The *Unofficial* GPF RC Thread

[Slick2500]

The ramp wasn't that big, gonna try for bigger tomorrow.
Should have gotten another battery fo sho though. Stock battery is like $13 but its a 1800mah NIHM.....

[ItHurtz]

nitro.....................................

[J57ltr]

Lipo and brushless FTW.

[Slick2500]

Yeah brushless will come, but lipos first.

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[J57ltr]

And a charger with balance capabilities built in. I have been using a Duratrax (can't remember model) and an Astro a blinky to balance the cells. I have 1 for Lipo and 1 for A123 cells I also run. The A123's are really stable and last forever and are rated 60C burst and 30C continuous, but they are hard to fit in most battery compartments. Lipo are a night and day difference over Nimh or Nicad.

Jeff

[Slick2500]

I'm gonna get a couple of these Lipos, they were recommended on Ultimate RC forums, http://spcracingbatteries.com/index....rice&order=ASC
And I was looking at this charger http://www.ebay.com/itm/111736669896
Then I was gonna swap the truck over to Deans connectors from the EC3 plugs.

[Slick2500]

Made a quick video of my friends nephew playing with the mini Ruckus. He still hasn't quite mastered steering or backing up yet. Need to get a vid of the 1/10 doing some jumps.





In the backround of that video you can hear my friends neighbors pitbull barking, well needless to say he got off his leash.
Pitbull 1 Mini Ruckus 0





And on a side note did some speed runs with the 1/10 and it topped out at 20 mph.

[J57ltr]

Those should work just fine. You've probably seen that Max Amps is nothing more than the same quality batteries for 6 times the price overrated and horrible service so stay away from those. I have some Ace brand batteries that are still good to this day and are about 5 years old. They pretty much all come from china anyway. That charger I believe a friend has one or one like it. It allows you to connect to a PC and you can see the charge rate, time and a few other things like cell balance. I wish I would have waited to get my charger as it is only 12V powered and didn't have a balance option (Duratrax ICE). That one I think is 110 and 12V powered and has balance charging built in.


Jeff

[Slick2500]

Most of the time you are just paying for the name. They are all probably made in the same factory.

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[Slick2500]

Didn't get any runs in today, our warehouse guy was "sick" today, hes only ever sick on Mondays.

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[J57ltr]

Hang over is a mofo.

[Slick2500]

A friend of mine is selling his RTR Traxxas brushed Stampede, he told he me he paid $50 for it so I offered him $50. I'll see what he says.

[Scottydoggs]

all we need is a ramp

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[Slick2500]

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[Scottydoggs]

https://video-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hv...mp;oe=55DD6D89

see if this one works

[Slick2500]

Sorry, something went wrong.

We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can.

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[Scottydoggs]

get fb then lol

[Slick2500]

Now its working.

[Slick2500]

Well finally broke something on the 1/10. I guess 20mph into a curb something is going to break. Simple fix, just need to pick up some heat shrink tubing.


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[Slick2500]

So I ordered a battery off eBay, the title of the listing lists that the battery is DYN1070EC, which is a 3300mah battery with an EC3 connector, and what did I get? A ****ing DYN1070 which has a ****ing Tamiya connector. Does anyone happen to have any EC3 connectors or a bunch of deans connectors that I can buy off them?

-edit-
I messaged the seller and he offered me a partial refund, but I told him not to worry I needed an excuse to convert to deans anyway.