| flm maxx chassis brace | carbon fiber | ofna cd | hacker c50 10xl |

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by Kcaz25

OH! I'm sorry, carry on! lol You see my logic however as I thought they were stock 3906.

Your friends 3905 knuckles have wobbly bearing seats? Yeah I don't know. I have the RPM Truetrack knuckles(awesome, has no turnbuckles its much like rear racerX but much cheaper) in the rear and the platinum knuckles in the front. They are lasting a long time. when they go out I will buy the tekno's. I'm loving the thought of the included 8mm stub axles but I can't tell if it'll work with my TRX steel cvds. EDIT: yeah the 8mm stub axles won't work with trx CVDs. oh well I've bent one or two 5mm stubs in the past but now since I've become a better driver I haven't bent another.

Made for the 3905 by RPM... and I think those knuckles have done their days... I rather to go with aluminum knuckles just for the sake of having them lasting a little longer... not saying the alloys
won't have their own issues, I just believe they'll work a little better (and look cooler too)... Can you imagine what the teknos would like if they were done over in aluminum? So I will keep
my eyes open for stuff I can grab... I'm going to need a set of CVDs soon too... Cartwheels are pretty hard on them apparently... I would love to have a set of UE 8mm ones, but that's not
going to happen... cost too damn much.

Alien

[Kcaz25]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Made for the 3905 by RPM... and I think those knuckles have done their days... I rather to go with aluminum knuckles just for the sake of having them lasting a little longer... not saying the alloys
won't have their own issues, I just believe they'll work a little better (and look cooler too)... Can you imagine what the teknos would like if they were done over in aluminum? So I will keep
my eyes open for stuff I can grab... I'm going to need a set of CVDs soon too... Cartwheels are pretty hard on them apparently... I would love to have a set of UE 8mm ones, but that's not
going to happen... cost too damn much.

Alien

Yeah that makes sense. Who makes your aluminum knuckles? Yeah its hard to get these Maxxes just right. By no means am I done with mine yet. I've done some work recently though... I need to update...

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by Kcaz25

Yeah that makes sense. Who makes your aluminum knuckles? Yeah its hard to get these Maxxes just right. By no means am I done with mine yet. I've done some work recently though... I need to update...

I have seen a few, mostly on ebay though... I'll need to find some time to read about them later.

A few:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ALUMINUM-STEERIN...item58852cc64f

http://cgi.ebay.com/RDLogics-T-Maxx-...item2c52632869

Others

Not so sure about the quality of these, so I can't even decide for myself which to get.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

A small update... I got a little impatient, so I mounted the 1520 (firmly) and slapped together the electrics for a small test... rolled the truck around the house for a few moments
and realized that this thing needed to stretched it's 'legs'... there is a significant difference with torque in comparison to the Hacker... I saw no cogging from roll offs or while crawling...
the magnets are very strong in the CC 1520, there will be no need for 'drag brakes' (well I have no real need for it)... the moment I am off the power, the magnets will start slowing the truck.

Well, I took it out (1:00 a.m.) and did some slow rolls just too how 'smooth' the power would come on... man, this motor is impressive (it's my first 4 pole)... Oh, I know some people won't
like this, but I had no choice, so I made the test with NIMHs... I am sure they did not provide the required punch... there is no doubt that this motor has got some serious power...
grabbing the throttle can get a little violent... with the Nimh powered hacker I did not see wheelies off the line... but they were pretty much effortless with 1520... the damn even pulled
the front wheels of the ground while rolling... acceleration was sweet (gearing:15/51)... having all this fun made me forget that this was a test... so I stop to check the temps... the motor was
'cool' and Quark was just a little warmer (no heatsink and no fans). I was a little uncomfortable being outside so late... so I packed it in... I'll try again tomorrow and see if I can get some more
full throttle runs.


Pics of the 'setup':




















Just for the record I am very very happy with the CC 1520...

Alien