Month: February 2021

SG1604 Brushless Conversion

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Well I’ve converted my SG1604 to brushless. It’s now running a 4500kv motor and 35A esc.

It’ll handle 3S but it’s more fun and driveable on 2S. That said it’s one of the EASIEST brushless conversions I’ve ever done, it’s also pretty cheap to do with the esc/motor combo costing around $32, the radio with gyro $30 and a new 3 wire servo $12

You need a new radio and servo if going brushless as the stock SG1604 has a combined esc and receiver and a five wire servo. So if you go brushless you need a new receiver to mate up with the ESC and receivers only take 3 wire servos so that needs changing as well.

Here’s links to everything I used in this conversion:

Here’s the car – https://www.banggood.com/custlink/mGmh99WeSE Or get the SG1603 pickup here – https://www.banggood.com/custlink/33vd89WgSL

Here’s the radio – https://www.banggood.com/custlink/mD33VJz8zU

Here’s the brushless combo – https://amzn.to/2ZsCiBy (3600kv as 4500kv out of stock)

Here’s the servo – http://ebay.us/MHEIek

100MPH RC Car Build – 100mph wltoys 124019

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Well if you want the details on a 100mph RC Car Build you’ve come to the right place. In this video we show you the exact setup and all of the parts that went into our 100mph wltoys 124019 build. We cover shock oil and spring tension, as well as gearing (All stock at the minute but we used a steel pinion and spur), and a crazy 3.5T Rocket brushless motor with the timing turned right up to push out around 11,000kV

We used the following parts:

The Wltoys124019 – https://www.banggood.com/custlink/KGGyVwkynf

The foam ‘Contact’ tires – http://ebay.us/1fGygT from ‘Gonitrohobbies’ ebay store here – http://ebay.us/6BZXFI – My current ‘go to’ parts store!

The $30 radio 500m range – https://www.banggood.com/custlink/mD33VJz8zU

The 3.5T brushless motor – http://ebay.us/hdcOtW

The Mamba X esc – https://bit.ly/3f0lt6G

The Castle B- Link – https://bit.ly/2VnEhX2

The CVD’s used – http://ebay.us/fitEX8

The 2S 2200mah Lipo’s – https://bit.ly/371mqub The 2S 2000mah Lipo – https://bit.ly/2Z6OqZ1 The 3S 2200mah Lipo – https://bit.ly/3rvexpn

The Steel Gears used – http://ebay.us/kMQxJy

Is Traxxas Expensive?

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Why are Traxxas Cars So Expensive? Well in this video we examine if they are or not!

Sometimes it might seem traxxas is expensive taking the Hoss as an example, but are they or is it just our perception? Often the cars are released at a price that people think is slightly too high but then 5 years later the car is still for sale at the same price as on launch day! The 8S xmaxx is an example of that

So what is cheap about Traxxas? Well spare parts to my mind are very cheap in relation to other rc brands and they are available from pretty much any local hobby store.

That said some electronic spares like servos can seem expensive when compared to other aftermarket replacement brands e.g. you can often buy a stronger, metal geared waterproof servo for less money than a replacement traxxas servo.

Also some of the very nice looking and very strong anodized alloy parts may seem expensive in relation to the purchase cost of a car, but a lot of those parts we’d class as nice to have and not essential items.

Overall some may criticize traxxas pricing but we think there’s a lot they do right, we’re neither traxxas fanboys or arrma fanboys we just like good RC cars and Traxxas make quite a few.

Oh! And they have one of the shortest wait times to get through to Traxxas customer service of any RC car company we know of!

For all of your Traxxas needs shop where we shop! – Amain