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I have an Edinger motor that was working ok. After a week it got slower and slower until it stopped. With Tamiya motors and prewar lionel trains a quick spray with electric contact cleaner usually fixes this. Well after a couple of shots with...

I have had this Futaba 3PJS for over 24 years now. The 3PJS base model can store up to (8) cars.

Never thought that I would have more than (8) models to bind this to, but recently my collection came to a total of (9) vintage and reissue cars....

I got a result and managed to pick up a set of nip 1001 servo gears. I have 2 servos out of action because of gears, so now have another one up and running.
Happy days.

These came in a lot I purchased about a year ago. One is the speedworks oval and the other is the speedworks 427. They both seem like they were never used and I was thinking about using one in a build im doing most likely a truck as I am a truck...

Hi guys, recently I've purchased a pair of Peak brushed motors but I don't know anything about them. I've seen there were Peak Performace, Peak Racing and then Peak in the good old days is it the same brand?

Looking for an ID and specs on this old fantom motor. Its been in a box for years. installed it in my rc10ce a while back and ran it a few times. car seems to move really well with it. just curious what this is. In the last pic, its says ROAR 91 on...

Hi all, I recently picked up a vintage Futaba Magnum 1024 FP-T3PB PCM radio. I just had a few questions regarding crystals and module regarding this radio. Is someone able to help me out with these?

- Do I get single or dual conversion crystals for...

What size shrink wrap reduces to the right size for sub-c cells, what about for 3 cell sticks?

Thanks in advance

Hi folks,
I have an Nosram Timeout discharger. I wonder if anybody knows why there are 3 leads on the input?
They are red,black and blue.
I use it sometimes just using the red and black, but I wonder what the blue was for?
Was it for saddle packs?

As soon as I touch the wires to the motor it starts spinning at full speed. The battery is plugged in, switch on, and throttle is not being pulled. Am I just switching the motor and battery wires or is something else happening?

I'm throwing this together at the request of another member. This is just some of the stuff that I do, so take it for what it is. If someone has any ideas to add, please do so.

I rummaged through my stuff and found this crusty Peak Racing 12X2. It...

HPI Pro Control ESC 1996

Near 20 years old now and their first ESC. Someone have such HPI ESC?
Got a brandnew unit now but was searching for maybe 5 years.

I've had this about eleven years now. This is the Pro hand wound version of the Spec 19 motor. These Quad Mag motors are really smooth to turn over by hand.
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One interesting thing of note is that the Pro sticker has been placed over...

So, mADMan had been looking for some replacement foam wheel grips for his Sanwa MT-4. I did a bit of poking around and thought I'd post what I found here for anyone that needs to replace the foam grip on their transmitter (Futaba, maybe?) but cannot...

Always regretted selling my old FP-T3PB, Finally managed to grab an absolute mint condition one in Japan.
And a matching FP-R113P receiver.
The FM FP-T2PDF i discovered last year in the box, transmitter only, and the original FP-T2PD was mine from...

Hi
I have a new old Futaba T2PHKA radio that draws an impressive 230mA from 8x batteries.
The radio includes a socket on the rear that looks like it should be for plug in 12V. That doesn't seem to work.

Does anyone know what the socket is for?

Hello! New to the board so I appreciate the opportunity to post here. Looking forward to a lot of great discussion and getting involved.

This past weekend I tore down and rebuilt my gold pan RC10 from my childhood. I have a newer Hobbywing ESC,...

Hello, Does anyone know any info on this motor?

Was it pink? If not what motor is this?

Thank you

After reading the Son of Psycho thread I thought I'd share a picture of this motor that has been in my collection for eleven years now. It is very pink, especially when viewed in person.
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Most motor brands didn't make their own cans or endbells. A thread with the options they had to choose from might be interesting. My intention is to just have a sample of each variation of the parts.

Starting with motors using Yokomo parts. Reedy...

Hi,

have here a Kyosho 600 Motor, but dont now the Type!

-the case is like a 600 ST but you can open the case...

-do you have some Infos for me?

BR

This Speed Gems Diamond 12x2 motor looks like it might have caught fire. I've had a couple of armatures with rough comms clean up nicely with some comm lathe resurfacing. This one will be interesting to find out how extensive the damage is.
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Hello, first post here and was wondering if someone can tell me a little about these motors? I purchased one for $35 that supposedly still runs. Thanks

I am looking at a bunch of vintage ESCs, but most of them date back to the 1984/1985ish era, and I am looking for something appropriate for a 1980 rig. I guess 1st question would be, were there any mass produced, quality ESCs out at that time? Was...

Measured a bunch of my 540 class “silvercan” motors to see which one performs best in case of efficiency, wattage, revolutions under load... not all of them are brandnew, but the data helps me to select for some vintage-projekts so I just want to...

Posting here for posterity, since the little thumb knob is often broken off of Novak switches:

The little switch inside the translucent orange or black Novak switch housings is part number SS-12 made by a company called NKK. They are still...

Hi at all,

i have this Sanwa transmitter and it's working for 41 MHz.
The thing i don't know if this working in AM or FM modulation.
It's 41 MHz AM or FM? On the manual say is full AM band.
The Tx i have, are equipped with a 41.040 MHz crystal....

I'm missing an era correct Tx/Rx for a recent RC10gt build.

But I have a Futaba 3PJ Super from the late 90's, the manual says it has an (8) model memory.
The FM/PCM has a failsafe/throttle cut, so I bought this with a Kyosho USA-1 Nitro Crusher,...

I have (4) RC's that need new Rx battery packs. Is there a better alternative to this type, these days?

Thanks.

Should've posted this in vintage electronics, instead.

We all miss a timeline for Tekin ESC's and others.
With that said, I started to go through RCCA magazines from 1988 to parts of 1997. Now I know that the dates/years are not accurate as it all depends on when RCCA had the chance to get their hand on...

Hey guys, I recently came across 3 Losi RC's (a JRX Pro and 2 LXTs) that were raced back in the early 90s. They came with a bunch of brushed motors and there are a few of them that I cannot identify.

Has anyone seen these? One says something like...

Im still building my replica josh cyrul xx4 street weapon.. how many years has it been... yeah. Anywhos... im trying to figure out what servo he used, and hi res photos are nonexistent.
Not sure if its an airtronics because thats the reciever used...

Does anyone know if this extra case hole is supposed to be there?
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Picked up this very clean motor recently which I'm certain isn't an actual Trinity Ex-Tech motor. From my understanding Ex-Tech motors had gray cans, gray Epic endbells (some possibly purple) and gold brush hoods.

The seller description stated,...

I have run my revived TC3 a few times now and just got a second, used RTR TC3 for my son that has been run a few times as well. Both cars have brushless motors and ESC's but are from the pre-LiPo era, so do not have low voltage cut off. My sole car...

I've collected a pair of interesting Futaba controllers.
I have a futaba senior
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and one of these AM radios
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I was going to use a toothbrush and simple green to clean up.

Are there chemicals I should avoid on these...

I ran stock truck the most in the early to mid 90's and just for kicks I was trying to remember which 24*, 27-turn, NON-rebuildable stock motors Reedy stuck their labels on and what year they came out. I think this is all of them, If you guys...

Is there anyone here on the site who knows how to repair or diagnose non-functioning brushed ESC's? Or does anyone know of someone who does? I have a handful or more old Novak and Tekin ESC's which don't function properly, and I'd like to attempt to...

I think I've heard of Redline before, I just don't recall seeing one before. Anyone have additional info about them?
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20190101_160424.jpg 20190101_160402.jpg I have several vintage checkpoints and one trinity sprint that need new brushes, they are the real small square ones. Anyone have any or know where i can get some?
Thanks