Tanis's MiniGC2

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by Gatekeeper

Looks good Tanis cant wait to see it after you but the magic touch on it

Britt had to stay home sick today, and momma had to work at 7am, so I started tweaking on it this morning

Originally Posted by 51504rock

Great Video. What motor and pinion gear are you running in that video? Looks to have nice low end power and great wheel speed.

I swapped in a Losi Frenzy motor, with 12-15 pinions, 15 in the vid. It hasn't stalled out yet, and has crazy wheelspeed. It does get a little warm with that big a pinion, but nothing to worry about And the benefits outweigh the drawbacks
Just need some drive time on it to get used to it.

[51504rock]

Originally Posted by Tanis

Britt had to stay home sick today, and momma had to work at 7am, so I started tweaking on it this morning


I swapped in a Losi Frenzy motor, with 12-15 pinions, 15 in the vid. It hasn't stalled out yet, and has crazy wheelspeed. It does get a little warm with that big a pinion, but nothing to worry about And the benefits outweigh the drawbacks
Just need some drive time on it to get used to it.

Do you have links or part # for the motor and pinions? That looks like a great combo and i would like to try it out in my GC2 I am building.

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by 51504rock

Do you have links or part # for the motor and pinions? That looks like a great combo and i would like to try it out in my GC2 I am building.

I don't, I picked them up at my LHS, and didn't pay any attention to them.

[51504rock]

Originally Posted by Tanis

I don't, I picked them up at my LHS, and didn't pay any attention to them.

Did a quick google search and came up with this. Look like the one?




Here is a link too.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=LOSB0835

[Gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by 51504rock

Did a quick google search and came up with this. Look like the one?




Here is a link too.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=LOSB0835

That little motor works great also ,but I think you have to knotch out the motor plate because the bolt pattern is a little bigger on that motor

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by 51504rock

Did a quick google search and came up with this. Look like the one?




Here is a link too.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=LOSB0835

My mistake, it is a Losi Insane motor, not the Frenzy It doesn't have the sealed endbell, it is a mod motor with an open endbell...rebuildable.

http://www.losi.com/Products/Feature...rodId=LOSB0837

[Tanis]

[Cave Dave]

Originally Posted by Tanis

O...it's on then.That's what I run in my RC18T .......I have 4 of these motors. No wonder it's so fast in that vid.

[racerx]

That is what I am running in mine too, everyone thought I was nuts at the last comp! Just waiting for Austin to have some more chassis kits ready.... Paypal waiting!

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by Dave Anthis

O...it's on then.That's what I run in my RC18T .......I have 4 of these motors. No wonder it's so fast in that vid.

That's with the 15T pinion, I think a 14 would be the sweet spot. I had the 12 in it when you drove it at the comp(for comparison);)

[Tanis]

Changed up a couple things after it's first comp, since my battery took a dump and my other packs won't fit on the front axle.



Centered the servo



Battery fits perfectly between the chassis plates, as well as the esc. I decided to put the rx on the rear linkplate for now, until I get a micro rx for it.





Made new steering links




I also took the weights out of the rear wheels, as everything isn't in the front of the car now. I will also be adding some lead stick on weight under the servo plate for more front bias.

[Timothy Hill]

Dumb question Nathan? Why does everyone use allthread for lengths does anyone use round stock and thread the ends? materials are endless aluminum clear up to ti and everything inbetween? Sorry about such a lame nubie question its really an astetic thing plus not that allthread is spendy but could save a few pennies threading your own again sorry just board I guess

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by Timothy Hill

Dumb question Nathan? Why does everyone use allthread for lengths does anyone use round stock and thread the ends? materials are endless aluminum clear up to ti and everything inbetween? Sorry about such a lame nubie question its really an astetic thing plus not that allthread is spendy but could save a few pennies threading your own again sorry just board I guess

People do it both ways, for me, it's just easier to do the allthread, as many different cars as I build.

[yukon635]

which losi battery is that? I need to find something with a larger mah, because this little 600 only lasts me like 15 minutes max but for some reason last austin like 30

[eric113]

Originally Posted by yukon635

which losi battery is that? I need to find something with a larger mah, because this little 600 only lasts me like 15 minutes max but for some reason last austin like 30

Kevin, Are you running same setup as Nathan ? Centered full size servo,with the battery behind it ?

[Tanis]

Originally Posted by yukon635

which losi battery is that? I need to find something with a larger mah, because this little 600 only lasts me like 15 minutes max but for some reason last austin like 30

The Losi pack was the one I originally had on there(600mah), but my LHS ordered in some neat little Zippy 800mah packs. That is the one behind the servo, fits perfectly between the chassis.

[yukon635]

Originally Posted by eric113

Kevin, Are you running same setup as Nathan ? Centered full size servo,with the battery behind it ?

yeah, my full size servo is centered on the front and the 600 is just velcro'd on a peice of lexan directly behind the servo.

[LIKES2CRAWL]

"Holy Shnikes" Nathan, you need to by 2 body's when you build a rig....
1 body to figure out where it's gonna be finaly placed, and another to replace that swiss cheesed thing of a body you used in the first place!

[mann0mann]

Tanis - one of my buddies just built one of these up and I had a chance to look over the build for a few moments today. I noticed his upper links hit the springs on the stock shocks almost immediately and push the springs off the cups?

He was using stock shocks without any limiters but from what I could tell that wouldn't have made a difference. The uppers rubbed almost immediately.

You seeing that with yours? or is it a non-issue when running?

-Mike

[Gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by mann0mann

Tanis - one of my buddies just built one of these up and I had a chance to look over the build for a few moments today. I noticed his upper links hit the springs on the stock shocks almost immediately and push the springs off the cups?

He was using stock shocks without any limiters but from what I could tell that wouldn't have made a difference. The uppers rubbed almost immediately.

You seeing that with yours? or is it a non-issue when running?

-Mike

The spring does hit the upper link but it does not hit the shock ,He needs to lower it down because it was not designed to be ran at stock shock height.It will not hurt anything with it rubbing