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*other notes from the thread*

there's really no need to change gears as it's super fast now (easily as fast as a 2 cell bit with a 2.6 motor). and the larger tires achieves the same purpose as changing the gear ratio. it still burns rubber (has alot of torque) but also has a really high top speed as well.

to me, it's absolutely perfect now, and needs no further modifications. it's a joy to drive and it's extremely quiet too.

i'm cycling the battery pack right now and i'm going to check it's run times, which, so far, seems to have increased dramatically. the instructions indicate a stock Puchi Maru's average run time is for 5 minutes, but mine seemd alot longer than that on only it's second charge.

it's definitely as fast as a stock 3 cell Epoch Spec2. probably faster.

no, it doesn't handle better than an Epoch Spec2 but almost just as well. and better if you consider it's scale. now that i've driven it more, i can tell that it's definitely as fast as any 3 cell bit, about as fast as a 4 cell epoch and faster than a digiQ. the only car that i have that is faster is my li-poly zipzap.

i just timed a run where i was on full throttle 90% of the time (doing ovals on hardwood flooring).i even threw in a few full throttle donuts to pull as much current as possible. it's run time was 25 minutes and 34 seconds!!!!!!! at 24 :15 i noticed it to slightly slow down, but not much.

the batteries temp was 91 degrees F, as was the motor. the servo motor's temp was 92 degrees. i believe that these are very safe temperatures for the batts and motors. (the room's ambient temp is 72 deg) btw, i took the temp readings with a laser-sighted Raytek temp gun, which i have found to be very acccurate.


the more i drive this car, the more i love it!!!

oh, and by the way, peak charging has nothing to do with how many cells are in the pack. the delta peak charger that's in the gun's voltage is set to charge the pack that is made up of two 120mah cells. that's why i use my Orbit, since it'll charge anything, and do it perfectly.


i thought about putting the cell where the sticker is but it really is too big to fit there without it sitting up even higher, since it would have to sit on top of some of the smd components. plus it would be more on one side than the other so the CG concerning it's height, and being offset to one side might do more harm than good (the servo motor is also on that side). it actually handles awesome the way that it is.

could use one 145 but the Nimh way to do it is much less invasive, plus the 145 doesn't really fit in the battery compartment without folding it.

btw, i just made it handle twice as well as before. i'm now using some wheels from a Precious Racer, with the Precious tires up front and zipZap treaded tires in the rear. Traction is awesome and i can now harness it's power completely. now it handles easily as good as an Epoch spec 2. i can make super tight turns, or wide ones. the fronts are wide and soft and the steering is 10X better, and with the rears being treaded, it doesn't spin out as easily.i saw some rims that i really liked yesterday (5 spoke mags) so i think i'll get them tomorrow and replace the precious ones with them. it's alittle noisier since there's more rim and less rubber, but the handling is soooooo much better, i doubt that i'll go back to using the stock rims with the ChoroQ tires. these have the same OD front and rear, as the custom cut Choro tires so the gearing has remained the same.

the axles on the Yokomo are smaller than on the bit type wheels, so i made stainless steel inserts that have the correct ID to fit them. then i bored the rims to fit the inserts. i can now use slicks, or two different tread patterns on the rear, depending on how i want it to handle (loose or tight).

here's some pics of them: