FT What Did You Do RC Today : Caution Offtopic At All Times
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Odd thing is I never have it happen in my glow cars. Only the planes. Dunno if they vibrate worse or what the deal is.
I usually don't bother balancing my props precisely because they're mounted on single cylinder engines that vibrate like crazy no matter what. They're close enough out-of-package that any vibration they may cause is negligible compared to what the engine itself is causing.
Bricks
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Have you checked I have found many way off, I also balance my bigger electric props makes a huge difference there.
yeah. I've got a few that are close enough right from the package that I can't tell they're even imbalanced and most are close enough. I don't have any that are grossly OOB.
mrjdstewart
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kinda looks like a TIE-fighter landing when turned upside down... 
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Wildthing
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Other then balance the cars are only spinning a small gear so there is no real weight on the end of the shaft.
They also spin it 2-4 times as fast. My FS26 redlines at about 9750 or so; my 18CV-RX is only barely getting the clutch to engage at that point and doesn't stop revving till somewhere just north of 30k. Also worth noting that, when one of my planes wiggles the engine loose, it usually stops being a problem once I retighten it. I've never had the same plane do it twice.
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
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I was doing a bit of research on building techniques for a Nieuport I'm building and I accidentally uncovered @SquirrelTail's diabolical plot to build a crazy Viking-powered Mighty Mini se5a
OliverW
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Oh dear god... I can't believe I ever thought of that! The electronics are destroyed
OliverW
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Plans are coming tomorrow. It's super simple, and has a really wide flight range. I fly mine off an F-pack with a 1300 3s, but it can easily handle an 850. You could also run an a pack on it as a really light weight setup, but I think it would get blown away in the wind. @Vimana89 , what do you think? You're the delta kind after all lol
OliverW
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Give me fuel give me fire give that which I desire!
Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes
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Makes me wanna get my dad's Team Associated running again. It needs a new ESC and I'm not buying it.
If I didn't think it'd get my channel totally obliterated by the RIAA I'd probably try to make a montage-ey video of my various nitro RCs set to that song! It describes my preferences in RC so well~
They're so much fun and quite tough besides. Be well worth it. Which truck you got, perchance? If it's an RC10T4 it's actually a close relative of my SC10GT, as it's a shortcourse modification of the RC10GT2 which is itself a nitro modification of the T4.
OliverW
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I've been working up a freestyle routine to fuel for IMAC events
I'd love to see the finished product at some point!
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