Originally Posted by rajiex (Post 13902037)

Ran my M05 Pro 2 last weekend at TCS. Love minis now. My old M03 was so sensitive. What was weird the 05 felt like a small TC. Running a HW Juststock ESC and Xerun 21.5. Nice combo but not as fast as those who advance their timing. Overall very satisfied. Only hop ups were front knuckles, rear uprights and TRF shocks. Followed all settings as per kit.

Originally Posted by eR1c (Post 13901800)

I saw two lipo fires at our 2014 club events. Not sure what caused both, but both were runing/competing at the time of fire. I suspect a short or some kind of ESC malfunction that let the battery go amuck? In both cases the fire was a nasty one, ...its a constant flame that just keeps going. The fire actually seems endless. We keep sand buckets for such case and had to put the entire car under a bucket of sand to keep the fire contained. Several hours later we removed the sand to find a melted mess of what was once a nice on-road TC car.

I did not know you could put them in the trash when spent. I did know about the salt solution to deactivate them, but good to know about being able to throw them away.

Sakadachi,
I recommend this for your battery holder,
http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ....asp?p_id=3469

-this one is for the M05, but I believe it also fits the M05V2, ..yet you can verify by looking for parts for your M05V2 and see if this comes up.

I use this as it saves a ton of weight and is much easier to use than the stock setup. I just use a strip of tape on each end to secure my battery. ...for racing this works well, yet if your just parking lot bashing then it may not be convenient to carry tape w/ you?

Originally Posted by monkeyracing (Post 13901865)

Lipos are easy to take care of. Generally, after a race, mine are down to about 7.9v. As I'm packing up for the day, I discharge them to 7.6-7.8v. The charger does the work. Next time you race, be sure to balance charge, at least for the first heat. Simple.

Store them in a lipo bag/ammo box/casserole dish/asbestos underpants and you're good.

The lipo fires I've seen have generally been from batteries being overcharged/pushed too hard, or from over-discharging. Seen a few that seemed random, but there's always a reason. Lipos are as safe as anything else. Just use common sense.

Disposal is easy. Discharge as much as possible, cut off the leads, chuck them into a container with salt water for a few weeks. Do this outdoors! I use an old plastic coffee can with a loose fitting lid - gasses need to escape. After that, they're inert and non-toxic.

I really love what's happened in the past 5 or 6 years with lipos, brushless motors and such. This hobby has gotten WAY easier.

Originally Posted by rajiex (Post 13902037)

Ran my M05 Pro 2 last weekend at TCS. Love minis now. My old M03 was so sensitive. What was weird the 05 felt like a small TC. Running a HW Juststock ESC and Xerun 21.5. Nice combo but not as fast as those who advance their timing. Overall very satisfied. Only hop ups were front knuckles, rear uprights and TRF shocks. Followed all settings as per kit.

Originally Posted by eR1c (Post 13902083)

This is encouraging to hear, seems everyone is saying the m05v2 handles really well.

Originally Posted by Neils74 (Post 13903199)

Took the vII for a shakedown at Floyd Bennett Field track today and it was like watching a tumbling circus.
Spent more time sliding on its roof than going round a corner.

Back to the drawing board with my set up.

As it stands
Tires. Sweep 45 front and rear
Suspension. 40 weight oil, 3 hole, yellow front, red rear.
Oil filled gear diff 500k diff oil.

Originally Posted by sakadachi (Post 13903303)

Neils - I like those TE37 style wheels! :D

Originally Posted by Neils74 (Post 13903404)

My unforgiving track has also punished my poor driving skills again by destroying the rear end of my tz motor. God knows how, but its all bent in and I can not remove the brushes. The only thing that I think it could be, is the LH upright smashed into the end bell of the motor in a hard impact, but that means the whole LH assembly had to flex a lot to reach.

Originally Posted by eR1c (Post 13903517)

Neils74,

I love that photo you took of your yellow Mini! -awesome shot!

I have experience w/ the M05 (not the V2), but keep in mind the M05 tends to be a bit twitchy. Even a dialed in M05 really can't take sharp or normal corners hard otherwise it will roll. Try to keep momentum through the turn, don't brake, But don't gun it all the way through either. You want to let off on the throttle a bit, keeping some momentum then somewhere around 3/4's of the way through the turn to turn exit you want to get back on the throttle. --depends on the curve of course.

Originally Posted by monkeyracing (Post 13903430)

This does happen. I've had uprights and motors bashing together for ages. It's be interesting to see super slow motion footage of a mini crashing hard. It'd probably look like a boomerang. This pic is from 2009. Took it to prove to some dork I wasn't cheating my motors..

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...3860Medium.jpg

Originally Posted by Neils74 (Post 13903937)

It is amazing how strong and resiliant these little cars are especially as it would be like us driving a real car into a solid wall at 200mph. That plastic chassis must flex more than we think!