340 - Back to the Plain

Summer holidays have been over, we have been back in Venice and before my cars (BBX and Ultima) and all the RC stuff have been packed awaiting to be carried back to my parents home (I haven't room enough here in Venice to store RC stuff).

During last rides on my lawn I've noticed that ESC and motors runs very hot, the ESC reached often its thermal protection and some bullet connectors  melted. Running on the grass isn't easy without options enough to switch spur and pinion and using 15x2 old school motors (Reedy in the Tamiya BBX and Peak in the Kyosho Ultima) doesn't help. I will not quit with that motors and I will not switch down to less powerful ones so I will buy a good sets of pinions for both.

Unfortunately one of the overheated connector hit the Ultima's body melting the lexan of the right window. It's a shame because I love how the Ultima's body turned out but I will not change it because I love RC cars that show the singns of use and abuse.

For sure I will switch from 3,5 mm bullet connectors to something efficient and I guess it will be for XT60 ones.

339 - My Kyosho Ultima Has Been Painted!

Some pics from my lawn of my fresh painted Ultima still without stickers. Of course some mistakes are evident but I'm pretty satisfied of paint scheme and colours choice.

338 - Builted, Powered, Bodied, Winged... Still to Paint!

My Kyosho Ultima SB Dirtmaster have been almost completed, today. It needs only a well painted body and, maybe, a yellow nylon wing.

Usual setup for electronics, Peak 15x2 motor and I cant wait to drive it on the grass.

337 - Prendere Un Granchio

In Italian "prendere un granchio" means making a coarse mistake. Indeed my Tower Hobbies motor isn't Kyosho based but is Epic based. To be honest after my return to the hobby I've learned a lot about motor: back in the days I was convinced, reading italian magazines, that were only a few of producers (Reedy, Trinity, Twisters, LRP, Cobra, CAM...) but I'm learning that did existed several other brands involved in the hobby.

336 - Tower Hobbies Speed Secret Motor

Suddenly I've remembered about this Tower Hobbies motor that came to me togheter with the Acto Power I've restored time ago and with a Reedy Ultra in awful conditions. I was speculating about the restoration of my Mega motors when I've remebered about the similarities with Kyhosho motors it shows at first glance so the first think is about go cannibalize it for the parts needed but before I want to compare its conditions with the one of my second Mega to decide.

335 - Errata Corrige

I'm afraid I have been a bit superficial, honestly I do not rember where I've found (or where I'm convinced to have found) that Kyosho Mega motors use 5x5mm brushes but It's wrong! They use 5x4mm brushes as many of the common motor in the hobby.

Of course both of mine need many cares to be back to a good shape and it is not a problem because these are the things I like to do.

My second Mega benefits of this HPI endbell but I would find a Kyosho one to keep it back to its original contitions.