ZipZap Monster video, backyard bashin' !

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:43 pm

Hear that... hear that... That's pretty cool of dude...

Soooo....

How is it? I mean, was it all hype, or is it really that good?

@Sorry for kinda derailing the MT vid convo... just curiosity getting the best of me I guess...

On the MT note... I finally started playing with mine, got all the wheels and motors and whatnot, and I like it, but my SE celled Nikko truck still smokes it... I really need to stop talking about it and order some fets...

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:41 pm

everyon bug bruce to make new biffy boards. i have no problems running on anything with orange/orange.

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:05 pm

ph2t wrote:Yeah, I'll be busting busting out a new design for Biff just cause of this chassis, just waiting on the parts....

But I don't know if he means that he'll be sellin' 'em...

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:46 pm

my only beef with biff is the shortened runtime. you know where that runtime is going tho. i must also say crazydave is the man for cutting his knuckles first. that really helps.

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:33 am

actually i was running green gears and orange motor. i haven't messed with the steering yet, i'm too busy having fun with it to stop! the steering is fine on mine anyway, only gets weak in the last third of the battery life. i've been using my peak charger and everything's nice and smooth when the batt's are fully charged. but i did do the cd knuckle trim even before i put it together.
definately needs softer springs but and the cog could be lowered too. quickest way to do that is fill the tyres with something heavy

TallduDe · Post by **TallduDe** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 12:26 pm

howd u use the peak charger to charge ur batt betty?

yeah these things rock! excellent for rock climbing. goes over most anything if u can find the right path!

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:35 pm

i just wired up the charging plate to an external socket with a switch to select between internal or external charging.

ph2t · Post by **ph2t** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:08 pm

both betty and I blew the charging circuit in the TX already...... lesson kiddies, don't use nimh's in your TX!

ph2t.

TallduDe · Post by **TallduDe** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:14 pm

fuck!

im using nimh's in my controller, this could be bad.

and what do you mean by blowing the charging shit? as in smoke and fire or it just wont charge no mores???

betty.k · Post by **betty.k** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:46 pm

i killed mine when i was installing the selector switch. i had it set to internal and plugged it into the peak charger. then i saw the telltale puff of smoke and i knew it was all over! doh!

now it's wired directly to the batteries so no more timing curcuit but at least i can charge in the field again.

stampede_dude · Post by **stampede_dude** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:45 am

the charging jack mod gets me confused when i did it. i had an old scap controller that i made and i tried to glue it to the controller and the switch froze so i chunked it to the side for a while. i also cut my knuckles and i must say it ameks a lot of difference when off roading and makes it look more like a monster with the ground clearace you gain:)