Managed to melt a battery to a speed controller. Time for a purge on Tamiya connectors I think!
Author: Shane's Shed
Thunder Tiger Buggy Orion 12×2 Motor Tyre Ballooning
My stock 17.5 Thunder tiger smoked out last week so I have replaced it with an orion 12×2 motor.
Modelsport is currently selling orion motors at half price.
I am tempted to pick up some more as spares.
Highlights from the weekend
Bashing with my Twin Hammers and Losi Micro short course truck.
Water-Proofing My Buggy For Sundays Rain
I wrapped my receiver up in a party balloon and taped it and the Electronic Speed Controller up for use in the rain on Sunday. This worked fine but unfortunately did not stop me burning out my motor. This the first time I had a motor smoke and burn out on me and it was not that old.
Tiger Tank Update: First Set of Tracks Fitted
I finally got around to doing some more of my tiger tank build at the weekend. Last week I received the final parts of the series so I thought it was time to get back into it. In this session I fitted the exhaust stacks to the back of the tank and added the left track. The track is made of 96 metal links held together with pins.
I did encounter some badly cast track links, but these were overcome with a bit of filing and brute force.
Getting Some Air With My Twin Hammers
Today I took my Twin Hammers to the local skate park. It gets some nice height on the jump there, much more than my other cars.
Here is a highlight clip from the session. I have much more video footage also including my micro short course truck to upload later.
Installed Aluminium arms on my TT01 chassis
It’s getting pretty blue with hop ups now. I can now set the camber on all 4 wheels. Not played with it too much but will adjust it for drifting.
Twin Hammers Rock Crawler / Buggy first drive
A short video of my first drive with the Twin Hammers Rock Crawler / Buggy.
I was not going full throttle as I was only driving with one hand and this was towards the end of the battery.
Its great fun to drive and I was surprised at how often it wheelies from a standstill. It is very easy to tip over at speed and therefore requires much more brake control than most vehicles.
It’s Hammer Time!
Phoenix BX gear mesh fixed and ball-raced
Last time I was out with this buggy a gear stripped and I later found out the gears were not meshing properly. When my ball-race bearings arrived I took the car apart upgraded it and re-meshed the gears. Its now running at a decent pace and it great fun to drive!
I was filming in one hand and steering with the other which is way the steering’s a little crazy.
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