Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / January 2006

This web post of the FAQ is dated but does cover the basics pretty well:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/models/rc-cars/newbie-guide/preamble.html

Anyone doing anything RC related?  Or anything exciting at all?  My Sav is
all tucked up at at home whilst i'm at uni.  Apparantly HPi are releasing
full specs of the new Savage X on their website later today which is
rumoured to have some of the following -

If I wanted to get my Savage to hook up and do wheelies what would be
the best gear ratio of the Clutch Bell and the Spur Gear to use?
Now what if I wanted speed?

Tamyia 1/10 Glow plug and pull start is what  I have. Its all I know about
it. What fuel do I need? I seem to be able to find nitro fuel and glow plug
fuel. Are they the same? Also I have noticed there are a big range of
percentages of the fuels. Again I'm not sure. Does it matter?

I have a new RC Car but no remote, it says 27mhz on the bottom. Any
suggestions on a cheap remote for this? Do I need to configure anything
special on a remote or does it being 27mhz pretty much cover it?
Thanks for any help.

I am looking for someone who is quite expert with epoxies and plastics who
can do custom repairs on molded plastic parts for a commercial application.
This would be occasional contract work, and we could be very flexible on
your hours and place of work.    Work would be near San ...

Yesterday I went to try and start my my warhead.  I never got it
started.  It pulled over very hard.  I took out the glow plug pulled on
the cord and it pulled very easy.  Today I went to try again and the
cord broke.  When taking out the engine to fix the cord I had to pull

Can I have some suggestion for which servos to put into my HPI Savage?
My steering servo has stoped working and I don't know anything about
servo's.   Thanks for the help.

Ok guys,
Tried out the new wheelie bar today on the ol' Savage.  First time I
wheelied she flipped right over on her lid and bent the piss out of the
wheelie bar in the process.  Both the bar and the screws that hold it to the

I'm the new kid on the block here. Normally I would lurk for a while before
posting, but I wanted to get a question answered quickly. Please forgive me
if I break protocol in any way.
I just built a Savage and ran it for the first time today. I broke it in

My engine got it's 1-way dirty so I had to open up the engine to clean
it out.  That wasn't a problem but now that I've put it back together,
the piston is stuck at top centre.  It can't move AT ALL, even the
flywheel can't be turned.

i have an original RC10T truck i haven't run in years. i just dusted it
off and bought a set of 3700 cells for it and i'm thinking about
replacing the old aluminum chassis. who is making composite floors for
these now, and can i use a T2/T3 chassis?

Where can I get reviews on Electric motors?
I searched on Google but that came up with 10,548,534,974,568 results
that really go nowhere. I am looking for a set of motors for my Clod.
Not too expensive and they have to be 13 turns or more.

Does anyone have experience using 9 Ah NiMH D cells at high current
(32A)? The Chinese cells are about $6 and the SAFT cells made in France
are about $15 so for my ebike pack it's $932 for the SAFT cells vs. 332
for the Chinese cells. I'm wondering if the SAFT cells are really ...

How can I tell if I have the mixture just right?
I read about getting the temp. just right, but I dont have one of those
high tech temp gauge, so I trying to do it by jugdement..  I'm guessing
that I'm still a little rich, due to the fact that I'm getting a oily