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Old 12-10-2008, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by King Nitro
Geez, how sad can it be? I bought two S120 kits and now Im dead in the water with no T-bars to be found anywhere. I hope it gets better and parts start showing up soon.
King, T-bars they ship for as spare parts where defective and we had to send it back. This is the reason for the shortage. We got some in but we had to fill the backorder fist on a first come first serve basis. Stormer is getting some.
Sorry for any inconvenience this can create. We have another shipment on the way so we are going to be in really good shape as far as spares and kits
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Old 12-10-2008, 12:09 PM
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Check our site Thursday and Friday. We should be seeing 120's and parts before the weekend according to the folks at SA.
i will be contacting you.....at the end of the week.....thanks
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Old 12-10-2008, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by serpentamerica
King, T-bars they ship for as spare parts where defective and we had to send it back. This is the reason for the shortage. We got some in but we had to fill the backorder fist on a first come first serve basis. Stormer is getting some.
Sorry for any inconvenience this can create. We have another shipment on the way so we are going to be in really good shape as far as spares and kits
you take paypal? lol
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Old 12-11-2008, 12:29 AM
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Hi!

Here are some pics from the last race here in Geilenkirchen/Germany.

My blue S120 and Markus Mobers´orange S120.

Michael
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Old 12-11-2008, 04:32 AM
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Muuuaaaa, love my ford :-)
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:25 AM
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Nice S120s

Originally Posted by siebenelch
Hi!

Here are some pics from the last race here in Geilenkirchen/Germany.

My blue S120 and Markus Mobers´orange S120.

Michael
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Old 12-11-2008, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by siebenelch
Hi!

Here are some pics from the last race here in Geilenkirchen/Germany.

My blue S120 and Markus Mobers´orange S120.

Michael
very nice...
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Old 12-11-2008, 06:58 PM
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that guy could be my long lost German brother
AND he's a ford man
AND his car is blue

LEGEND! nice looking 120 too, much better than the orange
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Old 12-14-2008, 11:27 PM
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Well, everybody loves a photo.

I figured I would give one a try too, I kinda like it. Here's a few pics, clean and before the racing, and then how she came off the track after the main with the body. Ended up running 5 packs of practice, 3 qualifiers and the main. Missed the first qualifier because I was still building the car at the track.

How'd it work? Well, that body was on it the whole time. I plan to run it at some more events.
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Old 12-14-2008, 11:33 PM
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Mr Blonde,

Would you mind if I dropped you a PM with a setup question?
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Old 12-14-2008, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by serpvect
I'm going to order the subj chassis and one question is still unclear - list of compatible mini servos that are exactly centered while using standard chassis mounting holes. Do the following models fulfill this condition?
1. Futaba S9650
2. KO Propo PDS-951 ICS
KO 949 wasn't centered. I ended up with a JR3650 like a few others.
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Old 12-15-2008, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob-Stormer
Well, everybody loves a photo.

I figured I would give one a try too, I kinda like it. Here's a few pics, clean and before the racing, and then how she came off the track after the main with the body. Ended up running 5 packs of practice, 3 qualifiers and the main. Missed the first qualifier because I was still building the car at the track.

How'd it work? Well, that body was on it the whole time. I plan to run it at some more events.
Large pinion?? What te FDR?? I see Stormers got them in stock, this weekend. Lot of duckets for a 12th model. That's Serpent for us!!
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[QUOTE=Bob-Stormer;5167573]Well, everybody loves a photo.

I figured I would give one a try too, I kinda like it. Here's a few pics, clean and before the racing, and then how she came off the track after the main with the body. Ended up running 5 packs of practice, 3 qualifiers and the main. Missed the first qualifier because I was still building the car at the track.

How'd it work? Well, that body was on it the whole time. I plan to run it at some more events.

Yeah!! I love my new S120!! It's the most expensive 1/12th car ever produced but once you build one, you will understand why. The design and attention to detail is like no other 1/12th I have ever built and I have built just about all of them. I ran two weekends of racing and the body looked like it never was on the track!!!

It does have one weak point. The T bar needs a redesign and they need to do it quickly. The T bar needs to either be wider or it needs a four screw pivot ball cup instead of a two screw pivot ball cup at the rear. Making the T bar wider would be the easiest but then they would have to move the batteries out away from the center line of the car and that would require a new chassis. Right now the two screw pivot ball cup makes the T bar very fragile due to very little T bar material around the rear pivot ball. The two screw pivot ball would work fine in the front of the T bar but at the rear, where most of the movement happens, it's just too weak. I am going to try and cut out some of my own T bars that use an Associated rear pivot ball cup. LISTEN UP SERPENT!! Just make all of the new T bars with a four screw rear pivot ball cup.
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