RC cars

[Iain]

That's inspired me to get my old Tamiya Monster Beetle QD from my parents, gotta be 15 years old now

[Andy]

Some damn nice cars in here!
il put pics of mine up when its finished.just need motor and electrics.Then to fit tyres and the bodyshell.

[Ian_Gsi16v]

I thought with LiPo/brushless it was the higher the kv number the faster it goes as its effectively rpm/volt so 10k rpm/volt is faster than 5k rpm/volt... Could be wrong

Ian, that beetle looks epic, would love to tear up the beaches with something like that

Cheers The beach is my favourite place to run it but last time it came back caked in wet sand so needed a full tear down, going to wait for a dryer day now

That's inspired me to get my old Tamiya Monster Beetle QD from my parents, gotta be 15 years old now

Got one of them as well but after restoring it a few years ago I am scared to abuse it now so mostly sits on the shelf, doesn't take abuse as well as the Blitzer.



Also have a Hornet, Clod Buster, TA02 Pre-Runner and M01 Mini Cooper (all vintage 80's /90's)

Just sold a couple of others to fund the upgrades on the Blitzer. I only got back in to it recently becuase my nephew wanted me to start taking him out with his Lunchbox.

[Iain]

Ah that's a proper Monster Beetle, my QuickDrive one is meant for kids and not much you can do in terms of customising. Black chassis instead of red.

[Ian_Gsi16v]

Ah that's a proper Monster Beetle, my QuickDrive one is meant for kids and not much you can do in terms of customising. Black chassis instead of red.

Ah yeah I know what you mean. You can buy a Re-release Monster Beetle now but they never improved any of the weak bits like the gearbox so you still can't really make them quick and by all accounts some of the detailing has been lost on the body.

Little vid of the Blitzer running

[NovalutionGSi]

I thought with LiPo/brushless it was the higher the kv number the faster it goes as its effectively rpm/volt so 10k rpm/volt is faster than 5k rpm/volt... Could be wrong

Ian, that beetle looks epic, would love to tear up the beaches with something like that

You are right Stuart, higher rpm the faster it will go, however getting a motor with a lower turn number should give a higher rpm.
I'm used to brushed motors, so sometimes come out with brushed motor terms.

With lipos it's the burst you have to look at. Running 2s in the touring car I have a mix of burst levels. Some being 30c, the crappy ones, the good ones have a burst of up to 130c. The difference can be as much a 2 or 3 laps on track. Or a few amps in power wise.

[Stuart]

The c thing is great. We were looking at that for making a real electric car some have a lower 1c output, but can burst crazy levels (and charge crazy fast too)

hmm, need to look at buggies now, damn you all

[Iain]

Just browsing for some spare rear wheels and road tyres for my HPI to try and save the knobblies a bit.

Also trying to stop the dog chomping on it while on walks.

[Benn]

I miss my monster beetle.

[Stuart]

Likely to be poo but are they worth a punt? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fast-Elect...vUErt1T3rEKlfw