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HIPO · 11-12-2023, 09:40 AM

The jacks i've been waiting on have arrived, so time & weather permitting... hanging to get some feel for the Mojave!

.:4:. · 11-12-2023, 03:19 PM

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My 1st was a Tamiya, Wild One.

When i said to the mechanic my kid has a couple, his 1st is a bigfoot, he said he has one too. His has the white and blue body. My kids one is the 1st edition. They now re sell the blue ones, but they didnt for a long time as they were supposed to be a limited run and my kid has the early one. Is a bigfoot anything special? Nope, its a traxxas stampede with a nice body on it. My sons is not a shelf queen, will never be concourse as it has a hobbywing sc10 and 4000kv motor in it not the stock titan 12t and xl5. It moves.

HIPO · 12-12-2023, 02:06 PM

Car feels great! throttle set on snookems mode ATM.

HIPO · 12-12-2023, 08:52 PM

Put a 3rd battery in & upped the power.... plenty of ooomph, don't wanna get distracted. (:

HIPO · 13-12-2023, 01:43 PM

Ordered some Chineseium.

**DJM83** · 13-12-2023, 02:16 PM

They for the Mojave? Looks pretty good.
Link?

HIPO · 13-12-2023, 02:41 PM

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...21141930939%21

HIPO · 13-12-2023, 04:52 PM

Could even just run one & have a spare.

HIPO · 16-12-2023, 05:08 PM

Guess i'll be on my P's for a while yet..... lower rear suspension arm totaled with the 4mm hinge pin ripped 3/4s out & bent.

Have replaced & no other damage. These are well thought out & put together.

.:4:. · 16-12-2023, 05:29 PM

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Guess i'll be on my P's for a while yet..... lower rear suspension arm totaled with the 4mm hinge pin ripped 3/4s out & bent.

Have replaced & no other damage. These are well thought out & put together.

If you dont break it you arent doing it properly.
My best was all 4 axles after doing a backflip off a wall.

HIPO · 17-12-2023, 08:59 PM

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If you dont break it you arent doing it properly.
My best was all 4 axles after doing a backflip off a wall.

Oopsie!

What are your thoughts on alloy suspension arms! or are the stock composite ones better, by having some flex in them?

.:4:. · 18-12-2023, 10:51 AM

I would stick to factory arms mainly because they are cheap and easy to change. The main disadvantage to beefing up some parts is that it can move the failure point up the line to more expensive and fiddly parts.

.:4:. · 18-12-2023, 05:36 PM

Would anyone like to here about my experience of moving the failure point up the line?

HIPO · 18-12-2023, 07:37 PM

Sure! go ahead sir, cause that was the root of my question.... was thinking, keep the hub thingys composite & may be they'd be the sacrificial part.

HIPO · 18-12-2023, 08:15 PM

The parts go on for miles @

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...-specification

**DJM83** · 19-12-2023, 08:11 AM

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The parts go on for miles @

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...-specification

They look sick, makes me wonder how good they'd be though. Just cross out the bit on the 'BE' and you have BF's. Not wrong, parts galore again wonder how good they are, ive found a cpl things id like.

Also ive broken nothing bar the shell on me Baja Rey. And touch wood nothing my mojave yet

HIPO · 19-12-2023, 09:09 AM

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They look sick, makes me wonder how good they'd be though. Just cross out the bit on the 'BE' and you have BF's. Not wrong, parts galore again wonder how good they are, ive found a cpl things id like.

Also ive broken nothing bar the shell on me Baja Rey. And touch wood nothing my mojave yet

Yeah lots of temptations.... that combo for 4 is about what 2 stockies cost.

While waiting on parts i did a little body reinforcing.... fibreglass gauze & Shoe Goo , all the way around the bottom & across where the shell mounts.

Also zip tied some 6mm comp. tubing the full length across & under the mounts.
Instead of packing foam in the mount, i've supported that tube with a small piece of fuel hose in the middle running North South.

Also want to sort stopping stones going through the fans...

The soft rubber on the front bumper body area, is now curved either end, to prevent the tyre contacting & pulling it out that ive seen happen.

.:4:. · 19-12-2023, 03:11 PM

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Sure! go ahead sir, cause that was the root of my question.... was thinking, keep the hub thingys composite & may be they'd be the sacrificial part.

Well, im just talking steering components on my monster truck.
Snapped a couple c hubs, so got ally ones. Then the faulure point moved to knuckles, got ally ones. Then it started to bend the steering links, got ally ones. Then the servo saver and bell crank copped it, so got ally ones. Then the servo link snapped, got an ally one. Now the ears to mount the servo periodically snap off, rendering perfectly operation power HD 23kg servos useless.

HIPO · 19-12-2023, 06:35 PM

Ah ok gotcha! probs more expensive than some of the other bits too.

.:4:. · 19-12-2023, 06:40 PM

Steers absolutely precise now there is no slop in any of the steering. But, yeah, $$$ spent. However, that truck has all the bits on it, its very much the because i can thing if you get what i mean.

HIPO · 20-12-2023, 09:13 AM

Am happy with the Gens Ace charger... will do 1 6s 6500 @ appropriate v in 25mins or 2 in 45mins.

From storage charge!

.:4:. · 20-12-2023, 12:53 PM

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Am happy with the Gens Ace charger... will do 1 6s 6500 @ appropriate v in 25mins or 2 in 45mins.

From storage charge!

Im glad you said from storage charge. If you said 25 minutes from low voltage cutout if be asking if your home insurance is up to date.....

HIPO · 20-12-2023, 05:20 PM

Did 2 batteries in a dusty bitumen carpark this morning. Great fun power sliding all over the place.

.:4:. · 20-12-2023, 05:34 PM

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Did 2 batteries in a dusty bitumen carpark this morning. Great fun power sliding all over the place.

3 wheeling out of a slide?

HIPO · 20-12-2023, 05:44 PM

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3 wheeling out of a slide?

Yes, several of those. Was more slippery than i expected, so no roll overs or wheelies.

HIPO · 20-12-2023, 06:47 PM

Used to run my nitro touring car at this track.... a short course class here would be fun i reckon.

https://radioracingcarssa.org.au/img...36604_orig.jpg

.:4:. · 20-12-2023, 09:28 PM

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Yes, several of those. Was more slippery than i expected, so no roll overs or wheelies.

Appart from cleaning afterwards, yep its the most fun conditions to run them in. Provided theres no immovable objects to wang.

HIPO · 21-12-2023, 04:58 PM

Picked up some WD40 PTFE Dry Spray for maintenance.

**DJM83** · 21-12-2023, 05:15 PM

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Did 2 batteries in a dusty bitumen carpark this morning. Great fun power sliding all over the place.

They just drift so well, wet grass is a blast. Cleaning it out not so much.

I reckon im gonna get mine out on the weekend, might try for somewhere other than the usual place. Maybe a new housing estate to annoy some folks

HIPO · 21-12-2023, 05:41 PM

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They just drift so well, wet grass is a blast. Cleaning it out not so much.

I reckon im gonna get mine out on the weekend, might try for somewhere other than the usual place. Maybe a new housing estate to annoy some folks

Yep they drift great, get the inside front up & then fly off like a slingshot.

Went to the local small town footy oval to try grass, but they were mowing, so moved on to the Bowls club car park. Lots of new estates going in, so will keep an eye on them.
Have plenty of room on my small acreage, but when dry its very sandy clay & dont like it & stones getting into the ESC.

Am currently doing the scab dance, with a Ebay seller to get one of those net bag covers, to keep most of the **** out.