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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.
Nimhs are the absolute king of batteries, if it wasn’t against God’s own law I’d make em me wife!
Yeah thanks Barto, if you were in Melbourne, and could get here, I was gunna offer you a drive of my LXX scale racer (I love her so).
Once again, I agree with SMP.
I swapped my light up beetle to shadow_sabre, on the proviso he paid the shipping on our latest TE order :D. I have only run it a couple of times but here is my review. (It remained unopened for 7 whole days because my new LXX Scale Racer was/is just so damn good)
Light Up Beetle
’tis a fine piece of machinery… for it’s price.
Up until now I hadn’t had an LXX/Perfection anything.LOVE the original 3.0 with black endcap, torque-y, good top speed, it just doesn’t like non-turbo much.
Tyres are soft and slick. Really soft. Like, remember elephant balls from primary school, foam covered in vinyl, that kinda soft. But sadly they are flawed. They have an ugly seam running around them that just puts me off them. Seem to go alright tho. (boom boom, chish)
TX/RX range varied. Easily fixed, remove the crumby original piece of wire, drop in some CAT5. Replace stock controller antennea with a clone retractable one. Now the range is pretty good.
Steering is very nice. Probably as good as the best micro steering I have come across.
The shells (one each of green and red) are okay at best. Dags, scuffs and inconsistencies all over, but then again, it’s more accurate that way :). Seriously though, the green one is one of the nicest shades ever! The plastic is also stiffer and more brittle-feeling than TOMY plastic, but at least it is clear.
Controller is okay, but I hate that “took took” noise that char-g’s HAFTA make!!! Not really a strike against the LXX but it really does shit me. It is much easier on the eyes than a TOMY one I think, light, translucent, blue and clear.
The battery in mine is a stinking NiCad. It still gets like 5 minute run times, but I expected at least a 120mAh Nimh, GRRR.
The gears (as expected) are noisey, not too bad, but not TOMY quiet.
In summery, great 2nd, 3rd or +++ car and damn good value for money, but just doesn’t have the refinement of a TOMY Compact Char-g. Would I buy another one? Absolutly, but not with my last blue beer ticket!
I spent all of today charging 3 old char-g batteries and running the sub on those.
It will now throw rooster-tails of water all over the kitchen if you hold “reverse and steer”
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