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Well, I guess I'll take the opportunity to tell an off-color joke... A man and woman were in their living room and she was throwing peanuts into the air and he was catching them in his mouth. Their daughter and her boyfriend walked in and since being distracted the man turned his head. A peanut land...

they are just the round holes at the end of the brush wire that u mount it with the screws...vs. the kind u solder on

Guys, I wanted to share a solder station recommendation to the RC10Talk nation. I have to say I never looked forward to the soldering part of our hobby. I hated it. I had a decent Weller standalone iron, I believe this one, for years: https://www.amazon.ca/Weller-WP35-35-Watt-Professional-Soldering/...

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:47 pm Just trying to come up with reasoning to bs myself into buying it...

Don't go down that path! It leads to other rational thinking.

I have been using that rpm meter on my Le mans motors for awhile now. It works good but reads some odd #s sometimes as it jumps around...eventually showing actual rpm So I ordered that same rpm meter and also have a nice multimeter. What do I need to supply a specific voltage going to the motor bei...

I'm still collecting stuff but this is what I come up with to attach the reflective tape to. I took a smaller spur gear that I had laying around and opened it up just enough for a pinion to fit snugly. I haven't glued it together yet, but I spun it up on a 15T modified. It spun true, without any vib...

Now it's my turn to share how I'm building my motor dyno. A little late to the party, but I got to borrow from some of your guys' great ideas. :mrgreen: The trickiest part is finding a way to attach something to the motor shaft. I originally was thinking to use a spare motor pinion gear and somehow ...

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:37 pm ...Good thing the wife only sees about less than half of packages left at the front door...

If you'd like to keep it that way, just send one Kyosho motor to: Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace......

Yeah, send me either the 240S or the 480T...your choice!

I one day want to add those to my collection, I'm missing those 2.

I just might have a new problem/addiction on my hands. Good thing the wife only sees about less than half of packages left at the front door. I work from home so even if she's home I usually can ninja my way to the mailbox and smuggle goods to the basement before she notices anything... Lol that's ...

My first one ever.

R6cowboy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:11 pm Twisters silver label. Anyone familiar with details on this Twister?

I got one too....not sure on mine either but i knew at one point...cant remember now. When u pull it apart see if its a single, double, or triple...that will be a good start and we can go from there

He is part of the crew that tried to pass off a shady relabeled twister to bob stormer. Kinda known for relabeling and calling stuff rare that never was made

hi guys, I had a lot of fun and I'm very happy for my third place. congratulations to TheDiamondOne on a wonderful build!!!!
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yeah towards the end of the month if its a two horse race unfortunately voting for anything else is a wasted vote...sux because if we were allowed two votes per month it avoids these issues Indeed, should've taken a gander at the votes since it was last minute. I don't know , if you vote blind then...