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Old 05-08-2009, 05:38 PM
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What type of radio do you use? I have seen issues like this on dx3r where a toggle switch by your thumb can accidentally kill the throttle servo movement.
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Old 05-08-2009, 07:05 PM
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yes its the dx3r but i never had any trouble before

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Old 05-08-2009, 07:51 PM
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I would start with the E rocker switch and see if some movement comes back. You can also create a new profile and see if that fixes it. Those rocker switches are easily hit and can mess up settings. I have a buddy who just sent his radio into horizon for this issue and it turned out, a setting was jacked up from those rocker switches.
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Old 05-09-2009, 06:19 AM
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The problem is that the steering servo works fine just the throttle servo is not working. How can i fix the toggle switch

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Old 05-09-2009, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by JHN1
The problem is that the steering servo works fine just the throttle servo is not working. How can i fix the toggle switch

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Dude.. before going any further change the servos in the RX output. Put the throtle servo in the steering channel and vice versa. Since your steering servo is working fine this will tell you if its the throtle servo itself or just a bad setting on your radio or your receivers throtle channel is bad.

This is as simple as switching two cables.
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Old 05-09-2009, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by JHN1
can it be from a dead battery
Charge your battery and do as suggested, rebind your controller to the receiver on a new profile on the controller. Also make sure your servo is plugged in the right way on the receiver.

Your local track is revelation correct? the guys at air land are very helpful if you need assistance! Well be there testing an mb6x tomorrow as well
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Old 05-09-2009, 11:36 AM
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thanks for all the help guys

just wanted to let you know i just received bill chassis (bce) have not had a chance to run it yet but will post some pics later this week but so far it looks great.

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Old 05-09-2009, 08:36 PM
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Picked up a jammin jp3 pipe. Both the jp3 and dynamite pipes are an extremely tight fit. What pipes are you all running that give you decent body clearance and are durable?
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Old 05-09-2009, 08:51 PM
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run the ninja pipe................ and u hace 3 headers to select from!
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:13 PM
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There in no pipe on the market that fits with room to spare in the X6, it's just tight in there. I've been flirting with trying to adapt the X5 mud guards/body for this reason. Anybody looked at that?
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:14 PM
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was at the track today had some guys from xray. They were helping me out. I was having problems with my air filter, and he gave me a xray one that is one part of xray that is better the mugens. Much better neck and filter. Also i don't like the mugen 6 radio box. Other then that, the car is awsome!!
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:46 PM
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run the ninja pipe................ and u hace 3 headers to select from!
Yeah I'll also have a much lighter wallet and the last ninja pipe I had seemed like it was made of tinfoil. Got t-boned the first corner of a race and the thing was dang near pinched closed. No thanks

If that's the best option I'll live with the body deforming from the heat
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:53 PM
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I know a guy that lines the left side of his body with a thin heat tape i wanna call it, not sure though. Looks like it would work..

So your body rubbing on the top side of the pipe where the compression nipple is? or you mean on the outside?
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Old 05-09-2009, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Dal
Australia best driver, Wayne Walker, 2 times current Aus champ, MBX6, has used 5/5/5 for the last 3 big meets hes been in, he loves it, and yes 3 different tracks, but then again, he is a super freak driver, down here.

He also has lifted the Ackerman bar by 4 or 5mm to get rid of the bump steer, which WAS , but not now, giving the outside front wheel understeer as the car leans through the corner.
I now have copied it, and on the bench looks great.

Is that you reading my post Dawson????? huh huh
Interesting. You have any pics of you mod to the Ackerman plate so we can see what you mean?

I had a look and a play today with some 4mm spacers i had laying around and it dose seem to help stop the tow out on the outside wheel a little when the chassis is pushed down but only by about half. It still goes into about 10 to 15 degrees of tow out even still.

And at full droop when the chassis is up in the air the front wheels tow out like crazy.

The thing that would fix all this would be to have a much shorter Ackerman plate and a lot longer steering turnbuckle rods. The servo saver posts would need to be much closer together and almost touching each other with a Ackerman plate about half its current length or less. Then longer steering rods so the angle of deflection as the chassis moves up and down will be a lot less at the steering rods and thus not push and pull on the front hubs anywhere near as much if at all.

I think Losi have a short Ackerman plate and long steering rods on there buggy and it dose work to stop all that bump steer.
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Old 05-09-2009, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Timox
Interesting. You have any pics of you mod to the Ackerman plate so we can see what you mean?

I had a look and a play today with some 4mm spacers i had laying around and it dose seem to help stop the tow out on the outside wheel a little when the chassis is pushed down but only by about half. It still goes into about 10 to 15 degrees of tow out even still.

And at full droop when the chassis is up in the air the front wheels tow out like crazy.

The thing that would fix all this would be to have a much shorter Ackerman plate and a lot longer steering turnbuckle rods. The servo saver posts would need to be much closer together and almost touching each other with a Ackerman plate about half its current length or less. Then longer steering rods so the angle of deflection as the chassis moves up and down will be a lot less at the steering rods and thus not push and pull on the front hubs anywhere near as much if at all.

I think Losi have a short Ackerman plate and long steering rods on there buggy and it dose work to stop all that bump steer.
first of all you need to take all the shims back out of your car.
you need to set it arms laval on the tabel and set the toe to zero you will have 1.5 degs or less bump steer in this car. if you want to get rid of it some i do not shim my rack up i put the shim out on the link btween the link and carbon peice the flater you make that rod the less bump steer you have i have a one mm shim under mine and it seem to help a lil.

but be careful there a reason why this car has bump steer in it. it help setal the car when it lands of jump so you can light into the trigger much sooner then you would think with other cars.
one mm of shim in my car let me be abel to take that big tripple and land it perfect and make the conor but it also let me go throught the whoops a lil better due to the car not catching a edge and bump steering on me a lil
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