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New 1/10 4WD off road arrived my home !

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Latest pic of 417

Sabre FD Mini and latest view of Photon after complete rebuilt

VM2 vs T3

Date : 29 Sept 2012
Track : RaceWorks @ Bottle Tree Park, Singapore
Run my VM2 (LRP SXX, Team Power 8.5 Lite) alone for the first 9 laps, before another T3 (Orion R10, x20 8.5) joint the chase.
Note that the laptime of my VM2 improved when the T3 was chasing.
Enjoy.

http://youtu.be/h5_b67Vvx1I

 

Kyosho RB6

Every buggy now goes longer, wider ...

Motonica P81RS Electron

New toy arrived !

New video of Serpent S120LT on BTP RaceWorks track

Video was taken on 15 Sept 2012. The little yellow car was my S120LT, a friend's Xray x12 was running after from time to time.
It is equipped with a SpeedPassion 1S ESC with SP v3 MMM 4.5 motor, rollout about 34.5mm. SpeedMind front 35 and rear 30 tires, with 5min of Ground Effect, applied 1/2 in front and full in rear. Ride height 4.2mm all around.

Enjoy
http://youtu.be/dYx01JcD3_Q

 

Recent photo of S411

Updated the photo of S411.
It is now using HobbyWing 2.1 120a ESC and a SpeedPassion 3.0MMM 10.5 motor.
21t pinio with 84t spur.

Front gear diff using 500,000wt oil.

Mini Z - R8 body arrived

S411 vs T3 12'

This was taken on last Sat, the leading car was my s411 with hobby wing v2.1 and SP 10.5mmm, it was chased by a T3 12' with Orion r10 and x20 8.5.
http://youtu.be/_sUrcKQJf7g

Enjoy !

Debut run of GT8LE

Team C GT8LE chassis on PA @Singapore track, 16 Aug 2012.
Sweep 55degree rubber tries.
Audi R8 bodyshell.
Tekin RX8 with Tekin T8 1650kva Truggy motor
18t pinion (original 16t)
Powered by 2x Silverback 60c 6200mah Lipo
Total run time about 16mins and this video shows the last 4-5mins of run.

http://youtu.be/fovDc1MKppo

It is easy to control but definitely not fast enough on the long straight.
More tests to come ;)

A day for T3 2011' and VM2

Enjoy -
http://youtu.be/0WgOtH6CZrk

T3 vs T3

T3 12' vs T3 12' in Singapore in July.
They are all identical in electronics and motor, only difference are the drivers, and the bodyshells.
http://youtu.be/_TixJ6JOG_w
I was driving the first car, laptime shown on the video is my laptime.

Enjoy ;)

GT8LE and Audi R8

GT8LE is almost ready

Tekin RX8, firmware upgraded to 223, T8 1650kva "long" version and a Savox 25kg servo.
It is almost ready to go, hope I can find sometime to build the shocks before the coming weekend.

WildOne

New collection items in inventory.

Team C GT8LE

Completed the front and rear gear boxes and suspension for Team C EP GT8.
Without the right tools, it is an impossible mission - 5mm tie-rods into the plastic ball ends, 7.8mm balls into plastic ball cups ...
There are missing motor mount and spur adapter in my kit, waiting for parts before the project can proceed further. To be continued ...

EX1 KIY is ready for track time !

F104 Pro - under wet day

Ran my F104Pro again after a year !! Wet weather and I decided to redo the ESC wiring and fitted with a 2S shorty Lipo pack. Overall performance is good and it is always the best car to run under wet surface.

Bodyshell for AE 12R5.1 Lipo chassis

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Yokomo R12 setup

Latest setup for Singapore RaceWorks track :

ESC SXX v2, profile 1650
LRP x12 4T octa wind
21/90T
Rear Tires diameter : 49mm
Rollout ~36mm
Front shock Yokomo 350wt
Rear shock Yokomo 450wt
Slide shock Xray 300wt
All springs are stock from kit
Changed to new type front arm with 1mm float in front suspension
Rear downstop -1
Tires Yokomo 27T / 28T

966e on Singapore PA 1/8 track

It was a quick visit, only 1 set of battery about 10min run time. Setup was following one of the 1/8 966 GP setup, with front ride height 8mm and rear ride height 9.5mm. Followed the stock pinion / spur combination that came with the kit.

The track was quite empty, only another 1/8 GP there.In the first 10 laps when the batteries were still powerfully, the top speed on the long straight was satisfied.In field acceleration was also good thru out the whole session.

The car is under steering due to the combination of front one way and rear solid axle, but I can gun the throttle when exit corners to pull the car back to the driving line, not too hard to drive.After first 5min run, esc is about 73c and motor is around 65c. A cooling fan is needed on the esc IMO.

I am happy ;)

My new collection item

2 NIB re-re Tamiya Bruiser, I will keep them in the store room for now, no plan to build one yet ;)

Share some setup on my Xray X12

While the F1 race is on, I would like to share 3 packs of laptime from today, experimented with my Xray X12.

Before the test, I have upgraded the HW 120A 1S to latest stock firmware v3 110930, with x12 6.5 Octa Wind and 1S 90c lipo. Rear tires diameter was 45.4mm to start with, rollout 42.3mm, ride height maintained at F 4.2mm R 4.6mm thru out the test. Tires are speedmind F 35 and R 30. Track is outdoor track located in Singapore - RaceWorks.

Pack 1

Front tires inner 1/3 with FX2, rear tires full tires with FX2

Setup is mainly follow manual, with rear down stop -1mm

Fastest single lap 15.667sec

Pack 2

Same as above + the following changes :

Remove 1 0.5mm shims from front upper arm (the one between c-clip and front upper arm) to allow more front "float"

Relub the rear side tube with Kyosho 30k oil

Fastest single lap 15.329sec

Finished 30 laps at 8:02

Pack 3

Same as above, expect replace FX2 with Ground Effect

Fastest single lap 15.256secn

Finished 31 laps at 8:06

After each pack, the motor is around 55C and ESC is around 75C, acceptable range in my opinion.

Bodyshell for Kyosho Plazma Ra

Bodyshell from HPI

Plazma Ra with electronics

LRP SXX v2 comp ESC with Orca rx2 4.5 turn

Plazma Ra in progress

Comments so far :

(1) some screws are not fitting very well with my Hudy tools

(2) the mid mount of the link system is VERY smooth

(3) easy to build and yet very smooth shock

(4) original spur can fit 16 balls in two rings

(5) the side link pod has long (see above) and short version, but I am not sure how this will affect the handling.

Hotbodies bodyshell for S120LT

New toys for year of Dragon

Kyosho Plazma Ra

After so many years, Kyosho pan car is finally with me :)

S120LT is ready to go !

Equipped with SpeedPassion 1S ESC and MMM 4.5 motor.

Hope to test it soon.

Bodyshells

3 bodyshells in a row, 1/8, 1/10 and 1/12.