Official WiRCRC Chit Chat

[Super]

Noonish tomorrow? It will be just me, junior has a friend comin' over Saturday.

[TrailDawg362]

Sounds about right . Guess I'll have to get me a 2012 sticker for the new ride too right away.

[JCRCRacing]

well i did it, ordered a TF2 last night

[Stinkyy]

Originally Posted by TrailDawg362

Sounds about right . Guess I'll have to get me a 2012 sticker for the new ride too right away.

Kasper is still computer-less, and he has not been to the shop since monday so he knows nothing of the high cliff trip. He would prolly like to be included in your outing.

[TrailDawg362]

Originally Posted by JCRCRacing

well i did it, ordered a TF2 last night

Nice! Mine is still just a roller till I can sling some paint on her. If you enjoy building kits you should love it. I'm still debating on what color, and possible tire changes. The 1.55's are kinda small-ish. Over all, it's a pretty impressive kit .

[Trubble]

Originally Posted by TrailDawg362

Mine is still just a roller till I can sling some paint on her. I'm still debating on what color, and possible tire changes.

I'm voting for a medium to darker blue for the hood and roof (think: out of the bottle Fascolor blue), and the remainder in a light almost pastel blue.

Something like this:
(the one on the bottom)

[Trubble]

I'm kickin' around not volunteering for overtime this friday, and making a run out to Hobbytown to get a crawling fix. Anyone know when they're moving the slot car track, and if the crawler course will be in any shape to be run on friday?


On an extremely loosely related note. The wife threw down the challenge once again to build a more proper course for running in the basement. I've sifted through over a dozen pages in this thread, but is there a 'build thread' showing how the Hobbytown course was made?

[401jeeper]

I wasn't involved in the build, but I know there is either a build thread or a picture thread yuo may have to wait for one of the builders to chime in. Chuck

[TrailDawg362]

Equal parts of concrete and sand layed over wooden supports, chicken wire and wet burlap for adhesion.

As for the crawler course, the slotcar track is gone, and a new carpet racetrack is planned for that space. Rumor has it that we'll be asked to move to the non-carpeted area to make room. What a surprise .

[JCRCRacing]

i have a meeting with bob when he gets back from his trip next week, the couse is sill in the same spot, so your more then welcome to use it. as for where it will be moved to is still in the works, the plan right now is to get rid of the shelfs and all the crap in the corner and move it to that area. i took a tape to the area and it looks like you will be able to run 4 or maby 5 units wide and 10 long, i feel that it will be a bigger area then you had before when both slot tracks were there.

if you have any questions or coments i would like to hear them, that way i can bring them up in my meeting with bob. i know you guys are not happy about the move but this could be good for you guys.

my email is JCRCRacing@gmail,com

thanks josh

[TrailDawg362]

Originally Posted by TrailDawg362

Someone not know right hand from left hand. Someone get beating and no bowl of rice today! You workie workie much fast now!!

(The replacement part is already on the way )

My replacement TF2 knuckle arrived today, it was already attached to a complete new front axle! Thanks RC4WD .

[Super]

Originally Posted by JCRCRacing

i have a meeting with bob when he gets back from his trip next week, the couse is sill in the same spot, so your more then welcome to use it. as for where it will be moved to is still in the works, the plan right now is to get rid of the shelfs and all the crap in the corner and move it to that area. i took a tape to the area and it looks like you will be able to run 4 or maby 5 units wide and 10 long, i feel that it will be a bigger area then you had before when both slot tracks were there.

if you have any questions or coments i would like to hear them, that way i can bring them up in my meeting with bob. i know you guys are not happy about the move but this could be good for you guys.

my email is JCRCRacing@gmail,com

thanks josh

Sounds to me like it's one step closer to the door. Whatever

[JCRCRacing]

im sorry you feel that way but that is not whats going on, i would be happy to stop down at hto one night this week and meet with all or sum of you guys. i am just not sure what you guys are looking for or what you would like to see happen. or if you would like to meet some where other then that, i can do that too. i want to help you guys cause i would like to get into this also. and if there is nowhere to do it, it will be harder for there new people to join also.

[TrailDawg362]

One way or another, it'll work itself out. In the meantime,

LET'S HIT THE TRAILS!

[JCRCRacing]

my truck is on back order, everyone is out of stock

[Satan6907]

Originally Posted by TrailDawg362

My replacement TF2 knuckle arrived today, it was already attached to a complete new front axle! Thanks RC4WD .

DAM, Sweet deal man.

Yea Bob is just getting closer and closer to telling us to gtfo. Now that he wont be ording axial parts, none of us are gona buy jack from him so he not gona see income from it. plus he not gona see new people because of not ordering axial.

[Fxkozz]

Hey guys im trying to wire my xr10 up but i dont know how to wire the two esc to one batt and the i think i know the bec goes from the servo to the receiver and disconnect the red wires from the esc to the receiver if im wrong about that please help a noob out and i have and build idea for next winter a swamp buggy it might be cool

[Super]

Originally Posted by TrailDawg362

LET'S HIT THE TRAILS!

yeah, I'm ready to drive the wheels off my trucks

[Satan6907]

gona be nice out today. Might have to hit the trails. Should be nice out this weekend also, change of drizzle but still nice out.

[Trubble]

Originally Posted by Fxkozz

Hey guys im trying to wire my xr10 up but i dont know how to wire the two esc to one batt

As long as the red wire from your batter gets connected to BOTH of the + posts on both ESC's, (and the battery's black to both - posts) you should be golden. The easiest way depends on if you can/want to solder, or if you just want money to fix it. If you'd rather just pony up a couple bucks, you can go to cheapbatterypacks.com where you can order up an adapter. Just order up a parallel harness w/ one male end (to go into the batt) and two female ends (to go to the ESC's). Done. While you're there, for $5 they sell an adapter to plug your BEC into, which then plugs into the servo and receiver, so the BEC powers only the servo. Plug and play, and $5 takes a lot of hassle out of the game.

Originally Posted by Fxkozz

and the i think i know the bec goes from the servo to the receiver (huh?, No) and disconnect the red wires from the esc to the receiver if im wrong about that please help a noob out

The input on the BEC gets connected to the main battery pack. It's up to you if you wnat to do so at the connector or at one of the posts on an ESC, so long as it's connecting to the main pack, and not getting it's feed from the ESC's internal BEC. If I were you, I'd run the BEC's output into the receiver, pull both red wires from both ESC receiver plugs, and let the BEC power the receiver and servo. If you order the handy-dandy $5 servo harness I mentioned above, you need to leave ONE (and only one) red wire in so the receiver gets power from an ESC. (But really, pull both reds, run the BEC into the receiver. SO much less copper spaghetti.)

Originally Posted by Fxkozz

and i have and build idea for next winter a swamp buggy it might be cool

I've had the same idea. Suppose first step'd be where to find tires, the rest can be fabbed.