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its not in the shop Aaron! how much for the saleen?
sweet, Aarons sent mine today from canberra.. cant wait to give it a thrash…
after looking at the motor set up Aaron, how long untill i can get a so5 nm made up to suite?
4wd needs some more guts than a stock kyosho can i feel… especially after driving the OL for a while now with neo mags… i neeeeds it, i waants it i does!
thanks Aaron! i wonder if i should canabalize a few sets from my 01’s…
2 Shaft bearings are 2x5x2.5mm
8 Knuckle bearings are 3x6x2mm
aperently these are the bearing specifications needed…
got any loose bearings Aaron?
you got yours kev? damn… so its back to bushings eh?
i dont think ill be running mine much untill some bearings arive then i guess…
Quote:PandaBear wrote:Quote:z-beam wrote:i picked up liberty city stories today and its blown my mind. how the hell can they code more than gta 3 to run on the little psp. its damned amazing to see working.
Z-B:- can you pls confirm or deny that Liberty needs v2.0+ to run…?
Or can it live on v1.50.
sorry panda, my psp is and will be staying on 2.0 so i have no idea if a 1.5 will be able to run it. forums from the states have mentioned it might need it, but some of there opinions i wouldnt trust… thing is, if it does only need 2.0 and nothing higher and there is a downgrader from 2.0 if your game to use it (2.0 into 1.5).
you gotta ask yourself the question, do you use any homebrew? is it as enjoyable as gta?
talldude, tiger electronics are behind the gizmondo. last games they ever made where lcd things like nintendo game and watch, only tiger was still making them when game boys had been around for a while… i used to have their moon buggy game, it was just like moon patrol on really old pc’s and amigas.
it certainly is a step up from those days, and the game colours for it sounds great in concept. only problem is how many others do you think in australia are going to get this device?
id really like to put one side by side with a psp for comparison, but at the end of the day i am really a sony fanboy. they allways deliver for me, the shape ofthe gizmo reminds me of an old controler. i like the adultiness of psp…
and as far as better games, show me one game released here. how can nothing be better than something? i dont doubt there eventually will be good games for it, but for now lets just focus on the topic in my hands. the glorious sony psp system…
i could kev, but id be lying!
Aarons going to have his hands on mine before i do, so now we are all at the mercy of shipping companies…
hey pete, has dave had a crack at the new track on wipeout yet? or is space invaders still the gaming dominator at the moment?
its all about the games tho talldude…sony has some good contacts in the industry at the moment and this being there 3rd console im pretty confident in them as a entertainment company.
im sure the gizmo will spend most of its life as a sat nav in your focus eh? and as far as multi tasking goes, the psp has enough features that im allready not using… much…
i picked up liberty city stories today and its blown my mind. how the hell can they code more than gta 3 to run on the little psp. its damned amazing to see working.
also found a game save that someone had written to be a debug mode with switchable cheats, great to see homebrew running on 2.0 firmware. helicopters are in LCS despite most reveiws stating that flying is a no go on the psp. the flight models arnt as polished as san andreas, but they work and thats an acheivement in itself.
now, i cant wait to have a crack at the open city multiplay options…
for the size and price frog, id grab one first and see if the kid likes it first. if he can control it well and you want to have more fun with him, grab a second one for yourself so if hes got a friend over they can race together. from what ive heard the 1/28th monsters are quite rugged and can take the knocks. just keep the jumps scaled to the vehicle and you should be fine (in other words stairs, tables and roofs are pushing it). i regularly take my overland for walks, i coan imagine a monster would be even better at handling off road situations.
because z’s are so cheap compared to other larger rc’s its easy to get all you need for some freindly competition going in the garage, loungeroom or yard.
also the size makes it a bit easier to set up a track, just tear out some paths in the lawn in the backyard and build some small jumps to have some fun on. nothin like getting your hands dirty with a perpose.
having a single rc at home to just muck around on is one thing, but having a second vehicle thats evenly matched in size and speed makes for way more than twice the enjoyment.
ken, you said $7.80AUD for the titanium center shaft?
is that right? if so i want one!
im evil with the OL, wet sand is the best. i would have been heart broken if i misjudged the water though. i wouldnt advise on this though, like i said a total clean out of all the gears afterwards and replacing all parts with stainless steel where possible.
ive even tried to run it on ice (a ramp we built at the snow to do rails) but that was a major dissapointment. ideas of awesome slippage where distroyed when absolutely no traction was possible.
ok, heres the lowdown on the i-waver motors. low price = low quality. ive burnt out the fets in a stock racer using one. that ‘cheap’ motor cost me $50 for a set of new fets to be installed.
was cool for me, i can afford that kind of stuff happening. but i can tell you now, how would you feel if all your cars blew?
the pn gear is quality product, and besides even with a s05nm and the highest end gearing a stock racer is going to allways overtake the overland.
once you get yours Aaron i want a pn so5 nm motor (with a bearing can if you got em) rigged up and ready to fit into the Awd asap. supposedly the way the racers before screwed on wont be the same so its up to you to ensure my skyline will have some serious muscle under the hood bro!
nooo! try the so5nm before going with the i-waver motor, in my experience the kyosho x-speed worked great but its more suited to a racer than an overland. the nm motor is perfectly suited to the rugged nature of the overland.
the nm i mentioned is the one and the same pn so5nm. its built specificly for stock fets in the overland. the nm is short for neo magnets which are quite stronger than standard magnets in motors which give it extra kick.
when Aaron said lock up the axle he means holding the tyres so the axle cant spin and using throttle, but really with any car you should do such things as it can cause damage.
no store credit is needed, once you put an order through the checkout the ausmicro banking details will come up, just go to a bank and deposit the cash in manually if you dont have credit card or internet banking facilities.
and as far as strengthening the OL goes, id advise against it. enjoy the beast and treat it with respect but do take it to its limits. ive damaged my OL from doing stupid things like riding ramps at a skate park and doing jumps off gutters. it will take a beating but eventually the stresses will damage it and some of the parts will require replacement.
for most of the damage a carefull aplication of super glue has worked great. but some of the more extreme stunts have required partial rebuilding of internal gears (failure to clean out sand in the gearbox after a 1km beach rally) and thread on the front gearbox (hitting a steel sheet skate ramp at full speed when the bottom had lifted off the flat cement).
carefull with the lego tyres, ive wasted over $60 on lego kits that had the wrong treads for the job. i recently saw some new kits that had some dinosaurs and a truck for a better price than the technic kit that has the right stuff in it.
ive got no problems with running larger tyres than stock and a nm motor under the hood and you wont ether.
whatever you do, dont get the cheap motor, save for some quality product and youll be surprised with the performance youll get out of it.
pn’s nm motor is a great upgrade for more power.
have a play with the pinions that come with the set, youll improve response with them…
when the first set of batteries dies ill do i write up when i get mine…
im thinking the text entry function used in the web browser and any game that asks for a user name would suffice as a test panda. in your psp’s system settings there is an option to ‘name’ your system so that whenever you play multiplayer games it becomes your machines id. theres your psp word processor.
i see what you mean about the data input/output of the plug but ive used that little jack for equal amounts of downloading and uploading… wait… now i think of it there is a huge problem.
im pretty sure that jack has to be activated in the usb mode option in system settings so while the usb keyboard might work the psp is effectivly frozen in ‘usb mode’ while the port is activated… bummer…. oh well if you got some time handy and all the bits needed you may as well give it a try!
Quote:PandaBear wrote:All USB signals are ‘standard’ and plug adaptors are easily bought, but dunno how you can hack the PSP OS to recognise any KB?
Quote:z-beam wrote:december 2nd aparently panda for gta here in australia. but if you treasure your 1.5 firmware then dont hold your breath for it, it wont run without an upgrade to 2.0. something to do with the 2.0 firmware being compatible with more video formats than 1.5
if you are going to upgrade firmware, make sure to only go to 2.0.
Dang! guess that 2.0 requirement that”s ‘worldwide’ too, so no point shipping a copy in from Japan.
who said anything about hacking? if youd ever plugged in a mouse in the usb slot of a ps2 it worked fine (creating emblems for the fantastic armored core2). im guessing it’d work fine…
and as for importing, no point at all. unless you need it now rather than be at the mercy of australian distrobution.
hey! its an 8 ball!
micro usb eh? now to work out how to convert a normal usb keyboard to micro usb…
december 2nd aparently panda for gta here in australia. but if you treasure your 1.5 firmware then dont hold your breath for it, it wont run without an upgrade to 2.0. something to do with the 2.0 firmware being compatible with more video formats than 1.5
if you are going to upgrade firmware, make sure to only go to 2.0.
yeah, there are no retail releases yet for a psp keyboard yet…
panda, do you know what the little jack is at the top of the psp is called?
84 gold medals on wipeout now dave, all without rapier class+. go get yourself a larger memory stick and download the new tracks, trust me its worth it… its like ive gotten double the tracks for free. when i visit you i should be able to copy one of the track packs to your card i think. also the qirex skin is on one of them (purple is a background!)
did i mention lots of new craft to fly as well? i unlocked the team medievil craft as well, its very fast but has little shields…
it doesnt seem at all an awd. but it could have been… more likely an xmod considering you cant get the awd’s yet (or can you?).
that tabletop trac must have had a really sticky rubber mat surface if it was an awd, it performed amazingly!
ken, can you read japanese? in the first video what is said in brackets in the bottom right corner when the awd’s start drifting?
totally awesome! vundabah!
i love the chevy!
and dave, acrylic (perspex?) would be fine! a couple of those would be great.
fast4buy, any chance of getting a scale drawing of the extenders youve made?
oh hell yes Aaron, im eternally greatfull of that sugestion of yours! perfectly suited to the ovelander. im imagining the NM motor will perfectly suit the AWD chassis as well *evil grin*
have you checked if any of the other NM’s have a ballbearing case?
reinforce the hairline fractures right now with some good superglue. i mixed a little grit from the road (couldnt wait to keep on thrashing!) into the wet glue and it holds up really well.
when i get a chance ill unpack everything and have a go repairing it all… like dave said, bugger forking out for alloy, ill get another ol for the same price as getting enough to make a difference! and im saving for an awd. so the OL’s going to get fixed by me or stay broken.
and by the way,ive been using a pn speedy neo magnet motor in the ol. powers it sweet.
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