Grey rears seemed to fade around the 6/7 min mark for me at the NWCC. or maybe it was just me not being used to the bloody link car :lol:

This news makes me very happy...
Please post up here when they are ready for purchase.
I already love the RW gears on my TC, and never thought about checking to see if they made 12th type.
-Shookie <><

And yes the kimbrough diff covers work for both 48 and 64 pitch gears.

I've found that my bench grinder does a pretty good job. From there it depends on what sort of triangle you find runs fastest for you. While many find an equilateral triange to be the fastest on a more open track some have decided that an Isosceles triangle offers better on-power steering on tighter layouts. I've been experimenting with a scalene triangle set-up that seems promising.

And remember...right triangles are just plain wrong. The grip like a bunch of pissed-off road monkeys...for about 2 minutes.

Math Geek! :lol:

For that crack you don't get the magic angles on my scalene. :sneaky:

novak gtx
 

Hi,
can anyone help me with my novak GTX ?
I'm trying to rewire it but can't solder the wires loose
(even on 420C... 710F, don't think I should go warmer uhm...!?). What do I wrong?
thanks, v12

First what type of soldering Iron are you using?

I just rewired my GTS wich is very simmilar, Novaks are not easy to rewire, but here is what I did.
After you remove the old wire, there is probably some left over solder in the holes, heat up that solder and remove it (either with a solder sucker, desoldering braid, or if you don't have those lightly tap the ESC against the table)
once you get the solder out of the holes strip and tin your new wire (be sure you twist the wire as tight as you can before tining)
to make soldering the new wire easier use a piece of servo tape to hold the ESC to the table
next place the first wire over its hole then apply heat to the bottom and push the wire through, repeat for the remaining wires

You should have an iron of at least 50 watts, with a medium to large tip. The esc is a big heat sink and small irons will not maintain temp long enough to melt the solder. I'm not sure on the latest GTX escs, but Novak started using a higher temp solder on the GTBs and it really takes a big iron to get the wires off easily. For that I use a Hakko 456, 65 watts and over 1000 deg F.

Also, use some flux on the wires and put a little blob of solder on the iron to aid heat transfer.

Now you're just being obtuse :D

does the 12b body fit a 12l4 guys?

and it doesnt look like it, but does the rear of the body have fender wells? i hope not.....doesnt look like it, but somethings in person are different lol

Remind me to shake your hand next time I see you. Oh, and give you the $20 or whatever I owe you :lol:

Yes it fits, all of the Protoform speed 12 bodies are made specificaly for 12th scale pan cars. If you go to the http://www.protoformracebodies.com/ or http://www.parmapse.com/websites they have all the info on all their bodies. What do you mean by fender wells, like an inner fender? A 1/12th scale body is just like a 1/10th in that it is just a shell, no inner parts.


http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...ndo/1610-3.jpghttp://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...kendo/1610.jpg

no, i mean like fenders, like denderflaires on the side where the wheels go.... thats what i mean

and sweet, just making shure, in the description it says fits most 12th scale cars

Does anyone have a set of servo mounts they want to get rid of?

novak gtx
 

od purple - Big B , thanks for your help/input !

(temp., watts are too low, am using the smallest tip you can imagine....
so i was doing everything wrong :( - will buy better iron :D) cu, v12