Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
I'm opposed to that for the same reason as not hanging the servo on the pod to save the troubles of cables-it's a lot of unsuspended weight.
I have considered a couple of small ~1oz tanks tho, I could run them them saddle pack style and relocate the servo from where it is now. It's easy enough to "Y" the tanks together. Two ounces is roughly 60cc, not far from a 75cc tank that a much larger .12 uses
I have considered a couple of small ~1oz tanks tho, I could run them them saddle pack style and relocate the servo from where it is now. It's easy enough to "Y" the tanks together. Two ounces is roughly 60cc, not far from a 75cc tank that a much larger .12 uses
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
i'd flip the steering servo to the front and put the throttle servo in it's place. then use saddle tanks.
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
Good call, it would free up a lot of space
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
I think I would try to leave the steering servo and try to stack the throttle servo on top of the steering servo. Might need some new custom servo mounts for the throttle servo. That's the config that popped into my head when I looked at the car.
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
You would have trouble fitting a body this way.trek wrote:I think I would try to leave the steering servo and try to stack the throttle servo on top of the steering servo. Might need some new custom servo mounts for the throttle servo. That's the config that popped into my head when I looked at the car.
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
I relocated the steering at first but the throttle servo still wasn't happy, I lost the servo mounts, and the geometry all were effected. I went back to the stock setup and added the throttle servo behind it and lost the stock antenna mount. Used gt servo mounts and a gt receiver mount, plenty of room for saddle tanks now! And....I picked an old can am body that was mismade- good one to practice on. The servo just barely clears. On a GTP body it wouldn't be an issue at all. The height vs a cox nissan is still pretty close and they ran micro servos.
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
I thing of beauty!
I enjoyed how this car came together!!!
I enjoyed how this car came together!!!
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It will look even better in carbon fiber when the bugs are worked out
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
Looks wonderful! Fall back option, what about mounting the throttle servo behind the pod?
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
Fixed it for yahugger19 wrote:dont forget the gas tankS
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
Cool looking car Jeff! the new location for the throttle/break servo a perfect location and freed up space for the dual tanks.
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Re: Been thinking about this for a bit....Nitro 12L3
Nah, link cars exist since much longer. Trinity's Evolution 10 predates the RC10L3 and had links.gomachv wrote:I've come to a fork in the road.
Tweak is the single most important thing on a pan car
By adding the fuel tank to one side, tweak will never be correct
I can't center the tank with a T plate
I really need to go to a link style/lipo style setup, and I can, but now we are in two generation newer tech.
For the steering servo, you could go for a Tamiya F103-style set-up, with the servo vertical with an ear cut off. Also a period solution. Or drop a micro servo between the front arms.
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