What did you drive today?

[wadedog]

We had a move my drill rig to day

 

[Smilinbri]

Well, this was yesterday, right outside the college campus while my son was at track practice. I was so excited to bash around for the 1st time at somewhere other than my yard.

Well, it didn't last long. One of my wheel hexes must have gotten stripped recently as the tire cap/nut wouldn't stay on. After the tire coming off the 1st time, I searched for some tape to use and for whatever reason I did not have any in my car (I have every other "survival thing" in there )

So I tried to use a Band-Aid...well it worked for a few minutes until the tire came off and rolled right to me. Guess that was a sign it wasn't meant to be that day.

Luckily, it's a quick fix and I already have an extra hex to install.

So, when I got home, still had plenty of juice in the 6s batt, so threw it in the Senton 6s and did some laps on the track and in the yard.

 

[Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal]

 

[Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal]

Am I the only one that takes pictures during a bash? Got me double posting over here.

I'm still taming down the big one with throttle curve and limiter it's helping. Limitless on 53/107 hoons is just OK. The tires suck for grip but if they last longer I'll be happy.

 

[dure16]

Am I the only one that takes pictures during a bash? Got me double posting over here.

I'm still taming down the big one with throttle curve and limiter it's helping. Limitless on 53/107 hoons is just OK. The tires suck for grip but if they last longer I'll be happy.


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What is that monster??

 

[Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal]

What is that monster??

1/5 Brave converted to brushless.

 

[305HemiGuy]

Took the TRX-4M out

 

[Ghast]

Went to a dirt track for the first time today and hit a jump full throttle. Landed/cartwheeled like 4 times and one of my rear shocks split in half. As much as it sucked to have my run end, it was so cool to push the car to its absolute limit and break as a result. Anyways I had to go to the hobby shop right after and buy some new shocks.


Here you can see the spring that fell out of the shock after it split

I replaced the broken rear shock and took the opportunity to replace the shock oil to 60wt. Car feels a lot better now.

All finished! I went for a drive shortly after I took this.

 

[305HemiGuy]

Went to a dirt track for the first time today and hit a jump full throttle. Landed/cartwheeled like 4 times and one of my rear shocks split in half. As much as it sucked to have my run end, it was so cool to push the car to its absolute limit and break as a result. Anyways I had to go to the hobby shop right after and buy some new shocks.


Here you can see the spring that fell out of the shock after it split

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I replaced the broken rear shock and took the opportunity to replace the shock oil to 60wt. Car feels a lot better now.

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All finished! I went for a drive shortly after I took this.

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That sucks man, glad u got back up and running. Ever considered a 6S Typhon? Those things are way more indestructible than their 3S counterparts.

 

[Ghast]

That sucks man, glad u got back up and running. Ever considered a 6S Typhon? Those things are way more indestructible than their 3S counterparts.

Honestly if I could go back to last week I would've bought a 6S but I've already drilled into my body and thrashed the car so I'm stuck with it.

Or, I might consider getting a TLR as a track use car and keep the 3s and make it a Truggy for bashing.

 

[joshludden]

Went to a dirt track for the first time today and hit a jump full throttle. Landed/cartwheeled like 4 times and one of my rear shocks split in half. As much as it sucked to have my run end, it was so cool to push the car to its absolute limit and break as a result. Anyways I had to go to the hobby shop right after and buy some new shocks.


Here you can see the spring that fell out of the shock after it split

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I replaced the broken rear shock and took the opportunity to replace the shock oil to 60wt. Car feels a lot better now.

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All finished! I went for a drive shortly after I took this.

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Have you thought about upgrading to 6s shocks? I've heard about guys using the 6s shocks on the 3s line with pretty good results. Not sure which model to use, but that info is around here somewhere. I think @Velodromed has done it?

 

[Velodromed]

Have you thought about upgrading to 6s shocks? I've heard about guys using the 6s shocks on the 3s line with pretty good results. Not sure which model to use, but that info is around here somewhere. I think @Velodromed has done it?

Yup, lots of us have. 6s mojave front shocks for the front, and 6s Kraton front shocks for the rear. The springs are a bit stiff though so I use team associated yellow springs instead.

 

[dure16]

1/5 Brave converted to brushless.

Where can I find the details? Googling 1/5 Brave RC isn’t finding much.

 

[Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal]

Where can I find the details? Googling 1/5 Brave RC isn’t finding much.

Thanks bro, the car was made by Bergonzoni in the 90's, and you're right there's not much left on the web about them, you should try finding parts LMAO. I've been lucky and found a few things on ebay that's about it. From what I can tell Dynamic took them over at some point, cheapened it up (8mm chassis down to maybe 4mm) and haven't done anything worth mentioning. My dealings etc have been going in this thread:

Thread 'What ESC: XLX2 vs HW MAX4' https://www.arrmaforum.com/threads/what-esc-xlx2-vs-hw-max4.58358/

 

[lrussi750]

 

[Johnny b]

Ran typhon for only 1 pack due to rain all afternoon. What a mess! Cleaned up nice with air compressor.

 

[Mikeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal]

Ran typhon for only 1 pack due to rain all afternoon. What a mess! Cleaned up nice with air compressor.

Must have been a huge mess considering you didn't take a single picture.

 

[fozzy71]

This thing had way too little traction for a spooled rig, back to GRP or PH Grippers.

this was fun to have out again but it needs heavier diff fluid or a spool or 3.3 diffs, not sure which....

The new benchmarks I am working with for testing are 0-40mph, or 66/94 ft, given my road and the 10k cars traveling it daily.

 

[Johnny b]

Must have been a huge mess considering you didn't take a single picture.

Both hands are crossed up holding the tx improperly....and it was! Yuk!

 

[joshludden]

Broke the Black Sheep earlier so I waited for the grocery store across the street to close so I could take The Beast out for it's maiden parking lot bash. Performed pretty well actually, planted well & corners better than I thought it would- didn't end up on the roof once! Tried some 132' drag hits for the 1st time ever (w/ any car) but had a hard time getting it to hook. Do you drag guys just pin the throttle? I probably have it geared too high for dragging but it was fun anyways. Maybe I could use the channel speed on the noble nb4 for the throttle- like 2 seconds or something?
I definitely need to run a longer antenna up thru the body tho- my range was only about 300'