New Custom Paint Job on Protoform Mazda Speed 6

New Custom Paint Job on Protoform Mazda Speed 6 for local club member Bob S.

New Airbrush Paint Job of August

New custom paint job for local club member Trent D. On BittyDesign Striker 3.0.

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New Airbrush Paint job for BittyDesign Striker SR 3.0 190mm Car Body

New Paint job for Local club member Mal P.
on BittyDesign Striker SR 3.0 190mm Car Body.
This body has a little mod of rear wing mount points. Besides, everything is the same to 2.0 body. Also, the new 3.0 body is lighter than 2.0 one.

If you like me to do a custom paint for your car body, please contact info@speedyrc.com.au. Price start at $50. ^_^

New Airbrush Paint Job for BittyDesign MC10 Car Body

New paint job for customer who bought Bittydesign MC10 also after factory painted.

VBC Wildfire battery hold down system customize mod

Today I would like to share a customize mod for VBC Wildfire D06 battery hold down system.
For people who do not like to using battery tape to hold down battery on chassis, you may find this method will be very helpful.
Alright, Pics up!

Where I got the parts from?
Have a look at below, I bought it from a friend. It is not perfect fit, I have to grind the holes to make them a bit more far to the end points.

After all, the whole job is pretty easy. Only thing you need are a hand held grinder/driller, M3x14-18mm counter-sink screws x2.
Now then, forget about the sticky tape stuff! Race with a clean and tidy chassis!
Thanks for watching!

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WildFire D06 VBC Dynamics Edition is on the way to SpeedyRC

We are going to have Factory generic hop up version of our Champion TC Wildfire D06: the WildFire D06 VBC Dynamics Edition.

They are on the way to OZ now.

The selective VBC Dynamics performance parts include in this kit: -

B-02-VBC-3043 WildFireD06 ALU7075 Chassis (2.0mm) NEW!!!

A-01-VBC-0029 Graphite Bumper Top Plate

B-02-VBC-0096 Titanium Coated Upright Shaft

B-02-VBC-0098 Titanium Coated Suspension Arm Pin

A-03-VBC-0077 Shaft End Shoe (Self Lubricating)

B-02-VBC-3031 Titanium Coated Shock Shaft for TBB Shocks

D-05-VBC-0095 TBB Oil Sealer Cap Set

A-03-VBC-0138 TBB Shock Piston (4 holes)

B-02-VBC-0136 TBB Shock Spring (Green-Soft)

B-02-VBC-0137 TBB Shock Spring (White-Hard)

D-05-VBC-0045 WildFire Front Stabilizer Set

D-05-VBC-0046 WildFire Rear Stabilizer Set

D-05-VBC-0032 WildFire Front/Rear Suspenion Shim (0.5mm)

D-05-VBC-0033 WildFire Center Suspension Shim (0.5mm)

D-05-VBC-0066 Center Suspension Mount (X/Y-C10)

B-02-VBC-0061-20 E20 Suspension Mount

One of the eye candy stuff is: Aluminium 7075 chassis along with standard graphite one.

With 2 chassis, you can easily make your car keep up with the fastest pace in no matter what situation: Bumpy or Smooth, High Bite or Low Grip.


This is the ultimate version of VBC wildfire D06 Touring Car!





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R1 Wurks Motors Incoming! Limited in Stock on SpeedyRC.com.au

R1 Wurks Motors Incoming! Limited in Stock! Available early next week!

New Car Body paint job for a customer- BittyDesign Striker SR 2.0

Got a new paint job from customer who bought car body from my eStore.

liquid mask applied, after pattern drawing finished.

Outcome! Thanks for watching.

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New Airbrush Painting on BittyDesign TC Body Striker SR 2.0

My New Airbrush Painting on BittyDesign TC Body Striker SR 2.0

Today I would like to share my new airbrush painting job on  BittyDesign TC Body Striker SR 2.0 190mm.

The preparation.

Paint job done! Before Windows mask and protect film tear-off.

Show-off.

Thanks for watching!
This Body is available for sell on RCTech.net and eBay.


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Review of G-FORCE Super Sonic Brushless Motor

Review of G-FORCE Super Sonic Brushless Motor

Today I would like to do a brief review of the ever new released G-FORCE motor.
G-FORCE, is a quite fresh new Japanese brand. (http://www.gforce-hobby.jp/index.html)
They have released a range of RC products and mainly target to UK and Japan local market.
Today I got one of their primary products: G-FORCE Super Sonic Brushless 13.5T Motor on hand.

The motor has been packed well in box. Lets open it now.

Hold it on hand, very well made motor hence give me a very good quality feel.
Even at the very first glance, I thought it was LRP X20 except for the color is much darker. :)

I like the end bell design as well. the motor offer dual sensor ports for easy installation. Sweet!

Now Then, I am impressed by the torque potential of this motor. I am saying this is because it is harder to spin the rotor then other motors in the same spec I have met. Even harder then Trinity D3.5 with HT Rotor.

I am assuming this is a motor with excellent ground to mid power but lacking of top-end speed.  I have checked the spec table, it said the 13.5T only got 2860KV... Anyway, I will figure it out later.
Now Lets weight it and compare to my other motors on hand.

168 Gram. Pretty good.
I have a Reedy Sonic 13.5T, Trinity D3.5 13.5T and Trinity Killshot RPM 13.5T. Let checked them out.

179 Gram to Ready Sonic

178 Gram to Trinity D3.5

158 Gram to Trinity Killshot
Obviously, the weight of G-FORCE motor is in the middle of them. Very good so far.
Now, Lets take it into apart.

I can instantly feel the Magnetic force of rotor while pulling it out. It is so strong.
I have to admit that the routine cleaning task of this motor will not be easy cause you cannot reach the bearings from outside like Trinity Killshot motor. You have to take it apart first.
For the back-end bearing, you have to take out the timing end bell before clean it.
So far it is still OK for me. Now, the worse part is: Put them back on!
It is the most difficult part at all. Because the Magnetic force of rotor is so strong, I have spent about 30 minutes to align the correct placement and finally put them together.... -_-!
Anyway, It finally turn back into what it is.

Running Test 

Put it on to VBC Wildfire D06, I am guessing I can gear it down pretty low from the beginning. So I give it   FDR 3.97 a try first (71*1.9/34) with default timing at 20 degree.
Just as what I am assuming, this motor got so much torque! it make the rear wheel Skidding around with initial full throttle.  
After test run for 2 minutes, I pick up the car and test the temp. it barely warm at 40 degree. Obviously It is lacking of top end speed but full of low to mid torque.
Then I make the FDR to 3.84, Start to work on timing... At the end of the day I make it at 27 degree.

Test it on Bayside track in Wynnum. I remain the FDR 3.84 and timing at 27 degree.
After 6 minutes run time, the car can easily catch up with all cars on straight no matter what motors people are running (Thunder Power, Trinity, etc.). It can still give me very juicy feel of torque. The initial acceleration and mid power are very strong.
Out of the track it is temped at around 60 degree. I feel I can even gear it down a bit. I will do more test later.
Also, I found out that the G-FORCE motor is quite timing sensitive on temperature. I will suggest keep it lower than 35 degree on motor timing. Try gear change instead.

Conclusion

G-FORCE Super Sonic Brushless Motor is a very strong ground to mid power motor no doubt. It can be fit on off-road buggy or truck as well due to its juicy power. For touring car, you have to gear it up like a 17.5T motor to convert power to speed. Overall very powerful motor!
G-FORCE motor is not officially available in US so it is not ROAR approved but It got BRCA approved already. For Australian racers, it is good to go because most of clubs and events follow both ROAR and BRCA rules.
BTW, My mate Clinton L had run 10.5T G-FORCE Super Sonic Brushless Motor at England Park Raceway, Brendale, who was impressed by the power of this motor as well. He worked out the FDR 4.38 with full timing for 10.5T motor.
Thanks for watching.

Update on 12th/May/2014:

After a second run last weekend, I worked out the most recent FDR and Timing for 13.5T motor: 3.74 for FDR and 31 Degree for Motor Timing! 
I know, the FDR is almost lower than most of 17.5T motors. But it just works like that. Out of track it temped 61 Degree. What an amazing motor!
Forgot to mention, I run it at night time (20C Degree) with R1 Wurks 8.4V Fan attached. But it can sure beat all other motors and still have potential to work on!

Update of motor setting: 

21.5T: 2.99 FDR with 30+ Timing. (Reference only, Setting widely depends on Air temperature)
13.5T: 3.74 FDR with 30+ Timing. (Reference only, Setting widely depends on Air temperature)
10.5T: 4.38 FDR with Full Timing. (Reference only, Setting widely depends on Air temperature)

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Eliminate slop on Steering Arms for RC Touring Car VBC Wildfire D06

Eliminate slop on Steering Arms for RC Touring Car VBC Wildfire D06  

Today I am going to share my experience of how to eliminate slop on Steering Arms for VBC Wildfire D06 by proper shimming.
First of all I have to say VBC Wildfire D06 is such a premium quality touring car that you should not have to prepare a lot of shims and washers while building up. Also, I have to commit that in some minor points like center steering arms, you may have to think about shimming to eliminate minor slop to achieve top performance outcome.
It is a very common issue existing on many Touring Cars. What I have done is use 2 types of thin (0.2mm) washers the shim together.

I use one 3mm washer (3mmID, 6mmOD, 0.2mm Thickness) and one 5mm washer (5mmID, 7mmOD, 0.2mm Thickness) to shim each Steering Travel Arm.

Then Place the 5mm washer onto the bearing top.

Then put the 3mm washer on.

Install the screw, then job done!

Finish both steering arms, Then you will have very solid feel of steering system of your VBC Wildfire D06 car.
Thanks for watching.

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