Kyosho now on the re-re bandwagon - Scorpion

[toyranosaur]

Way back on page 29 I asked if a bit could be ground off the ball to loosen things up: Do you guys not listen to me because I'm not Japanese? (I KNEW IT....) By the way, HOW do you know that I'm not Japanese? Chris REC

[GoMachV]

It can be ground but you shouldn't have to! Just use the old instruction manual and it shows you how to free it up (center it!)

[toyranosaur]

Hey! No logic here! I think we can agree it's not an error, but the tolerances ARE a tad snug. Not to kick a dead dog, but compared to the RC10 Gold pan, you throw the parts in the air & they land perfectly assembled. Here's to Big K-San doing a LOT more re-re's if this is what we can expect! Chris REC

[ra272]

I'm pretty sure that diff outdrives are not correctly machined. The slot for the dog bones pin are deep enough but not the center bore. I remove a few material with a round drill bit (very few, 0.5 mm) and I have no more binding.

[stulec52]

Anyone mounted any current 2wd buggy wheels yet ?
I want to race my car indoor so I want to get some 2.2s on it

[McPaavola]

Dirty Scorpion:


Shooted a little video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ihg_MzQiig

[toyranosaur]

12 mm. Hex drives coming, give me a few days & they should help. Chris REC

[toyranosaur]

Bangered out a wing for m'self, same size as the Scorpion wing. Not sure if they'll be a product or not (?) The last time I offered wings they did not do great: If you chaps want to see Scorp wings, do let me know (I have mine ) Chris REC

[SMOKE-DOG]

Wing is sweet. You should do the metal wing mount with the circles on it like what's on the turbo.

[GoMachV]

+1 on the aluminum wing mount. The Scorp needs the aluminum wing! It just looks "right" on there! Nice work

[RichieRich]

My scorpion was delivered today from Amain. I need to figure out if I'm going to tomahawk it or change the radio box and wing.

[mjtown]

Hi everyone,

Apologies if this has been covered earlier in this thread but I don't have time to read all 34 pages!

My question is... are the new drivetrain parts (counter, spur, diff etc) compatible with the original. I have a Turbo Scorpion that I have restored but I'm reluctant to hammer it because the nylon original gears are so damned hard to replace. I see this as being a convenient way to get my old car from the 80's back out doing what it was designed to do.

Cheers!

Mike

[GoMachV]

No, pitch is different. It's the same layout but you would be a candidate for the complete retrofit trans- it drops into the old car and is complete. Alternately there are people breaking up the car in eBay, you might find a complete trans there too

[mjtown]

Thanks Gomachv. I had thought about that. Not a bad idea - put the old one to one side. To be honest, that approach is pretty consistent with the rest of my car, so I have no problem with it. I have added vintage hop-ups and some hand made stuff, but I have also kept all of the original parts in excellent condition so I can return it to original whenever I want.

HOW EXCITING!!!

Soon to be airborne at a track near you...

[mjtown]

Holy crap! It's all so reasonably priced too! So cool.