Servo Question
 

My good ol' trusty Futaba 132s hi-speed servo had to be retired this past weekend, due to a board in the way.
So what would be a good mid level and mid level priced replacement steering servo for a 12L3.

Thanks.

jr3550 -I think they are not much more than $70? Maybe even less. CHeck around and find a good price.
One tip on the JR3550 though-dont overitghten the servo horn on it or it will not center. It has a plastic output gear.

Futaba 9650 is a pretty good servo for around $60

What front ends are you guys running on the 12L4, anyone running the "old school"? If so how does it compare to the new? I'm going to build another car soon and thought about putting the old school on it.

Thanks in advance!
Kevin

who makes a car stand for 12th scales? what do u guys use?

I used to use a Novak esc box, but it drove my team mate nuts (he says it just doesn't look professional). He got me a Trinity foam 1/12th car stand and it works really well.

I found some old black rubber keyboard pads. The kind you rest the heels of your hand on. Cut them out to shape of your chassis.

i use my integy equalizer box, althought i like the esc box idea better

Re: Servo Question
 

Futaba S9602. Fast and inexpensive at around $50.00.

Thanks primus and ray for the info servo center info. As for the car stand. I found an old computer heat sink fan and battery cut out foams from a battery storage case. I started shoo gooing the foams around the fan. I then added a tamiya plug to run the fan off a stick pack. I now have a cooling stand and it works pretty good. The only annoying part is the smell of the shoo goo. You may want to use CA glue but don't know how well the foam will stick.

I use the foam Losi Mini T stand and for $5 ya cant beat it

I'm using A car stand with A 7.2V fan in it.
You can rotate it, it has A foam part on it and at the same time it's A cooling stand.
It also has 4 shockholders, if you wan't to replace the fluids
And underneath it has some small buckets were you can put your screws, nuts, etc...

This one is from Integy (don't know if the fan is included), the one I have looks the same,
but is transparent blue and from an unknown company:
http://www.speedtechrc.com/store/ebp...id=386&id=1089

Man-I wish I could help you there. I think you'll miss the re-active caster feel-but at times-the old skool front end was the "hot-ticket". CRC, 12l3, Speedmerchant, t-bar and link cars alike all had them on late 2003 and early 2004. Now all I see is the new suspension on cars. Dont know what that means really.

I tried running the old style front end last fall again. It was nice and forgiving to drive. Just couldn't get enough steering on carpet. I bet it would great on pavement.

take care
john

I use the wicked cool Rubberneck Racing 1/12th stand. Ultra light-weight, extremely dense foam, in a very neutral shade of Grey, that will compliment any pit motif. If you need one PM Wannabee, he should be able to hook you up.