball:

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got my members gallery sorted!:approve:

http://members.ausmicro.com/memberview.asp?user=betty.k

there’s a couple of extra pics of the full suspension mod in the community webshots link though. i’ll be doing it on a tomy bit soon, i’ll post stuff when i do:8ball:

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i’ve found a better pic host. not sure how to include pics in a post yet, and i’m trying to sort out my members gallery. till then there’s a link in my signature if ya wanna see my goods!:8ball:

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i’ve found a better pic host. not sure how to include pics in a post yet, but till then there’s a link in my signature if ya wanna see my goods!:8ball:

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i’ve found a better pic host. not sure how to include pics in a post yet, but till then there’s a link in my signature if ya wanna see my goods!:8ball:

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i’ve found a better pic host. not sure how to include pics in a post yet, but till then there’s a link in my signature if ya wanna see my goods!:8ball:

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yes, definately way too much charging. i’ve seen pics of a bit that was left on a charger for 2 hours and the middle of the chassis melted!:8ball:

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aw shucks!:blush: fanks:8ball:

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it’s definately the charging. you need 6V and the controller only puts out 3V. you can tape some batteries together and attach them to the charging plate for a quick job or go to dick smith and buy a 4 x AA battery holder. they even have ones with an on off switch and case:8ball:

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what you’ve done is wire up your batts in ‘parallel’. this means the two + terminals are connected and the two – terminals are connected. as you found out this doubles play time but not speed as they are still giving 1.2V, just for longer. you want to wire the batt’s in ‘series’ which means end to end. this gives you insane speed and the same play time.
so,find the negative (black) wire, attach it to the – on one batt. then run a wire from the + to the – of the second batt. then attach the + of the second batt to the + wire (red) from the pcb:8ball:

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thanks for the book tip!
for a while there i thought i had a few orange led’s until i realised they were over powered green ones! i also remember playing with a friend’s power supply unit and melting a few led’s, lotsa fun!:D:8ball:

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yeah i gotta find a better pic host. anybody know where i should try? i’m currently using villagephotos.com.

but back on topic, i’ve been playing with this thing more today and it’s unreal! sticks to the ground really well and absolutely flies!
ph2t: don’t worry you’ll get to see and feel this little baby!:p:8ball:

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thankew verry much!:blush::8ball:

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dunno why you can’t see the pics, i’m trying to sort out my members gallery so i’ll let you know when it’s done.
ph2t, coolness! i’ve had trouble with springs in the past cos i never found the right size.:smiley16::8ball:

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hmm, now i’m not so sure! maybe i’ll have to get both and do a little experimenting. thanks for the info:8ball:

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man i wanna be there when this thing goes, it’s either going to succeed really well or die in an exciting way! you may get to see lots of smoke!:p:8ball:

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waaaaah!!:sad: i want wanna them!!:8ball:

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ok i’ll get the tamiya. the stuff i’ve used was from hardware, dulux or something. thanx heaps for the info:8ball:

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yeah, i’ve cut a hole in the center so it’s supported on the sides.

ok she’s done and boy does it perform!!:pthe enertec clone is already a 2 speed dual cell as standard so it does about 10 – 15 kph. i glued the ‘spring’ onto the motor housing and used screws to attach it to the chassis. i made the screwholes larger than the screw shaft so i could fine tune the position. if youre doing this, make a little hole in the plastic where it will flex. when it’s all together it should be stiffer than you want. then you can remove plastic from around the hole till it’s soft enough. here’s a pic from before it went together,

that’s the ‘h plate’ sitting on the scalpel. you can see the hole i made with a hole punch. you may also notice that i’ve added lego wheels and a very effective bumper bar!:smiley16: the lego tyres are a hard compound so you can get some nice drifting when turning at speed. i also had to move the pcb forward and upside down, as it’s much bigger than a bcg pcb. this is it finished on the right next to an untouched enertec chassis

and one of the underside

so how does she run? beautifully!:D the springy sway bar suspension mod is a proven winner around here and kepps the front wheels stuck to the ground on bumps 1mm and under and any thing over that it just bounces a little, but way less than a stock sway bar. the rear ‘spring’ alows up and down movement and it also twists a little which is like a crude independant rear suspension setup. but zero side to side movement which is great. the ability of the rear wheels to stick to the ground is greatly increased now! during a standard 5 minute run it used to roll over about 10 times, but after the mod it only happened once, and then landed back on it’s wheels!
i’ve looked at a bcg chassis and i think it could be done quite well but not as easily as an enertec. one advantage of doing it on a bit would be that you could lengthen the wheelbase which would greatly improve high speed handling, especially in multuple cell bits.
phew!:dead:whatta mouthful! now, any questions class!?:8ball:

Edited by – betty.k on 10 December 2003 02:25:10

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well i put it together last night and did a bit of testing today and the results are very pleasing. i learnt not to heat it up with a lighter to fine tune the position because this made the plastic brittle and it eventually broke! i’ll put it together again tonight and take some pics, i’m borrowing a real digi cam tonight so i’ll be having a bit of a fashion shoot. make me want it!!:D:8ball:

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real nice!:smiley2::8ball:

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there’s usually a link to the sop above recent topics on the home page. i think it’s a random ad:8ball:

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i think they have 1/1 scale bumper stickers in the shop.:8ball:

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well i’m doing this poll to see how many people would be up for it. if 20 people chip in $2 each, that’s $40, probably enough to at lest pay for the domain name for a year:8ball:

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sounds like a problem i had with another pcb. i only doubled the voltage and poof! that telltale wisp of smoke! there’s a way to do it but man, 4 cells is nuts! how you gonna keep it in a straight line?!:shock:
oh and congrats on the knot tyin’ festival!:8ball:

Edited by – betty.k on 08 December 2003 21:14:54

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