Official WiRCRC Chit Chat

[TrailDawg362]

Well, as of about 6 PM today, my summer vacation has officially started . Come on trail season!

[Super]

Did you get paid for the whole day?

[TrailDawg362]

Yup, plus all unused vacation, sick days, insurance through Feb and recall rights for the length of my service.

[Super]

Well at least that's something.

[TrailDawg362]

Vaterra Twin Hammers, or ? The more I read and see the more I wouldn't mind having one.

[Super]

Looks cool. But let someone else tell me how good or bad they are. There are some people out there ordering two right off the bat. That's just stupid, I think. I like the design of it except for the "buggy" style tub chassis. I am more interested in the internals and how strong stuff is. I like the two speed.

Basically, I'm on the fence till some one does an unbiased review on it.

Just thinking back to the XR10, and that was from a company we all trusted.

[Satan6907]

Yea that thing looks cool, but how will it hold up to trailing and bashing is the question I want answered before I consider it.

[TrailDawg362]

Agreed^^. Like I need another rc vehichle anyway .

A while ago, there was a vendor selling light controllers called the Raptor. It had brake, reverse, and forward light functions plus hazard flashers when idle for 30+ seconds. I thought that was pretty damn cool. With shipping (from Italy) it was like $70. I asked Heyok if he could do something like that for less $$. He PM'ed me today saying its ready, no price yet though.

[Super]

That sounds pretty cool. Just the controller or lights too?

[TrailDawg362]

Pretty sure its just the controller, but I have a crapload of leds so it's all good. He came up with a price of $35, not too shabby. Good thing I still had a Paypal balance!

[Super]

Is he gonna make a bunch of them or was this a one off thing you asked him to do?

[Satan6907]

im pretty sure he will make more of them as he will see money from it.

[TrailDawg362]

NO! You can't have one!! It's all for me me me .

It's really just a modification to his brake/reverse light controller, and he said he wanted one for himself so he may offer it on his website or as a special request option. Heyok is really a great guy to deal with .


PM:

Thank you for the speedy payment.
I will make sure it is easy to understand how to use this new controller.
Another question... do you want the brake lights to be dimly lit (to simulate park lights) when they are off or do you want them completely off?

Dim will be fine. How many leds will each circuit support?

You can do 300 mA per leg which is about 15.
The always on output can do a few amps.

R2Hobbies has a cheapie controller that does brake/forward/turn signals, but who the hell uses blinkers on the trail? And if anyone NEEDS hazard lights, it's ME!

http://www.r2hobbies.com/rc-accessor...s.html?cat=83/

[Super]

That would be really cool on your TF2.

[heyok]

Originally Posted by Super

Is he gonna make a bunch of them or was this a one off thing you asked him to do?

Here you go, guys!

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/vendo...ml#post4160849

[Super]

Thanks for posting this up, really small unit too! Outstanding stuff, keep up the good work.

[TrailDawg362]

I'm a little disappointed, Al. I thought we were going to call it the "Traildawg is a Trail Hazard" light controller!

Thanks for your time and effort, can't wait to get it and hooked up .

[heyok]

Originally Posted by TrailDawg362

I'm a little disappointed, Al. I thought we were going to call it the "Traildawg is a Trail Hazard" light controller!

Thanks for your time and effort, can't wait to get it and hooked up .

Sorry, I overlooked that.
I will fix it right now!

[Super]

Dawg, have you been running your Blizzard in all this fresh snow?

[TrailDawg362]

Sadly, no. But I plan to . Been busy with taxes, UC and insurance crap. My RC A.D.D. kicked in and told me to strip the TF-2, so I have that to sidetrack me too. I might head to Pierce Park and test her out, and snag a few pics.