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Rollies are the best damn ciggie papers in the world!
A mate of mine tells me there is an RC track, about the size of a tennis court in Bayswater. One of these days we might even go there.
Q: Whats white and blue and swings through the jungle?
A: A refridgerator (sp?) in a denim jacket.
Tell me more…
ph2t, I thought of sanding 3mm LEDs but thought it may scatter the light like a prism, or at least REALLY spread it like a lens.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, one at a time man…
I live in a little town of wonder and junkies called Springvale, Victoria.
I deposit money in to a buddy of mines’ bank account and he pays via VISA debit card.
I KNOW Bank of Melb. will let you do an Overseas Transfer, but it costs and arm and a leg (well more like AU$20). Iono what bank they use.
I actually have a “semi-spare” LXX mini-z, but due to working nights, I CBF mailing stuff. If you live nearby we MAY be able to come to some arrangement. By “semi-spare” I mean, never had batteries in it, never used the remote, it has only ever been opened, a body put on it, and looked at on top of our fridge.
Ill know the definate top speed in a couple of weeks man, bithed (he’s so dreamy) has hooked me up with a tamiya speed checker. Best guesses are around 15 kays outta the box, with bearings a little more.
PM me if you are serious (like AU$75) about the LXX
Yep, about 4 times now I have written off the diff in my scale racer. Everytime I do, I pack the thing with graphite and it is sweet as.
With 3.6v and a little practice, you can make the damn things do anything. I had mine diving vertically, then doing a U turn, then it would “leap” out of the water, “Free Willy” style and splash back down. Just a matter of balancing bouyancy, power and space.
I’d buy that…
Shyster rat bastards, 3 Toyeast orders in a month and then they go and do this to me!!!
Edited by – Pork_Hunt on 28 November 2003 01:44:12
how do you retreive it after you let out all the gas???
Spot on betty. No rear “thrust motor” but the tail does help it steer/dive/rise in the same sort of manner as aeroplane wings work.
Even if it is true, its not worth the hassle. 8 e^2’s cost $15, 4 nimhs cost $13. I use a normal wall adaptor (6v 300ma) and a 4 cell aaa holder to charge mine, total cost (including batteries but not transformer) $14
You don’t even miss the dive/rise funtion after a while. You just sort of spiral down or up if you need to. Thats why the motorcases are tilted.
Quote:how manuverable is it dude?does it travel in a str8 line ok?
has it a neutral boyancy (ie if it stops does it float up or sink or just sit there)?i wanna buy one to chase my turtle around with. if its hard to control in tight places then i wont bother with it.
Edited by – dwhall on 21 November 2003 12:52:00
Boyancy depends on the battery/ies you use… a cheap and nasty aaa floats, an Energiser e^2 sinks like a stone. 3 Tomy NiCd’s float, but not as much as a CnN aaa.
I would say that they are about as manuverable as a Char-g, not great, not too bad either. With the CnN aaa it is easily controllable in a 2’^3 tub, but with 3 1/3aaa NiCds, it gets a little hairy :D. It dives as it goes forwards, climbs in reverse. I think mine pulls slightly to the right, but it’s close enough to striaght
BTW my first ever quote on a forum
Edited by – Pork_Hunt on 26 November 2003 03:27:16
I think what trash should have added is that you may need a higher wattage resistor, ie.. you may have 2watt ones and need 10watt resistors, for example. Am I right trash???
I do the same thing with my topics.
If you were to put a variable resistor inline with the faster motor, you SHOULD be able to trim it to slow down. The only problem I can see with this, is, “what if one motor is faster forward, and the other motor is faster in reverse?”. Then you’d have to stuff around with diodes as well.
I remember a mod on tinyrc called (from memory) “infinite speed potentiometer mod”, same sort of principle.Okay, I have had the LXX viper a week now. Still lovin it, maybe a little too much. I have worn out the pinion gear, but on the other hand it has been “abused” on damn near every drivable surface, carpet, tiles, asphalt, cement, concrete, I could find. I am replacing it tomorrow. The diff has a little bit of noise, but I am damn sure it is the pinion gear making it. I have confirmed that aftermarket Mini-z bearings and genuine Kyosho Mini-z wheel nuts fit. Between my house mates and I we have ordered another 4 LXX scale racers, so I think that speaks volumes 😀
The body is looking VERY worse for wear. Chipped and scratched everywhere, but still has both mirrors.
I wanna get it FETed but I really don’t think I could do I myself. I nearly killed my LXX char-g controller trying to anti-boost it.
All in all a VERY worthwhile car, the only thing that bothers me is that the hopups I have bought for it sofar (Kyosho nuts and aftermarket bearings) add up to like 3/4s the price of the whole car.
*UPDATE*
Bought a set of pinions today, and the 9tooth gear rocks. Just wish I knew how fast it was going.Edited by – Pork_Hunt on 22 November 2003 18:03:47
I’d go with relays myself, only coz I am comfortable with them 😀
ph2t (how do you say it, “fatootie”?) I bought a microsub from Jaycar that is a rx2/tx2 chip and it has “tank style” steering and a turbo and I was wondering how the hell it is wired up
Edited by – Pork_Hunt on 21 November 2003 03:38:21
I wanna film mine, but no camera, and the tub I use is kinda too small for it
VR-4, is that your 24 fet super happy fun Mini z?
I got the Jaycar 800mAh Nimh’s and as you can tell, I can’t fault them.
They won’t cancel it, I have like 2 orders that I accedently made that are still active from last year :|.
TE are great, just don’t cheap out on postage. Better to pay $35 and get your order in 14 hours, 😀 than pay $27 and have to wait a week and a half. Bank transfers are gunna be expensive man, they charge like AU$20 to transfer $$$ overseas (BoM/Westpac). The bank’ll know what to do!
That is two quick questions!
I have taken it apart. You have to to install the aaa battery it requires to run. It is sealed up tighter than a dolphins butt tho. Two o-rings keep water at bay, and the wires to the motors and antenna have glue around them. The guy who sold it to me was telling me about the abuse the demo model had suffered, dropped, put in water with out the battery cover, etc… and it still worked fine.
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