I use hard case flat packs with these connectors

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&W=000248613&I=LXCPEF&P=K
Solder the wire flat and and file down to make it low in profile. Works pretty well.

Otherwise your next best bet would be a battery pack that has wires coming out the side instead of top

Thank you!

I will Order some of These connectors in a couple of weeks.
My Brother uses them in his ta-05 and he is an Genius in Sonderling wires & connectors.

BTW: I would love to post some pictures of my XV-01 even though it's almost stock.

Good call, I would love to have it too!

Hi Guys,

This is my first kit and i got the long damper spec version, fully stock except with the addition of a slipper clutch.

What tyres do you guys recommend to run this on basket ball courts?

I threw in a Castle Creations Sidewinder 3 Waterproof ESC with Motor (NC1406-5700KV) bought off amazon and ran if off a 2S lipo.

This thing is a beast but unfortunately the bundles tyres are not gripping well.

One more thing, i notice the car tends to sway towards the batter side. pulling the car to the left. is this normal?

For basketball courts I would get HPI X Patterns.
http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ....asp?p_id=4815

Electronics usually weight a little more than LiPo batteries.. so pulling to battery side is a bit odd..

I would check your camber settings first to make sure they're even on both sides. Also check your shock lengths.. to make sure they are all even.

Yeah, HPI X-Patterns should work well. If you want real grip, treat them with Paragon black can, especially since they're hard/slick when new: http://www.amain.com/Paragon-8-oz-Gr...ompound/p10728

Thanks for the recommendation!

Will check my settings too. hopefully its just a case of heavy battery.

Hereīs my latest update:








Its a 3mm pure carbon fiber plate. Its still WIP, I thought it would be a bit more rigid, but thereīs some flex that I need to get rid off. Iīm still thinking of some way that I can make a proper double deck. The main problem is that I canīt find anywhere these metal screwable shafts to support it.

The main problem was to get the steering properly. Those two blue metal shafts that come with the kit and supports the steering bearings, theyīre too short and I had to create a carbon part, made with 3x3mm strips glued together to serve as a lower support.

Iīm still looking for these blue metal shafts (I donīt really know what theyīre called!), like the picture below, if someone knows where to get them from, Id be very grateful:


One more question: Iīm looking for a dremel bit to make this kind of flat head screwsī countersink holes. Does anybody have a link for it?

Take a look at the TRF801X manual. It uses 4 of those for the radio tray. 3 of them are the same length and the 4th one is slightly shorter. They're also in blue!

guys for the long damper spec, any recommendations for shock springs to run on tarmac?

I would look into hard springs. It will keep it from rolling around too much, especially with those high shock towers, which will raise up the cog a bit.

Yeah, the body Roll on the long dampers really mimics the actual rally car
Need to stiffen it for more grip.

Harder springs / less body roll actually reduces grip. Unless the springs are so soft that the weight transfer can't actually follow through to the tires, but I'm doubting that's the case. If you want to reduce body roll I'd go for the sway bar kit first and start soft. If you're doing offroad, going too stiff on springs/bars will make for an unpleasant ride with no grip.

I agree with metalnut. For tarmac, increasing the spring rate will reduce grip in order to reduce body roll; it might introduce either some heavy understeer or oversteer. When talking suspension, there is no easy solution, itīs all about compromises. The setup that works for me is to have somewhat soft springs and stiff sway bars. Conceptually, sway bars are just springs positioned in a different location.

An example of a similar configuration: soft springs, stiff arbs is the Impreza STI. The 1998 Impreza STI version IV, for example, has:

Front:
-Spring Rate/Wheel Rate (lb/in) = 196/180
-ARB rate/Wheel Rate (lb/in) =400/268

Rear:
-Spring Rate/Wheel Rate (lb/in) = 174/135
-ARB rate/Wheel Rate (lb/in) =285/168

Weather is finally starting to cool off here in Las Vegas.. Time to pull out the XV-01