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Dagger Thrasher · 05.24.2007, 07:40 PM

Thanks for all the compliments guys! :)

I've now had a chance to do a second run with punch control completely disabled. This made a massive difference...wheras acceleration was aggressive before, now it's just downright brutal! She seems to be able to pull a wheelie at almost any speed, but it's hard to tell as I managed to crash her just a few mins into the run. :( Yup...I was doing a speed pass and simply hit the brakes a bit too hard so she somersaulted forward and landed very awkwardly. The rear turnbuckle rodends got ripped off the 'buckles and a few other minor fixable things occured, but the only real damage was a bent rear CVD bone. It's still useable, but I've already got a pair of new CVDs on the way. It was a pretty spectacular crash lol!
Despite the wheelies and increased punch, the diff is still fine. Next run I plan to go on tarmac and just go berserk with the throttle to really test it...should be fun! I'll try to get a good vid too...getting hold of someone to do it is really tricky.

Aqwut: Thanks...and I often wish I did as well lol! But nope, I built this thing to run, and run it shall. :)

Gustav...that's an interesting idea, but I can't see that it's do-able. Getting a torquier system that outputs the same RPMS on the same voltage would be pretty hard. I'm gonna fit a fan to the rear motor and see if I can get some adaptor plates to allow me to gear down further...but if that doesn't help, then another motor setup might be needed.:002: Everything on the truck was setupa nd designed with hanlding in mind, and it does pretty well...so I'm happy on that front. :)

Thanks again guys! :)

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Dagger Thrasher I have no idea what's going on Offline Posts: 464 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK	05.24.2007, 07:40 PM Thanks for all the compliments guys! :) I've now had a chance to do a second run with punch control completely disabled. This made a massive difference...wheras acceleration was aggressive before, now it's just downright brutal! She seems to be able to pull a wheelie at almost any speed, but it's hard to tell as I managed to crash her just a few mins into the run. :( Yup...I was doing a speed pass and simply hit the brakes a bit too hard so she somersaulted forward and landed very awkwardly. The rear turnbuckle rodends got ripped off the 'buckles and a few other minor fixable things occured, but the only real damage was a bent rear CVD bone. It's still useable, but I've already got a pair of new CVDs on the way. It was a pretty spectacular crash lol! Despite the wheelies and increased punch, the diff is still fine. Next run I plan to go on tarmac and just go berserk with the throttle to really test it...should be fun! I'll try to get a good vid too...getting hold of someone to do it is really tricky. Aqwut: Thanks...and I often wish I did as well lol! But nope, I built this thing to run, and run it shall. :) Gustav...that's an interesting idea, but I can't see that it's do-able. Getting a torquier system that outputs the same RPMS on the same voltage would be pretty hard. I'm gonna fit a fan to the rear motor and see if I can get some adaptor plates to allow me to gear down further...but if that doesn't help, then another motor setup might be needed.:002: Everything on the truck was setupa nd designed with hanlding in mind, and it does pretty well...so I'm happy on that front. :) Thanks again guys! :)