camaropunk16
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That is freakin awesome!!! That is the coolest battle RC that I have ever seen and I would love to blow something up with it!!! BOOM, BOOM!
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hmm, I wonder if the glow plug is internaly shorted, or the plug wiring is shorted, I bi-passed the glow wire once and still had the same problem, it appears that the control circuit is working (led is lit during starting), but the glow plug isn't red, I even tried a spare glow plug and the same results, maybe by chance both plugs are not funtional, I'll have to trouble shoot with the spare start wand when I get back, and determen if its the circiut or a wireing/glow plug issue, either way, to answer your question, I can't use a seperate igniter because the engine uses the e-z start to start itself by remote, i can start and kill the engine with a spare channel from the trailer which has a 6 ch aircraft system. I don't really want to get rid of the remote start because it gives me the ability to sit quietly in strategic firing locations in stealth. I have less then a month of my deployment in the middle east left (oh ya baby) and i have thought of a few more ideas for it when I get back including a remote camera on the turret that transmitts back to a LCD screen mounted on the remote, that way I can actualy drive beyond my line of sight and navagate, but I'll also need to upgrade the crappy traxxas 3ch truck remote to a high powered transmitter (any sugestions?, a 4 channel pistol grip transmitter would be ideal but I don't know of any) i still have to purchase the parts for the camera setup but have located a few of the items I will need, also I'm installing a aluminum brake/throttle servo mount to further strenghten my braking power (40 pounds is alot to slow down in a hurry) of course the drive shaft sliders will be replaced with cvds, and finally I want to hook up an engine temperature monitor relay that will turn the head and exhaust cooling fans on and off when there needed instead of them just being on all the time which sometimes cools the engine too much and also haveing them run all the time is an un-nessary power drain on the secondary power supply, i havn't yet found a temperature relay that will suit this need as of yet thoughThe glow plug only needs 1.5v to operate. The easy start with the glow plug wire is a proven weak link on the Traxxas trucks. Something else to have to carry, but I would suggest a seperate ignitor.
the problem with running trailer brakes is the fact that I would have to run axels into the trailer wheels to be able to slow the wheels with some sort of certral brakeing caliper like the t-maxx uses, and the hitch would actualy take it, I can actualy swing the trailer around by the hitch, its designed to hold alot of tensile strength, but since i upgraded the brakes with the RRP vented brake and the used a pen spring instead of a piece of fuel tube for the brake tentioner, the truck slows the trailer down with confidence now, upgrading the mounts will simply add a touch more strength, .....oh, and don't worry, there will be lots of video of the test fireing when I get home from my deployment in a few weeksJust an odd thought..... what about trailer breaks? I don't know just a random firing of neurons. nice setup though. Would love to see it fire some missiles. the problem with trailer breaks would be balancing the breaking with the truck, also I don't know what kind of "hitch" you are using or how much stress it can take.
For the remote, it sounds like your screaming for the Futaba 4PK to me. That's going to be my next purchase. I had a 3PK, best radio I ever had in my hands. Then I got a Spektrum DX3R and have been quite dissapointed, so now I'm going back to the Futaba. It's a four channel remote and the programmability is amazing. If you need more channels, the Nomadio has 7 channels I believe, and uses a transciever to send data back to the transmitter such as engine temp, RPM battery voltage, things like that. I personally like the Futaba better, and from what I understand the Nomadio receivers are expensive and if you buy more than one, the cost quickly surpasses the cost of the 4PK, which can use the 3 channel FASST receivers that are available at better prices.