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RC toy · 12.06.2011, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lincpimp

This thing has a 16" wheelbase and is 27" long. It runs 1/8 scale buggy wheels and tires. I do not think they will afford enough grip to make this car wheely, so it will likely easily spin the tires.

See the XO-1?

lincpimp · 12.06.2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by RC toy

See the XO-1?

I am referrring to the xo-1,... Not sure if i understand what you mean?

_paralyzed_ · 12.06.2011, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lincpimp

I am referrring to the xo-1,... Not sure if i understand what you mean?

The third vehicle down in the pic he posted is an xo-1 doing a wheelie. His original post had you quoted as saying you don't think it will wheelie.

He meant, "Oh yeah Lincpimp you elitist wiesenheimer, it can too wheelie as evidenced by this photographic proof". But he only said, "see the xo-1".

I used the clues right here in this thread and my amazing powers of deductive reasoning to arrive at this conclusion.

If there is anything else you would like explained, feel free to ask

Pdelcast · 12.06.2011, 10:21 PM

From personal experience with our pre-production XO-1 test cars:

The tires are specially made for the XO-1 -- they are not off-the-shelf 8th scale tires. They are belted (so they don't balloon at high RPM,) and they are very sticky.

You have to be gentle with the throttle -- it has so much torque it will break all four tires loose and then "skate" all over the place. But it's pretty stable at high speed.

lincpimp · 12.06.2011, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

The third vehicle down in the pic he posted is an xo-1 doing a wheelie. His original post had you quoted as saying you don't think it will wheelie.

He meant, "Oh yeah Lincpimp you elitist wiesenheimer, it can too wheelie as evidenced by this photographic proof". But he only said, "see the xo-1".

I used the clues right here in this thread and my amazing powers of deductive reasoning to arrive at this conclusion.

If there is anything else you would like explained, feel free to ask

I completely missed the pic, was reading the text. Guess that shows my inteligence level, I would rather read than look at pretty pics.

I do not doubt that it can be made to wheely, it does have a solid center drive, and maybe some traction compound and hot asphalt would be a good grippy combo.

But Patrick just said that it can break the tires loose, so...

It has been my experience that longer wheelbase rcs do not wheely are much, especially if the weight distibution is well centered and the cg is low.

I will not buy one of these till the initial batch is sold and proven by more eager people than myself.

I am working on getting an old i phone for cheap right now, just to have a cool touch screen setup.

Also thinking that an ambitious modder could use the traxxas radio for its guns, and make a really cool tx out of it.

I like the form and feel of the cheapo fly sky gt3b. So use the trigger and wheel off the traxxas radio, make the docking bay (or permanently attach) the i device on the top and put a good sized 3s lipo on the bottom to balance it out. Given the various i device docks I have seen I am sure a good off the shelf solution could be found. Just thinking out loud, but I may have to investigat this further.

padrino · 10:11 AM

With the discussion on who the car is for and the tone it reads like a bunch of elitists, with the many Apple haters I'll say the funny part is that it's the same exact conversation Apple Zealots have about their beliefs.

I guess I'm just an average user then since I'm buying it. Oddly many of the average users that have stated they are buying it are like me with custom fabricated models, many brushless in the stable from 1/5-1/16, or they even own this site. Those average users :)

feistyacorn · 12.06.2011, 12:43 PM

I like this car. It's got a lot of awesome ideas and I look forward to the future of RC. It will be AWESOME when all of castles ESC are able to be adjusted on a transmitters big color touch screen!

padrino · 12.06.2011, 12:45 PM

Transmitters have had big color touchscreens for years but they were 1K plus Futabas like the 14MZ, others have hit the market but this is one of the first "low cost" options.

feistyacorn · 12.06.2011, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by padrino

Transmitters have had big color touchscreens for years but they were 1K plus Futabas like the 14MZ, others have hit the market but this is one of the first "low cost" options.

I'm sorry, I should have specified land use transmitters.... I had a chance to play with the 14MZ at the last years iHobby show, that thing is too cool! Looks like Futaba moved on to the 18MZ now.

BrianG · 12.06.2011, 06:03 PM

That's because they dropped it on the ground and the rear happened to hit first. And that's just when the camera clicked.

RC toy · 06:10 PM

It's wheeling.

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Originally Posted by BrianG

That's because they dropped it on the ground and the rear happened to hit first. And that's just when the camera clicked.

I hope so...

crazyjr · 12.06.2011, 10:18 PM

Patrick, Do you know if the telemetry will be able to be adapted to other manufacturers? Like for instance Losi? I want to get the radio and esc for mine, but it'd be a waste, If i can't use the cool stuff

Pdelcast · 12.06.2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyjr

Patrick, Do you know if the telemetry will be able to be adapted to other manufacturers? Like for instance Losi? I want to get the radio and esc for mine, but it'd be a waste, If i can't use the cool stuff

I don't know for sure, but I believe Traxxas will make the radio/ESC available for separate purchase. Really a question for Traxxas.

TexasSP · 12.07.2011, 11:44 AM

There is a young guy on RC Crawler who does mods to the GT3B and he seems pretty good. He sells hack kits to open it up for more channels and better mixing. His screen name is losikid. He would be a good resource for modding the tx like you want linc. He has modded quite a few other radios as well and sells lighting kits for several.

lincpimp · 12.07.2011, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasSP

There is a young guy on RC Crawler who does mods to the GT3B and he seems pretty good. He sells hack kits to open it up for more channels and better mixing. His screen name is losikid. He would be a good resource for modding the tx like you want linc. He has modded quite a few other radios as well and sells lighting kits for several.

I have seen his products, I was going to buy his programming products for my gt3b.