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.

Speedpassion 11.5R BL motor (1st run)

I was lucky to buy a 2nd Speedpassion 11.5R brushless motor for a reasonably cheap price. The 11.5R is equivalent to a 23T brushed stock motor.

Installed it last week but the supplied sensor cable was too short! I had no choice but to buy a new longer SP sensor cable.

Tested the motor this morning in a small and tight track designed for Minis. The motor is really good and better than I expected. I changed the Xray multidiff from solid spool to solid one-way and I can feel the smoothness when the car off throttle and enter the corner. Run time has increased compared to the Novak 4.5R. Motor runs much cooler too with a 5.5 FDR. Overall, I am happy with it and I am thinking twice before running mod.

However, more improvements are required from grip, ESC setup, FDR and car setup.

Cant wait to get my hands on the Speedpassion GT ver1.1 ESC...

V6 cannot start

Yesterday after work, my V6 cant start. Turned the ignition and not even a sound came up. Then, alarm went cranky! So, I thought it was my old battery which finally went dead. Luckily, I have a brand new Bosch maintainence free batt which I bought from my bro. So, installed the new batt while office people were passing by. :( Ironically, I still cant start with the new batt. So, after calling Kev's mech and troubleshooting thru the phone I managed to get it started. Could be the alarm system needs to be reset... not too sure what happened there. Well, so far so good now...

Thinking of buying a new car to replace the 4-yr old V6. Would really really love to own the Impreza WRX, most prob not a STi cos I simply cant afford it. Th3 BMW E46 is another option. Tough contenders... Also, Kevin has a good deal on the E36 M3. That I can afford but have to think about the maintainance. Anyway, most prob will forego the E36 as it may have conflict interest with my bro since he is dying to own that piece of ultimate driving machine. Only thing which stands in his way is financial backing...

Nagoya Motor Show 2007

On my last biz trip to Japan, I took additional one day off to drop by the Nagoya 2007 Motor Show. It was a rare chance and by luck that the show coincide with my travelling dates. This motor show is the smaller version of the Tokyo Motor show.

I was contemplating whether to attend the motor show since I have to settle my accomodation in Japan which is expensive. Well, the main reason I went to the show is because the new GTR was just launched recently and I could not miss this chance! So below are some of the pics of the Beast itself...



nice cross-section view of the car. Looks like camera trick eh?


The drivetrain. Check out the CF prop shaft! There are 2 shafts there - the CF is the main drive shaft while the other one drives the front wheels if necessary.


so damn close to the GTR but yet so far! Some lucky guys were able to get into the cockpit and I think its by special invitation.




Impreza ver10 WRX rally car. I am just going to show the front. For the rear, you can have a look at the Harrier. I was disappointed with the whole Ver10 design from the hatch back design to the rear lights. But then, Imprezas is not about beauty, it is whats underneath the hood and its performance. Anyhow, I am still eyeing on the Ver8 and 9.


Suzuki Hayabusa. Bad ass bike...


Audi really scored big time with their new LED light design. Like the simple yet aggresive front spoilers with the huge ducts. Perhaps they figured out its time to mount some challenge to BMW's infamous angel eyes.


I wonder why there is no S2000 is Msia. All I see nowadays are RX8s on the roads. Amazing roadster. Wish this could be my project car.


Supra replacement model. I think its called LH-S. Very futuristic and edgy design - not sure whether the real car will incorporate this or not. I foresee it will give the GTR a challenge.


One of the best wheel design I have seen. Very nice spokes and there are CF all over the wheel. Nice! It may help if the calipers and rotors are much larger.

TheSPfiles

I was introduced by a buddy of mine YW to this blog - theSPfiles.blogspot.com. It was a blog to capture all the mods by this local Penang guy, Andrew Saw on his Putra (he has sold off his Putra). I was reading thru his archive postings and was completely blown away by his level of mods. The effort, time, money and 'detail-ness' was top notch! He took into account the technical aspects of most of his mods and unlike some ppl who just dump in a massive turbocharger without considering the optimization portion of the mod.

So far, I was really impressed with his carbon fiber hood. It was a DIY project and only succeeded on the 3rd time which met his expectation.

Need to continue to keep reading~~~

VXR 3600 LiPo

I jumped into the LiPo bandwagon after tired of maintaining NiMh packs. So after much research on LiPo, I got the VXR 3600mAh rated at 20C. Its a pretty good deal and thin (15mm) so it can fit into my T2R without any modification. Currently, I have modified the VXR pack to fit into the Mini. T2R is using the MaxAmps 5000 *grin*


The VXR pack has decent power maybe due to the 3600mAh which lacks more amp output. About the 20C rating - not too sure how true is that. Read a lot forums saying that the C rating is more of a marketing gimmick and there is no actual standardize method to test or rate it.


So far, the VXR pack held up pretty good and quite balance thus, I only balance it once in a while. It is really light about 170g. I have shown some mods to the pack to fit int the Mini and also added about 120g. The Mini has better balance and traction rolling was reduced. Well slightly reduced due to the fact that I am using 26mm (1/10) Sorex tires and also my driving is not smooth.

Here are some mods I did to the pack to fit into the Mini...

Added 120g of weights to the top and bottom of the pack. I was very lucky to get steel weights and there are thin ones from the tire shop. Usually weights are made of lead. After adding the weights and foam tape, I shrink wrap it.



The double-sided foam tape fills in the gap between the edges of the pack and the rounded battery slot of the Mini. Also, absorb some impact since the Mini undergoes heavy impact. :-) The modded pack fits like a glove! Hehe... happy with the end result!


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Black Swift

Some pics of my Tamiya Mini M03-M Swift. Again, it is very very beaten up now due to accidents and countless traction rolling... :( :(

One of the reason I got hooked to RC...

is because of this video by Singaporean drifters. Saw it few years ago and it I was amazed with their drifting skills + the whole choreography of the video.

checkout soundtrack too!