Fresh Worlds build and a few questions

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Re: Fresh Worlds build and a few questions

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I'd still run an antenna tube even if my receiver didn't have an antenna.
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Now the only thing I have to worry about is finding a yellow or blue antenna tube. I have a variety pack of them with different colors. The green one I have on it now has to go.

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RC10th wrote:I'd still run an antenna tube even if my receiver didn't have an antenna.
Hehehe....me too RC10th! :lol: You should make that your signature. :D

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Re: Fresh Worlds build and a few questions

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joey_zrl wrote:
RC10th wrote:I'd still run an antenna tube even if my receiver didn't have an antenna.
Hehehe....me too RC10th! :lol: You should make that your signature. :D
:lol: That would make a good signature.
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howaboutme wrote:Looks great!

Can you tell me what the JC diamond nose brace tubes does compared to stock? Besides sexier, is it stronger? I assume a major reason is it's lighter?

Thanks!
In my opinion, just by looking at them...they are a little thicker in O.D. than the stock tubes near the center and at the ends. Given that they are shorter by about 1/2", they are a bit more torsionally rigid than the oem tubes. The reason they are shorter is because JConcepts machined the length of their nose brace tubes to specifically fit the RC10 buggy. The stock tubes will fit the RC10 and the RC10T.

In my opinion, these tubes are definitely an upgrade in strength and weight reduction, as well as looks.

10T and RC10 nose tubes are different lengths mate..

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bully wrote:
joey_zrl wrote:
howaboutme wrote:Looks great!

Can you tell me what the JC diamond nose brace tubes does compared to stock? Besides sexier, is it stronger? I assume a major reason is it's lighter?

Thanks!
In my opinion, just by looking at them...they are a little thicker in O.D. than the stock tubes near the center and at the ends. Given that they are shorter by about 1/2", they are a bit more torsionally rigid than the oem tubes. The reason they are shorter is because JConcepts machined the length of their nose brace tubes to specifically fit the RC10 buggy. The stock tubes will fit the RC10 and the RC10T.

In my opinion, these tubes are definitely an upgrade in strength and weight reduction, as well as looks.

10T and RC10 nose tubes are different lengths mate..
Ok, thank you for the clearing that up for me bully. Much appreciated. I was going off of what I learned from JConcepts. I was under the impression that the World's Car tubes and the 10T tubes were the same length:
Chilly from JConcepts wrote:As you can see the JConcepts diamond nose brace tubes are much shorter in length than the stock tubes since those were designed to fit both the RC10 and RC10T. Since only RC10 kits have been re-released at this point JConcepts designed their tubes specifically for that platform. Like their diamond wing tubes, these nose tubes also use a unique hex design in the middle with a diamond pattern cut into it. Again I opted for the black version to match my color scheme but silver is available.
Link to the JC article: (Scroll down to get to the info on the nose tubes)
http://www.jconcepts.net/garage/projects/rc10-worlds-build

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Yeah, unfortunately they are incorrect. The original tubes were long in case you wanted to run in lwb mode, but without the holes drilled in the tubes it was not easy. The 10t brace holes are both cross drilled, they bolt to the bulkhead not the noseplate like the buggy. Truck nose brace tubes are also shorter than the buggy by quite a bit
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GoMachV wrote:Yeah, unfortunately they are incorrect. The original tubes were long in case you wanted to run in lwb mode, but without the holes drilled in the tubes it was not easy. The 10t brace holes are both cross drilled, they bolt to the bulkhead not the noseplate like the buggy. Truck nose brace tubes are also shorter than the buggy by quite a bit
Yes Sir, that info from JC was very misleading. Thanks for making it more clear GoMachV. I will be building a 10T sometime soon, so I appreciate the shared knowledge. I'm really glad to have found a website dedicated to the RC10 platform.

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My Futaba R203GF receiver came in yesterday, and I've got it installed and linked to my 4PLs radio. Looking forward to this weekend to test it out, and get a few more pics of the car. Hopefully some action shots are in the mix. ;) I'm really pleased with how everything worked out nicely on this build. The gearbox was the only thing that gave me any trouble, but that was an easy enough fix.

Setting up the differential and the slipper clutch was pretty easy once I watched a tutorial video on how to do it. One thing I noticed during setting the slipper clutch was the slipper is very sensitive to temperature changes. I set up the slipper to slip for one foot or so from WOT takeoff early in the day with an outside ambient temp of 78dF.

Later in the evening that same day, I took the car out again (same setting as before) and got wheelies on WOT takeoff. So I learned to check the slipper before every run.

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TLR sticker, shame on you :lol:

Looking forward to the action shots....
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RC10th wrote:TLR sticker, shame on you :lol:

Looking forward to the action shots....
Well, you see what had happened was.... :shock: I only have a few ae stickers left, and they ain't going on the tackle box. :lol:

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A few pics with the new Rx. The blue antenna tube goes much better with the paint theme:

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Re: Fresh Worlds build and a few questions

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Looks great!

Was the antenna length long enough? :D
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Thanks howaboutme! I guess receivers have changed since the last time I bought one. :shock: It's not as long as the antenna's of old @7-1/2". I think that has to do with the switch from AM/FM modulation to 2.4GHz. Everything 2.4GHz these days has a stubby antenna.

I might just install the full length antenna tube that came with the kit to get that 'vintage whip' effect. No pun intended. :lol:

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Re: Fresh Worlds build and a few questions

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Your buggy looks great!

Long antennas look,

old school!

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