looks good. And my iron is an 80 watt weller that I bought in 2003

Only prob with it is that the tip is 3/8 wide. I tried the 1/4" tip and it did not work very good.

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Zipper, you pull the trigger on a viper yet?

Team,
Could anyone recommend boost settings for a 10.5? I usually run a 7.5 on our high bite clay layout but the new layout is more technical and i have no use for the 7.5 besides going faster towards breaking parts. When i ran tekin, i used boost with a 10.5 but is there boost on the viper? Is it motor power?

Thanks,

start with gearing down a few teeth. put the esc in race open mode. add some acceleration and top speed timing, start low to start with 15º each, slew rate low as well maybe 3. Start rpm around 6000, finish around 19800. test it out, see where you want more adjustment - bottom end, maybe top. Every driver likes it a little different, so you are going to have to test a little to see. As always keep an eye on temps to be sure (both motor and esc).

Is the gearbox ratio for the TM2 the same as the regular buggy? Is yes, your spur is way to big. timing on the motor itself in blinky mode can be all the way up to 45º. My guess without knowing the ration of the gearbox is that your under geared. I know that car has a different gearbox set up so it may be a bit different.

I traded some information with Chris, we will see when we get it back. Haven't seen one go up like that in 8 months of testing, so we will have to see. Pretty rare for one of ours to go like that. But if you going to go - a blaze of glory is the way!!!!

I had this same question about choosing between the VTX1 and VTX10 black series as well. Sounds like the VTX1 has the advantage in being lighter then? I like how the caps are mounted on the speedo for a cleaner look. If there is not really any difference in BECs, then would the VTX1 be suitable for my SC10 2wd? Is the only main difference the way the external caps are wired?

I was adjusting a few things on my VTX8 through the pro gauge and while in the BEC menu I noticed that the pro gauge allows you to adjust it up to 8.0v. Now everything I've read about the VTX8 says it has an adjustable BEC up to 7.0v. Anyone have any insight on this ? Is it safe for the ESC to run the BEC at 8.0v ? (I run KO RSx power servo)

Now it looks much better but I think you are using too much solder on the U-tabs. I would leave it for now but if you are going to remove the motor cables in the future for some reason I would use a desoldering pump to get rid of some of the excess.

And for the soldering iron. Weller makes really good soldering irons. In fact, I ordered a Weller W101 with an optional 3.2mm tip earlier today Not cheap but I guess you get what you pay for...

Thanks for the tip I got some soldering wick that would clean it up if I ever need to resolder.

Hi guys,

For those of you who've run the vtx8, have anyone had to use extra capacitors or an external bec to prevent brownout?

I don't know how the Tekno SCT410 is designed but I would suspect there was a spring loaded servo saver mechanism in the right steering post. If the servo saver was trigger it is more than likely the servo the arm would hit the soldering posts/wires.

The servo saver arm sits at least 15 mm above any solder posts.... he used a HB or serpent arm which sites much higher than a standard servo arm... I saw his car, and I think it was a case of bad luck.