Showing posts with label Bashing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bashing. Show all posts

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Tonight's bashing

My dad and I went out for a little bashing even though it looked like it was about to rain and was also very cold outside. Today's bashers are the Tamiya Tamtech Buggy Champ and the Thunder Tiger FM-1e.





I swapped the already fast 800kv brushless motor in my Tamtech for an even faster 9200kv brushless motor. I just wanted to test out the speed increase of the new motor on the Tamtech. It was really fast, but I think it can be pushed a bit harder with higher gearing since the motor wasn't even warm (or maybe it's just because my hands were freezing already). The vids for the Tamtech is not too exciting since it's an offroad buggy running on pavement. Next time I will seek out some dirt to run on. But I did manage to catch this clip when my dad tried it out.



However, as expected from the Tamtech, nothing broke after this crash except for the two little plastic piece on top of the body. They are just secured to the body by little flanges and can be pulled out. These flew right off during the roll, too bad you can't see that in the vid. This Tamtech is one of the strongest RC's I have. The fact that I can drop in the fastest motor available for this scale in the car without upgrading anything is already impressive. I just ordered some aftermarket gears to see if I can squeeze some more speed of it, we will see if the little guy can handle more power.

I also have TONS of footage of my dad driving the bike. But most of them don't last any longer than 10 seconds because most of them end up crashing. This one is the longest and best one. The bikes are VERY fun to drive because they take skill to drive nicely. The side metal guards on this bike is very short, so they don't help much when the bike leans too much because by the time they touch the ground, the bike would have lost its momentum.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Silverlit RC Ducati parking lot run

Walked to the local school and ran the little bike through a pack of battery. Runtime was probably around 10-15 minutes. The bike was REALLY easy to drive, the balance was really good. It is just so cool to see the rider lean side to side to turn the bike. It was also really relaxing to just go out to the parking lot to play and chat.

The bike is a bit on the slow side, but afterall it's just a toy. After playing with this bike, I want to fix up the larger bikes for some fun. So hopefully those vids will be coming soon. The motors I have in the larger bikes are extremely fast as well, probably not suitable for the bikes since they are way too fast.

Here's a vid of the bike I took, no editing so it's sort of boring LOL
Cameraman: Me
Driver: My dad

(Not in vid, but he ended up crashing the bike and dislocating the rider's neck, killing him on the spot)