STLNLST

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So how did everyone do this weekend? I'll be painting a body tomorrow and starting to rebuild the car for next weeks lil race.

Capelracer

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Ran mine with the 13.5 brushless for the first time today (only it's 2nd run) - easily TQ'd , almost 1/2 a second faster than 2nd qualifier and .3s faster than my previous best time. 2nd in the first final after servo saver came loose & I lost steering after the buzzer so settled for 2nd in that one, next final won by over 1/2 a lap - didn't improve my fastest lap as shadows were over the hairpin at the end of our main straight & I couldn't see the corner properly (more carrots methinks!)

I LOOOVVVEEE THIS CAR!!!!!!

Myhre

Where can I get a good heatsink for the motor on my Type R? Also I was wondering, does anyone know of a heatsink that replaces the timing ring on a novak motor?

squarehead

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Novak makes one.

Works fantastic, too. I ran mine on a 4.5R in 80°+ temps with track temps over 100°. I had geared my JRXS-R 4-5 teeth over the suggested Losi gearing with a sintered rotor, and it came off all day below 150°. You can add electric fans to those heatsinks if you need to, but I would doubt you would.

The only downside in this car is it is a PAIN to get the motor into the car. You need to essentially remove the entire rear bulkhead to get it in. But at least you won't be pulling it in and out of the car all the time to cut comms or replace brushes or anything.

AFAIK, the timing ring on a Novak brushless is NOT replaceable at all.

Myhre

ah, so that heatsink just slides ove the motor. I was thinking that there may be one that replaced the timing ring. You can slide the timing ring if you take the endbell off, the one closest to the end shaft. I found this off when swapping my bonded rotor to a sintered.

also those purple screws are awesome. Where did you get those? And what spur gear setup are you using? Is that a 64pitch? lol sorry for all the questions. I just started going through this thread. I'm sure I'll learn a lot.

squarehead

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I think you may be using the wrong terminology for motor parts. The timing ring is on the end of the motor, next to the solder tabs. On the 10.5 and 13.5 they are different colors (orange, blue, yellow, etc.), and they cannot be replaced and/or moved at all. You may be talking about the center sleeve on the motor, which can be removed. This heatsink replaces that sleeve completely as the new heatsink becomes a part of the motor after it is installed.




Great thread to spend some time going through. There is a lot of GREAT information here.

The purple and stainless screws are from Fastener Express. Fantastic company to deal with. I can't recommend them enough. Be careful, though, you could easily spent a lot of money there and not even know how you did it.

The spur is a PRS 128t 64-pitch spur. It's on the car using the PRS adapter discussed a few posts ago. It allows you to use any spur on the car and not have to use the funky Kevlar (noisy) Losi spurs.


HTH,


doug

syndr0me

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Doug, where'd you get the shielding for your sensor harness? That looks like the fancy stuff I use to get signal from my DAC to my headphone amp. :-) Stupid $150 boutique cables! :-(

smojoe

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expandable sleeving. I got mine from my local Fry's Electronics Doug can fill you in where he got his.

here is a link to it. no black in 1/8" or 1/4"
http://www.svc.com/sleeving-flexo-pet-sleeving.html

squarehead

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Yeah, I got a full kit of a bunch of different sizes from MicroCenter locally. It was regularly priced at like $30 for the kit (with zip ties, heat shrink and expanda-sheilds), but I got my kit for $8. I've done 6 different motors so far and have a ton left.

syndr0me

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Oh cool, there's a MicroCenter just up the road. Thanks to both of you for the info.

Myhre

ah, your totally right. I was talking about the center sleeve and calling it by the wrong name.

also, where is a good place to buy that spur gear adapter setup? I've been getting most of my stuff through losipartshouse.com. I havn't really found many other places that sell Type R stuff.

syndr0me

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If you look back about a page, there's some talk about the PRS spur adapter which will let you use other gears.

schreff

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Yo Yo Jay!

Well, the 3rd Annual Express Paved On-Road Champs is in the books. Larry Fairtrace and myself had a heck of a weekend. I have to hand it to Larry. We've been working on our setups at Jackson R/C and he hit it last week during practice. As I migrated to his setup, with my own little changes, the car was dialed. Larry's car was better on cooler track temps, mine was better on warmer temps. Larry, thanks again man.

In both Stock and 19t, I TQed and Won. Larry finished 2nd in both as well. A Losi sweep for this weekend.

I will say this.. Last year at the Express race '06, I ran a T2 (obviously before running for Losi). I had an awesome setup on that car and didn't think I could have a "better" car than that. Boy was I wrong. The Type R was soo smooth and holy steering.

As for the setup... if we only had an editable PDF. I'll work on posting it tomorrow. I'll bet money, that when people see the setup, they'll have this face...

RBLove

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Congrats to you and Larry. That's killer. I am venturing out next weekend to run some rubber tires for the first time "EVER". It's a parking lot track... PM some pointers

DENNIS STORTI

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yeah i gotta say schreff an big sac had the losi's rollin
good job guys u deserve the 1 2 finish