PPD TC setup plates. TC5, Mi3, Xray, Cyclone and ??
10-12-2008, 11:06 AM
#107
Yes. There is very little clearance on the Xray chassis and interferance with the bulkhead to even fit a lipo. Its possible you can fit without removing humps (not sure), but they just get in the way and raise the battery when using a plate. Most people want to drop the battery as low as possible, and those humps have no real useful purpose (will not reliably hold the battery on impact).
10-12-2008, 12:26 PM
#108
Tech Regular
just wanted to let drop in a note to say that I got the tc5 plate and it works really good. Very nice piece of work and easy to use !
Thank you Kevin (ppd) for making such a nice product.
Thank you Kevin (ppd) for making such a nice product.
10-12-2008, 02:29 PM
#109
Yes. There is very little clearance on the Xray chassis and interferance with the bulkhead to even fit a lipo. Its possible you can fit without removing humps (not sure), but they just get in the way and raise the battery when using a plate. Most people want to drop the battery as low as possible, and those humps have no real useful purpose (will not reliably hold the battery on impact).
10-12-2008, 02:43 PM
#110
orion 3800 is 23.25mm
10-12-2008, 05:01 PM
#112
Just shipped another TC5 plate to Canada late last week...possibly someone that got a peek at yours??
10-12-2008, 05:04 PM
#113
whats the thickness on the balance plate.?....I know the orion 4800 is 23mm and it fits still the 3800 is taller...Just a little worried about grindin on the pack you know?
10-12-2008, 07:33 PM
#115
Verndog- I got to use my plate for my own car this weekend and I'm very impressed. My usual routine was set ride height front to rear and try to have the left side of the chassis the same hetight as the rear. This was fine until I set it on a tweak station. My shock collars were always at different heights just to zero out the bubble.
After using the PPD plate I can set my ride height the same left to right and once the car is placed on the tweak station the bubble is already level and the shock collars are the same left to right as well. All this time the chassis had a slight tweak in it. Thanks for a great product.
After using the PPD plate I can set my ride height the same left to right and once the car is placed on the tweak station the bubble is already level and the shock collars are the same left to right as well. All this time the chassis had a slight tweak in it. Thanks for a great product.
10-12-2008, 07:52 PM
#116
It didnt get you out of the b main stlintheb!
10-12-2008, 08:03 PM
#117
hey kevin, just catching up on my reading of your thread, talk about a racer helping racers, awesome job buddy, from a simple idea to help out some local racers to world wide sales to another great product to again help out racers. great job, can't wait to see whats next on your list of products.
10-12-2008, 08:35 PM
#118
hey kevin, just catching up on my reading of your thread, talk about a racer helping racers, awesome job buddy, from a simple idea to help out some local racers to world wide sales to another great product to again help out racers. great job, can't wait to see whats next on your list of products.
Thanks Ritchie, its cool to see others benifit and enjoy being able to use new products. I've been asked several times by others to build this and that, but if its an item that is available, I pretty much wont do it...just new useful products that you cant otherwise get.
AS far as next project...it's not RC related, but is militay related. Doing design work on a high strength "competition" prosthetic leg.
Last edited by Verndog; 10-13-2008 at 07:26 AM.
10-13-2008, 08:50 AM
#119
Has anyone removed the humps from an orion pack before? Is there a procedure to follow?
10-13-2008, 09:59 AM
#120
hey kevin, just catching up on my reading of your thread, talk about a racer helping racers, awesome job buddy, from a simple idea to help out some local racers to world wide sales to another great product to again help out racers. great job, can't wait to see whats next on your list of products.
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