Originally Posted by
Bpittin
Hey everyone new to the forums so I figured I'd sign up and ask some questions. I've been out of the rc scene for about 10yrs mainly because here in Alabama there's not many places to race like in other states. We finally have a nice track here in bama called the warehouse rc raceway thats less than an hr drive from my house. Well last night I bought a RC8BE
I got the car used on ebay. Since I have been out of the rc scene for so long I'm kind of lost on what all I need to buy and I was wondering if you guy's could steer me in the right direction. The track I will be racing on is 60x110. I'm most likely going to get the same radio in the previous post (Futaba) but I'm confused about what servo,motor/esc,lipo's,pinion and charger. I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong thread but I've been reading forums until I'm blue in the face
. Also since I bought the car used is there anything I would need to buy to have on hand like lubes and shock oil? Any help would be much appreciated. I know I sound like a total noob but technology has came a long way in rc in 10 years and I want to ask the people who know it the best. Thanks, Brandon
No Brandon, you haven an RC8Be, you came to the right place... Just about all of the parts for your car are going to be a preference. There are many parts that perform identically, but like Chevy versus Ford, people have their preference. Everything is the same way with these.
As for Motors the most popular are Tekin and Castle Creations, and the size is going to depend on what youre running on. It sounds like you have a pretty good size track to cover. I would look at 1800 to 2200Kv. Both companies offer good setups. Tekin being sensored and castle creations having both sensored and sensorless. Sensored is going to be a smoother drive than sensorless. But many people, including myself run sensorless, some of us feel like you have more control over how the speed control controls the car.
Servos are going to be the same way, once you get the minimum specs to run in a buggy, its going to come down to what speed you are looking for, i.e how fast you want the buggy to respond to steering inputs. I have a Associated XP DS1015. 201 ounce inches of torque and 0-60 degrees in .10, but its $100 I got mine from Tower with the discount for $85. some people dont want to pay that. but I say its insurance because if you put a cheap servo in there and you crash the buggy at 40 MPH into a wall because the cheap servo failed, its going to cost you servo money and other repairs.
Shock oils and gear lubes are going to mainly depend on track conditions, same for tires. every track is different. best thing to do is talk to other guys out there and see what they are running so you can at least get something close.
Lipos are tough, the battery box in this buggy is pretty small compared to other kits. 143MM long x53MM wide are all that fits in it. There are plenty of lipos that will fit it, but it all depends on the amount of money you want to spend. At the track you, you arent going to be able to handle speed much more than 4S which is a 4cell Lipo. 5 and 6 with these buggys are waaaay too much power. My 4S pack stands the front wheels up most of the way down the back stretch at the track.
So much of this is going to come down to track conditions and driving capability, you can always over do it, and tune it down, but if you under do it, you have to buy bigger until you get what you like.