M03 Setup Guide

Excellent guide for setting up a M03.

Now I feel like ripping up my M03 and rebuilding it...

TRF416 World's Edition

I want it!! Badly!!!! Supposedly available in my LHS in 2wks but I still doubt his words. Hehe~~



Marc Rheinard's winning TRF416



Source: Redrc.net (where else? :))

M03 Swift

I think I got my M03 setup nicely now. It has stopped traction rolling and I feel more confident thru the corners now.

Things that I have done to make it handle better and faster:
1) universal joints - the car is much smoother and faster thru the corners
2) ball diff - felt more traction and acceleration exiting corner
3) heat sink - thanks my Adrian bro who CNC-ed a anodized blue heat sink! Well, I dont think it helps much in heat dissipation. But, hell yeah it does looks cooler!
4) TRF shocks - good shock travel length thanks to Ben
5) Weights - tonnes of it! Car stopped traction rolling mainly due to added weights.

However, Swift still rolls a lot thru corners due to a lot of droop. Next hop up will be short springs which I tried and it works to great effect of reducing droop and roll.

Marc Rheinard World Champion!

Hacker Motor update

Geared that bugger at 5.3 FDR with temp max at 140F after 8mins run. Still not up to speed as my buddy on Speedpassion. All this was done with 0 timing on the Tekin RS Pro. I just had the Hotwire hooked up and set the timing at 100%. Will see how it goes this weekend...

Lexma 2.4G Nano Laser Mouse Review

My reliable and faithful Logitech optical mouse has decided to be unreliable and unfaithful one day giving me non-stop glitches which irritates the crap hell of me. So I have thrown it aside since then until I finally decided to forked out some dough from my RC trust fund to purchase Lexma 2.4G Nano Laser mouse. Due to the RC trust fund is a negative ROI fund, I decided not to buy Logitech since it is more expensive for the same spec I get with the Lexma.

Quick run down on the Lexma mouse. It is 2.4G wireless, laser, DPI settings from 1000 to 2000dpi and nanoguard technology which supposedly anti bacteria up to 99.9% efficiency. Maybe it is good for people who dont wash their hands after using the toilet. All marketing cock and bull to me.

The overall ergo or feel of the mouse is not too bad for its price. Connectivity and binding between the USB receiver to the mouse is straightforward. The receiver 'stores' itself by sliding onto the mouse externally. The mouse uses 2 AA batteries so it does not have any more room to fit the receiver inside as opposed to
some Logitech models.

The mouse wheel is 4-way. The wheel scroll can be wacky at times where it is not that sensitive. I do not use much of the left and right scroll but it would be nice to have them programable to be Back and Forward buttons when surfing the web.

The mouse glitches sometimes which puzzled me since it is using 2.4G band. Perhaps it is not using Futaba FASST or Spektrum DSM! Lol! I hate it when the bloody thing glitces!

I have yet to verify the battery consumption of the mouse as I have been using it for less than a month. The mouse goes into standby mode after a few minutes to save battery.

Overall, if you can live with the occasional insensitivity or glitch then this may be ok for you. If you have the extra dough get a better mouse such a Logitech. Well, I guess it sums up you pay what you get.

Hacker Brushless Motor

Ordered the Hacker Brushless motor from US. I was really excited after following the thread in RCTech. As soon as I saw the packaging, I was quite disappointed as it didnt look very presentable. The packaging was made from cheap cardboard material and just a sticker stating Hacker motor. I was having high hopes that this motor was made in US or Germany. I was dead wrong! LoL!!


The sensor wires does not have shrink tube or the wire coil similar to Novak.


The PCB board has a flash on top which is not appealing.


Well, lets see how this motor performs in the next few weeks...

When It Falls Apart

KM Racing Carbon Tools

KM Racing (km-rc.com) recently released these new hex drivers with awesome looking carbon fiber handles! More excuses to change to a new set of tools~~



Source: km-rc.com, redrc.net

Rain!

Damn... I hate it when it rains in the weekend. No chance to test my new ESC settings.

Well, I like when it rains since it cools down the weather but not rain on a weekend...

Team Tekin RS Pro ESC

Got myself a brand new Tekin RS Pro esc. Its runs both sensored and sensorless modes which Tekin calls it Hybrid mode. It has smaller footprint and no heatsink. I bought the Hotwire also but have yet to install and tune the esc.


This is the comparison of the footprint between RS Pro vs my old (now ex) Novak GTB.


The current layout of my electronics with the Spektrum Micro RX and RS Pro. I added a fan directed to the solder posts of the esc for cooling.

Spektrum Micro Receiver

Just got my hands on the Spektrum micro receiver. I made a comparison here to see how small it is compared to the Pro version. Now, this will help me to save space in my electronics layout :) Binding is piece of cake with the micro bind plug.

Australia and NZ Trip

Went to Melbourne and NZ for 2 wks and took quite a lof of pics esp in NZ. Wish I had a DSLR with me! Most of the pics are not with me because I dont have my camera (had a old skool cam though). Anyway, here are some pics I took with my K800i.

It was almost 5 yrs since I had my last Krispy Kreme donuts. Finally got hold of some while in Melb. Krispy Kreme beats both JCo and Big Apple donuts anytime!




Speight's Ale - amazing ale from NZ!!

Quit RC Drifting

I have stop drifting many months now and finally decided to sell off the TT01D. Figured out that drifting is really not my cup of tea... speed is the way to go!!

Dusk

Here is a picture I took from E&O Hotel towards Gurney area. Took the picture using my trusty Sony Ericson K800i.