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…Seaons Greetings from PanicToys.com…04 was a great year and 05 looks to be even more stressful oh ah exciting 🙂 Peace out to all the active members on one of the best RC forums on the planet 🙂
…i went 1:18th scale…Associated RC18T for sure…I have so much confidence in the fact that this car wil change the WHOLE 18 scale…its not 1:10 and its not 1:24…its the BEST of both of these worlds…second pick would be Mini Z…The platform that popped my RC cherry :blush:
…murph you have a mission to complete…Get to it…Your PC will self distruct within 20 seconds of reading this message 😛
…ausmicro from aaron…KYOSHO or SQUAT from me…no-name cheapies from anybody 🙂 ‘Nuff said 🙂
…FYI: SONY and SANYO has recently released 900’s here 🙂 Drop me a line if you want some…I have some 850’s i will bundle REAL cheap for you…Battery storage cases provided FOC…
…two words…E BAY…
…you guyswill SERIOUSLY wet your pants when the 18 arrives…Look forward to it…
…gees talk about re-inventing the wheel…lol…priest mate we need to talk..lol…good job though…would you like that piece in carbon now BTW ? lol..
…cool…does it come wit binoculars too? 400m? wow…some of you techies really know your stuff…That is downright cool…
…yeah but what the hell does it do? make cups of friggin’ tea?
…priest mate do you have alink or an item number for what you are after? Let me know an i will dig them out…
…the 04 never quite looked up to standard…I hpoe you have some fun with it though becaus its a nice platform but PURELY indoors…start saving your pennes becuse you will start breaking MORE stuff just after you finish FIXING another part 😉
…there is a dark blue version too…
…man thats really good…good supplier…
…whats that in USD?
…looks great leon…now if i could just understand it…Did you write a PDF explanation for it ? 😀 It IS intriguing though…im liking…
…good thread guys…Bithed is actually learning something…my god that hasnt happened in a while…lol…
thats the difference between 2WD and 4WD drive dave…needs FOUR drive wheels 😀 Just stating the obvious for innocent bystanders :clown:
…correct…i dont need bearings in the wheels at all as the drive comes from the CVD’s…A lot of learning has gone on since we last spoke 🙂 I will be doing a bearing upgrade with local components over the winter break 🙂
…The Mini T wheels are a DIRECT fit (good call AE) to the 18T as are ANY of the MiniT series, Trinity and GPm included 🙂 Personally I think the TRINITY chrome wheels look bloody awful but apparently they have a slightly bigger diameter…
…GPM is apparently announcing / releasing 18T parts this week…
…I put an orange racing strip up the body and she really needs some lights for these late night missions…
…I undid the zipties which hold all its wiring in one place so i know understand how all that is put together…tell ya what lots to learn eh 🙂 DEANS ultra plugs and PHAT wires are planned all around…
…I wanted to open the diffs and redo them with my favourite TAMIYA titty-minium grease but i put that in the too hard basket for now…for me to do it will need concentration so i dont muck it up and some bad weather so i am FORCED to ground the truck…maybe tonight but i would prefer to open it up once something breaks…instead i just tittied the pinion and spur gear and then smiled like an idiot as i gunned the throttle and watchedall the grease fly off into my face…lol…titty grease actually doesnt taste that bad :dead:
…as to noise…it has a pleasant whine…its the noise of a smooth pinion hitting a willing spur in romantic union and the motor getting all excited about cheering them on…Right now everything meshes nicely and is running VERY smooth…I DO want to titty-grease the whole innards though…That would make it even better…
…this truck sucks it all up…traction rolled it and it rolled and tumbled down the street…in true mini z fashion i KNEW i had broken something…but alas she just rolled back over and taunted me to do it to her again…She is a sucker for punishment…I smacked into concrete / brick walls twice and the thing just bounced back and then drove off 😀 SCHWEET!!
…the tires look like they were glued on by a rabid chimp…they are straight ad true but it looks like the guy doing it sneezed when he was putting glue on…stuf was all over the wheels…no problem though…looking forward to the mini t yellows too 🙂
…I should go the BIG park near my place and let her romp the fields and the tree root gardens for her next real test…I want to go down to the offroad motorbike track too but these things take time and daylight…I have no worries she will have a ball 🙂 Cant wait till you guys actually SEE this truck in Australia…you will honestly love it…Believe me when i say BUY THIS TRUCK…BEST money i have spent in a LONG time…Thanks for reading this far…
…I had it out for a run last night…Just up and down the blackas i take it a little bit easy for different reasons…
…The motor still needs to run in…I am being nice to it as i learn the ropes of the scale and get used to the run and the style that it runs…VERY different to mini z OF COURSE but i have nothing to compare it to…
…The first night was just a quick putt-putt around the living room ad itwas impressive…little did i know its potential…
…last night up and down the street…badly laid CHUNKY asphalt with cracks and dimples all over it…it was kinda dark so i was out under a street light at an L bend with a slight slope up to my house…
…The 18T floats…I swear it does…being used to the mini z monster hopping and bobbing over ANYTHING i was suitably impressed with the 18T just sucking stuff up…ZERO sideways roll through some WICKED tight corners at TOP SPEED…I was TRYING to traction roll and only succeeded going right at almost 90 degrees around an off-camber berm; ie the right side of the car was higher…
…The stock pin whels are sexy on carpet in the house and you can see the traction as the car launches…outside on the chunky asphalt i could feel that i was losing SOME power due to bad grip…The pins are good but radial would be better…I have some MINI T street meats on yellow rims coming and the should make power transfer a non-issue…just remember to get FOUR REAR mini t rims…
…Remember that i only charged my battery 3-4 hours after it arrived…andlast night i got a 20 minute run out of it for sure…I was losing some punch but once she got on the straight and unwrapped her legs she was good…i have a GP 6cell 1100mah with DEANS ultras on it waiting to be used but i am staying with the stock until we are better friends…PLUS i still need to revert the charger to DEANS…Another REAL charger will hopefully be purchased soon…
…There have been some issues internationaly with the spring retainer on the shocks coming off and getting lost…Also people have been losing their stock plastic dog bones due to the slits on the drive cups opening up and letting them fall out…I ESAILY fixed BOTH these issues with TAMIYA Thread Lock…A tube of blue jelly like loctite tht doesnt dry hard and stays elastic…sweet as now 🙂
…no the TUBES on a regular front or rear shock…Just improves the flow 🙂 KYOSHO has released an under chassis sticker sheet for slipping and sliding too…and the same sheet of stuff to place on your body where it might hit the wall..just keeping friction to a minimum…
um..bad news..its actually been stripped back to grey surfacer and is awaitng a repaint 🙂 TOO MANY other bodies which need work…
…correct…AE does teflon ‘impregnated’ shock bodies 🙂
…yeah now THIS looks exciting 🙂
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