Thanks for that mate, so everything is as it should be. Great! Cheers.

What's the best way to hold down wires to the chassis? Has anyone tried hot glue? I want to have a secure placement but also be able to remove the electronics at some point in time and still have the wires in tact.

Thanks

Hello, Just getting back into 1/12th scale and I was looking for pretrued donuts. Anyone know where to get the best price!
Thanks in advance, georgec

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Im sure this question gets asked alot but here we go im new to electric and have a serpent s120 and need a esc and motor whats the best set up?I want to run the expert class.Thanks

Your best bet is mounted and trued tires. Pretrued donuts are no longer true once they get mounted. Stormer as well as other on-line shops carry the full line of Jaco tires as well as Parma and CRC.

Shoe Goo if you want to do that but it's not needed really. Just bundle it neatly, use shrink tubing or CRC use to sell these clips that were small. They would servo tape down then you inserted the wires into the clip.

Steve

Thanks guys , I'll go the premount route.

Speed controls have really changed the game in the last year with special programming,timing advances, etc. The nicer ESCs can be hooked into your PC for almost infinite adjustment and the advantage is absolutely noticeable on the track. Choices include the KO Propo BMC, Tekin RS & RS Pro, LRP SXX, and the upcoming Novak Kinetic.

With that said, motor choice really isn't a huge deal but the Trinity Duo and Duo 2's are popular. I think if you have a good ESC with those adjustments mentioned, that motor will scream regardless of which sticker is on it :)

hey tony,
i presume you are referring to the roadrunners 1/12 expert class. i haven't been there, but their website indicated it is a 4cell 13.5 class but that was a 1 yr old post. so now they could also be running 1cell lipo, still with 13.5 or maybe 10.5. (i have some almost new 4cell packs if you are interested)

these are spec class motors, so there isn't be a huge disparity between brands, but they aren't identical. duo2 are highly sought after but you will see tekin speed passion novak etc all running well

esc choice is where things matter. CRC's advanced electronics unit is the latest hot ticket in the speedo war, but the Tekin RS has upgradeable software and there are pretty regular updates (check out their thread). i also see lrp and KO, but i am not familiar with their models.

one thing i noticed at ocrc this past year,where there was a combined 4cell 17.5 and 1s lip 13.5 class, was everybody went to 1s lipo, (the latest batch of nimh are really good performing but are a pain to deal with compared with 1 lipo cell.

I tried searching this thread and was surprised there wasn't an answer for this. In 17.5/13.5 1s lipo on carpet the front tire to use are Jaco Black/Purple (or equivalents) because they are more 'consistent' throughout a run. Why is that? Why do you lose steering with 2x Pink or softern compounds less than half way through a run? Someone explained it is because there isn't enough heat generated in the tires in the stock classes so the harder compounds change less than the softer ones. Is there another reason?

I would venture to say that the softer compounds would tend to be "stickier" and pick up more carpet fuzz/debris etc. As the tires heat and become sticker, they would tend to pick up this debris and lose traction in the middle of the run. The harder tires would provide enough grip but not be so soft they pick up a lot of the junk on the track.

I just ordered the Novak Havoc 1s esc with the 17.5 motor combo. No need for a booster or receiver pack! It should be in the end of next week. I'll try it and report back:tire:

12th Scale Transmitter Set Up
 

I've just posted up an article on setting up your transmitter for 12th scale written by Andy Griffiths up on www.carsrcracing.co.uk.

Trev

Where did you order it from?