I made my Old, Slow RC Car FAST
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- Опубліковано 22 лют 2024
- I recently got a new RC Truck, but I was pretty disappointed by its top speed and power. So I decided to fix that! In the end, it turned out to be a way faster, super fun rc car with tons of power.
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The Brushless combo I showed in the video is no longer available, but this one should also work:
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Music used in this video:
- Twelve Speed - Slynk
- 13ounce - OKAY
- Timeless - Slenderbeats
- Kurt - Cheel
- Forget Me Not - Patrick Patrikios
- The High Line - Causmic
- Where The Trap is - Audio Hertz
- Subway Dreams - Dan Henig
- Much Higher - Causmic
- ODESZA - Everything At Your Feet - Наука та технологія
Wow!
Looks so clean!
I have a Firestorm too, a bit more trashy than yours, but also has a 3s combo in it and its sooo much fun!
Mine also has a integy wheelie bar and some little alu upgrades (:
Keep that good content and nice video quality up!
Love your channel :p
That's awesome. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it!
Oh yeah!
Having a 1/12th scale model taught me that you can get some impressive uprades dirt cheap, or even for no additional cost, if you're not afraid to dig into some crafting.
However, there's a completely different market strategy applied for these small crafts: parts and upgrades for it are two to three times as expensive as those for my 1:8th scale rig. And availavlble only from China.
That's the exact reason why I got a bigger rig in the first place.
However, now, when it's time for the powertrain upgrade on a big rig (btw, it's factory ESC is identical to the one installed in this video, and it doesn't doo too good at slow speeds, it's basically all or nothing), it turns out quite a costly endeavor compared to the smaller rig's demands...
You know, even a noname sensored combo with a 4072 motor has some value to it, and if we get into the Hobbywing Max8 territory - the pricing goes through the roof))
So - every scale has it's benefits and downsides, you know.
It's crucial to choose wisely before buying a toy))
Very true, I've never actually seen expensive spare parts from china though. Usually the ones bought from hobby shops are like $15 with the AliExpress equivalent being closer to $5.
Which 1/8th scale rig are you using btw?
@@ValRC1 My 1/8th scale is Remo Hobby Dinosaurs, essentially, a Traxxas Slash copy with some big wheels, new suspension and body. Has some benefits and drawbacks inherited, overall performs quite decent. Added benefit of multitude co-platformers and local availability of spare parts rocks!
Talking prices... My 1/12th scale car costs about 50 bucks new. Dinosaurs is about 300. However, stock wheels for it cost a third less than a set for the small noname thingie, despite having foams, being physically bigger, and having overall decent quality (not too baloony, quite grippy).
A set of small suspension arms costs about 25$, and those are all none-adjustable. For the bigger car that sum could buy you all the lower arms, adjustable linkages, and one more set to keep spare (lower arms are the same all around, just the knuckles differ).
Oil-filled shocks which the small thing doesn't have from the factory cost 1.5 times more than a set of eight factory shocks for the Dinosaurs. Except, they are smaller, and there are four of them. And they're still more expensive per piece than factory aluminium upgrades.
The list goes on infinitely. And we're talking factory tuning, there are some aftermarket parts for the small noname, but prices get outlandish, somewhere in Tamiya territory.
I know, Tamiya might not sound expensive for you, but, you know, fourth world problems.
So, those guys run the HP business policy: sell dirt cheap car to sell overpriced replacements. The only upside is that this small thingie isn't too fragile, and most suitable upgrades like tires and shocks can be outsourced from the aftermarket tuning for other brands, almost always - cheaper than factory replacements.
The thing I find hilarious is that the small truggy had quite big wheels fitted to be marketed as 1/10th, and they share with the Dinosaurs 12th hex, which is as small~ish for later, as it is oversized for the small one.
Ohh, I see what you mean. When I thought of a cheap Chinese rc car, I thought of my wltoys 144001, which is a super popular option and the spares are most often like 3$. I once bought a set of all the arms, rear hubs and steering blocks/hubs for $6 which is just crazy cheap.
On the other hand, spare parts for my 1/8th scale Arrma Outcast for example are suuper expensive, with a differential costing over $50 for example.
That's insane
Oh, BTW, I'm one of those who subscribed after the hovercraft video. 😊
Very nice, thank you - I appreciate it!
This platform is basically buggy/2wd truck hard plastic chassis similar to any thruggy, buggy used and rebranded in the early 2000 by crp/team durango/absima etc. Solid platform, with right tyre and electronic one could have competed in the pre mid motor 2wd buggy era. Love the simplistic design and the straight foreward gearbox. U may have to check if inside are bushing or ball bearings.
(Are u german?)
I'm Austrian, guessing you figured out my native language from my accent? :)
Great to know that it's a good truck in general, and thanks for the hint about the bushings - I'll definitely have to check!
Fantastic work, dude! Amazing mod indeed!!! 😃
I bought a rc car in December, that I was thinking about doing the same... But, damn, it's already too fast for me! 😂
So I just installed oil shocks on it. It's a bit too beautiful, I don't want to destroy the body... 😂
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Lol yep, the body didn't like the upgrade at all 😬😂
The Firestorm is a brilliant platform, I looked for a Firestorm about 3-4 months ago. I was looking for a nice example of a Flux brushless version, most either wanted to much money or had the crap beaten out of them. I came across a nice brushed version at a fairly good price, put a 3650 - 4300kv brushless system in & luv it. Crazy fast even on 2s, on 3s its ballistic ha ha. I generally find the brushed versions to be in better condition than the Flux brushless ones, as they only do around max 25mph brushed. So not really fast enough to do serious damage in crashes, also the gearboxes seem to be in much better condition on the brushed. Due to not having exccessive power going through them during there life, soon putting paid to that now though with my brushless conversion lol.
Oh that's awesome, I've been wondering if the brushless and brushed versions have different gearboxes, as is the case on some other rcs. Mine has been holding up great though!
By the way, how I found this offer is while actually looking for a nitro version of the Firestorm. One of the best Nitros ever made with a ridiculous amount of power on the rear wheels, but unfortunately very rare nowadays..
@@ValRC1 I understand the gearboxes are the same on both versions, with metal gears apart from the platic spur gears on both versions. The part numbers are the same in the gearboxes, I also had to make a wheelie bar that I fitted under the rear of the chassis, held on by the 4 mounting screws under the chassis. Works great, I know you can still buy the HPI wheelie bar for the Firestorm. But are difficult to find & quite expensive for what they are.