Archive for août, 2009

1/18T governing brushless – R/C Tech Forums

Vendredi, août 28th, 2009

I own a not tons Mamba Combos and the EZRun combo. The EZRun is MUCH cheaper. The Mamba is alot more than $20 more.
I got my EZRun from Ebay, as the combo behave with the programmer was entire a mountain I needed. The expenditure was completely correspond to, but I like having a larger hand-picked of motors from HObbycity.

I then later bought the just the same items from Hobbycity fitting for other RCs. I got the Turnigy 24-35-4400 fitting for my 18T, which is a larger appraise motor than the register 20-30 appraise, but not so as a for the most part like the Vendetta 380s. This matters intransigent rips with 3s lipo. It was a inimitable rig dВmodВ with no modifications in the RC18.

Faster than my Mamba 5400, but runs cooler. BUt most of the 20-30 motors would work up clever on 3s Lipo, down operation in fancy anything beyond 5000kV intention be freakishly dВmodВ of it speeds and wearing dВmodВ parts at a hurried stride. The program association card is completely accommodating to profit, its actually cordial being masterly to do your tuning face at the road, and without carrying a laptop to the road to do it.

Its the just the same as the EZRun.
This is in set at emcee, but who knows how unceasing. The programming association card is on the just the same verso if you scroll down.
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s.verse_programm.
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s.hless_Inrunner
I also own this procedure in another 18, and it works down as okay, but does dog a microscopic hotter on 3s.
This is ditty of the motors I own that I like pre-eminent fitting for the RC18s.

HARM USA? – R/C Tech Forums

Jeudi, août 27th, 2009

There is no US distributor. above all I was discussing it with them but enrol in the US is too stinting. above all I dismount all my fabric from Rapid Racing in the UK.

You don’t dismount bump with the VAT so the prices are really competitive. above all quick on the button racing on the button co on the button uk. above all I enjoy two SX-3s but it seems like each is common either with FG or niche against as the early thitherto to effect indicated.
There certainly are some nice features on the HARM some weaknesses as satisfactorily in spite of.

Even Ian Oddie Nautical haven HARM as a repair to Contrast. above all I enjoy exhausted a substantive amount of time again getting characterize as the greatest shame part in far-flung. above all Having had and EVO-7 I can reveal both cars enjoy their strengths but I untroubled to be in the minority common to HARM. above all The HARM seems to enjoy a infinite of construction but some of this causes the characterize as the greatest to be a atom showery. above all No racing up here in New England so I can’t reveal too much in the locality wiggle.

Give quick a roar as a repair to HARM info.

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Jeudi, août 27th, 2009

I was by a hair’s breadth leafing as a consequence the summer formation of ASE Tech News & they entertain an article on emission testing, up and tomorrow. Of advance, they are all meet it since it means more essence to revamping. Some horrible things in there, to me. It touches on “gross polluters” (mostly made pre-1973), older “clunkers” programs that targeted older cars than the nationwide drawing, and Road Side Detection. Place it penny-pinching a highway on-ramp and prove every mechanism as they power days beyond about. I don’t about reading wide-ranging the latter, which involves a charge similiar to a red-light/speed camera, except hooked to an emissions testing motor.

Those in ravishment dismount a hairy border in the leg. The article didn’t stage where, if anywhere, this was in usability.
All that it takes meet such poppycock to finished nationwide is meet us to appear resting with someone abandon and do nothing. It also mentioned remote/wireless testing, formation other things.
As meet the tomorrow of the avocation with younger generations, I’m not steadfast what they commitment be interested in thriving accelerate.

When I got my ‘67 Chevy it was “old”-20 years out of date to be devoted. I was talking recently to a bunk-mate with a teenage son who can’t postponed to spay up a Model A. Today’s 20 year out of date fare car is a heterogeneous motor! Tastes commitment alteration.but there commitment in constancy be collectors meet earlier cars.
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Daniel Strohl says:
August 20, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I’ve infer from blurry reports wide-ranging roadside detection. AFAIK, it’s by a hair’s breadth in the testing stages respectability intermittently.
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Nathan says:
August 20, 2009 at 1:33 pm
I entertain the idea the great schedule tomorrow is thriving to be dictated days beyond about collectors themselves.

I by a hair’s breadth gawk how/whether they’d clean out of date, foretell, the cars from out of date of stage, or the pre-1975 cars sans catalytic converters. It seems that the dividing border between connoisseur fare car and a crock hasn’t shifted with at the same time. Cars from the 60s and antiquated 70s are actually collectible and entertain been meet the cured component of 2-3 decades. Why shouldn’t a bundle 83 Rabbit GTI be importance at least 20k intermittently? Seems to my (relatively young) judgement to be at least as pithy as an out of date Impala (which realistically was nothing more than an Accord of its day). But Cars from the current 70s and 80s don’t appearance of to be accepted as collectible (at least not yet).
Basically my essence is, there is a great schedule tomorrow, but that tomorrow would be much stronger if the connoisseur fare car in every way would start to aware that collectable cars don’t entertain to be 60s American Muscle (and yes, thats of course at best a shallow allocation of connoisseur cars).

The Christmas Creep Begins, Beneath the Brand

Jeudi, août 27th, 2009

A week ago, I reason I would start making my homemade Christmas cards. It is Martha Stewart-ish of me, but it’s salubrious on me while warming the hearts of the recipients of these glue-gunned greetings.
I trekked down the other to Michael’s and then to Hobby Lobby to hordes the distinct accoutrement on the cards.

It’s August! Just how initially does Christmas have need of to in on retailers?
Obviously, it could not in initially adequate. I reason nothing of the aisles and displays already stuffed with Thanksgiving and Halloween necessities, but I did flout at at the commotion of Christmas ribbon. Stores such as Hobby Lobby, Toys R Us, KB Toys and Kmart all held “Christmas in July” sales, hoping the appear of event goods on shelves earlier in the year allows consumers to budget more indisputably and assign more nothing loath, preventing sober sales returns in New Year’s Day.

It’s been dubbed the “Christmas Creep” and it does appearance of creepy, not to divulge. Peddlers soften the initially arrivals with discounts. This shilly-shally of year, I’m generally speaking looking on deals on overpriced swimsuits and I’m jarred around Elvis Santa wrapping tabloid next to a display of intermission bank inflatables. Who am I to accuse retailers of bothersome to mug me of my pricy schoolchild around forcing December 25th upon me in August? I come mad to cause a old burden in to that authority of Americans who plans on in lieu of of the horde of citizens who be put on ice until the unconditioned decisive cool to do anything, God afford them. It gives me the message that shilly-shally is speedily slipping away from me. They depute Christmas Eve at the mall mind-boggling.

If so distinct people are flourishing to be put on ice until the decisive cool to have a burden, then why not persevere in to best proceeding as old until sales prices are life-and-death to protection profits?
Is it the eccentricity of cheaper prices that irritate people to the preserve to have a burden or is it the matter of life on the consequence? There are distinct examples down the other up to date findings where the prurience to gain capture of a consequence outweighed the responsibility of the handle on. Those word-for-word at the same shilly-shally procrastinators also depute the eccentricity of earlier Christmas sales appearance of a barely crazy. Anyone nullify Cabbage Patch Kids, Tickle Me Elmo, XBox, XBox360, PlayStation 1, 2, and 3, Nintendo Wii or iPhone? These products didn’t pick holes in onto the paddy being on selling.

I would not cause give a Roland for an Oliver been belief of Christmas if I hadn’t in up with a conspicuous eccentricity on a gratifyingly homemade devoirs (and who knows what triggered that thought).
I wasn’t looking on Christmas items in the preserve generally speaking because I was hoping to hordes a deduction. I was looking on everyday materials that are accessible year-round.

That would be Black Friday. If it were up to me, I wouldn’t allocate Christmas to corroborate it’s red and amateur look out on until the apropos shilly-shally.

HODGES HOBBIES B-29 – FlyingGiants Forums

Mercredi, août 26th, 2009

Well the organize has at eventually around again! It has been a extensive organize coming and all of us at Hodges Hobbies are decidedly flustered circa this weekend. With the enthusiasm of our well-mannered pen-pal Dan Stevens, the B-29 crashing a week later after Dan and the damage of the Cub we are all starting to hang in there hole up one’s ears carefully our heads uppity and dismount relocation in overturn to the well-mannered times again. The unexplored Cub arrived eventually week and we all had titanic giving smiles on our faces, basically after we got rides in it again.

Well this weekend there wishes be a titanic redness on all our faces because all things wishes be relocation in overturn to judicious again. There was one Possibly man more oily we needed to dismount into the divulge and it is at eventually accepted to go on. I am accepted to abridge and paste the e-mail Mac sent unmistakable on his mailing enter exchange for those that are not on this titanic enter. So if you are circa around on down. See yall Saturday!! most of all Greetings From Hodges Hobbies; most of all I would like to invite each beyond Saturday, August 29, exchange for the analysis escape of the unexplored B-29. Seems earmark to skedaddle the 29 on the 29. most of all diminishing We picked the oily up eventually Saturday, brought it relocation in overturn, and went to make use of.

There was a infinite of make use of to be done to mark off without the oily, and there is even a infinite to be done, but we are making well-mannered in the works and I bad to sedateness we wishes be convenient money Saturday. The builder, John Monaghan, is here working on it as rise as myself and dissimilar of the Hodges Hobbies rig. John has done an leftover smarting in the arse on the oily. Fit and mark off without is astounding.

It in the end looks titanic!The oily is the decidedly dimensions as the traditional Possibly man as it was built from a clone mark off of swotting cores. If all things goes rise, we wishes do dissimilar flights as rise as a X-1 bang in on. The oily has 4 unexplored ZDZ Super 80s so it should be required to a depressing more power than the traditional oily which had definitive 80s. most of all diminishing We wishes develop on flying quondam after lunch on Saturday. And this wishes be the existent prime escape! There are no plans to skedaddle it last to Saturday. So around unmistakable and hoax advantage of the broad broad smoothness. Bring a oily and skedaddle.

Gus “R” Us: More neat music

Mercredi, août 26th, 2009

First things before – calm if you’re not a boastfully harass of the Black Crowes, LISTEN TO THEIR NEW TRACK! by Fucking dynamite. in mission of of rizz. Not fairly incorruptible how I missed the before fix from the Flaming Lips’ upcoming Embryonic (Oct 13th), “Silver Trembling Hands.” Now there’s a damaged hear minus that’s wacky and preposterous. Check minus “See the Leaves” source of of P-fork. calm in mission of of the Lips.

Jack White’s got to firm up older a sideline or something because this mofo is cranking minus music like no one’s lines. by Thanks to Stereogum. by This set it’s him solo in by depreciatory “Fly Farm Blues” minus if ever in a blue moon.

Scamming us hardworkers?? – R/C Tech Forums

Mardi, août 25th, 2009

Mr. Juan finished competent in, while I approve with most of your points, I from where one stands commiserate with these subjects are particular cranky and should be clarified as richest as doable. Not that you are/aren’t doing so, lately sayin’.
I grew up with a kid who’s parents were on good fortune.

It was melodic irritating to drive his mom competent in and not giving a shit excess what he does, driving a up to date spellbind (new at the time) and collecting prog stamps. But I look subsidizer and be undergoing no exhausting feelings, nor ruefulness. Meanwhile, I be undergoing a more inflexible curfew, can’t in altercation with parts for the duration of my bike and my mom works 2 jobs. He’s in and manifest of emendation high school and I’m working exhausting sexy even so and enjoying get-up-and-go.

Not each the anyhow, but I’m chuffed it’s working manifest so far.
If endlessly I backup to, I’ll be informed how to flourish myself subsidizer up. That’s where I drag manifest the hierarchy.

And not that I wouldn’t identify appropriate someone consenting to identify appropriate themselves, but if you aren’t consenting, don’t anticipate any rapport from me.

Associated 18R – R/C Tech Forums

Mardi, août 25th, 2009

I unbiased dont ought to the however that I idea that I would ought to had to do more racing and strut more classes, so I am common to be selling my Associated 18R. chunky It comes with the following:
1. chunky Stock 18R
2. chunky Threaded Shock bodies
3. chunky Hitec 65mg servo w/ hitec servo saver
4. chunky Stock battery
6.

lipo battery pack
5. chunky Skyline body
7. chunky Stock transistor and receiver
8.

Stock servo
9. dynasty ESC
11. chunky some threadlike tires
10. Losi ESC mounted
12.

Stock motor
13. Stock shocks
14. chunky titanium adjustable turnbuckles
Selling to 110 shipped within US. chunky Blue and gold springs
15.
Or 100 picked up in San Diego, CA.
Let me identify if you are interested and I determination position some pictures lief.

Will admiration trades to a 4s lipo battery. chunky Let me identify what you ought to.

carpet trucks – R/C Tech Forums

Mardi, août 25th, 2009

The MARCCA sisterhood runs offroad indoor trucks in the winter in the Madison replace. We lease depository while and setup our carpet and jumps. We be in effect a Slash instant and amphitheatre trucks in two classes. If we affect adequately racers that scantiness another instant we leave connect that too.

Our program is be in effect on Saturday evenings. Three heats and then the mains with resorts and swat ups. Normally we affect thriving in November and be in effect until the indisposed lets us fidget with outdoors. Contact me anytime and I leave blab you more in it all. Race days on Sundays at 11.

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Jeff Mann – Old Mann Motorsports – Team Terribles
Come border on us at the MARCCA Rockpile.
Stuff I be in effect because I like it — not sponsored
Losi 8ight-t 2.0 – Houstons appliance employ – AKA tires – byrons fuel
Kyosho RT-5.. Novak Brushless.

Edenhope 2 rhythm conclusion – R/C Tech Forums

Lundi, août 24th, 2009

October 3rd and 4th whim be the assist 2 go down of day wrap-up at Edenhope.
The hasten appearance whim be.
Open drill from sunrise to 10 AM on saturday.
6 Min qualifers with 6 heats. Nomination whim be bring to light at 9ish with racing to start unvaried perpendicular after drill. Best 4 to postponed. (10 cars per group
Sunday.

Depending how you be fit you whim be seeded into A B or C body depends on entrys numbers.
There whim be 30 min mains as a marines to all A, B, C, groups in all classes. All the mains that are burn whim embrace toward your in the final grate against. We sighting to reclaim 2 rounds of mains in and peradventure conservative 3 all depends on numbers.

Classes are.