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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.
they particularly shine on surfaces that are undrivable with rubber. most of the prime space in my house is smooth tiles and my z’s got a lot more use once i had foams fitted. i was using hard ones as well…
i dont wear caps… maybe i can visit this e embroidery when i get home… its only an hour up the road!
what, you mean you can get keyboards allready dave?
just you wait dave! by the end of next year ill have a keyboard for it and ill be posting on ausmicro…. oh wait… thats crap. i can look but i cant touch!
and you can cut CF to specification dgs?
what mm thickness are we talking Aaron?
one day bettya few years down the track i want to race a mini-z awd with your super x-mod…
that will be a great race indeed!
nice rims betty! where they cheap?
youll have to drill it as well!
im thinking of coming up with some custom plates that will suit 1/24th kits perfectly. i have a few i need sorting out at home. as soon as i return i shall box them up with the body + chassis for you…
and where do i get the pcb board?
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