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Stussy said:
Cheers for that that’s the one i had, replaced with a Guyana which promptly blew up when wet. Replaced with an ACE speed controllers that was knocked up by some guy at our club. Basically a small circuit board with heat shrink wrapped around the board to keep it dry.God that brings back memories. No reverse. No brakes like modern electronic speed controllers.
gl20 said:
The speed controllers I had were the the 3-speed ones with the ceramic resistors that were separate and attached somewhere to the buggy exterior. Remember the black rubber balloon that Tamiya supplied and that you stretched over the speed controller to serve as a dust protector?
People put them over motors too, which then promptly failed from the heat!MB140 said:
Anybody on here old enough to remember before electronic speed controllers. My first model car had a ceramic pot wire wound resistor that used a standard steering servo to move the pick off arm up and down the resistor windings.
I’m now feeling very old. Although I am only 40ish and they weren’t common even when I was 6/7 years old but my first one had such a setup. I’ve been trying to find pictures of the setup but alas digital cameras didn’t even exist.
If anyone had a picture of such a setup I would love to see it. It’s been along time since I last saw one
Edited to add
Technically it’s a rheostat not a resistor I believe.
This type of thing?I’m now feeling very old. Although I am only 40ish and they weren’t common even when I was 6/7 years old but my first one had such a setup. I’ve been trying to find pictures of the setup but alas digital cameras didn’t even exist.
If anyone had a picture of such a setup I would love to see it. It’s been along time since I last saw one
Edited to add
Technically it’s a rheostat not a resistor I believe.
Edited by MB140 on Wednesday 6th May 18:13
My very first RC had one, it was a Lectricar I think.
nigelpugh7 said:
They were a nightmare, and all the little tube of special grease you got for them did was make all the dirt and crap stick to them.I remember that the 3 speeds only worked for about 3 days, then they would revert to the all or nothing setting as the centre connection burnt out
Ritchie335is said:
They were a nightmare, and all the little tube of special grease you got for them did was make all the dirt and crap stick to them.
I remember that the 3 speeds only worked for about 3 days, then they would revert to the all or nothing setting as the centre connection burnt out
I know I can’t tell you how many of them we burnt out too!I remember that the 3 speeds only worked for about 3 days, then they would revert to the all or nothing setting as the centre connection burnt out
Typically over tightening the mesh on the spur gear on hot motors would result in us all shouting “ Sounds a bit tight Kev!” Followed by smoke and flames from
The speed controller as it screeched buy us all in the pits!
Ritchie335is said:
nigelpugh7 said:
They were a nightmare, and all the little tube of special grease you got for them did was make all the dirt and crap stick to them.I remember that the 3 speeds only worked for about 3 days, then they would revert to the all or nothing setting as the centre connection burnt out
JonChalk said:
Ritchie335is said:
nigelpugh7 said:
They were a nightmare, and all the little tube of special grease you got for them did was make all the dirt and crap stick to them.I remember that the 3 speeds only worked for about 3 days, then they would revert to the all or nothing setting as the centre connection burnt out
Guys this is bringing back all the good memories I had as a child with my dad before my mum and dad divorced and I didn’t see as much of him as I would have liked.
Strangely this is what my weekend warrior dad spent all his weekend doing stood in a rainy cold field with his two sons fixing RC cars with us.
He’s 77 now and I have just been on the phone to him talking about these days. He cried down the phone to me about how he loved that time we spent racing cars. Just father and son time.
I will have to admit to having a little well up in my eyes too as we talked and reminisced about those times. At 77 his memory is starting to go but it’s good to know he still remembers things like this.
Thank you PH :-)
Right now off to look on eBay and try to resist spending money I don’t need to spend.
Strangely this is what my weekend warrior dad spent all his weekend doing stood in a rainy cold field with his two sons fixing RC cars with us.
He’s 77 now and I have just been on the phone to him talking about these days. He cried down the phone to me about how he loved that time we spent racing cars. Just father and son time.
I will have to admit to having a little well up in my eyes too as we talked and reminisced about those times. At 77 his memory is starting to go but it’s good to know he still remembers things like this.
Thank you PH :-)
Right now off to look on eBay and try to resist spending money I don’t need to spend.
MB140 said:
Guys this is bringing back all the good memories I had as a child with my dad before my mum and dad divorced and I didn’t see as much of him as I would have liked.
Strangely this is what my weekend warrior dad spent all his weekend doing stood in a rainy cold field with his two sons fixing RC cars with us.
This is actually very similar to my experienced. Divorced parents and I saw my Dad every other weekend (my one sibling died a few years before the divorce so quite a tough time). Anyway, Dad bought me my first kit for Xmas when I was 12 - a Tamiya Hornet - which we (almost entirely him with this first one) built before I then got to try it out in the cul de sac with an unpainted body shell, such was our excitement at getting it running.Strangely this is what my weekend warrior dad spent all his weekend doing stood in a rainy cold field with his two sons fixing RC cars with us.
He enjoyed the build so much he built himself another one for his birthday (the Fox) just 5 months later which, naturally, I inherited once the build was done. A series of cars after that (supershot, 959, Thundershot and then a CAT) with the build progressively moving to me.
It's his birthday later this month - he will turn 77 - and I had thought about buying a Hornet re-release or similar.
Jader1973 said:
Holiday Buggy build has stalled due to the receiver not being in the box with the transmitter and consequent loss of enthusiasm.
Step 7: stop work until the stuff arrives, put it all away again.
Holiday Buggy is finished. I'm pleased with it so far, perfect for messing about with my son and his Grasshopper. Only issue is the light blue stickers that wrap around the front guards were a pig to fit and are far from perfect.Step 7: stop work until the stuff arrives, put it all away again.
And the 90 had a visit from a saw, a Dremel and a multi-tool and now has an interior that fits over the SCX10 chassis (which required removal of most of the passenger front floor) and the wheel arches got replaced (the replacements still need trimmed). It also has a lighting kit part way through fitting which is why there are wires poking out various locations.
Jader1973 said:
Holiday Buggy is finished. I'm pleased with it so far, perfect for messing about with my son and his Grasshopper. Only issue is the light blue stickers that wrap around the front guards were a pig to fit and are far from perfect.
And the 90 had a visit from a saw, a Dremel and a multi-tool and now has an interior that fits over the SCX10 chassis (which required removal of most of the passenger front floor) and the wheel arches got replaced (the replacements still need trimmed). It also has a lighting kit part way through fitting which is why there are wires poking out various locations.
And another one like me up at dawns crack again today, Bored already and browsing ph, and looking for more RC tat to buy that I don’t need,probably.And the 90 had a visit from a saw, a Dremel and a multi-tool and now has an interior that fits over the SCX10 chassis (which required removal of most of the passenger front floor) and the wheel arches got replaced (the replacements still need trimmed). It also has a lighting kit part way through fitting which is why there are wires poking out various locations.
It’s a stunning sunny day though, so once I’ve got some work done I might try and get an RC model finished.
I do love the look of your Holliday buggy too, they look almost cartoon like, and that’s a good thing, because they bring out the inner child in us all.
Yesterday I got my 20 year old OS Max LA engine running. I think that counts as it’s for an RC model?
There is another. Thread here but here’s a pic and link to it running.
https://youtu.be/H3FWHAHyNPs
JonChalk said:
Everything has been coming in from different suppliers this week. All here now, in time for crappy weather Saturday and Sunday.
Unless its going to be a shelf queen, those tamiya pots of paint are completely wrong for lexan shells. You need PS spray cans, otherwise it will all flake off.The_Jackal said:
JonChalk said:
Unless its going to be a shelf queen, those tamiya pots of paint are completely wrong for lexan shells. You need PS spray cans, otherwise it will all flake off.
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