Jammin X1 - so close yet so far

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12-03-2005, 12:54 AM

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Aaron Waldron

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Tag - They aren't parallel...very, VERY few cars will have parallel dogbones and suspension arms.

I really have no idea what to start as far as mm of pre-load because it varies. Set aside a few practice runs one day to mess with your pre-load collars and get a feel for what changes do.

Doug D - I haven't heard of a conversion kit, but it's possible. The "Pro" kit will basically be the original buggy with an added bag in it.

macnkitty - The original plan was a mid-December release, but I haven't heard of any updates to that.

12-03-2005, 06:36 AM

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I have run the Airtronics 358's since I started in RC, great servos. I was in a jam one time and needed a servo and could only find the JR8800S. The 8800 was quite a bit faster then the 358's and holding power was not a problem at all. I too was concerned about the torque of only 105. JR also has a 3 year warranty where Airtronics is only 90 days. I have the JR9000s I get to try this weekend.

So far I am not going back!

12-03-2005, 04:06 PM

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you wont go wrong with JR or futaba as i have good experience with them, they can take a lot of beating that 1/8 racing put on them as a steering servo. while airtroncis is good and maybe it's just an isolated incidence but i have gone through a few 258,358 over the years. they are perfect at the beggining but after a while i found they started to develop slight play , no it's not the servo horn as i have tested on a new one as well...dont get me wrong airtronics makes some good servos but that just my experience.

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So far I am not going back!

12-05-2005, 12:59 AM

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anybody know how to change color of all the alloy part on this car.. i'm interested to change to more striking color instead of the origional brown color

12-05-2005, 05:24 AM

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to take off the hard coating, try letting them soak in UNDILUTED simple green.

12-05-2005, 06:44 AM

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So far I am not going back!

Great news!!! and my 9000S is faster and stronger!!! God I can't wait 4 days 2 hours and 16 minutes til' I can pick up my kit with all the fixins!!!!!!

12-05-2005, 06:58 AM

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I just found out recently that JR doesn't do a very good job of honoring their warranty. I had a JR RS300 reciever for 6 months and it went out on me. Jr would not back it up. The thing hadn't even been on the market for more than a year. I was disappointed.
A nice thing about Airtronics is that they will service the servos outside of warranty at a reasonable cost.

I have other JR components that have lasted well. I was just a bit chafed that they wouldn't warranty a reciever that didn't make it through a year of use.

You can take off the hard annodising but the color that you change to won't be nearly as hard and durable.

12-05-2005, 07:18 AM

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David- do you have the origional receipt? if not your pretty much screwed with any warranty.... and the RS300 has been out since the xs3 was released almost 3 years ago.... the XS3 pro and RS310 have been out just over a year.....