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Rally Legends / Exceed Madspeed Parts Compatibility

nascarkeith — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:32:12 GMT

I know that the Rally Legends and Exceed Madspeed are the same car.

Associated spur gears fit. The diff looks awfully close to a TC3. Does anyone know of any other interchangeable parts? I'm looking for a cheap source for steering knuckles or hub carriers whatever you want to call them.

ECX Revenge Type-E 8th Scale 4WD Buggy

FattyMcJ — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:34:16 GMT

Hey folks,

Didn't see many threads around about this RC, so I thought I'd start one to document my experience with it.

FIrst, everyone's seen a stock ECX Revenge Type E (and if you haven't, Google it lol). And yes, IT IS WATERPROOF. I've had it through puddles, and hosed it down with a garden hose last week. Not a single issue.

So, first pack through it, I'm impressed! On 3S, the buggy has PLENTY of juice to clear 8th scale jumps and keep up with just about anyone local. The tires however....not so much. Terrible and HARD. But, they're great for tarmac bashing, very long lasting, so I'll keep them for that.

Second pack through it, an E-Revo was doing some pretty gnarly jumps off a dirt hill behind a local track, so I wanted to try it. 4 jumps, perfect, the 5th...came down HARD on the front left at just the right angle and popped out the lower hinge pin on the A-arm. Bent the plastic retainer, and stripped out the screw that holds it in. Why on EARTH didn't they make that metal? The front one is metal, but the back one is plastic. *facepalm* Ok, driver error.

Popped it back in, threw in some locktite to hold the screw in, went back out. Nope, popped out instantly. Ok, off to order some parts...

Looking for "hop ups" for this thing is a PITA. They have a "Hop Up" link on the ECX and Horizon Hobby website, but not EVERYTHING is listed there. You have to know what you're looking for. Fortunately, someone else had the same issue and they DO make a brace for that plastic piece, part# ECX0987. So I ordered that up, and a new plastic brace, with a longer screw to replace the stripped one.

Now on to today, it's all back together, and braced up. Two full packs of HARD runs around the track and it's running BEAUTIFULLY. VERY durable (yes, I did more hard bash jumps and cartwheels) and it just keeps on going.

On to the Tuning portion: After the first pack, I saw that it was tail-happy, so I took out ALL the diffs and put 7k in the front, 7k in the center, and 2k in the rear. Stock was, and I can't emphasize this enough, MINIMAL amounts of grease. Terrible. Ran the 7,7,2 setup today, and now I'm going to try 7,10,2. Small tweaks. I also replaced the front shock oil with some fresh 30wt. The fronts weren't filled fully, and I could hear the squishing stock fluid/air mix, not to mention I think the stock fluid was too hard.

Next upgrade will be sway bars, and better tires for sure. But over all, I'm VERY happy with this buggy. VERY durable, light (comparatively), and plenty of power. For the price, I doubt I'd have found a better deal.

On to the pics!

The terrible tires that barely show signs of wear after a LOT of tarmac driving...

Dialed in some camber F & R, and a bit of toe-out on the front.

Freshly rebuilt center Diff with 10k oil

This is the suspension brace I was talking about. You can see how it bolsters the stock plastic end for the bottom hinge pin.

And now a video, the ECX is at the end lol

Thanks for stopping by, and any comments/questions/suggestions are more than welcomed! "thumbsup"

HSP 1/16 Scale Electric Power Off-Road Buggy Review

MitchellY — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:46:01 GMT

Minis were once a very popular class, but due to the speed and durability of the larger 1/8 scale vehicles, the Mini class almost all but died. Within the past year, Minis have been making a comeback, so with several new vehicles in the class, I decided to try out one of them and see what the rebirth of Minis is all about.

HSP is a relatively obscure brand that isn't very well known by most, but they make many different vehicles that compete with some of the better known brands. This is my review of their 1/18 / 1/16 class competitor - the 1/16 Scale Electric Power Off-Road Buggy.

Included in the box is a Transmitter, battery, charger, and manuals. So everything you need to get going comes with it.... or does it? I was a little disappointed to find that the battery charger comes with a wall plug other than the standard 110v wall plug that every American household has, so those who don't have another charger will have to buy one that does work for their outlet.

On my pre run inspection, everything looks good straight from the factory. All the screws are tight, and the shocks are set up very well. This thing is beefy! I was very impressed with the stoutness of all the components! Especially the shock tower and shocks. I was at first disappointed at the fact that plastic open diffs were used as it looked to be a weak point of the vehicle, but after many battery packs, they have yet to fail!

The layout of the buggy is a tried and true shaft driven setup with the motor towards the rear and a shaft taking power to the front wheels. Dogbones are used to transfer power from the diffs to the wheels.

The electronics are nothing fancy, but they are more than up to the job of handling this buggy! A 1/10 scale ESC is used to shove power to the 380 size brushed motor. The motor has plenty of power to have fun with, but it's not going to win you any drag races. Gearing is spot on and has the right balance of speed and torque. One of the things that really impressed me is the servo. Usually companies always skimp in this area and put in less than adequate servos that can barely turn the wheels. Not here! A Full size servo is used here and it has plenty of power to turn the pin tires! The battery is a Nimh 6 cell 1100mah stick pack that fits in the nifty little battery tray.

Styling on the buggy is great. There is a rear wing to help with downforce at high speeds. Spoked wheels with pin tires are used on all four corners. There's nothing that special about the tires, but they do hook up great on a wide variety of surfaces and for all the run time put on them they have very minimal wear!

The radio is a basic 2.4ghz system that has adjustable features for Dual rate, ESC and servo reversing, and of course ESC and servo trim. It works great and I've never had an issue with range or it dropping the signal.

One of the big things people worry about with obscure brands such as HSP is durability. I am happy to report that after many packs of testing this buggy, I have yet to find a weak link. No part has broken or worn out and it looks that it will stay that way for a long time to come!

In conclusion, I have found that this buggy is a great first RC for that youngster that always wants to grab your big rigs because of the durability and easy to use features it has, or if you just want something to run around the yard or living room with! Even though it isn't very big, or fast, it still brings a smile to my face every time I drive it!

Traxxas Shock "Bumpers" - Blue

MSB — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:46:15 GMT

I've googled and ebayed and unless I buy a rebuild kit, is there anywhere to buy them, or a decent replacement to the blue "bumpers" in this shock rebuild kit? I cut them off years ago, but need a few now.

New Traxxas GTR Shock Rebuild Kit Revo 2 5462 | eBay

Traxxas Rally in the Alley!

Timbulb — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:54:17 GMT

A quick session in the alley with my Traxxas Rally.

BP#6 Rally in the Alley - YouTube

Please check out my other vids of mostly trail trucks.

No Limit R/C of Pennsylvania - 2013 Points Race #2

Team CowRC — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:11 GMT

With the May schedule change, we will be kicking off the 2nd Points Series Race of 2013 on June 9th, 2013!

The new track layout is breaking in, and man is it FAST - the weather is getting steadily better, and this leads to a FAST track, and a lot of fun!

For more details on the event as time gets closer, check out the event page at Points Race #2- June 9th, 2013 - No Limit R/C of Pennsylvania!

Axial exo terra buggy 2x4

M.yaw — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:54:03 GMT

I am trying to figure out if this is possible or if anyone has done this before. I want to convert my exo buggy from 4x4 to 2x4 but I want to be able to do it with the controller like a 2 speed tranny would shift gears. Any body have any thoughts?

HPI Sprint Corvette Stingray!

1tonscout — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:39:55 GMT

That's right ladies and gents! It will be a slow build, but it will be scale"thumbsup"

Vaterra reviews?

bryco13 — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:44:13 GMT

Looking to pick up a waterproof mini to play with during down time at work. I'm between a vaterra 14th scale, either the rally car or Dakar style truck, and a traxxas rally. I've had a traxxas before and wasn't crazy about it, but it was also way overpowered. The benefit of the vaterra is it comes with a spektrum tx that I can use with a few other vehicles I have. Anyone bash one of these around and can give me an idea how they are?

Craigb termyte 2wd pro mod

CRAIGB — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:20:34 GMT

Here's my 2wd pro mod puller, Termyte chassis.

Castle 5700kv
Castle MMP
Tower pro servo
Futaba tx/RX
Skeeter Bite tires
Termyte aluminum wheels

RESTO MOD - RC10 Nitro DS / 69 Camaro Z28

Lobonyc — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:13:32 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am an Associated RC10GT fan. I still have my first RC10GT so it comes as no surprise that I recently got into the RC10NDS as it was derived from the GT. I managed to score a really clean and almost new DS (Thanks Jeff and Todd). I also scored one from Canada in an auction which is the one this thread is about.

I basically got the Canadian car as a back or "CAR FOR PARTS" to support the first near new DS. The junker was is good condition but needed some repair on the tranny. I happen to score a tranny at auction as a backup but then decided to give the "CAR FOR PARTS" some TLC and a new lease on life.

I was planning on keeping the cars all original but because getting a set of original tires without dry rot is nearly impossible i mounted a(now discontinued) Pro-Line item #6068-00 hub adapter kit.

The Beginning:
A Nitrro DS from Canada.

The Tear Down:

Replacements:
Bushings Out; Ball Bearings IN

Bearings placed on rear axle cups

Plastic Rear Bulk Head Out; Open Aluminum Bulk Head In

Tranny Out; Reconditioned and Buttery Smooth Tranny In

New Powerplant for the DS - Traxxas .15 pull start

Choice of Exhaust Pipe - Paris 1:10 Stiletto pipe
It was choice of new original stock exhaust, Paris Turbo ring pipe , and the Paris Stiletto. The Stiletto won!

Some rust removal off dogbones...now clean

Tranny with ball bearings and rear aluminum bulk head

Black nylon nuts and bottom spring cups replaced with RPM Blue nuts and cups

Trinity Aluminum Tranny Brace & Traxxas .15 Engine

Now for some wheel base shortening. The DS has a spacer on the rear that allows you to shortened the wheel base by 5mm. I replaced the rear suspension mounts with a set of RPM Zero Degree mounts for the GT. It turns out that they reduced the wheel base by 5mm as well.

The DS tires are hard to find and there are no support tires so i decided to use Pro-Line's SC10 Front inboard hub adapter. This item is discontinued but im glad i had a spare. This allows me to use 26mm HPI wheels and modern day rubber.

Modern wheels and rubber

Chosen body for this project...1969 Camaro Z28

The chosen Pipe: Paris Stiletto 1:10

Chassis as is stands today: Ball Bearings all around, New Update fuel tank with Duratrax filter. Front hub adapters with modern wheels and rubber; nice aluminum upgrades with more than adequate powerplant and pipe.

All i need are some servos, receiver, receiver pack and a nice parking lot, lol

Camaro body painted in stock form

Camaro body in Racer Boy fashion

So in a nut shell...

I got this:

I cleaned up and got this far

The Canadian and American DS
The American DS has a stock associated exhaust

My current DS collection, 2 nitros and one electric.

Here is the body on the American DS with HPI vintage wheels. I think these look great together and as PaleBlue mentioned, the wheels are period correct with the body.

Now i have to work on a couple of more bodies for both the electric and nitro DS.

Let me know what you guys think.

First on-road RC : Hpi Sprint 2

PontiacGT201 — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:12:24 GMT

Just got a HPI Sprint 2 Sport. Sweet little car. havnt gotten to run it yet thanks to crappy weather. but it has green underbody lights and angle eye headlights

DUST & DIRT - Presented by CowRC!

SwedishRC — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:42:26 GMT

Epic fun with friends! Hope you enjoy this video and make sure to stick around to the end for some bloopers and fun stuff :-)

Getting back into RC - Slash, Stampede, or Rustler for a Basher?

Mad Scientist — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:13:29 GMT

As the title says, I'm looking to get back into RC and right now I'm just looking for a basher. I'd like to stick to Traxxas, since that's what my LHS stocks the most of. I'd be running a lot on my backyard (grass), but I'm sure I'll take it elsewhere as well. I'm willing to add some upgrades, but I'd rather not spend too much. I want something versatile, tough, and fun. So what would you choose, and why?

Rustler
Stampede
Stampede 4x4
Slash
Slash 4x4

Top Notch Indoor Summer Series - Presented by CowRC!

Team CowRC — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:14:11 GMT

ATTENTION COWLINGS!!!

We are very proud to announce that CowRC has stepped up as a gold sponsor of the Top Notch Indoor Summer Series! This event , run and assembled by the one and only Mr. Erik “NOTCH” johnson! From June 22nd to September 28th the series will be going down and many Team MOO-volution members will be participating and laying down the laps representing CowRC! Make sure to follow this link to read more about what we expect to be one of the coolest competitive R/C events of the year!

http://www.cowrc.com/cowrc-steps-up-...-notch-series/

More info - Top Notch Series
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