RC cars

[Yrkoon]

Awesome! Side note, that RC Scap Yard site is pretty handy, it has all the parts listings etc for my old buggy.

Nice easy fix at least for you



That does look awesome value to me!

aye looking good to me to considering 15 years ago for the equivalent of the day was 220 quid which was really steep for a 10 scale leccy at the time, had all the new tech though both the thunder tiger xxb and the thunder tiger xxt ended up getting both, they had 2.4 ghz digtial screen transmitters and decent brushless systems that could go 2 or 3s, they were my first brushless ones and i was still using 27mhz on my nitros at the time lol

had to put them in the attic though spares were slow to come by even when they were new and part of the truck one is part hyper mini st as i couldnt get a hub carrier i broke so frankensteined it and has hyper 7 tq shocks on it but it ran awesome the last time i ran it lol

so with inflation and the fact the kraton also comes with a battery and a silly charger seems like a deal to me for 50 quid more for something that is faster

 

[Yrkoon]

dont suppose any one knows what the actual weight the diff oil for the front and back is on a mini xrt at stock?

i have the front and back diff casings but unsure what weight of oil to use on them, im simply gonna replace the plastic casings with all the same gears etc in a alloy one.

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/1368470 got 2 of them

also got some bling for the side of it https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/1368806

and a blue wing fitted

never had to remove the rx bay managed to fit 2 batteries in it with the parraell lead so i have fully escaped from the traxxas eco system

had to use a extra bit of velcro across the batterys attached to the main velcro bit to stop the batteries geeting loose and got them solid

 

[andy_mk3]

No idea of the diff oils I'm afraid! I've just packed my Condor ones with standard grease It's going to do the job for what I'm going to use it for haha.

Nice bits of bling

I've done a few bits this week, had another Aliexpress delivery

Very old school mechanical speed controller.

Replaced with a cheap 9imod ESC. What a difference! Actual precise speed control and no wasted energy being dumped into a big resistor. The servos were absolutely goosed in this thing, they just shook all the time and barely moved. But they are about 25 years old and haven't been used in a very, very long time. So chucked in a spare. Paired with a new battery, was able to take it for a rip around the workshop, was great fun! I will completely strip it down and clean it all up, fit the bearing kit etc at some point in the future.

 

[Yrkoon]

fitted the side guard thingys on the xrt, just need to fit the alloy diff casings now.

 

[andy_mk3]

Looks good, very nice that!

 

[Yrkoon]

No idea of the diff oils I'm afraid! I've just packed my Condor ones with standard grease It's going to do the job for what I'm going to use it for haha.

Nice bits of bling

I've done a few bits this week, had another Aliexpress delivery

Very old school mechanical speed controller.

Replaced with a cheap 9imod ESC. What a difference! Actual precise speed control and no wasted energy being dumped into a big resistor. The servos were absolutely goosed in this thing, they just shook all the time and barely moved. But they are about 25 years old and haven't been used in a very, very long time. So chucked in a spare. Paired with a new battery, was able to take it for a rip around the workshop, was great fun! I will completely strip it down and clean it all up, fit the bearing kit etc at some point in the future.

bet it felt awesome seeing it come alive again

 

[andy_mk3]

bet it felt awesome seeing it come alive again

Sure did! I was at work today doing some bits, so I took it for a rip outside. It surprised me at how quick it was, for something so old and 100% stock. The ESC has transformed how it drives, plus a much better steering servo.

 

[Yrkoon]

Sure did! I was at work today doing some bits, so I took it for a rip outside. It surprised me at how quick it was, for something so old and 100% stock. The ESC has transformed how it drives, plus a much better steering servo.

woohoo glad to hear your enjoying it again

 

[andy_mk3]

Some updates on the Acme Condor Pro.

I ran the front axle through the parts washer at work. I was shocked at how fresh and clean the plastics look for over 20 years old, especially vs the rear axle behind. Was just quite a pleasing moment lol.

I mentioned previously that the one way bearing in the gearbox was slipping, causing loss of drive. The plastic teeth were well past their best also, so I ordered an aluminium gearbox off AliExpress (£15 posted!) for a similar RC model, as Acme parts are pretty thin on the ground these days.

It needed a few modifications to fit, but I managed to make it work. One of the original gearbox mounting holes lined up, so I just had to drill and countersink three more. The included universal joints were too small for my shafts, my originals did fit, but the new brake disc didn't fit onto the old joints. But the old brake disc was too big and fouled one of the brake pad mount bolt holes lol.

Cue the smallest ever brake disc on the lathe Took around 1.5mm off the diameter, and it now fits nicely.

I assembled it all with loctite once I was happy, and got it mounted. Mesh seems good too.

Next to go on was the new steering linkage that I also got off AliExpress (which was around £3.50). There was a lot of slop in the linkage between the two posts, which I wasn't happy about. The included bushes were far too small. Found that 3/16" copper brake pipe to be an absolutely perfect fit. So cut two pieces of that to length, which gave me perfectly sized bushing with next to zero slop.

So that's not fully assembled and fitted.

Next up will be to rebuild the rear diff, clean the rear axle, then it'll mostly be a case of reassemble the rest.

 

[Yrkoon]

Some updates on the Acme Condor Pro.

I ran the front axle through the parts washer at work. I was shocked at how fresh and clean the plastics look for over 20 years old, especially vs the rear axle behind. Was just quite a pleasing moment lol.

I mentioned previously that the one way bearing in the gearbox was slipping, causing loss of drive. The plastic teeth were well past their best also, so I ordered an aluminium gearbox off AliExpress (£15 posted!) for a similar RC model, as Acme parts are pretty thin on the ground these days.

It needed a few modifications to fit, but I managed to make it work. One of the original gearbox mounting holes lined up, so I just had to drill and countersink three more. The included universal joints were too small for my shafts, my originals did fit, but the new brake disc didn't fit onto the old joints. But the old brake disc was too big and fouled one of the brake pad mount bolt holes lol.

Cue the smallest ever brake disc on the lathe Took around 1.5mm off the diameter, and it now fits nicely.

I assembled it all with loctite once I was happy, and got it mounted. Mesh seems good too.

Next to go on was the new steering linkage that I also got off AliExpress (which was around £3.50). There was a lot of slop in the linkage between the two posts, which I wasn't happy about. The included bushes were far too small. Found that 3/16" copper brake pipe to be an absolutely perfect fit. So cut two pieces of that to length, which gave me perfectly sized bushing with next to zero slop.

So that's not fully assembled and fitted.

Next up will be to rebuild the rear diff, clean the rear axle, then it'll mostly be a case of reassemble the rest.

wow awesome work bud, your making good progress, the front arms etc look practically brand new after the cleaning

 

[Yrkoon]

the new battery holder in action with the extra bit of velcro holding both the batteries together nice and tight on the side





edit just ordered blue composite suspension arms for it and 100k diff oil for the front, looks like the back diff just uses grease, and a alloy motor mount in blue as the stock one felt a bit flimsy to me been a plastic one with the sheer amount of power going through this little beast lol

composite ones, i avoid alloy ones like the plague as you want something to flex and not strain something further up the chain

Traxxas Blue WideMaxx Rear Upper and Lower HD Suspension Arms TRX10727-BLUE

TRX10727-BLUE - Traxxas Blue WideMaxx Rear Upper and Lower HD Suspension Arms

www.modelsport.co.uk

now this i want alloy instead of the plastic one plus it looks a lot more adjustable for the meshing

GPM Racing 7075-T6 Aluminium Adjustable Gear Rotation Quick Release Motor Base for MiniMaxx (Blue) TXMM018A-B

TXMM018A-B - GPM Racing 7075-T6 Aluminium Adjustable Gear Rotation Quick Release Motor Base for MiniMaxx (Blue)

www.modelsport.co.uk

more blue make it more blue, need more money make it more blue

 

[Yrkoon]

Some updates on the Acme Condor Pro.

I ran the front axle through the parts washer at work. I was shocked at how fresh and clean the plastics look for over 20 years old, especially vs the rear axle behind. Was just quite a pleasing moment lol.

I mentioned previously that the one way bearing in the gearbox was slipping, causing loss of drive. The plastic teeth were well past their best also, so I ordered an aluminium gearbox off AliExpress (£15 posted!) for a similar RC model, as Acme parts are pretty thin on the ground these days.

It needed a few modifications to fit, but I managed to make it work. One of the original gearbox mounting holes lined up, so I just had to drill and countersink three more. The included universal joints were too small for my shafts, my originals did fit, but the new brake disc didn't fit onto the old joints. But the old brake disc was too big and fouled one of the brake pad mount bolt holes lol.

Cue the smallest ever brake disc on the lathe Took around 1.5mm off the diameter, and it now fits nicely.

I assembled it all with loctite once I was happy, and got it mounted. Mesh seems good too.

Next to go on was the new steering linkage that I also got off AliExpress (which was around £3.50). There was a lot of slop in the linkage between the two posts, which I wasn't happy about. The included bushes were far too small. Found that 3/16" copper brake pipe to be an absolutely perfect fit. So cut two pieces of that to length, which gave me perfectly sized bushing with next to zero slop.

So that's not fully assembled and fitted.

Next up will be to rebuild the rear diff, clean the rear axle, then it'll mostly be a case of reassemble the rest.

just curious about the engine, normally theres a fly wheel that a starter box can interact with and a single spur gear but your condor seems to have 2 spur gears????

does it change gears or something? just very curious i have never seen that config on a nitro engine before, i was running a kyosho ford focus nitro my first one when the 2 towers happened, i was literally driving it out side the house then came in for lunch and seen what was going on then got a hpi mt2 and been in the hobby ever since and never seen that before