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If you are familiar wrenching both RC10 6 gear and early CATs, the kinship between the diffs on the layshaft are quite striking. Following the power route down to the outdrives things are a bit different, with gears vs belts and Schumachers integrator which was employed to enable a varying amount of...

Thought I'd bump this. Daughter is in from her freshman year of college for fall break, so we kept the pumpkin carving tradition alive. She tried to get fancy with her eyeballs and they fell out.

Good idea Thumbs.

My son and I at this year's VONATS. He's a sophomore in Mech Eng with a Geology minor. Glad someone snapped this of us. Time goes by quickly...

This is my local hobby shop Pacific Coast Hobbies. Been there many times and never noticed this one in a case at the back of the store. Bit of a mashup but it has early production shocks & chassis with the very light anodizing. Never seen this in person. Other early parts inside too (too hard to...

I tested a new 21.5. From the factory, it was set at 47 degrees and ran 20,000 RPM pulling 4.4 amps. At 40 degrees, it ran 20,000 but pulled only 3.0 amps. So that is where I left it. At 55 degrees, it ran 21,600 and pulled 5.7 amps. Would that have been a better choice? So far, most of what I have...

All wires organized right. Crystal and receiver in the right spot. Falcon done.

IMO a brushless analyzer is a must have tool if you are serious into rc. Mine has arrived. :D Now to figure out how to use it.... Is there a database somewhere that gives an idea what to expect from a particular wind? Or does that just have to come from experience? Finding the sweet spot for a part...

Guess how happy I was when I found out my new motor tests like this :lol: 20241022_093348.jpg The only way to truly test a motor is under load, it's all good to get the crazy free RPM's on the analyzer but can the motor maintain good RPM under load? The analyzer won't tell you that part so it's good...

Made some custom chassis protectors out of vinyl for my sassy chassis king cab. The letters for the apm sticker were cut on a brother scan&cut (hate that thing), the flames were hand drawn and cut with a razor blade

Completed the P-34. This one is too pretty and fragile to run, it's really low, very little ground clearance.

I found that interesting to about early CATs too. Same with the front of the AYK Pro Radiant. There is much about the Avante suspension/steering design and geometry that is puzzling. Rear toe might have calmed some that platform's nervous handling. Why did the Avante series have no kick-up with onl...

Went out to a reservoir near the Nevada border over the weekend to explore and get the dogs out of the house. Pretty cool area in the middle of nowhere. I wish I could have captured how far down it was on the dry end of the dam. When full, the reservoir is 17 miles long- and the last time it spilled...

Until it's straightened out, maybe need some driving lessons from Tow Mater
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its the easiest, but far from the best! (definitely dont do this )

I was supposed to finish the berm, but got sidetracked by building the tabletop jump which was finished today. Kyosho Optima for size reference.