question for R/C people

KnightStalker · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:04

Hey guys, im looking to buy some new tires for my TT-01, as i understand it i will need 24mm wide tires, but heres the real question, if i was to buy some from the net, they only show 1 tire, but do they come in 4's or is it 2's? or even 1? the place im mainly looking at is Modelsport.co.uk

Any help on this would be appreciated greatly.

and if anyone can confirm it will be the 24mm tire ill be needing, it would be helpful << disregard that, i measured my width of my wheel hubs and they are indeed 24mm

KnightStalker · 3 Apr 2006 at 01:59

cheers fella, i just wanted to make sure of those things before i ordered the wrong amount of tires or the wrong size lol, so thanks for the reply, its much appreciated.

KnightStalker · 5 Apr 2006 at 22:44

Instead of me making a new thread, ill add to this one i already made with a fitting title

Ok heres another question.....is SuperGlue, safe to glue my tires to my rims, they are HPI Racing A308, there are pretty soft tires, but would superglue be safe?

KnightStalker · 5 Apr 2006 at 23:51

cheers fella, that what i wanted to hear, my previous tires were slicks, and didnt need glueing, but these new Semi-Slicks, do need glueing as they fall off even if i push it along, ill get cleaning and make them ready

i guess i should just run a very fine line round the groove, placing the tire where i want it as i go along then?

KnightStalker · 5 Apr 2006 at 23:59

oh damn, i forgot the inserts, i knew there was something else i should have ordered, do they really make that much difference anyway?

KnightStalker · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:14

oh, its that complicated then, well i only have 1 set of wheels and dont plan on buying more at the moment, as my 2 main events are carpet and tarmac/concrete, any advice on what sort of inserts would be best suited for this?

KnightStalker · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:24

ah ok, any ideas where to look for those? you seem to be very knowledgable (sp?) about this, where as im not

KnightStalker · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:38

are these the ones your talking about?
Clicky

if so then ill pick some up next time i get payed, but need inserts for my tarmac tires now lol

KnightStalker · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:43

ok cool, i found on that website the tires and inserts seperatly as i do have a spare set of hubs somewhere i should use for carpets.

Last question for the night, what sort of inserts for tarmac?

KnightStalker · 6 Apr 2006 at 01:02

Ok well thanks for the help on the Carpet tires, will get them ASAP, and i nip down to my local hobby store and see what they say for tarmac, the tarmac track is the same as a go kart track, but obviously built for R/C cars

KnightStalker · 6 Apr 2006 at 01:14

yea i see what you mean, but the tarmac track is outdoors and is very dusty, so normal slicks are out of the question for that, semi - slicks work best on that sort of track

at a guess i think a medium would be best, as i can setup the rest of car around them, and the mediums will leave my options a little as to what sort of track i race on.

also its rained a lot this winter and semi-slicks are probably going to work a bit better under that sort of condition.

KnightStalker · 6 Apr 2006 at 01:29

yer i also understand that, but most people at the club are using semi-slicks this season, only reason i went for semi-slicks this year, last i used full slicks, and it does get tighter after 2 heats, but then their is only 1 heat then final left, which leaves me 1 heat to fine tune the car for the final, which didnt work out well last season for anyone.