toyotatruckin
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Havent done a thread here for quite a while so figure I would toss one up, Starting into electrics (again) with Miss Geico RTR and am removing some factory Issues right out of the box, the ride surfaces are less than desirable and in every pad there is a low spot, no crisp edges either, next is the hardware and stuffing tube, the Teflon liner has to go but the catch here is the tube is not a standard size so its being replaced, the hole in the strut is also larger than a standard .150 size stuffing tube with a pressed in solid bushing that again is a tight fit on a standard 3/16 stub-shaft (the strut blade itself is 4 pieces the bullet on the front is removable, a short solid bushing another pressed in reducer and the strut itself--kind of a wasted Idea) the actual inline hardware on the back is a copy of a black jack 26 skater system made by the company not named-brackets are identical down to a few thousands of an inch trust me I have the cad plans of the original-
Overall I like the general look of the boat its one of the better built rtrs out there and the electronics seem solid. Added bonus is the boat came factory with an MR3000 RX true spektrum marine RX not a generic one!
Im in the process of working over the bottom, the ride surfaces are trued up, factory stuffing tube removed the ramp for it on the bottom was shortened, lined up straight with the strut and re angled a bit, installing a 1/4" stuffing box in its place with a 7/32 stuffing tube, (its going to have the bushing integrated into the stuffing tube with a 1/4 sleeve at the strut end) that set-up ive done a few times before and works very well--but need the stuffing box set-up incase the tube wears. I have offset the rudder with my own offset bracket and replaced the strut with a standard strut using the stock brackets and rudder itself. Here it is so far
Stock
Progress so far--Mix of milled fiber and resin topside, bottom of stuffing box was dayna glass build-up and glass cloth over that-
new strut slot was milled longer and wider and bracket holes milled oval to get it to fit in the stock brackets I also plan on modifying my own parts and the rudder a bit more for this application
Overall I like the general look of the boat its one of the better built rtrs out there and the electronics seem solid. Added bonus is the boat came factory with an MR3000 RX true spektrum marine RX not a generic one!
Im in the process of working over the bottom, the ride surfaces are trued up, factory stuffing tube removed the ramp for it on the bottom was shortened, lined up straight with the strut and re angled a bit, installing a 1/4" stuffing box in its place with a 7/32 stuffing tube, (its going to have the bushing integrated into the stuffing tube with a 1/4 sleeve at the strut end) that set-up ive done a few times before and works very well--but need the stuffing box set-up incase the tube wears. I have offset the rudder with my own offset bracket and replaced the strut with a standard strut using the stock brackets and rudder itself. Here it is so far
Stock
Progress so far--Mix of milled fiber and resin topside, bottom of stuffing box was dayna glass build-up and glass cloth over that-
new strut slot was milled longer and wider and bracket holes milled oval to get it to fit in the stock brackets I also plan on modifying my own parts and the rudder a bit more for this application
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