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  • Repairs complete on Monster Beatle

    I sat down last night with the parts and managed to change out all the parts that required.

    The rear diff would have to be the most difficult part of the job, as I couldn’t remove some screws that holds the motor plate from below the car. I suspect if these need to be removed sometime, I will need to drill them and replace them.

    I also noticed previously some of the c-clips that hold the pin for the front and rear carriers had dropped off. I ordered the only c-clips you could get and these are too big. I noticed during work last night that a larger c-clip sits on the drive shaft just behind the slipper clutch. So the ones I got would be for that.

    Can’t see any spare for smaller c-clips that I require, so will need to do some more research.

    Truck can run, we will just need to monitor that the pins don’t drop out.

    This repair took me 3 hours, and I also noticed that the rear shock tower broke on lower section when we screwed bottom right screw back in, so this will need repair soon enough.

    Now my son has his truck to use again.

  • HobbyKing Spare Parts Order Arrives

    The HobbyKing Spare Parts Order I made in the last 2-3 weeks arrived. Now I will be able to do the pending repairs against my son’s Monster Beetle.

    Ordered duplicates across a number of parts, as the spares are very cheap and since I was making order good time to double up on common items that might break again.

    Will post additional details on the ordered items in the next few days. Soon as I catalog what I got and what it’s used against.

  • Turnigy 4×4 Mini Trooper and Monster Beatle ESC Upgrade or Replacement

    The ESC in my Turnigy 4×4 Mini Trooper seemed to break and as such I was requiring a replacement.

    If you need to replace and/or upgrade the ESC in either of these Remote Controls you can use the one below as a direct replacement. However, it won’t come with any connectors for the motor or battery, so you will need to order those items too and get them soldered on. It’s also a good idea to buy some of the heat shrink tube too.

    And I would also highly recommend purchasing the programming card for the ESC, as the programming of the ESC for changes via the button on the ESC is difficult at best. It’s the part number below;

    HobbyKing HK-30A ESC
    HobbyKing HK-30A ESC

  • Axial SCX10 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited C/R Edition

    I’ve previously owned a Traxxas Revo 2.5R and Taxxas Brushless Revo, however I sold off the later unit to fund the new car.

    Have always wanted an Rock Crawler, so decided the time had come to switch.

    Purchased an Axial SCX10 2012 Jeep Wranlger Unlimited C/R Edition.

    Problem I now face is what upgrades to do and in what order to perform them. This will be a sequence of future posts covering all aspects of the transformation from an RTR to a custom setup.

    For now I’ll post some pictures of it out of the box on its maiden use.

    IMG_1095 IMG_1093

  • LiPo battery failure

    Dug out my LiPo 3S batteries on the weekend with the intent of charging them up for some use in the Traxxas E-Revo brushless. Unfortunately it appeared they had gone bad. As I revived one of them I found one of the cells had gone and the other I never bothered tinkering with.

    I’ve since wrote them off as failed and purchased a new set. Now waiting for the new ones to arrive so I can have battery connectors soldered onto them.

  • Turnigy Brushless 4WD Monster Beatle Replacement Steering Servo

    Following on from my previous post over here.

    I can confirm that if you do need a new steering servo for this model, I would recommend the following below;

    HK15148B Digital Servo 19g / 2.8kg / 0.14s

    You can buy it from the Global store here.

    I purchased the above servo and it fits exactly in place where the original one was in the car.

    Now my son can use his car once more.

  • Turnigy 4×4 Mini Trooper and Monster Beatle Steering Servo Upgrade

    The steering servo that comes on the HobbyKing Turnigy 4×4 Mini Trooper and Monster Beatle is a plastic geared one and I found it would break only after a few runs.

    The direct replacement which is a metal geared one which can be purchased from the link below;

    HK15148B Digital Servo 19g / 2.8kg / 0.14s

    HobbyKing HK15148B servo
    HobbyKing HK15148B servo

  • Turnigy 1-16 scale brushless 4WD Monster Beatle Parts

    Readers and followers will know I bought my 4 year old a Turnigy 1/16 scale brushless 4WD Monster Beatle, however he managed to strip a servo.

    I ordered a replacement, however the replacement I ordered is not a direct fit. I thought it was,  however it wasn’t. So to help others avoid this happening, the part I ordered is the one below.

    Turnigy TGY-9018MG Metal Gear Servo 13g / 2.5kg / 0.10s (Global warehouse)

    It can be made to fit by creating new mounting holes for the short side, however I don’t feel as though it works as good, but we will soon see. See my pics below, might help explain what I mean.

    From my additional research, it looks like the one below is a direct replacement for the original. However better quality internals, so it should last longer.

    HK15148 Analog Servo 17g / 2.5kg / 0.14s (AUS warehouse)

  • Turnigy Brushless 4WD Monster Beatle suffers first failure

    I didn’t really post about this, but I gave my 4 year old son a 1/16 scale Turnigy Brushless 4WD Monster Beatle that completely adores. You can check it out over at HobbyKing via the direct link here.

    He is allowed to use it when supervised and in a nice open area like a park, since running it on 2S LiPo means it moves pretty quickly. This could of been limited by the use of a more expensive controller, but I opted to get all the bits from the Australian Hobbyking Warehouse to limit postage costs.

    Anyways, long and the short of the story is that it suffered it’s first failure. The steering servo looks as though it probably has stripped some gears, although I am not surprised as everyone mentioned this would probably happen. I think the main reason it did as he actually ran the thing into an object by accident.

    Not to fear, some spare parts ordered on Sunday.

    Still impressed with the Remote Control car itself, as its a lot of fun for the price.

  • Traxxas Telluride 4×4

    I got an email 2 days ago from Traxxas that was advertising the new Telluride 4×4 1/10 scale remote control coming out.

    I must say it really got me interested, as I am interested in getting some more R/C gear, and this looks like a good robust truck.

    Stay tuned, I might end up buying one much later in the year.

    I bought two other R/C car’s earlier this year and will be unwrapping those when I get them as a gift, more details will follow when I open them.