Backyard RC

Agreed. Those prices are a deal killer. Warren RC is in Michigan, I think. Are they still too expensive to get to Canada?

BelknapCrater

An EMB-1H lipo RTR from Riptide would be $260 in Canada, with $90 in additional fees. So it's quite a bit more. It seems that LC is willing to open dealers, so an ambitious Canadian should be able to fill a niche quite easily.
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slick2500

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Banggood might be the best bet https://www.banggood.com/search/lc-r...e-0-0_p-1.html

smirkracing

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I am driving my all stock EMB-1 buggy mostly on-road (at the moment) on 3s. It is a lot of fun, but the one small issue I'm having is that under hard acceleration is tends to squirm from side to side. The overall direction is constant (it goes where I point it) but it definitely slides side to side as it gets going.

Any ideas on what might be causing this?

Thanks!

Al Schizo

Thats awesome I was looking for wider arms already. Did you finish it yet ? Any Updates also on usable Driveshafts?

sacmiata

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Sounds like the diffs may be unloading - never run 3s but seems like its overpowering your traction. I put a pretty thick diff-silicone in my diff to slow the action, you might want to consider the same. The diffs are not "sealed" but they held the thicker fluid just fine. I think I have 10k in there right now.

Backyard RC

Have you tightened up the steering slop? I was surprised at first by how much slop there is. I was expecting the car to slam into the right lane boarder then slam into the left one but it drives pretty straight. Doing speed runs is where it might show up the most.

smirkracing

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thanks! Will have a look at the diffs.


Backyard, what are the best ways to remove some slop?

liquoredonlife

I built my EMB-T with the aluminum bell crank, knuckles and hub carriers. Also got the bearing pressed steering linkage from EAC Engineering on Etsy. Shimmed with .3mm thick shims behind the stub axle pins to minimize CVD slop. I have virtually no slop.

smirkracing

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Thank you!!

I have the linkage from EAC (not yet installed) but i have been staying away from the aluminum knuckles and hub carriers because I was concerned about weight. Sounds like that has not been an issue for you?

Backyard RC

As mentioned above, shims and a tighter steering link. On one of my more used cars the end piece on the link from the servo arm to the steering linkage, (proper name?) became loose and needed replacing.

liquoredonlife

Not really. It's sprung weight (vs unsprung weight like wheels/tires/axles/gears/drive shafts). FWIW, I never built it with the plastic pieces and there are many ways to compensate given the overall weight of the vehicle.

I think it's a much bigger deal on something like 1/28 scale.

slick2500

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I had to replace that on my recently too, the original one had lasted over 2 years though.

slick2500

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So I recently purchased the EAC Engineering steering rack for my long wheelbase monster truck and man did it make a big difference in the steering.

bourban

Any recommendations for the best grass tires, or is the stock MT wheel/tire setup the best to get?

I'm seeing a lot of discussion on the bent dog bones, but not much on the dog bones tearing into the couplings. On the rear, I'm seeing a notch into the coupling about the width of the small post in the dog bone. Is there any good recommendation for stopping this? I'd back off the slipper, but already seems a bit loose when taking off from a stop.