Team Associated RC8Be Thread
03-21-2011 | 03:58 AM
#4578
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Shocks
Just got up to the shock building stage and opened the bag to find the shocks were already built (without oil and caps). Do we take it that these have been assembled correctly, and with care and just add oil, or do we pull them apart and start from scratch? Interested in your thoughts.
Anthony.
Anthony.
03-21-2011 | 04:04 AM
#4579
The 19t pinion is already out if this is what you mean. I am using a 18t right now. It is not a long shank pinion as I don't have any and would rather use all the one's I have. I am using the revo style 2 piece shoe clucth setup. It is just the center shaft part only that is used. It acts like an extension and it fits perfectly. I just filled a flat spot on the end where the clutch bell would go and used a regular pinion instead. Works really well and I can use any pinions I want. I will be bumping it up to a 20t now. It was real slow on 4s and it drives like a tank. It seems kinda heavy to me. I guess I'm not used to it yet.
19T Long Shank Pinion
http://www.teknorc.com/product_info....oducts_id=1122
Revo Style Clutch
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...rce=google_ext
19T Long Shank Pinion
http://www.teknorc.com/product_info....oducts_id=1122
Revo Style Clutch
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...rce=google_ext
03-21-2011 | 06:34 AM
#4580
Just got up to the shock building stage and opened the bag to find the shocks were already built (without oil and caps). Do we take it that these have been assembled correctly, and with care and just add oil, or do we pull them apart and start from scratch? Interested in your thoughts.
Anthony.
Anthony.
03-21-2011 | 08:50 AM
#4584
Holy!!! 
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXAVCG&P=ML
Plus a $50 off coupon?? I may be getting one!!
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXAVCG&P=ML
Plus a $50 off coupon?? I may be getting one!!
I'm still wondering if someone like Durango, Mugen, or AE is going to try a saddle pack style 8th scale electric.
What about durability and wear between the two?
03-21-2011 | 08:53 AM
#4585
What would be considered to be too hot? I ran a 19T this weekend on 6S and it got to 162* in about ten minutes. Just wondering.
03-21-2011 | 08:53 AM
#4586
Don't get me wrong, the Mugen is a nicely engineered car, but what material advantage does it give you over the RC8Be? I see that the front end uses a pillow-ball setup, which is nice, but other than that, it appears to a very similar layout and design as the RC8Be.
I'm still wondering if someone like Durango, Mugen, or AE is going to try a saddle pack style 8th scale electric.
What about durability and wear between the two?
I'm still wondering if someone like Durango, Mugen, or AE is going to try a saddle pack style 8th scale electric.
What about durability and wear between the two?
03-21-2011 | 08:58 AM
#4587
That's pretty close to optimal operating temperature. I think Billy had quoted Randy as saying they could "handle" 200 degrees. But obviously not continuously.
Last edited by GreggW; 03-21-2011 at 09:09 AM.
03-21-2011 | 09:06 AM
#4588
Yeah, I know, but it's still vaporware at this point. 
I can't find the post now, but I recall Randy saying that 180F is about as hot as he'd like to see continuously on a Tekin T8 motor.
+1 to what Gregg said above.
+1 to what Gregg said above.
