aMawds
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Got a Turnigy Nitro 1/8th scale truggy from hobbyking. Wasn't expecting much out of it, just wanted to dip my feet in the water to see if I'd enjoy a surface vehicle as much as I'd enjoy planes and helicopters. The answer is yes
Got a computerized radio since they are a must with air vehicles, and I've grown accustomed to the menu's and such. Took me a LONG time to start the thing, since this was my first time with nitro as well. Spent the next few days tuning in the dark since I worked late and had no time to play in the day time. I think I made just about every mistake in the book with this thing. With about a quart of fuel through the motor, the batteries for the receiver cut and it went straight into some bushes, high centered and revved it's heart out. Pinched the fuel line to cut it. Luckily didn't break anything. Happened again a couple days later where it jumped a full sized curb in a parking lot at full throttle, then regained connection as it hit the ground. Was expecting at least a broken A arm. Nope. Still fine. Got a rechargeable receiver battery that day and now I charge it every couple of days. Never again. That receiver eats batteries like nobodies business. I also ran it a bit lean and got the temps up to 330 at one point. Learning.
Today I finally got it tuned properly after much trial and error. It finally drops to a stable idle whether I just came out of an extended WOT run or just tapped the throttle. I can let it idle for any length of time, pin it, and it doesn't hesitate. Temps don't go above 280 if I'm constantly on it, and temp slowly drops about a degree every couple seconds in idle. I also followed a guide and did a little polishing of the intake and side ports(can't remember what those side ports are called) before getting the tune just right, and it seriously FLIES. I know I didn't exactly go the recommended route while learning with this thing but I have to learn my own way or I won't enjoy it. If I nuked the motor, no big deal. Learning experience. I planned to put a quality motor in it sooner rather than later because I figured that would be the weak point, but so far it has been a painless joy once I figured out what I was doing and I'll run it until it doesn't hold a tune and has no compression left. I absolutely LOVE this thing.
Now I'm just bashing basically. I like flying around on gravel like a rally driver, and jumping it over the little bumps around my property. Naturally I want to learn more about modding it now. What would your recommendations be for some next steps with this truggy. I'd like to skip recommendations to spend more on a different car because so far it has been absolutely bullet proof. I've heard about different grease weights in the diffs but I like how it handles at the moment. It does have cheap plastic shocks but they also seem fine for the time being, and will likely run them until they leak, break, or I decide they aren't shiny enough I was thinking tuned pipe? I'm assuming they didn't exactly spend a lot of time designing the pipe on a budget truggy, but I don't know if that matters much. Seems like all you can do is shift the power band around with different pipes but I'm likely wrong. Insight?
Got a computerized radio since they are a must with air vehicles, and I've grown accustomed to the menu's and such. Took me a LONG time to start the thing, since this was my first time with nitro as well. Spent the next few days tuning in the dark since I worked late and had no time to play in the day time. I think I made just about every mistake in the book with this thing. With about a quart of fuel through the motor, the batteries for the receiver cut and it went straight into some bushes, high centered and revved it's heart out. Pinched the fuel line to cut it. Luckily didn't break anything. Happened again a couple days later where it jumped a full sized curb in a parking lot at full throttle, then regained connection as it hit the ground. Was expecting at least a broken A arm. Nope. Still fine. Got a rechargeable receiver battery that day and now I charge it every couple of days. Never again. That receiver eats batteries like nobodies business. I also ran it a bit lean and got the temps up to 330 at one point. Learning.
Today I finally got it tuned properly after much trial and error. It finally drops to a stable idle whether I just came out of an extended WOT run or just tapped the throttle. I can let it idle for any length of time, pin it, and it doesn't hesitate. Temps don't go above 280 if I'm constantly on it, and temp slowly drops about a degree every couple seconds in idle. I also followed a guide and did a little polishing of the intake and side ports(can't remember what those side ports are called) before getting the tune just right, and it seriously FLIES. I know I didn't exactly go the recommended route while learning with this thing but I have to learn my own way or I won't enjoy it. If I nuked the motor, no big deal. Learning experience. I planned to put a quality motor in it sooner rather than later because I figured that would be the weak point, but so far it has been a painless joy once I figured out what I was doing and I'll run it until it doesn't hold a tune and has no compression left. I absolutely LOVE this thing.
Now I'm just bashing basically. I like flying around on gravel like a rally driver, and jumping it over the little bumps around my property. Naturally I want to learn more about modding it now. What would your recommendations be for some next steps with this truggy. I'd like to skip recommendations to spend more on a different car because so far it has been absolutely bullet proof. I've heard about different grease weights in the diffs but I like how it handles at the moment. It does have cheap plastic shocks but they also seem fine for the time being, and will likely run them until they leak, break, or I decide they aren't shiny enough I was thinking tuned pipe? I'm assuming they didn't exactly spend a lot of time designing the pipe on a budget truggy, but I don't know if that matters much. Seems like all you can do is shift the power band around with different pipes but I'm likely wrong. Insight?