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I was told that the NiCd cells have discharge memory. If you always fully discharge the battery after use, the cells will keep max charge for most of the run and then dump to mostly discharged towards the end of the run. Otherwise they will go on a steady charge decline over a run, with more time at...

.....and if you don't feel like dealing with the light bulb stringers.....10W 30ohm resistors do the trick. 20250218_122323.jpg 20250218_141337.jpg .....the last two packs ran just this past Sunday, on discharge.....beer for reference, when the resistor temperature gets as cool as the can, they're ...

THANK YOU!!!.....and bravo!! Do you have any earlier ROAR Rev-Up mags (ie. 80's) by any chance? Great idea and great work you're doing! Totally loving this! I have a few Rev-Up issues from 87, 88, and 89. It will take some time to scan and upload them though. I'll post back in this thread whenever ...

Not exactly today, that was more during the long week-end we had here in France, but met again @TravelinTravis and @Trass in Belley for few days of RC vintage fun...

Anyone hear about RC Reviews on Youtube losing his channel?



Bummer that creators can't get any help from YouTube.

You think eBay is evil... try dealing with Google.

The Makera Carvera Air arrived yesterday, about 3 months after the order... https://i.imgur.com/7JNM4nm.jpeg Had no time to unbox it yesterday, I did it today... https://i.imgur.com/8yvCtKB.jpeg After removing the protecting plastic, it looks like this... https://i.imgur.com/AkjEd3w.jpeg And a bit l...

Been chasing one of these turds for a while, it's nothing special just a Parma lexan body on a Rockbuster, but ever since seeing it in the Tower catalog I've loved the look.

A bit later (not looked at the time, but more than one hour later), the detail operation is done and we get a prompt to change tool again... https://i.imgur.com/dJezuS5.jpeg Here is the detail before the cut operation https://i.imgur.com/UMRxvKo.jpeg I changed tool, and it restarted to finish the pr...

After the first test, I wanted to do my first special part... But before, as you have number for tools when you prepare the work, I went to makerworld and found a perfect storage for the tools to be used in a work... https://i.imgur.com/JDIP7Ir.jpeg (https://makerworld.com/en/models/1389826-carvera-...

@9:17 ... https://youtu.be/iqCGedEGKtM?t=557 ...someone was able to get him in touch with a live person at youtube so, kudos for that.

I have used black electrical tape cut into strips.

Finished up the MT mechanically today, just need to get the body on. Then both of them may sit as they are for weeks, or even months, for that rare day that I actually want to paint lexan bodies.