420 - Holidays! Finally Some Hours To Dedicate To The Hobby.

 

With the stuff gathered weeks ago I was finally ready to enjoy one of my cars here on our lawn.

The first target was finding the correct gear ratio to run my Kyosho Ultima SB on the grass without overheatings.

Unfortunately the Ultima motor plate doesn't allow the use of 18t and 19t pinions without using a larger spur,  so I had to switch to a 20t pinion that seemed to be a good compromise.

Unfortunately something went wrong and I've ground the 76t spur. Without spares in my bag: end of games.

419 - Flashback Friday: My Wild One Third Life (Never Lived)

 

Due to the fool of a moment I've bought the widely used aluminum chassis made for FAV/Wild One... I've never run it because of my dislike for things coming out the crap factory.

418 - Finally a wide choice of 48p pinions!

I've never really cared much about these things but the upcoming summer holidays, the planned motor swaps in my BBX and my Ultima and the search for a "thermal stability" for this two buggies has suggested the purchase of a adequate choice of 48p steel pinions.

I've decided to go for two Ruddog sets: even and odd. So I should be ready for every event. In addition I can count in two more 16t e 17t RW Racing pinions bought weeks ago.

Here the "even" set: 18t to 26t...

... and the "odd" set: 19t to 27t.

I rescued a servo plastic box to store all my new pinions and I will complete it with a sponge bottom... it could sound a bit rough and not so pro but if Masaaki Hirosaka, the master himself, uses rescued boxes to store his stuff who am I to not do the same?