Delaware chatter

[02tac]

Scored another toy today, but here is the funny part. It used to be mine! Some time ago I sold a Losi MRC; here is the pic that I used for the CL ad.

So anyway, I go into Speedwerks the other day and one of the guys says he has a LMRC for sale. I ask him to bring it in and I will check it out. Here is what I saw when I went back to look at it. As soon as I saw the yellow body and Integy lower links, I knew it was my old one.

It is a bit worse for wear, but is back in my garage. A lil work needs done and it meeds a motor, but other than that she should be good to go. It had a BL system in it, but it turns out that someone between me and the guy I bought it off of put a 9700KV BL system in it. No wonder it was going into thermal shut down almost immediately! For now, it will get a stock brushed unit installed. Might go scale with it eventually.

 

[02tac]

Anyone up for some crawling Thursday afternoon, say 12:30ish at WB?

 

[02tac]

Just waiting on a motor and the mini is rock ready.

 

[newjak]

Any crawling this week?? Way to windy to fly!

 

[02tac]

Any crawling this week?? Way to windy to fly!

Quite possibly,

 

[02tac]

schedule / weather wise i am thinking Friday. Anyone else interested?

 

[02tac]

I had planned to run both the AX-10 and the MRC out at Woodland Beach today, but a late night soldering job gone wrong (reverse polarity) killed the MRC esc. Even so, a good day was had with the AX-10. Seeing as I needed a new esc, I am going BL with both trucks via some equipment from Hobbypartz.com

As a bonus, I tested Traxxas' claim of my MERV being waterproof by plunging (accidentally) into the surf. It is waterproof!

 

[02tac]

Nothing like a good wrapping of solder to weight the front wheels.

 

[02tac]

The Axial went brushless today thanks to a Hobbywing system. I had also planned to go BL with the LMRC as I have a Losi Exceleron ESC, but needed a motor. i ordered a motor (3600kv) from Hobbypartz when I ordered the system for the AX-10, but it turns out that the motor has a bearinf flsnge that sticks out and will not mount to the LMRC motor mount so it is going back to Hobbypartz.

 

[newjak]

Did anybody go crawling today?

 

[02tac]

Not me, first 1/2 of Algebra final followed by yard work. I did just take the SS out for a flight.

 

[02tac]

Crawling at WB Thursday morning, say 9:30ish.

 

[02tac]

Took a while, but the front plate in finally mounted.

 

[02tac]

Anyone up for WB tomorrow around 10 if it is dry?

 

[02tac]

Well, WB was only a partial success. The Axial does much better with a front axle battery mount, but a snapped rear drive shaft yoke and swarming gnats (as soon as the sun peeked out ) ended the day in a hurry.

Provided my parts come in, I would like to set up a run at PM next week. Upgraded to 3S and want to see how she does now!

 

[02tac]

New CV shafts installed; who wants to do some crawling soon?

 

[02tac]

Some feedback on the Hobbywing EZRUN 35A Crawler System, after some play time.

The drag brake is not the best. I can live with that; I do not comp. Aside from a week drag brake, the unit performs very well. The ESC cooling fan is not needed as the motor never taxes the ESC - even on 3S. That said, even though the motor is not a true 540 (a 380 core I believe), it has plenty of power and cogging is basically non-existant. the only time I saw any cogging at tall was a momentary shudder at just off neutral throttle on a steep incline. That was it.
Power? Plenty on both 2S and 3S. Infact, it was enough to spin a hex in a wheel when I got it in a bind.
Overall, it seems to be a good, inexpensive system. It is not a comp system because of the drag brake issues. However, it is a good upgrade from a brushed system for those of us that only "play" with our RCs. Last time I checked, there are no points deduction for using reverse or back-sliding when you are just out for fun.

 

[02tac]

Like am idiot, I left the good camera at home so a camera pic will hav eto do.

Lipo / brushless power and an open skatepark. You do the math. Strangely enough, no parts were broken.

 

[bmf24]

so theres people in DE that have rc crawlers after all. i was starting to think i was the only one.

 

[02tac]

so theres people in DE that have rc crawlers after all. i was starting to think i was the only one.

There are a few of us in the Dover area. A couple of us had them out on the rocks today.

What part of the state are you in?

Myself, and those I crawl with are not into competition, we just run them for fun.

video
http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee34/02TAC/Crawling/?action=view&current=MVI_3586.mp4

My AX10

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