Luckily they are cheap and easy to get hold of.
Listen for the nice crunching sound in the video.
Category: Remote Control
Got Sebastion Vettels head through the post today. Yes its the second Red Bull 7 Delivery!
The second 4 parts of the series include the main chassis, the front chassis, the front lower wish bones and the first Tyre.
Strangely they have also sent Vettel’s head which I can only assume they have included as an option if you do not like Mark Webber. As far as I know British and Australian subscribers get a Mark Webber edition where as Germany are further into a Vettel themed model.
You can see the First wheel and tyre glued together in the Photo along with a battery to give an idea of scale.
New addition to the fleet Thunder Tiger BX Buggy
I traded the majority of my Xbox games in today and picked up one of these with some of the money. It is a Thunder Tiger Phoenix BX 2 Buggy.
This is an old model and therefore was being sold off cheap. I brought it in mind that I wanted a 2.4ghz receiver anyway to convert some 27Mhz cars so it was worth it for the parts alone.
I will not be stripping it down though as after a quick drive around in the Sun today I found it to be good fun and fast for an old RTR model.
It come with a 17t Thunder Tiger branded motor which is much faster than the stock motors you would usually get with a Tamiya kit.
I have already ordered some race bearings for it from the United States.
Why I can drive my car in heavy rain.
Waterproofing the receiver is as simple as stretching a party balloon over it and tightening the end where the wires come out. I had already replaced my stock speed controller with one that happened to be water resistant so no action was needed there.
Upgraded Monster Truck Rainy Bash With Jumps
Taking our souped up Tamiya Blackfoot monster trucks for a bash in the park and skate park.
Tamiya Blackfoot test run with its new 12t motor and esc
Upgraded Blackfoot with 12t x2 Motor and new Electronic Speed Controller
I decided to once again upgrade my motor on my electronic monster truck. The maximum upgrade people seem to recommend for a truck of thistype is a 12 turn with x2. the x2 gives it a little more torque to make up for the torque lost by using a lower turn motor. In order to use this I also had to replace the stock speed controller with one that would support a 12t motor.
The motor is an LRP v10 spec5 12×2 and I am using a Modelsport Sniper RV-12 ESC.
They seem to give the truck a nice boost compared to the small gain received by upgrading it with a tamiya motor.
Motor installed
Modelsport UK Sniper RV-12 by Mtroniks
LRP V10 Spec 5 12×2
ESC Installed
Sunday Offroad Drive
We took the upgraded blackfoot’s out for some off-road fun along the shore.
Its all fun till you loose a dog bone jumping your truck into a post. Luckily we found it and repaired the truck at no cost.
TT01 Drift Test Run
Giving my Tamiya TT01 a little drift session after its hop-ups and drift tyres are fitted.
Build your own Red Bull 7 (first batch of parts)
My first batch of parts for the Red Bull 7 kit arrived today.
The parts include bits of the front wing, rear wing, a wheel and an oil filled shock to build.
The front wing had some small parts that were pretty annoying to fit but I got there in the end.
You can see the oil filled shock balanced between paint pots in the photo.
This is to let the oil spread around the shock assembly and remove pockets of air.
Shane's Shed 