bought me an iwaver 02m
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:02 am
so i've been going to the local 1:28 track and taking my girlfriend's 9yo boy with me. he seems pretty happy just watching but i know he's dying to have a go himself.
the shop is fully stocked with the new iwavers and hopups so i lashed out and he picked one with the saleen body.
i also bought a set of bb's, ball diff, cf top plate and the owner threw in a full set of 10deg atomic tyres. the wheels were a bit wobbly so i ditched them and used a set of kyosho rims from an autoscale body set.
all the parts went on without a hitch, the ball diff (which fits mr02's as well) is silky smooth. the stock gear diff was actually pretty damn good, way better than prevous iw gear diffs.
the included radio is 27mhz fm and has a 10 model memory, channel reverse, end point adjustment, abs (which does nothing), exponential (for steering, forward and reverse), steering and throttle trims but no dual rate.
the pcb uses a plug for the motor and there's a plug for lights. one cool feature is it takes a standard 3 pin servo and has an effective servo saver!
it also has decent fets installed which will easily handle a 35 turn motor like a pn racing s04 or an atomic stock modified motor.
in use it's got enough speed to keep you happy and the steering is rock solid, none of that jittery crap of iwavers past. steering is a little slow but fast enough and you can always buy a faster servo if you want more.
all up i paid AUD$170 (around US$120) and the whole package is money well spent considering you'd probably spend more than that on a stock mini z.
i'll let you know how it goes on the track.
the shop is fully stocked with the new iwavers and hopups so i lashed out and he picked one with the saleen body.
i also bought a set of bb's, ball diff, cf top plate and the owner threw in a full set of 10deg atomic tyres. the wheels were a bit wobbly so i ditched them and used a set of kyosho rims from an autoscale body set.
all the parts went on without a hitch, the ball diff (which fits mr02's as well) is silky smooth. the stock gear diff was actually pretty damn good, way better than prevous iw gear diffs.
the included radio is 27mhz fm and has a 10 model memory, channel reverse, end point adjustment, abs (which does nothing), exponential (for steering, forward and reverse), steering and throttle trims but no dual rate.
the pcb uses a plug for the motor and there's a plug for lights. one cool feature is it takes a standard 3 pin servo and has an effective servo saver!
it also has decent fets installed which will easily handle a 35 turn motor like a pn racing s04 or an atomic stock modified motor.
in use it's got enough speed to keep you happy and the steering is rock solid, none of that jittery crap of iwavers past. steering is a little slow but fast enough and you can always buy a faster servo if you want more.
all up i paid AUD$170 (around US$120) and the whole package is money well spent considering you'd probably spend more than that on a stock mini z.
i'll let you know how it goes on the track.
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i guess i'm spoiled with an mr02 and futaba 3pk.
maybe you could get the owner of the practice track to let you and a couple of others to use it for the 1/28th scales...you'd have you're own tiny super speedway.
