Look at my soldering job. Lmao. The tips wont heat up at all, no matter how clean I clean the tips. I do really need new & a good soldering iron/station.

Nice!

I'm glad you approved the parts combo. They already shipped out today.

I would have flat out with my truck at 3:41. You seems lost a couple of times there.

My order from banggood arrived today. Took 2 weeks, not bad IMO. Installed tonight. Everything went well & I loved the speed. The main gear stripped little bit when I repeatedly testing braking (on tarmac if thats make any difference). Lol. I think you can take a peek in the pic below. The car still can move though but it is time to get metal main gear. Either waiting stock at baggood or find it somewhere else.

For the love of me, I can not remove the allen screw that hold the pinion gear on the stock motor. So I use pinion from my buggy instead. Bigger in diameter than stock pinion.



I'm going to swap stock 540 motor in my buggy to 550 motor.



Btw, servo is twitching a little. Most likely because the transmitter battery is low, blinking already.

Air parcel register, standard free shipping. Which shipping method you usually use? Thanks for the tips! I'll try that.

I clicked express checkout too quickly. I saw the other shipping options after I clicked the button.

Update on my monster truck brushless upgrade: the slightly stripped main/spur gear still running ok. It stripped probably my fault because I didn't make sure both pinion & main/spur gear mesh properly. Corrected that. Tested last night on tarmac, it even can brake from top speed without having issue. The only issue I need to solve is the bottom screw on the right steering hub no longer want to stay in place due to the thread already stripped from previous crash. Definitely need to change that hub but before I do that, I have fatter screw that I can try. We'll see.

The JX PDI-6221MG 20KG servo so far running great. It does have some little issue with it if you watch a couple of youtube videos talking about this servo but so far for normal/bashing, I have not experience any issue at all. My buggy also use this servo. The stock ESC in my buggy somehow can not handle this servo even though BEC is rated at 5V/2A. After a couple of turn, it brownout, the servo stalled. Fortunately, the brushed ESC from my truck can handle the servo well.

Right now I'm using the 23T pinion with the brushless motor in my truck. I'm not sure whether I should install the stock pinion which is 17T.

Nice!

This post has been edited by kizwan: Mar 18 2018, 03:13 PM

It doesn't say whether it is linear or switch. The ESC is BDESC-S10E-RTR. There is WP-S10E-RTR but this is totally different ESC.

HSP Brontosaurus 3100kv brushless upgrade test run. Shot at 1080p60 but the quality doesn't look like shot at 60 framerate. When slowed down, there seems lost of details. I did turned on distortion correction. That maybe the reason.

https://youtu.be/vFfv6NX6W6I

Pinion is fine since it is metal. The spur gear worn out a little. I don't usually drive like that but I just want to test the motor power when punch out. Actually if I make sure the gears are meshed properly from the beginning, the plastic spur gear would still in good condition. Even when they are not meshed properly, it only worn out when I brake. Now after I corrected my mistake, I have no problem with that plastic spur gear either during fast acceleration or braking.

I'll need to put fan to the motor since it feels hot. I already have heatsink attached to it though. I don't have spare 5V fan. The only one I have left is 12V fan.

That guy live there. He is checking something inside that fence that already taken over by nature.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Mar 22 2018, 12:52 AM

Yeah, it is hot. Going to put the 17T pinion back. Trying to get a combo of spur & pinion but banggood sold out. Lazada have though, so probably get there. I didn't try phone my local store yet. He should be able to get it & much faster.

I'll check at both sites later. I have ordered from Lazada before but not RC related stuff.

SupermotoXL

For my 1/10 buggy brushless upgrade. Your honest opinion?

My buggy get Hobbywing Ezrun Max10 combo brushless upgrade. Motor is 4000kv. I decided to get this combo from my LHS.



I always love that front shocks design though.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Apr 1 2018, 04:17 AM

Yeah, I know. A couple of zip ties should do it. I didn't have time to test drive it yet. The gears, spur & pinion are now steel for my buggy & truck.


That is nice Tamiya rc. Wheelie all the way.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Apr 2 2018, 02:28 AM

Is that 4WD or 2WD? I watched AMPRO youtube channel how he rebuild or fixed his classic Tamiya RC vehicle as well as buyers guide, like falcon, panda pandamonium & lunchbox.

What brand are they? Doesn't look like tamiya. If that is toy, then that is pretty high end toy. Drive shaft for front & rear wheels. I always want to put proper esc & servo in toy rc car. The lamborghini toy rc car or even the 1/10 scale toy rally car that I always saw at supermarket seems like good candidate. If it only require simple mod, I can do it. I'm not good in crafting my own parts though.

Btw, I got smaller pinion for my truck but it's not 17t. It is 21t. I already doubt that is 17t pinion as the tokey at my LHS leads me to believe. I think he is ill informed too. Still, I believed motor run better now without getting hot, although I did try not to brake too much. I should've get the programming card too. The ezrun system in my buggy is so easy setting the brake force, reverse etc.

This post has been edited by kizwan: Apr 4 2018, 02:08 PM

Just picked this up today.



I was going for summit vxl but it is 1/16 scale that only available. I already skeptical when I heard the price. Everything was done by phone, so I did not get the chance to see the actual car whether it is 1/10 or 1/16.

That is nice stampede. I'll need to get one 2WD RC next time. Learn on how to handle them. I prefer 4WD because it is much easier to handle. After "the miscommunication" Summit VXL, my second choice was Rustler but changed my mind to Stampede purely because it is 4WD. Changed to dean plug. I already rollover my stampede twice the first time I drove it. Removing the preloaded shock spring spacers helps but still need to slow down before turning.













This post has been edited by kizwan: Apr 24 2018, 11:11 PM

SupermotoXL

Looking at getting hot glue gun. Do you think the supermarket brands (all from China) are good or should I get branded one?

I noticed the K949 have second servo. What it is for? Is it for diff lock/unlock? Also is the diff on K949 factory locked?