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by Bongo Fury
Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:15 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Sad Losi news, and a safety reminder
Replies: 20
Views: 3309

Re: Sad Losi news, and a safety reminder

esaresky75 wrote:Pics of the fire.

On a side note, Gil Losi Sr & his wife purchased the house in 2009 for $2,000,000! Must be nice.

They even have a track at their house.
Bet the track made them real popular with some of the neighbors!
by Bongo Fury
Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:18 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Sad Losi news, and a safety reminder
Replies: 20
Views: 3309

Re: Sad Losi news, and a safety reminder

Truly sad. I'd love to know more details though. I have seriously never heard of anyone I actually know having any lipo issues. Anyone know of any first hand accounts of fire? Just curious. I’ve seen/am aware of a few. Mostly smokers thankfully. All appeared to be in car damage or short of some sor...
by Bongo Fury
Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:24 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Sad Losi news, and a safety reminder
Replies: 20
Views: 3309

Sad Losi news, and a safety reminder

Some sad news, didn't see it posted here yet.

30 years of history lost in a Gil Losi garage fire.

http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/murrieta/murrieta-headlines-index/20120208-inland-warning-issued-on-batteries-that-can-ignite.ece

Credit to F N Cuda on RCTech.
by Bongo Fury
Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:46 pm
Forum: Losi Forum
Topic: WIIIIIDE Onroad Body, Any Hope? Please help
Replies: 22
Views: 2328

Re: WIIIIIDE Onroad Body, Any Hope? Please help

If you do want to narrow it up by shortening the rear lower links, there's at least one easy way: Build new links from turnbuckles and Du-Bro captured ball ends. It’s how many adjusted rear toe. Might need to shorten the sliders some too. Also there were foam wheels made for a direct fit, well assum...
by Bongo Fury
Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:03 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Pizza delivery!?
Replies: 6
Views: 1084

Re: Pizza delivery!?

That’s odd Jason. In my experience, wait, I didn’t phrase that right, from what I’ve heard, yeah that’s better, it shouldn’t be hard finding a pizza buyer at a University. From what I remember, ah damn, I mean from what I’ve overheard, it shouldn’t be hard to find someone who would suddenly remember...
by Bongo Fury
Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:29 pm
Forum: Racing News / Get-Togethers
Topic: First Track?
Replies: 53
Views: 6361

Re: First Track?

My first race was at an off road track in Alliance Ohio, can’t remember the name. 1989. Introductory series Losi JRX2 with a Proformance kit. Still have it, and most all of the equipment. Earlier I had watched some indoor oval carpet races at Lafayette Indiana (near hometown) and an off road track s...
by Bongo Fury
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:16 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Ted Longshaw passed away
Replies: 3
Views: 898

Re: Ted Longshaw passed away

Sincere Condolences to family and friends.

But let's remember to celebrate his contributions too.



Regards
by Bongo Fury
Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:41 pm
Forum: Vintage Electronics
Topic: How to set up Airtronics XL2P with Novak T4
Replies: 4
Views: 1236

Re: How to set up Airtronics XL2P with Novak T4

Good points. In case you’re not already aware the wiring order wasn’t standardized between radio brands long ago. You could easily have a T4 wired for a different radio system. Since your steering servo works perhaps the easiest thing to do is make sure the T4 wiring order matches up with the steeri...
by Bongo Fury
Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:15 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Are people thinking about rc performance all wrong today?
Replies: 137
Views: 9924

Re: Are people thinking about rc performance all wrong today

Springs aren’t involved in cornering? What about roll stiffness?
by Bongo Fury
Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:05 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Happy B-day bearrickster!
Replies: 29
Views: 2005

Re: Happy B-day bearrickster!

Live it up a little buddy, hope it's a good one!
by Bongo Fury
Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:02 pm
Forum: Vintage Electronics
Topic: Novak tribute display!
Replies: 26
Views: 2877

Re: Novak tribute display!

Sweet. Didn't Bob start the company with servos as the first product?
by Bongo Fury
Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:58 pm
Forum: Off-Topic / Chit-Chat
Topic: Opening an indoor track.
Replies: 33
Views: 3445

Re: Opening an indoor track.

A suggestion for an off road carpet track, don’t believe I saw this mentioned: Require tape on the bottom of the chassis to cover the screw heads. Keep a few rolls around the pits even. The combination of the fairly hard track and high speeds due to the traction levels can be hard on off roaders, an...
by Bongo Fury
Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:06 pm
Forum: Vintage Electronics
Topic: Sanyo KR-1700sce saddle pack restoration
Replies: 13
Views: 2219

Re: Sanyo KR-1700sce saddle pack restoration

Quick question on this restoration project, as I'm about to solder up a couple of old sanyo battery packs from matched cells. Can I ask what you used to connect each battery? Is that the resoldering braid referred to? Are there specific connection parts/resolder braids for making these packs up (I'...
by Bongo Fury
Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: 21st Century Modern
Topic: The uglyness spreads....
Replies: 69
Views: 6079

Re: The uglyness spreads....

I wish the cab forward bodies didn’t work, as I find them horrendous. But sadly I’ve seen a fair amount of evidence that they do seem to work with a variety of respected racers. In the Vintage spirit, aka the more things change the more they stay the same, I’ve always remembered this letter to the e...
by Bongo Fury
Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:33 am
Forum: Losi Forum
Topic: 1st jrx-t toy
Replies: 5
Views: 918

Re: 1st jrx-t toy

No doubt. The MIP tranny can work really well, but be careful with the adjustment. In my experience the combination of using a normal bearing for the thrust and belleville spring washers make the adjustment a little more critical than some. A copy of the instructions: http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtop...

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