review: my dg master
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:11 am
i just got a couple shipped over from toyeast. one for me one for ph2t. ph2t's one came without a controller, still waiting for a reply! as mine was the only one that could be used i set about charging the internal (3 x 1/3 AAA) batts on my charger. they were taking 11ma and discharging 2ma! in layman's terms, they're fucked! talldude tells me his one won't take a charge either so i'm guessing these are ex demo or display stock.
the included charger is really good, takes either 6 AA's or a 7.2v input.
i did manage to get it to run for about 30 seconds stock, the steering was reacting kinda slow but that may have been the dead batts. it has about 7 - 8 steps of propo each way. the lights are cool, it has head, hazard and l/r indicator lights. when you turn the indicator on it blinks and automatically switches off when the turn is complete!
coolness!!
i planned on using a 250mah lipo and iwaver pcb in it the whole time so i wasn't too worried about the electrics.
only prob is instead of a variable resistor in the servo they use some sorta rotary binary switch thingy, has 5 wires coming off it! so i had to modify an xmod pot to fit in it. i needed to do some chopping to fit in in as well. the servo motor is pretty weak too but the motor shaft is fatter than regular bit size motors so finding a replacement can be tricky. i was lucky that i had a motor from an old stunt twister that fit perfectly and had more power.
i also found that the iwaver servo motor is much better than the stock drive motor (same size). so it's a bit faster than a stock mini z now.
handling is really good, the suspension is simple but very effective. if anything i might make some slightly softer springs for the front.
once i swapped out the stock nimh batts (10.4g) with the lipo cll (5.5g) it became a little prone to flipping. the body is really thick pastic (around 2mm!) so some major weight saving, especially up high needed to be done.
i cut out the windows, removed all lights, removed the wing and ground out the insides with the rotary tool. i ground out the roof a lot and after all that i got it from 16.4g down to 10.2g. focusing on the "up top" weight made a big difference to handling, i can corner much harder now.
the whole thing weighed around 62g when i got it, after all that work it now weighs 49.4g! it's by far my most favourite micro at the moment
the included charger is really good, takes either 6 AA's or a 7.2v input.
i did manage to get it to run for about 30 seconds stock, the steering was reacting kinda slow but that may have been the dead batts. it has about 7 - 8 steps of propo each way. the lights are cool, it has head, hazard and l/r indicator lights. when you turn the indicator on it blinks and automatically switches off when the turn is complete!
coolness!!i planned on using a 250mah lipo and iwaver pcb in it the whole time so i wasn't too worried about the electrics.
only prob is instead of a variable resistor in the servo they use some sorta rotary binary switch thingy, has 5 wires coming off it! so i had to modify an xmod pot to fit in it. i needed to do some chopping to fit in in as well. the servo motor is pretty weak too but the motor shaft is fatter than regular bit size motors so finding a replacement can be tricky. i was lucky that i had a motor from an old stunt twister that fit perfectly and had more power.
i also found that the iwaver servo motor is much better than the stock drive motor (same size). so it's a bit faster than a stock mini z now.
handling is really good, the suspension is simple but very effective. if anything i might make some slightly softer springs for the front.
once i swapped out the stock nimh batts (10.4g) with the lipo cll (5.5g) it became a little prone to flipping. the body is really thick pastic (around 2mm!) so some major weight saving, especially up high needed to be done.
i cut out the windows, removed all lights, removed the wing and ground out the insides with the rotary tool. i ground out the roof a lot and after all that i got it from 16.4g down to 10.2g. focusing on the "up top" weight made a big difference to handling, i can corner much harder now.
the whole thing weighed around 62g when i got it, after all that work it now weighs 49.4g! it's by far my most favourite micro at the moment
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