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Old 11-22-2007, 02:02 PM
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I wrote a thread a couple days ago asking a couple questions and just wanted some advice and possibly some tips of the parts ive bought.
I recently bought the RC8, bought the Jammin JPX.21 engine, JP1 pipe and Futaba S9451 for my steering servo and the Futaba S9351 for the throttle. Are these good choices ? Oh, what battery pack is most using, the flat or hump ?
If there is any other advice, please foward your thoughts. Thank you for everything.
And, is that a good engine ? Tried finding some talk on older threads but couldn't find any.

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Old 11-22-2007, 03:31 PM
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Everything on your list looks good but I would switch the servos around. Use the 9351 for steering and the 9451 for throttle.
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So you do want the 9351 for steering, I guess I thought the one with more torque was to go to the throttle. Whatever you guys say, im totally new to nitro.
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Originally Posted by jpz_67
Everything on your list looks good but I would switch the servos around. Use the 9351 for steering and the 9451 for throttle.
im guessing you want the stronger servo for steering?
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9351 for steering, 9451 for t/b
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You definitely want the stronger servo for steering.

Hope you don't have to stay at work much longer.
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In that case, thanks for doing what you do. We all sleep a little better at night until the smoke detector goes off.
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Originally Posted by petevette
You definitely want the stronger servo for steering.

Hope you don't have to stay at work much longer.
Firefighter, I work 24 hours. thanks for the advice though
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Will a flat receiver pack even fit in the battery box? I admit that I am perfectly content running my 1600Mah hump packs. As a result I have never cared enough to really look into alternatives but from what I know the flat packs are for touring cars and won't physically fit in your typical 1/8th scale battery box.

Oh and if you are racing I'd get two 1600 packs or 3 1200-1300 packs (assuming you go that route). Those servos are going to be hungry and nothing is more frustrating than killing a receiver pack in the middle of a race.
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Originally Posted by Drew Manzella
Will a flat receiver pack even fit in the battery box? I admit that I am perfectly content running my 1600Mah hump packs. As a result I have never cared enough to really look into alternatives but from what I know the flat packs are for touring cars and won't physically fit in your typical 1/8th scale battery box.

Oh and if you are racing I'd get two 1600 packs or 3 1200-1300 packs (assuming you go that route). Those servos are going to be hungry and nothing is more frustrating than killing a receiver pack in the middle of a race.
I agree. You'll definitely want to get multiple packs. Unless you go lipo...but that's a whole different monkey.

The flat rx packs fit great in the battery box. I have a Venom 1600 flat pack in my RC8's battery box.

Your list sounds pretty good but for future reference you should ask those questions BEFORE buying everything
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The RC8 must have a different style battery box because I know that I'm not getting a flat pack into my Kyosho battery box.
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it has a longer box than the norm which allows for humps or sticks
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