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My PC wont play it for some reason

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sorry tim….

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Post like there’s no 2moro mate.

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If teflon is non stick how do they stick it to fry pans?

I remember u asking that same q ages ago, i have a feeling high temperatures has something to do with it.

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I do have a job lol but i took too much time off and pretty much kicked me off the roster…

Micro Amps that seems fair, spanks.

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do i get a free set of steak knives??

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Words cannot express my relief gt ahh, iread the article and that is exactly what happened to me, thanks a lot mate.

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The perfection 3.8 has gobs of torque and goes fairly fast, so i guess it’d be ur best bet.

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There goes my business. Now i have zero income.

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Oh happy birthday btw.

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Are yu saying all us young ppl are stupid?? j/k :D:D:D (im only 16)

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Real race?? I was kinda thinking of making it as much like a real 24h race as possible.

I guess 6-12 hours would be enough though.

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i am pretty sure it is a capacitor, cause an rf inductor wouldnt smoke like that i dont think.

I really want to fix this as a replacement board will cost approx $100.

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Hmmm i dont think it is worth it cause they are totally lame, and i dunno if parts are interchangeable either.

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Yeah, i would feel like a major try hard with that car. It is really just an old car that’s been given a facelift. None of Mercedes’s sophisticated electronics and systems.

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Nah i was sitting in my room bored stiff, and i got into one of those burn-stuff-cause-its-fun moods, i didnt expect it to burst into flames and emit lots of black smoke.

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It shouldn’t overload the pcb, but it may kill the motor.

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Leon Li I can do the Dual cell mod for you.
PM me

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They look like 2.2’s to me.

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Couldn’t agree with you more shypo.

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Barto, A mini Z will last about 50 minutes on a good set of NiMH’s.

GT-Ahh Really? What do u drive on? Ive only ever damaged my car by either driving on bad surfaces r by driving without a shell. On smoothe concrete i have no problems besides pinion wear.

Okay i guess you could have a backup diff, h plates, motor, pinions, servo gears etc.

I spose that you would need to firstly have a race to determine what spares are needed…….now i gotta find 24hrs to race my mini z, the neighbors will think i’m totally insane lol.

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Bearings should last 24 hrs easily, tires, i guess they could be changed, motor, especially stick lasts forever if run consistently.

P.S. Panda, 24hours for a mini z is 24 hours, no way of getting around that.

There are only a few parts on a z that will break, H plate, servo gears etc. So why not just have those replacement parts.

In a 24hr the whole idea is to outlast, if you make it too easy the race will be less exciting.

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I learnt that ping pong balls are very flammable by accident last night 🙂

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so THATS why KIT racers are so fast…….
i cant wait to do this one.

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2). No parts can be replaced. (apart from wheelnuts and pinions)

thats a bad idea as I doubt anyone would complete the race. In real 24 hr races all parts can be replaced. ive seen a 24hr go-kart race they replaced a whole engine in 8 minutes. Maybe the rules should be teams of 3, 2 race cars and 1 set of parts (everything apart from chassis/motor) 2 chargers and 4 sets of batteries.
Basically i dont think a z will last 24hours of constant use.
The 2 car idea means that cars can be swapped via start stop in the pits and this means the cars can be given a cool-off period. Constantly running a Z for 24 hours would most certainly be the end of it.
As for motors I think 3 or 4 motors because motors get quite hot and you want to be able to service them and let them cool off.
4 sets of batteries would be need as then you could have 1 set ready to go in the other car and 2 sets on charge. When a car comes in its batteries immediately go on charge. If it was only 3 sets there could be problems with some of the slower chargers (1hr chargers) resulting in having to wait or running semi-charged batteries.

The only problem i forsee is having someone keep count of laps. that would fair suck. A lap counter would be a must. but does anyone have a counter that could go into the thousands? 30second laps means almost 3000 laps all up…

Edited by – GT-ahh on 22 May 2003 18:53:49

I think you are forgetting that this is mini Z, not go karts……I am quite sure that 24 hr would be achievable. It is a test of endurance, my mini Z has done more than 24 hours of racing without changing any parts.

GT-Ahh, remember that it is a race to see who lasts the longest, not who can run the fastest and have a wasted car in 2 hours. Think stock motors for low energy consumpion etc, they dont get very hot.
One of the key factors in a motors lifespan, is if it is repeatedly heated/cooled, it will shorten its life.
The race isnt meant to be an easy one, that why ive thought of the harsh rules.
How many times have you driven your z? Over 30 times? (which is about 24h) It can do it easily, so i dunno where u get this idea of 4 motors and 3 cars from.
When you work it out, you only need about 3-4 sets of batteries, one set in the car, one or two sets charged and one set on the charger.
Lapcounter can be made fairly easily too.

I rekon a team of 2-3 ppl would be needed for a race team.

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