SubaruSTi
10-18-2005, 08:18 PM
Hey, trying to move on to my next r/c and this site seems to be a good resource with a pretty friendly community. I have a pretty standard question but first i'll show you a little of what I've had so far in r/c's. I haven't been in the hobby for very long, it mostly started with an xmod (yes.. i know.. at least its a start) which was entertaining for about a week. Then came the revo. This thing was a complete money pit.. I had put probably 800 into it before i decided it was time to sell. I did keep the reciever (spektrum) and transmitter (m8) as well as the beastly titanium steering servo and throttle servo.
revo pic 2 (http://sio.midco.net/dkroon/traxxas/revo2.jpg) revo pic 1 (http://sio.midco.net/dkroon/traxxas/revo1.jpg)
Now I had these expensive electronics laying around and decided I'd have less of a loss by putting them into a recently announced jato than to sell them. I put some money into this one but nowhere near as much as the revo. The electronics really transformed this thing from stock. I stiffened and beefed up the suspension and inevitably made the truggy less forgiving. I'm in the process of selling it now.. just not sure if i should sell with or without the servos. Going to keep the spektrum/m8.
In the end, the jato was definatly faster than the revo, but as top speed it was nowhere near as impressive as the 10 lbs offroading beast from hell was. Not to mention the jato , being rwd, and having the brake on the driveline... had only rear wheel braking... an e-brake if you want to think of it that way. Basically unstoppable from topspeed unless something stopped it for you.
jato pic (http://sio.midco.net/dkroon/traxxas/jato/filter.jpg)
edit: maybe i can get a better pic of the jato for you guys after i tear and clean it again for the sale
Now, here's where you guys (hopefully) come in. I definatly want to get something in kit form (ive completely torn down my last two rtr's at least a combined 10 times)
I'm starting with only a reciever/transmitter.
Car will probably see outdoors on the street as well as indoors on carpet. I'd like to build something kind of impressive... something moderatly fast but its not worth it if it can only run 15 minutes. This may not be the best idea considering i have NO experience with electric r/c cars (although i do have basic knowledge of electronics from moddings pc's and xbox's the last few years)
I don't want to blow an insane ammount of money on this one, but i should have some cash laying around from selling the jato. I was teetering between the xray m18 and the Micro rs4... but seeing this community devoted to the rs4 tipped the scales. I'm posting this without reading most of the forums first, so i may be able to answer some of my own questions... but here it goes:
1. Wheres the cheapest place to get a micro rs4 kit online?
From what ive read so far... i do know that i want to go BL
2. Whats the most popular BL motor out there?
3. Whats the most popular ESC out there?
4. What battery type should i be looking for Nimh.. li-po.. pro's and cons? Ammount of cells?
5. I'm probably going to swap the deck for a cf one... which one is the best?
6. Steering servo?
I'm sure price is a big factor in most of these answers, and the range im going to be in is probably moderate to high. I'm so used to $80 titanium rods on the mt's that the prices ive seen so far on rs4's seem like bargains.
Anyways, I hope you guys can help me, and make sure to straighten me out whenever you guys get a chance.
Thanks, Ben
revo pic 2 (http://sio.midco.net/dkroon/traxxas/revo2.jpg) revo pic 1 (http://sio.midco.net/dkroon/traxxas/revo1.jpg)
Now I had these expensive electronics laying around and decided I'd have less of a loss by putting them into a recently announced jato than to sell them. I put some money into this one but nowhere near as much as the revo. The electronics really transformed this thing from stock. I stiffened and beefed up the suspension and inevitably made the truggy less forgiving. I'm in the process of selling it now.. just not sure if i should sell with or without the servos. Going to keep the spektrum/m8.
In the end, the jato was definatly faster than the revo, but as top speed it was nowhere near as impressive as the 10 lbs offroading beast from hell was. Not to mention the jato , being rwd, and having the brake on the driveline... had only rear wheel braking... an e-brake if you want to think of it that way. Basically unstoppable from topspeed unless something stopped it for you.
jato pic (http://sio.midco.net/dkroon/traxxas/jato/filter.jpg)
edit: maybe i can get a better pic of the jato for you guys after i tear and clean it again for the sale
Now, here's where you guys (hopefully) come in. I definatly want to get something in kit form (ive completely torn down my last two rtr's at least a combined 10 times)
I'm starting with only a reciever/transmitter.
Car will probably see outdoors on the street as well as indoors on carpet. I'd like to build something kind of impressive... something moderatly fast but its not worth it if it can only run 15 minutes. This may not be the best idea considering i have NO experience with electric r/c cars (although i do have basic knowledge of electronics from moddings pc's and xbox's the last few years)
I don't want to blow an insane ammount of money on this one, but i should have some cash laying around from selling the jato. I was teetering between the xray m18 and the Micro rs4... but seeing this community devoted to the rs4 tipped the scales. I'm posting this without reading most of the forums first, so i may be able to answer some of my own questions... but here it goes:
1. Wheres the cheapest place to get a micro rs4 kit online?
From what ive read so far... i do know that i want to go BL
2. Whats the most popular BL motor out there?
3. Whats the most popular ESC out there?
4. What battery type should i be looking for Nimh.. li-po.. pro's and cons? Ammount of cells?
5. I'm probably going to swap the deck for a cf one... which one is the best?
6. Steering servo?
I'm sure price is a big factor in most of these answers, and the range im going to be in is probably moderate to high. I'm so used to $80 titanium rods on the mt's that the prices ive seen so far on rs4's seem like bargains.
Anyways, I hope you guys can help me, and make sure to straighten me out whenever you guys get a chance.
Thanks, Ben