254LikesTamiya TRF419
12-27-2014, 09:06 AM
#586
Hey definitely do on the lower end kits.
Hell, you could build a TA06 tourer or CR-01 crawler with pretty much 100% hop up parts.
The 418/419 come pretty much fully loaded though. Compared to xray/yoko that are missing say floating servo mounts, DCJs or carbon parts the tamiya kits are not bad.
The ball nuts are a nice addition though, but $30 to get setup (incl. the hollow screws) is a little much!
Hell, you could build a TA06 tourer or CR-01 crawler with pretty much 100% hop up parts.
The 418/419 come pretty much fully loaded though. Compared to xray/yoko that are missing say floating servo mounts, DCJs or carbon parts the tamiya kits are not bad.
The ball nuts are a nice addition though, but $30 to get setup (incl. the hollow screws) is a little much!
TRF kits are not.
Not sure where you buy your grubscrews but I have a good nut and bolt shop just around the corner where I can get any length from 3mm to 25mm in 2mm increments and they're peanuts.
Tamiya's ball nuts are a different story. Nearly 10 bucks a set of 4 (plus postage)? And by the time you take out all the slop on all joints (steering and suspension) by using these, you're out of pocket way above any other kit on the market. This is not okay when the competition has slop free ball joints in their kits as standard (which is the way it should be). What's so difficult, anyway? Slop free joints are not an optional extra on a top spec car.
Last edited by niznai; 12-27-2014 at 11:51 AM.
12-27-2014, 10:27 AM
#587
:i see hole put pin in..
12-27-2014, 11:29 AM
#588
12-27-2014, 01:53 PM
#589
You're using them everywhere? Hell. Stuff that. I didn't think slop was that much of an issue, I only use the TRF ball nuts for convenience of shock removal. It didn't even occur to me to use them on all the joints.
12-27-2014, 02:19 PM
#590
12-27-2014, 02:30 PM
#591
I was referring to the TRF hollow screws which are drug money
You're using them everywhere? Hell. Stuff that. I didn't think slop was that much of an issue, I only use the TRF ball nuts for convenience of shock removal. It didn't even occur to me to use them on all the joints.
You're using them everywhere? Hell. Stuff that. I didn't think slop was that much of an issue, I only use the TRF ball nuts for convenience of shock removal. It didn't even occur to me to use them on all the joints.
You're using hollow screws but think slop is okay? Do you race your cars or put them in glass boxes on shelves and list all the hop ups in your signature?
Last edited by niznai; 12-29-2014 at 07:21 AM.
12-27-2014, 04:24 PM
#592
I don't think slop is "ok" I'm saying I didn't notice it as an issue on my car - but I haven't got much to compare to.
12-27-2014, 04:26 PM
#593
Tech Apprentice
Just to reach weight. The car was 1280g without weights, so I added 75g since the limit is 1350g.
Nothing special about my setup. You can read all equipment I use on my blog. Should be easy to reach this unless you use a very heavy battery. Remember you can play with the position of the receiver, transponder and ESC as well. Added most (50g) of the weight in the center of the car behind the servo mount and in front of the motor mount at about center line. The rest (25g) in front of the steering posts.
Nothing special about my setup. You can read all equipment I use on my blog. Should be easy to reach this unless you use a very heavy battery. Remember you can play with the position of the receiver, transponder and ESC as well. Added most (50g) of the weight in the center of the car behind the servo mount and in front of the motor mount at about center line. The rest (25g) in front of the steering posts.
Would you recomend adding 40g extra (which would make my car 1380g) to have a perfect L/R balance, or is it better to save 40g and have a very slightly unbalance L/R ?
Thanks.
12-27-2014, 09:07 PM
#594
You can offset the location of your lipo with. More/less spacers on the lipo stopper - have you considered that?
12-28-2014, 12:38 AM
#595
Tech Regular
12-28-2014, 01:16 AM
#596
Yes, the Body from the 418, EVO 6 all fit the TRF419 
12-28-2014, 03:58 AM
#597
Tech Apprentice
I have, which does give better results for the front end (about 10g difference on each side) but the rear still causes some issues. There's a bigger gap at 10-25 g.
12-29-2014, 03:44 AM
#599
I measured it when I built the car but didin't write it down. I believe the difference was 1 or 1.5mm.
12-29-2014, 10:50 PM
#600
New Alu Chassis TRF 419 from Samix
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