Nitro Car

[clivvy]

took my Nitro car out for the second time since buying it. during the recent weeks, I added a new metal gear steering servo, adjusted the toe-in, suspension height and hardness. made some adjustments to the shell for ease of removal/refit and fitted a fail safe.

took it up the fields with my mate and had a good run round. use da full tank pretty quick, and it was fun! managed to roll it a couple of times no damage, drove it into my mates twice, oops, no damage, then rolled it one final time and it stayed on its side! at this point, i must have destroyed the glowplug or soemthing, as it was screwed (proved by using my spare whihc lit up nicely)

terribly good fun!

the plan is to attach a small, digital video camera to one of the cars for some POV action (ooer) and im going to try using my little Luminox thing i got for xmas. It will end up shooting the video on its side, so i will need to convert the video to flip it the right way up. Ideally id use a much small digital camera with decent video function, can see a few on ebay, but from hong kong...!

[Fez_uk]

What car have you got?

I got a HPI savage 4.6, Great fun.

But can be tedious when things break. :(
Mines not been used for a while, Just been fixing a few bits today ready to start using it again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtMpRm8zug

http://fez.coldcity.com/RC/bash1.jpg

http://fez.coldcity.com/RC/jeep1.JPG

http://fez.coldcity.com/RC/5.jpg

[(RIP) PLANK]

i've ordered a fair few things from hong kong via ebay and not had any issues with postage and stuff.

[clivvy]

ive heard the Savages are great, my mate used to have one.

ive only got a Hong Nor Ultra LX1. its a beginner car, which is fine as I am new to nitro, but its very robust and flexible, and has a .28 engine, so seriously shifts! im not looking forward to any repair jobs, it took me long enough just to change the steering servos!

[Muckypup]

I have a Tamiya TNX 5.2R, absolutely brilliant fun! 60mph off-road :D

I like the HPI savage, but i'm conviced they are designed to break! A few of my mates have them and they always manage to break a shaft, wish bone or bend a shocker everytime we take them out. I get very frustrated with that sort of thing, thankfully mine has yet to do anything more than burn out a glow plug. Cant help but think HPI have done it on purpose to keep a good spares trade going :rolleyes:

Here it is in "bling" mode... just for fancy tho as it cannot be driven on tarmac, has too much power and traction... thats when I would break something :o

I have another body or two and some off road tyres for playing :naughty

[clivvy]

drooool!! good pioint about HPI though, ive read similar things. Tamiya have been in the market a heck of a long time, so i suppose you can expect a high level of good design and strong parts!

i hope my little Hing Nor lasts, ill post pics soon, its pretty robust, or at least it looks like it is. as parts break, i will simply replace them with higher quality ones.

Ive got it all adjusted but i probably need to lower it a bit as i was flipping it over too much yesterday, perhaps suspension is too high

[Fez_uk]

aye the savages do tend to break a bit but I push mine hard with big jumps etc.

The chassis angle on the center dogbones is too steep which causes them to break, Ive been tempted to try a custom chassis.

If I was to get another RC car it wouldn't be a savage.

[Muckypup]

My mate has an uprated and modified savage which is pretty damn awesome to be honest, and he has a lot more experience than me so can make it do some pretty impressive stuff i'd never dare try.
I like mine because its more designed as a racer than stunt motor, the savage just cannot stay with it off road due to its much lower centre of gravity, mine slides through corners the savage tends to flip :eek:

You wouldnt believe what I paid for it... it was second hand but only run 3 times then he couldnt get it to start. No one would buy it so he sold it me with 3 bodies, 2 sets of wheels and a fully computerised £250 hand set for £200!!!
And the problem... gooey fuel in the carb and fuel line :augie :lol

[clivvy]

My mate has an uprated and modified savage which is pretty damn awesome to be honest, and he has a lot more experience than me so can make it do some pretty impressive stuff i'd never dare try.
I like mine because its more designed as a racer than stunt motor, the savage just cannot stay with it off road due to its much lower centre of gravity, mine slides through corners the savage tends to flip :eek:

You wouldnt believe what I paid for it... it was second hand but only run 3 times then he couldnt get it to start. No one would buy it so he sold it me with 3 bodies, 2 sets of wheels and a fully computerised £250 hand set for £200!!!
And the problem... gooey fuel in the carb and fuel line :augie :lol

bargain mate!! mine had a similar issue (we think) as at first we couldnt start it, like you, was a mucky fuel line with air in it too, cleared it all out and bang, started first time!