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oh wow, 3 years ago, don't care gonna comment as this is something I want to do in my back yard. not long ago I was looking for something with my 308 DUO and found a video you did with that the other day, THEN I wanted to make a light controller with an old servo and FOUND that video, and NOW I am here!! LOL These videos live on for new viewers! I wanted to say I am 59 and a do it yourself with brains, and I'm so glad to see what you are doing with those tool videos and things like that, it's great to see someone like you will keep these do it yourself skills going. Now I don't know how in the heck you were able to afford all those things, but then again I can see... you are an earner with some talent! keep it up, don't watch the news to much and be independent. I'm not a good writer to convey messages, but I hope you get what I am saying. PROUD of you Kid!
I got this for some big ass helicopters, well they are medium, 600 size, and anything else like me RC trucks. I got on here because I haven't used the charger in over a year and needed some updated tips! LOL it came right back as soon as I turned it on, but you remined me about the computer connection and I updated the firmware while messing around with it.
Great job. You are far from stupid. I'm going to be building a trailer, and the whole axle issue has been puzzling me, but wow well done I'm definitely going to be doing this idea.
I’m sure by adding thermal paste before sliding on the copper pipe will significantly help transfer the heat to the copper pipe. Just the same as a cpu to heat plate. Maybe just a dab here and there.
Whats the current limit? I imagine its quite low, as in 1 or 2 small LEDs as servos get power from your receiver and not from a motor controller output.
The radiators are behind the front shocks shrouded from air flow when moving and no fans, pure water transfers heat better than coolant boiling is not relevant at such low temperatures. Metal coolant lines and coolant tank would dissipate far more heat than plastic and silicone. Don't think IC cooling system temperatures no such thing as to cool with electrics except the battery.
I have a few boat ESCs and a boat motor all water cooled and am into planes their is a 40 gram 12 volt 5 watt aquarium pump but you gave me the idea for what to use for radiators no problem with a propellor for a cooling fan. I think car and boat motors from the same makers rust use a different housing or even a o ringed water cooled housing over the same housing.
Put your shocks upside down for lower center off cravety. And for a smaller footprint off esc's I use castle micro sidewinders. And smush them together resonlder the cables on the print. Is this a Berg? Greetings from Wim from Belgium
Hey Erika...what tool/lathe are you using? I am rebuilding a motor and I'm looking to smooth out a comm. I've never had one but I do like running brushed motors on my vintage cars, so it might come in handy. Let me know!
I am using the team orion darren's quick set lathe, but I have heard good things about the team cobra lathes that are fairly easy to come by on ebay. Only thing is mine, can't say for others, wasn't made for 550 motors so I had to mod it as I mentioned.
That thing seems to perform much better than I expected, i think the extra weight makes it drive much more stable compared to a regular slash. It seems a little back heavy because of the overflow tank, but it seems to fly pretty good!
Yeah it is really stable and gets better grip compared to a normal slash. The tank is pretty heavy but it's fairly well balanced overall. I am really happy with it, just gotta get a good motor in it
@@Hwy49RC yeah I figured the motor may not last very long since it has to move around a lot more weight. You might have to upgrade bigger than a 540 size. Maybe a Maxx motor
@@NOTTApro142 I'll have to do some looking around and see what I can find that would actually fit since there's so little space between the bottom of the water jacket and the chassis. Though I was thinking about making a water jacket that was like a pipe that slid over the motor with o-rings on both ends so the water would actually be in direct contact with the motor can
@@Hwy49RC there are also boat motors, those electric ones sometimes have a premade water jacket on the front the factory. I just dont know how much power they have
I remember the days I tested my ESCs, on my truggies I always had them geared for 40+ MPH and nothing got really hot. There used to be a lot of great info on a forum rc-monster used to have. There were plenty of people cooking their motors and they couldn't figure out. Some had under geared their motor and it cooked and binding somewhere could've been the issue. Others would gear their motor to the moon trying to go 10000MPH lol and sometimes the motor would be warm and sometimes it would get cooked. Every time I read stuff like that I would try to replicate it just to see if the same would happen to my motors and it never did. The freakish motor I have is a 2 pole 540 motor I used on my Mugen Truggy and that motor survived when I was trying to kill it. I opened it just to see what kind of magic was inside it and it was just a simple slotless Hacker copy motor. Now you have a perfect motor to rewind though and maybe it'll be better than factory.
I love this trick! Such a RAD build! Bunch of ppl heading out to deer creek tomorrow morning at 7am to crawl before the heat hits if you're interested!
You are killin' it! It's fun to watch your progress, as it helps the rest of us consider options for our builds, and methods we may have not considered otherwise. Keep it up!
We are here in the R/C Crawler news helicopter watching Erika take on this very difficult section. Notice how she is using reverse on the rear and forward on the front, absolutely amazing. There it is, she has done it. Thank you for another great video Erika.
Insane build! I did a warthog with rear gladiator links and driveshafts in front and rear. Thing was so unstoppable that I took it apart and built a regular crawler just for the challenge factor. ❤
Erica, u mentioned runnin out of dirt for fillin in your boxes. Wat about puttin some of the logs your wantin to get rid of, in the boxes, then cover them with the dirt? Its a win win. Yall are doin a good job on the revamp!
That's a good idea, if it comes down to it I will definitely do that. Thanks! Can't wait to get back out there and work on it but its just been so dang hot recently, like 95 by 10am, yuck!
Girl, that looks fantastic! Feel like the roots in the tunnel would need to be more clear though (say I send my GSpeed through it, may not be wide enough), but that's just me. LOL Keep on, keeping on, hopefully will get looking good! ✌🏼😎🤟🏻
You know, it;s not been too bad, the outdrive is a little wibbly wobbly on that side but it's been holding up to the 10lbs of 3s brushless torture I've been throwing at it so far lol
It was at 14:16 that I fixed my hair for the picture rofl. I was watching the ROAR nationals and missed your live stream. Yes, Lexan needs heat, there's a video of a guy that makes rc vehicle bodies and he explains everything. He did mention the heat because his set up iirc is on a timer and his oven and/or heater elements got cool which messed up one of his bodies. Which is the reason I mention some sort of angled piece that you can use and bend the Lexan over it. To make the cover, try to make a mold that way you can put the Lexan piece over it and you heat it up and bend it into shape. Can't wait to see the finished guard. Thank you for another great video Erika.
If I were to send you a vintage 4" dia 3 jaw chuck for free, where would I send it? Also, on the 30mm X 3mm spindle thread: is it a 6H class right hand thread?
Oh! Well you can message me on Instagram or Discord, or if you have a good e-mail I can shoot you a message and we can discuss. For the thread, yeah it's 6H right hand
My brother has a 1946 Bradford lathe that was built right after ww2 ended. It’s big n heavy but still works like the day it was made. I had a 50’s bench top Atlas, and he had a big craftsman before he had the Bradford. Old lathes are so much better than that Chinese stuff available today. Love this Erica. Great video
