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Kyosho advertising a slew of new vehicles from racing to realistic models, motorcycles, and even airplanes in 1988: Turbo Optima Mid SE: 1/10 4wd electric off-road racing buggy released in 1988. Slender, bronze anodized "Duralumin" flat plate main chassis, fiberglass upper deck, heavy duty...

Adding my best friend, Hans the dachshund to the dog thread.

Wired up a Novak T-1 and added Factory Works carbon trans mount and battery strap.

Cool!

There seems to be a chain drive theme....

Edit, still takes me forever to figure out what portion of the link to keep when embedding lol

Jeff, don't let the Chain Bros get ahold of your red Yoke.

One question about flipping the gearbox around to do a mid motor. Isn't a reverse rotator motor needed, or a 0 degree timing motor that can be run reverse polarity for driving forward? I've always flipped the top shaft direction when I do a mid motor to keep motor rotation in the normal direction. ...

Thanks to all who entered, it was a great cross-section of entries this month.

A special thanks to all who voted for me, I feel honoured (and slightly shocked) to have taken out the BotM for November.

Alex

I was getting the Christmas stuff out, so i peeked into a couple of totes. Kind of exciting because I didn't know if had it. Not sure what is going on with the arms.

Also found the O.G. I knew I wouldn't have gotten rid of it, but I haven't seen it in years. Pretty stoked! My original 6 gear. I probably spent 40 hours going thru it in every detail. Still smooth af! Rings are gone. No telling what I may have been up to last time I was doing anything with it.

Hah, sorry all. Those posts were supposed to be in the what did you do rc thread. I was distracted. Me, my cousins and a friend of mine all took our trannys to a restaurant called The Italian Village in Illinois circa 1988. Place is still around!

Incredible_Serious wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2024 3:52 pm

Tang wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2024 1:18 pm Congratulations @Incredible_Serious !

Thanks mate.... your beautiful B2 pushed me the entire way

I appreciate that. Always fun to watch a tight race play out! I really love the custom stuff you don't see often, or sometimes ever see. Different level of creativity.

Dogs gunna have a sting in its tail

Me, my cousins and a friend of mine all took our trannys to a restaurant called The Italian Village in Illinois circa 1988. :lol: I figured 24 hours and Alex hasn't said anything about this...he must be putting the final touches on his cougars :wink: Todd I wasn't going near that one..... no intere...

Hah, sorry all. Those posts were supposed to be in the what did you do rc thread. I was distracted. Me, my cousins and a friend of mine all took our trannys to a restaurant called The Italian Village in Illinois circa 1988. :lol: Place is still around! But seriously, kids taking trannies to the res...