TT-01 Hopups

[Mikey]

Hi guys, first post on here.

I have a TT-01, with full ball bearings, alluminium propperlor shaft and foam tires. I'm looking at getting a Tamiya RS540 Sport Tuned Motor and some oil filled shocks for it. Are there any other hopup parts that you guys would buy for a TT-01? !attentionwhore

[nexxus]

To give you an idea, my TT-01 has Oil shocks, rear ball bearing diff, carbon upper frame, alloy front lower arms, alloy rear dog bones, adjustable turnbuckles and adjustable upper arms, alloy steering set, full bearings, alloy drive shaft, foam tyres ,alloy motor mount and alloy wheel hubs. Oh and a Sports Tuned motor. So how hopped up do you wish to be?

[Dan the Man]

http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=595_424_744_708

[Mikey]

What is the advantage of a rear ball diff?

As for how hopped up do I wish to be, well I just want some parts that will give my car more of an edge to what it is now, and I'm not really looking for aluminium a-arms because I don't really crash much, and i don't think there would be much flex in the plastic ones.

[Matt]

gday mikey, welcome to Team Adrenaline!

so do you race much with your TT-01? practice can give you an excellent edge :)

practice, practice, practice. its fun to do too.

matt.

[Mikey]

Well I'm yet to race my TT-01. Infact in yet to even run it on a RC track. After cracking a motor mount then stripping a spur David down at Ryper Hobbies gave me a few tips about how to get my car faster. He said that running 58t spur and 23t pinion is the best thing to do, and with a Tamiya Sports Tuned stocker is the way to go.

When I first tryed to get my TT-01 going fast, I was told by people down at Stanbridges that the only way was with a new $120 ESC and a $70 motor (11x2). I smoked the ESC and the motor was garbage, but they nearly got $200 out of me. But David down at Ryper said that with $25 worth of gears ill be going nearly as fast, which is true!

So with my new gearing and the new stock motor im getting for christmas i think ill go down in the holidays some time to run a few laps, then maybe race the stock TT-01 class.

It's really stupid that I have never even been around the track, I live in Bibralake and are about a 3min car drive away, 15min ride.

[nexxus]

Mate the 58 and 23 is a good combo but in Summer 58 and 22 is better, the motor won't get as hot, the standard ESC is fine on the Sports Tuned, and it's good for 14-15 laps in 5 minutes at the Ryper track if you run it cleanly. Best hop up I'd suggest after the spur and pinions is Oil Shocks, the rest can wait! The TT01 was never designed to run an 11 turn motor, And if you're new to track racing, you'd wanna get good on a Sports Tuned before moving up in the world, by then it'd be new car time anyway!

[nexxus]

This is how my TT01 shapes up right now. Note this is with standard shocks, the oil ones are awaiting my MINI!

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[Mikey]

Well David gave me a Tamiya 22/23t pinion set, so I spose I could put the 22t in there tommorow. I was told that if you can hold your finger on your motor and ESC for atleast 10seconds they are not running too hot. And I'm running a heat sink on the motor and it was hardly even warm. But I have been running it naked as I lost all my body clips, and i forgot to buy new ones when at Ryper last.

[Mikey]

I'm confused about you car a little bit nexxus. It looks as if you have a clear servo case, your not running the cover over the servo, your running your reciever on the crabon brace and you have a random fan sitting on your motor?

With the alluminium servo assembly you have, did it remove some of the 'play' or 'slop' that the front wheels have, and why did you buy the lower aluminium front a-arms?

[Birky]

The fans another way to cool hot motors. A think you could get away with 5 seconds for the motor.

[nexxus]

Ok the servo is a Ball gear one which has a semi transparent case, the receiver I like to mount on the carbon brace (personal choice) and my heat sink has a cooling fan which is powered by the battery outlets (where the switch WOULD wire into) from the receiver. It's quite common especially for guys running hot motors

[Mikey]

Does the fan take much currant from the battery? And is it more useful that a heatsink?

[nexxus]

Nah bugger all, it'd cut your run time by maybe 10-15 seconds in total? And it works a lot nicer than a heatsink. I ran a stock racing motor a few months back, finished races until the fan broke, next race she overheated after 3 laps! So yeah, it helps!

[Birky]

I run one, that is combined with a heatsink. It draws 0.08 Amps.

[Mikey]

With the alluminium servo assembly you have, did it remove some of the 'play' or 'slop' that the front wheels have, and why did you buy the lower aluminium front a-arms?

[Birky]

Like this

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[Mikey]

Looks good, how much would one of these set me back?

[nexxus]

About $15 I think they are. Good value but tough to find, most of us get them when we or someone else does a Hong Kong order.

[Mikey]

wow thats cheap, i payed like $13 for just a heat sink.

[nexxus]

Best bit of advice about RC's I ever got was support the local stores, it may cost more sometimes but they look afta you, so if you paid $13 but that guys helped you out a lot, I wouldn't stress over the price so much hey. They gotta eat too!

[Mikey]

I'm not stressing at all, I;m was just surprised it was so cheap, I'm happy with my buy, thats the main thing.

[Birky]

I think their like $20 from LHS

[Mikey]

Well I'll try that 22t pinion tommorow, take some pics, upload the video I took today, but I'm off to bed, tata.

[Sly33]

Heya Mikey,

welcome to TA, I used to race in the tt01 class at Ryper and was doing quite well :-)
All i used was RS540 motor that same pinion set that Dave gave you, aluminium shaft and all new bearing set. Also i was using the standard ESC but near the end i did have a NOVAK XRS speedy and yeah it did go a whole heap better. so much so I actually bought a new one used it for four races. If you want one i could sell it but as mentioned i only used it for four races as i have now gone all out on my xray stock car and bought a GTX speedie.
Anyway those hop ups you have should be enough whack in the rs540 sports and gearing and that should do it then as Mat said start practicing, the worse thing you can do is not be able to run a full lap without hitting something it can annoy the other races trying to avoid you just do a few batteries worth and you should have the knack of it.

[nexxus]

Good call, I tried to go straight into Stock and what a mess that was! Get the practice in, it makes racing more fun!

[Mikey]

OK well, I'll get some oil filled shocks, the tamiya sports tuned motor, the carbon upper brace and lots of practise :D

In my TT-01 at the moment I'm running a Duratrax Sprint ESC (the stock one that came with my Evader ST) and it really is pore, how much would you wont for a nearly new Novak XRS?

[nexxus]

Mate come down to Ryper on Sunday and run novice, I'll be running my TT01 with a sports tuned, just a bit of fun mate

[Mikey]

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[Mikey]

And David had me convinced to go down on Sunday, and I was going to, but then I forgot I'm going away on holidays for a week tommorow.

Hrmmmmm other things I want/need are some nice GP3300 or GP3700 cells. Yesterday 1 of my 2 good batteriess just screwed up, it would completely discharge all its power in like 30seconds??? So all I have left are some cheapo venom batts that don't even have deans on them (so they are useless to me) and my 1 working 3000mAh battery.

[Matt]

do you have body shells for the cars??

[Mikey]

No, no I dont. Well I really do.

Evader has the stock yellow body, TT-01 has a 2003 Subaru WRX body.

Here is a video on a bot on driving in the back yard, there was sand all over the pavers so its kinda ragetty and bad driving.

http://www.rcpics.net/view_single.php?medid=69427

[nexxus]

You'd want to look at the TT01 shell, I had a Lancer evo shell on mine and it had ZERO handling, the Dodge shell works really well, it'd surprise you the difference the shell has

[Mikey]

Your kidding, on these little light weight cars the shell makes a different? Well I was looking at a skyline shell to drift with and a protoform Mazda 6 shell if I started racing.

[nexxus]

Mazda 6 is a nice shell, very popular.

[Mikey]

My only problem is how bad I am with an air brush. Maybe I will have to do a soliday colour shell.

By the way this is me TT-01 in my avatar.

[Sly33]

dont even bother about that carbon upper body brace whatsimidoobee..... i didnt even bother changing the shocks..... but you may notice a difference with the shocks so why not :-) make sure you have a good set of foamies ready for racing aswell

[Mikey]

I have some foamies, I'm not sure how good they are, but David are Ryper sells mainly racing gear so I would imagine they are good enough to race with.

[Mikey]

I was reading the rules on rypers website and it said that all cars must run rubber tyres? Have foamies become illegal to race with?

Also I got my Tamiya sports tuned motor for christmas, its a big improvment on the original motor.

Will these fit the TT-01 without anything else? And are they worth it, they just didn't seem as big and bulky as the stock dogbones.
http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=595_424_744_708&products_id=16482

[nexxus]

If ya goin to run a sports tuned gear it with a 58 spur and 23 pinion and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

PS I disagree with the carbon brace being a waste, I put one on mine and the chassis didn't flex as much, which helped cornering.

[Mikey]

&quot;If ya goin to run a sports tuned gear it with a 58 spur and 23 pinion and you'll be pleasantly surprised&quot;

I'm running that motor with 58/22, and I was very surprised.

What what bout these tyires? Can I race with foamies or do I need rubbers like it says on the website.

[PomAbroad]

Foam tyres are not allowed any more at Ryper for championshp points, to fit in with R/C in the rest of Australia and the world. I think we may turn a blind eye to those in the 540 class as they don't make much difference, but you may not score points.

[James]

plus if we get rid of foams all together at ryper, we get better track conditions and less filthy cars.

[Mikey]

So if I wanna just race for the fun and social aspect of it, and NOT get scored I can use my foamies?

My foam tyres have started to get a bit funny, and I going going to buy softer compound ones, but now they are illegal to race with I may as well get rubber tyres. Can you get rubber tyres that have as good traction as foam tires? Are they more expensive?

So is that very fine dusty crap all over my car after I run it from the foam tyres?

[Birky]

So if I wanna just race for the fun and social aspect of it, and NOT get scored I can use my foamies?
I would assume so, but once Ryper sells out of the foams they have they won't be getting any more in.

My foam tyres have started to get a bit funny, and I going going to buy softer compound ones, but now they are illegal to race with I may as well get rubber tyres. Can you get rubber tyres that have as good traction as foam tires? Are they more expensive?
Rubber tyres, once they get warm can have the same amount of grip as foams. They are slightly more expensive than a set of foams.

So is that very fine dusty crap all over my car after I run it from the foam tyres?
No thats dust from the off-road track.

[nexxus]

Ya runnin 58/22 now which is what most ppl run, trust me mate get a 23. I used to blitz them on the straight just goin that extra bit on the ol' TT-01

[PomAbroad]

rubber will be just as quick as foam tyres on a 540 car. Matt Woodcraft won lat years stock state titles running rubber tyres against foam tyre shod cars. In Modified i am running the same number of laps with rubber as i was with foam, a bit more setup work and i could be quicker.

[PomAbroad]

Also, rubber tyres don't 'chunk' like foam tyres do. In 540 a set of rubbers could last at least 6 months, depending how many meets you run

[nexxus]

Hear hear, I ran a set of Take Off 22's and got a lot longer than the foamies just because I had no chunking!

[Mikey]

Well nexxus I have the 23t pinion, but took it out and put in a 22t when people told me it would get too hot in sommer. Today we had no power at my house (from 4am to 3:30pm) so I got really bored, only had 2 packs charged so I ran then than gave the evader and TT-01 a good clean. When I checked out the spur and pinion they were in really bad shape, I think a small rock must have got in there, so I'll need a new 58t/55t spur packs and a new 22t/23t pinion pack.

As for saying foam tyres &quot;chunk&quot;, does this mean bits of the foam break off, because my tyres and still perfect, apart from being worn.

What are good rubber tyres to buy?? I know the stock ones one my TT-01 were junk (I made them into slicks). Can I buy rubber tyres mounted to TC rims like I did when I got my foamines from Ryper, or do I need to buy them serperatly and put in some effort and glue the tyres :(?

[Birky]

Generally you buy then seperately and glue them youself. A good all-round tyre is the Take-Off CS-32 or Sorex 36r for summer and the CS-27 or CS-22 for winter.

[Mikey]

Is the number after the name the temperature they ideally run at?

Also can I get these tires ay RYpers, if so how much for a set of 2?

[James]

I placed 5th overall in stock at this year's nat's on rubber tyres. I used CS-22's on a 50deg track. imagine how i could have done if i had a clue. hahahaha

[Mikey]

So how come someone with enough driving skills to place 5th at nats didn't know what tires to use?

[nexxus]

I ran those same 22's at Christmas cup and placed 2nd in 540 class. I have run 22 and 23 pinions in a TT-01 the difference in heat is negligable, but I have a cooling fan on the motor so maybe that allows me a bit more.

[James]

So how come someone with enough driving skills to place 5th at nats didn't know what tires to use?

Most folk were running foams. At the time, my touring car wouldnt take foams on the front (clearance probs with suspension). I didnt know at the time you could 'cut' foams down to your desired width. Plus I didn't really want to deal with it on the w'end as I was busy enough.

I'd only been racing on-road tourers for a few weeks, hence my lack of experience. I've learned more since of course...

[Mikey]

Do you know if I can buy these fan cooled heatsinks from Ryper, if so whats the price.

I have a small heatsink on my motor, but it still gets too hot I think, I was going to buy a second heatsink and trim the edge of it down on the grinder so it would fit around and over the proppeler shaft thingy. But I like the idea of a fan cooled heat sink.

[nexxus]

Yeah Ryper had some when I was there yes'day, I don't worry too much on the heat of a sports tuned, they still get hot, but it's a $30 motor, and I aint had one go Thermal yet and I gear the life out of them!

[nexxus]

If I don't have the TA05 ready in time I'll run a TT-01 Sunday with a bunky Servo and speedy, gear it to all hell and let her rip!

[Mikey]

Mmmm speaking of server's my TT-01 has a Futaba S3003 in it, and it no longer centers right. Whats a decent servo for touring cars. I have a Hitec HS-645MG in my evader, will that be better in my TT-01 than a S003?

[nexxus]

I only use Futaba at the moment, best value is a 3305 for about $90. I run that in my Wild Dagger and the TA05, my Mini has a 9451 but that;s $190ish

[nexxus]

Mikey ya best bet is to Come down on Sunday, I'll prolly end up runnin the TT-01 as the TA-05 isn't set up yet, that's only got a S3003, TEU-101 and Sports Tuned. But it has a lot of hop ups, may give you a good idea.

[Mikey]

The 3305 has:
0.20 sec/60 degrees at 6V
124 oz-in (8.9 kg/cm) at 6V

The 3003 has:
0.16 sec/60 deg @ 6V
4.1kg/cm @ 6V

The 3003 is faster (which I wont) but the 3305 has more torque (which I dont really need in a TC do I). I like my faster 3003 at the moment.

[nexxus]

lol Metal gears vs Plastic gears, and the 3305 is smoother. I usually kill a 3003 once every month! Never killed a 3305 yet

[Mikey]

Well my HS-645MG is pretty strong, I hit my basketball hoop (steel post) at full speed in my evader and just clipped a front wheel, no damage, just popped off a few ball cups.

I have like 6 replacment gear sets for my S3003 servo's for when I trash them, at like $1.95 i payed for replacment gears I thought it was worth it.

[Mikey]

I saw this Futaba S9451 Servo Digital High-Speed/Torque but I have no idea if it will work with my Futaba 2PL radio. Then I saw this Futaba S9402 Servo High-Speed Coreless BB and I think that will be my best bet on a good servo, kinda expensive but I doubt I will trash it so it will be worth it in the long run.

[nexxus]

Best not to use a digital servo unless you have FM or Spectrum

[Mikey]

OK well my 2pl is AM (obviously) and its not a spectrum so I better steer away from those digital servo's. What is the difference in digital one?

And why do they make servo's with no speed but tones or torque, but no servos with super speed and sufficent torque?

[nexxus]

Mate I;'d be gettin a 3305 good solid servo, metal gears, very smooth and the extra torque will help the steering, plus it'll last you as you progress to more racing orientated cars

[Mikey]

So you dont think you need more than a .20sec servo for stock racing?

I dont really know much about the top end electronics...and im no racer so im just asking the guys with experience.

[nexxus]

I dunno, I race Sports Tuned, most guys who run stock have FM anyway. (I mean, I run FM!)

[PomAbroad]

the faster the servo the better. If you imagine driving your real car and you steer real slow, then you have to slow down more and earlier to get round a corner. So a faster servo is always better. In TC you don't need mega torque, to protect the gears use a good servo saver. Invest in a good servo and it will last you.

[Mikey]

Hrmmmmmmmmm FM you say, I love my 2pl and its been great to me. Any idea what the futaba 3pm's are worth? do you all run 1337 radios like futata 3pk's ?

[PomAbroad]

i run a 10+ year old KO Mars with a Spektrum module in it. the Futaba 3pm and JR xs3 seem to be popular mid range controlers. Ryper stock both if you want to hold one.

[nexxus]

Most of us on FM run the JRXS3 I have noticed

[Mikey]

Mmmmm when I forked out $160 when i was 12 for my 2PL i thought that was sooo expensive (i still do) and it was a pretty hard decision, but now i have been driving with it for like 2 years and i try pick up my old sanwa stick radio I cant understand how I use to use it, it feels horrible. My 2pl fits my hand real well, and the 3pm appear as if its the same hand shape, any idea what the 3pm's or the JRXS3's are worth?

[PomAbroad]

Call Ryper, or any other hobby shop and they can anwser that question much more accuratly than we can :)

[BAGES]

I've seen 3pm's in the local hobby sotre for around the $300 mark...........

[Mikey]

ok then ill keep my 2pl even ifs it not that great, i like driving my toy cars around but not enough to spend all my money on them, i think ill get a few more upgrades for my tt-01 and that will be it.

[nexxus]

You'll get a feel for what you need as you race more, the TT-01 I am going to run on Sunday has every conceivable hop up on it, just not racing the TA05 till I am content with it's set up

[Matt]

are you racing the mini on Sunday as well as this TT-01?

[nexxus]

Yeah thats the plan. Sports Tuneds don't require much maintenance and ya hardly going to break much at that speed.

[Birky]

Is that a challenge, nexxus.

[Mikey]

What chargers do all you guys have?

Also are IB3800's nice racing cells?

And is $135 2 assmeblded SxS IB3800 packs good value for money?

[nexxus]

Posted a pic of my TT-01, lots of hop ups, excuse the s... AM gear *LOL*

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[James]

you best be swapping those foams for rubber tyres eh? haha

My mini is ready to run for sunday. cant wait.

[nexxus]

Yeah buying the rubber tyres off you Sunday :P

[BAGES]

Mikey I had an ansmann charger (just upgraded) - which I think a few others here have too - a good entry level charger cost about $60 and can be plugged in at the wall or in the cars lighter socket......

[nexxus]

I started off with an Anzmann which is ok for when you use just standard stick packs. When I upgraded to side by side batteries I went and got a Duratrax ICE charger tho

[nexxus]

What chargers do all you guys have?

Also are IB3800's nice racing cells?

And is $135 2 assmeblded SxS IB3800 packs good value for money?



Sounds like someone found double L trading on Ebay *LOL*
I'd get my batteries locally from Ryper he does the same cells, gets them from a reliable supplier and no silly freight costs.

Only ones I'd have to buy in are the IB3600 stick packs I wanna run in the Wild Dagger and I'll get those direct from Harris RC and nowhere else.

[Mikey]

Mmmmmmmmm that $135 included frait to australia.

[nexxus]

Running a sports tuned, a cheapy battery won't do much better than a top of the line IB 4200 or something besides run time. Get ya car set up first!

[Matt]

when are you going to upgrade to a big boys motor and drop the girls tamiya tuned thing?

[nexxus]

Wasn't it you who said I need to learn to drive a 540 before running stock?

[Birky]

when are you going to upgrade to a big boys motor and drop the girls tamiya tuned thing?


What single turn mod motors. I would love to see nexxus with a single turn mod.

[nexxus]

Will ya let me run a 7 single in a TL-01 on Sunday then? Smash and Bash style.

[Birky]

I will, but I don't think Kev or any of the other Mod drivers will.

[nexxus]

My point exactly. Let me run a few weeks of 15 laps in 540 before we talk about moving classes mate!

[James]

limit throttle on your XS3 to 10% :)

[Matt]

nexxus youve been &quot;learning to drive&quot; for 6 months now dude.

whats the go?

[nexxus]

My girlfriend doesn't let me race as much as you all do, Sorry Matt we all can't be kick ass drivers like you!

[Mikey]

Could you even get a full race out of single turn mod motor with out need new brushes? I remember my old 9t needed brushes like every 2 runs, and the runs were only 6-7mins long.

[PomAbroad]

when are you going to upgrade to a big boys motor and drop the girls tamiya tuned thing?



Does that mean you will be running an 8 single this weekend in Mod then Matt. Don't give me that, I've i've on;y run off-road so need to run stock to get used to it. I went from Mod off-road to mod on-road, actually I have never run a stock motor in my life.

Hmm, you probably won't. Don't diss people for being sensible and moving through classes at there own pace, especially if you haven't stepped up yourself yet. !smack

[Bowling Ball]

isn't that wonderful? I see New Year cheer has already gone out the window, either that or some of you need to go back onto your medications.

[PomAbroad]

I new I forgot to take something today :)

[nexxus]

Can you feel the love??? I'm not about to stoop to Matt's level here and start a shitfight. I have better things to do!

[mIKe-]

Hey again guys, it's Mikey back again but I had a bit of trouble forgetting my password then the site not sending it back to my e-mail, so I made a new account, sorry if its against the rules.

Well I was down at Rypers and got a TT-01 chassis ordered, went and picked it up, all put on the car. I also had to get a new 55t/58t spur set because for some reason my 22t pinion and 58t spur got mashes, I think a small rock must have been in there. Now I'm running a new 58t and my old 23t pinion.

David showed me some nice looking batteries that are next on my shopping list. IB3800's cell sounds good. They arn't as expensive as I thought, so I'm going have to buy them.

Next week sometime I'm going to go down to have my first try at running around the track, David told me it would be $5 for the track for the day. Do you guys have suggestions as to what to bring apart from my car (TT-01), radio (2PL), batteries and charger?

[Alex]

money for broken bits !lmao no seriously..and some tools to fix it with would b good :)

[mIKe-]

Nah if I break it I'm going home, I'm only a 3min drive away from my house. Yeah and I have pretty much every part spare, it seems I have broken 1 tiny part from each sheet of tamiya TT-01 parts, so I have lots of spares part sheets.

Do you guys really break your cars that much just practising? The only thing I have broken on my TT-01 was an A-arm, I only bought the chassis because I stipped some screw holes it in.

[mIKe-]

Oh and you said &quot;tools&quot; to fix it with, you dont need &quot;tools&quot; to fix a TT-01, you need a &quot;tool&quot;. A screw driver does EVEYTHING :) except take rims off and pinions.

[nexxus]

Buy some rubber tyres and race in novice 540 class on Sundays. Best way to learn!

[mIKe-]

I'm gonna play with my foamies for a while, once they are dead I'm going to buy more foamies, AND some rubbers for racing.

David told me if I wanna just drive around my house and on the road stay with foamies, and I can race with them if I wont to in the 540 class but I wont ger scored.

But I really wanna try driving around the track first make sure I can do it OK, I'd hate to just get in the way, but I'm sure there would be more kids, just like me, doing the same as me :)

Cant wait to go down next week for a drive, whos racing tommorow?

[Birky]

I will be. Green Mazda 6 with white flames and GT stripes.

[nexxus]

Ditto - Blue Ferrari F430

[mIKe-]

Hope you guys have a nice day racing, I'm at home helping my dad tile one of the bathrooms.

Hey can you tell me why the stock TT-01 class is called a 540 class? Because I know you can't run any 540 sized motor you wont. What are the motor rules in a 540 class?

[nexxus]

Mate at the risk of sounding a bit rude, you're not going to learn jack s.. asking q's here, I mean ask away we'll all help as best we can sure, but a day at a race meet you learn 10 times as much as you do here. Bite the bullet, go down on a Sunday and race, ask questions you'll find lots of people are willing to help.

[mIKe-]

Sounds good, I'm going down for a run around see how I like it, then I'll race. I might go down for a Sunday just to check it out first.

BTW I been been at Rypers many times to buy parts for my Evader and such, but when I say go down I mean for a drive.

[Birky]

There is no TT-01 class any more at Ryper. The 540 class is for any type of chassis. The rules for 540 class is you have to run a Silver can or Tamiya Sports Tuned motor.

[mIKe-]

How well do TT-01 do in this class, even with a good driver are they left in the dust buy Losi's and Associated TC's?

And why did the close the class, wasn't it popular enough anymore and was just wasting time running a race for them?

[nexxus]

The girl who constantly (and I mean CONSTANTLY) wins the 540 class is using a TT-01.

[mIKe-]

Righto, I still dunno when I'm going down but sometime this week.

[Birky]

The class got shut down coz there was a need for a straight novice class, and the mini class was started up.

[James]

mIKe-, definately check it out. the &quot;540/sport tuned&quot; class is for people just really starting out in racing, you can race any kind of on-road 1:10 elec car as long as it has a 540 silver can or sport tuned motor in it. (strict).

As already mentioned, this class replaces the existing ladies and novice classes.

the Tamiya MINI class has replaced the 'spec car' class that was the TT-01 class. It is a cheap way to get involved in some pretty funny racing.

I recommend you start in 540 class, and move up as you desire. If you feel you are at a point where you would like to move up to stock class you can contact one of the race organisers who will take a look at some of your race times and move you as required :)

fun stuff!

[mIKe-]

I'm going to Rypers tommorow for my first drive around. Well I spose I'm going today as I just looked at a clock! I hope its good fun :)

[nexxus]

Thats a start, the real indication as to where you are at is race meets on Sundays, basically unless you can run 14 lap qualifiers and 15 lap races in Sports Tuned / 540 you shouldnt look at moving up, thats clean laps.... which means I won't be moving up this season :)

[Matt]

the season has only started, how can you predict that you wont move up this season?

[M.J]

nexxus y do u still race in the sports tuned class arnt u a bit more advanced than that

[nexxus]

lol MJ hasn't seen me drive *lol* Nah, I just don't think I should move up yet. I will when I am ready.

[T4Trasher]

hey Mj how long have you been running and your still in stock~!!!!!!!!

[M.J]

wat about how long were u in stock for......

[nexxus]

lol my attempt at stock was a disaster, I dun even count that!

[T4Trasher]

i was in stock for as long as it took me to be able to win any race on any day on nay track in australia. Then i moved up to modified so as I don't get in the mod guys way when running again'st them

[mIKe-]

Well I went down to Rypers yesterday and had fun :)

It was cool driving around a track, and not just up and down the street. All the guys there were realy nice. I only had 2 bad crashes, 1 was going down the straight then didn't turn tight enough and went into the fence, the other was coming towards the drivers area and I ran off the track, and fell off it completely and ran off a limestone block.

It was good too see some of the faster gus run around. Gave me something to work towards, I'm not sure f my TT-01 will let me get around there like they were though :P

But I will go back, I had fun.

[Matt]

those two areas where you came off are VERY common areas where people come off. even the pro drivers have some wicked &quot;off's&quot; at those two points on the track.

[mIKe-]

I noticed... One of the guys that were their squished his body flat, looked bad, but it popped back together.

How do most people go when then drive around for their first time. I could do about 10laps as fast as I could staying on the track the whole time, no crashing, no running corners, but occasionally clipping the concrete at the inside of the corners.

Apart from those 2 bad crashes, I rolled it on its roof a few times, nothing bad though.

I also was given a set of Rubber tyres buy a guy that said they were too bad to race with, but to me they look great to just bash around with. They are called Take-Offs or something.
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[Alex]

yup. avoid the WALL OF DEATH and PIT OF HELL if u can, !lmao but glad u had fun running! The TT-01 is a great startup car, for the pricerange it belongs in, theres nothing wrong with the car. Its simple and strong...2 good points to start off with...

[nexxus]

Even I couldn't break anything on a TT-01!

[mIKe-]

I broke a rear A-arm once, and a front hub carrier or something like that.

Whats a good car to buy that will be pretty competitive, and isn't rediculousy expensive? I like how stong a TT-01 is, but I dont like its NON-ajustability. And I kind of wont a car I can play and &quot;tinker&quot; with so its more than just a car to drive, its fun to mess with. All I can do with my TT-01 is clean it, and thats boring.

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[nexxus]

Mate learn to drive the TT-01 in races before you look at other cars first. Nothing will be a miracle cure for practice, and more importantly Race practice.

[Matt]

people in glass houses, my friend.

[mIKe-]

What? I never blamed my car for making me not drive good, I just wonted to know whats a decent car thats a step up from a TT-01 thats not super expensive, and is nie and adjustable.
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[James]

Losi XXX-S / E-racer. Tamiya TA-05, Tamiya TB-02, or a used XRAY T1

[nexxus]

He was aiming that at me :P And I KNOW I need race practice, just don't want Mikey here to make the same mistake I did, go out and buy a $400 car with a stock motor without having any driving skills at all, it becomes a bloody expensive exercise. Stick with the TT-01 for a few months at least, if you want adjustability buy adjustable turnbuckles and upper arms, shouldn't set you back more than $30 or so, when you want to move up, TA05 is nice, or Losi XXX-S unless you want to get really serious and shell out $638 for an X-Ray T2, now that thing is SWEET! You;re making the same mistakes I did, I started with a TA03, wasn't quick enough, or adjustable enough etc etc, spent $400 on a Yokomo CGM, and just broke a whole lot of stuff, cost me a fortune and got me frustrated as all hell. If you had an XRay T2 now with a sports tuned, I guarantee any experienced driver will give you a belting using your TT-01. The point is, practice on the TT-01 most guys who now run stock either have a lot of off road experience or practiced on a TT-01 or something similar for at least a half year or so. Don't do what I did and assume a better car will be a miracle cure, it sure as hell aint!

Ok thats my rant! !smack
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[nexxus]

...if only I followed my own advice, aint hindsight brilliant?

[mIKe-]

What do you guys think of a Team TC4? Looks like it had lots and stuff to play with and some cool features. I noticed Jmaes suggested quite a few belt drive, and there many advantages and disadvantages in belt drives compared to shaft drives?

When I went from my Tamiya Super Hornet to my Duratrax Evader ST the thing I like the most (apart from is actualling driving with out flipping and spinning out much) was all the adjustable stuff. It meant I could play with it without driving it :)

Even if I do get beaten by better drivers with not as good cars, I dont care. I wont a new car for its adjustability and stuff to play with. You keep thinking I'm just getting a car because it will be a mircale cure to be fast.

I race BMX and I have seen so many people do what you think I am doing, buy a $3000 bike then winge like heck when they can't do well. I have been racing for 11 years and I really do get what you guys are saying. I won the state champs on a not so great bike three times in a row, beating all the guys with the really nice bikes, and have only been racing for a year or too. Just believe me I'm not trying to find an easy way out, I doubt I will even attemp racing before I go and practise lots more, and that's with my TT-01 :)


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[Alex]

mIKe, the Team spec'd TC4 is a sweet machine. it certainly has tunability coming out of the wazoo! :D

but, like everything in the motoring industry, expensive cars come with expensive parts! hehe...

shaft or belt? well im just going by common sense here, Im sure the more experienced drivers may have differing opinions (personally, Ive only driven belt):

advantages of belt: smooth, strong
disadvantages of belt: can be snapped, tension may wear over time, or chewed through debri caught in the pully system / diff housing

advantages of shaft: smooth, storng, direct feed between front and rear diff
disadvantages of shaft: can be deformed / twisted in a bad crash, grinding of shaft may occur from rock / debri acting like a lathe

you make the choice :)..

If you want to stick with Tamiya the TB-02 and the TA-05 is deffo the next step up. TA-05 is a 2 belter, while the TB02 is a shafty. TA05 is newer in the TAMIYA production line, while the TB-02 has aged gracefully over the years with many hopped variants (ie. TB-02R)

www.rcmart.com is selling kits at good prices. And do an eBay for TB02 or TA05... but if you can find a decent price locally, always try to support LHS first.

hope this helps! :)

[mIKe-]

That was a help thank you :)

I think I will stick with a shaft drive, seems more instantanious (spelling?).

Yeah and as for a TC4, www.towerhobbies.com and www.rcmart.com seem to have a simular price, how much is shipping generally from these 2 places?

In perth do many of the LHS's have TC4 parts? Because I will prolly buy what I can get parts easily for. I'm not that much of a label fan, I bet with equal time and money spent on most of these cars they will all drive around very simulary. So I'll buy what I can get parts for, but I think I might buy the kit from over seas, depending on how much they are here.

[Alex]

mIke, im my experience.. shipping from Hong Kong is WAY cheaper than from the US. Just sign up with either and add the items u want in the cart and go to checkout. There it will calculate shipping costs.. Just dont hit any &quot;confirm&quot; buttons until ur absolutely happy with all quotes!lmao

[mIKe-]

I cant do much at all with out my dad credit card :P I'm not old enough to shop online yet, so I'll get my dad to help me out.

OK so if the prices are the same from hongkong and the US I should buy from Hong Kong right? And do customs generally charge taxes on RC cars?

[mIKe-]

Well I just did a bit of a check, $240 USD to get a TC4 here from the US and $270 USD to get one here from Hong Kong.

The reason its cheaper from the US is because towerhobbies has a offer taking $25 from orders over $149 or something.

[nexxus]

Having driven a TB-01 and a TA-05, the belt drive is more efficient but hey personal choice.

[mIKe-]

I think I will stick to a shaft drive, I (just buy thinking about it) think that it would be more instanstanious (spelling?) and more direct. But I have never driven a belt drive so what can I say..

[Birky]

The only thing with shaft drives is you can easily strip bevel gears if you hit the wall.

[mIKe-]

I try not to hit walls, but for some reason whenever I'm about to miss a wall it jumps into my way :(

[JD]

i hate walls - and fences :P

I crashed my 1/5th into a fence - it jumped out of nowhere into the way!

Luckily no damage to the buggy - however i broke off the bottom of the fence :D

[mIKe-]

I know, these walls really have something against RC cars, they are like suicide bombers, they just quickly get in the way then try kill whats around it :(

[JD]

trees are bad too!

your just goin along - and bam! u have to swerve to avoid this tree that popped up out of nowhere!

[Birky]

Have you seen the killer pole at Ryper?

Thats thing will jump in front of anyone.

[mIKe-]

Mail boxers are also a dang nusance, always jump right infront of me car.

[JD]

streets all of sudden get thin as well!

Ur trying a top speed pass and hit a rock - and the street shinks! and ur into one gutter then all of a sudeen your hitting the gutter on the other side!

Dam streets!

[mIKe-]

Ahahaha yeah and whats up with all the parked cars suddenly moving?

[waOscar]

hey mIKe if you want to stick to shaft drive consider Tamiya TB-02, very good parts supply available locally lol

[mIKe-]

Yeah well I decided I'm going to save up for a Team TC4 kit. Might take a long time but I am saving :) I have $90 since I first thought of a new car.

This thread can kind of die now. No need to hop-up my TT-01 when I'm just going to let it rot in a corner when I get my new car.

[Alex]

they can be your pet's best friend !lmao

[mIKe-]

Yes maybe.... My dog hates it after I ran it into her and I have a 14 yr old cat that doesn't like anything.

I am getting a kitten in 2 weeks so you never know :D

[Alex]

ahaha, well i think your dog was hoping to play chasey with it, not dodge ball! :D

[mIKe-]

ahahah it relaly was her fault because I had my evader (it wasn't the TT-01) going full speed at my jump, then she dicided to jump in the way, i felt bad :(

[nexxus]

Going from a TT-01 to a TC4, kinda like letting a P plater get behind the wheel of a V8 supercar aint it? Dumbest thing I ever did was buying a big dollar car before I could even handle a TA03, ahhh well some ppl can't be told.

[Alex]

quote: &quot;a good tradesman never blames his tools&quot; unquote.

nuff said !smack !whistle
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[mIKe-]

I'm not saying I just want the TC4 to be great around the track, I will hardly go there, I just wont the TC4 so its more fun to play with and more things to tinker with.

[RiCeY]

Hey where's this racetrack you guys are talking about? Id be keen to try something other than carparks hehe.

I recently got a TT-01D as seen here :
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/markrice/WRX.jpg

I started off with the supplied Sports Tuned motor then moved onto the Super Stock TZ. My hunger for speed wouldnt let up so I purchesed a 9 turn motor and the car absolutely hammers now. I would probably write it off on a racetrack but in a big carpark its fun haha.

Here's a vid of a couple of flybys with the 9 turn :

bah the link wont work in this forum




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[RiCeY]

The vid :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwrWK-CuOZs

[Birky]

Ryper Raceway
16 Coolibah Way
Bibra Lake

Track is open all week, but racing is on Sunday arvos starting about 1pm. Nominations are at 12pm.

[Birky]

I know that carpark, I drive by it everyday going to uni. :)
Plus I learnt how to drive a 1:1 car there. !burnout
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[RiCeY]

haha off selby st

[boostED82]

Hi guys, I have a TT01 and race each Tues night at PRECC. I'm chasing a carbon upper deck so I can run my sway bars, adoes nyone know/have one for sale? All Aust. hobby shops are out of stock.

Cheers
Ed

[Emlyn]

does anyone know if the tt-01 just runs one pinion,
because the motor only fits in one positions u cant ajust it closer to the spur, or can you?

[Emlyn]

thanks mate, on my plate u cant change the mesh of the pinion to spur, makes it a pain. i dont want to over gear it