lunedì 28 settembre 2026

434 - A Song For Billy Ray: A Quick Check

 


During the shakedown I've noticed that the LRP that powers my Blitzer felt a little hot so I've checked if the pinion is the 13t recomended for faster motors.


The installed pinion is a Carson one made out of steel as a straight copy of the Tamiya made out of aluminum: it's roughly machined and, as the rust on its surface witness, without any treatment.


venerdì 25 settembre 2026

433 - A Song For Billy Ray: Shakedown!

So the day for the first run has came! I've used the battery charged a week before without repeaking but the result have been pretty satisfying. Maybe it needs a thicker grease for the differential and I have to check if the 13t pinion is installed (motor was a little hot).







lunedì 21 settembre 2026

432 - A Song For Billy Ray: Quick Forming Charge

 


I've found the time to give to the Carson power pack I've bought for the Billy Ray project a quick forming charge of 0,6mAh. I hope to be able to do the radio set up in the next days and so I will do a short shake down to understand if the choosen motor is quick enough.




venerdì 18 settembre 2026

431 - Savox Sc-0252MG Ready For My Wild One

 


The servo I choose to replace the old KO on my Wild One is a Savox Sc-0252MG that I've prepared  for the installation using the #51000 servo saver, and two tiny plastic spacers to raise enough to avoid rubbings between the servo saver and the chassis.


As in my habits I've "shorten" wires using heat shrink tube and double sided tape.


Dealing with the three infamous C springs have been easy than I expected... I'm learning the right way to build the #51000 servo saver, maybe.




lunedì 14 settembre 2026

430 - A Song For Billy Ray: Almost Ready For The Fire Up!

 


Well, all is almost ready: a new NiMH power pack and the essential Tamiya' Screwdriver set have been delivered. After good forming charge I will be ready for the basic setups and for the last step: the great custom decal I drawn weeks ago.

venerdì 11 settembre 2026

429 - LRP Touring Motor: Finally Sold, It Deserves A Better Life

Another motor have been sold! I'm pretty happy because, being a buggy guy, this touring LRP motor (that is a blast) remain unused in a box for a while but deserves a better chance to be appreciate. It has been on sale for some months on the bay and last week it has been sold to a guy that plans to run it on a Kyosho TF-02, sounds interesting



lunedì 7 settembre 2026

428 - Wild One:It's Time To Say Goodbye To The KO Servo!

A new Savox servo has been delivered to my door in the last days, so it is the time to retire the last veteran from the original build of my Wild One.

With the occasion, as said, I will make a further attempt to use the #51000 Tamiya servo saver in this car also. I never tought before but I guess that some spacers will help and, unfortunately, I have to deal (again) with the infamous springs of that servo saver.

venerdì 4 settembre 2026

427 - A Song For Billy Ray: Filling Some Holes

The body designated to revamp my Stadium Blitzer was originally destined to my CR-01 so  the existing mountig holes need to be filled.

Previously I've reinforced the body by the inside usign some duct tape and after I've used some Tamiya R/C Polycarbonate Body Reinforcing Cement bough on porpouse. Of course I'm not going to repaint the body from the outside so the filled holes will be covered with some custom decals.