PaulC
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You'll remember last year I kept having poor luck with the buggy, well it's continuing.
Got the starter box for the Losi and got it running in the back yard.
Tuning was awful though.
During the build I had wrongly assumed to swap the throttle linkage nipple to the other side I had to remove the LSN, but after the needle was showing a good amount of threads, I realised there was a grub screw holding the nipple, so my LSN setting was lost for nothing.
First I wore a 1mm grove in the starter wheel because "I was sure" it wasn't flooded when in fact it was badly flooded. I proved I was wrong by nearly getting drowned when I fired the starter box with the plug out. Good job I was wearing glasses!
Got it started but, buggy is still 'chattering' away on idle, 4 cycling I think. VaVaVaVaVaVaVa!
Tried to fix that by leaning the LSN and lowering the idle speed. After about 10 starts it was either chattering or bogging down and stalling.
I got it to run (chattering on idle though) and taking 0-100% throttle blips without stalling. However flooring it (I have the throttle backed off to about 80%) it didn't sound happy and immediately stalled when I took the throttle out.
I decided it was time to let it run with some room. Start with the HSN on tarmac until I could get it to run up to full speed. THEN do the LSN and finally the idle speed.
Loaded everything into the car and started trying to tune the HSN. 5 starts later and it wouldn't start. Discovered that the plug had come loose. Fixed that started it once more, dropped it on the ground and it stalled again. Back on the box and nothing. Nothing, Nothing, flooded.
Glow meter said 0.5 amps on the plug = Flat battery.
Tried the spare glow starter and it was also flat (had not been used for a year and not charged either, of course it was flat).
So, all back in the car and back home. Can't fast charge the glow starters as I can't find my Acucell6 adapter, so it's on the overnight slow charge
I also threw the head up and said, "To hell with this" and set all the needles back to factory.
Hopefully luck will improve tomorrow.
How as the Losi? For the very limited running I did the first thing that struck me dumb was just how violently responsive it is. First run up the lane I was on and I went to turn out to the right so I could do a 180 left and... I steered slightly right buggy went, "YES SIR! RIGHT SIR!" and almost buried itself in the ditch! I dialed the steering down!
Even running on dry tarmac I could throw the steering left, right, left, right and it would wiggle it's back end like a snake, but the front end refused to be anything buy super responsive.
Oh... and it didn't roll over the first hint of turning tight like the Ansmann POS.
Just need to dial the engine in again and it will be good fun!
Paul
Got the starter box for the Losi and got it running in the back yard.
Tuning was awful though.
During the build I had wrongly assumed to swap the throttle linkage nipple to the other side I had to remove the LSN, but after the needle was showing a good amount of threads, I realised there was a grub screw holding the nipple, so my LSN setting was lost for nothing.
First I wore a 1mm grove in the starter wheel because "I was sure" it wasn't flooded when in fact it was badly flooded. I proved I was wrong by nearly getting drowned when I fired the starter box with the plug out. Good job I was wearing glasses!
Got it started but, buggy is still 'chattering' away on idle, 4 cycling I think. VaVaVaVaVaVaVa!
Tried to fix that by leaning the LSN and lowering the idle speed. After about 10 starts it was either chattering or bogging down and stalling.
I got it to run (chattering on idle though) and taking 0-100% throttle blips without stalling. However flooring it (I have the throttle backed off to about 80%) it didn't sound happy and immediately stalled when I took the throttle out.
I decided it was time to let it run with some room. Start with the HSN on tarmac until I could get it to run up to full speed. THEN do the LSN and finally the idle speed.
Loaded everything into the car and started trying to tune the HSN. 5 starts later and it wouldn't start. Discovered that the plug had come loose. Fixed that started it once more, dropped it on the ground and it stalled again. Back on the box and nothing. Nothing, Nothing, flooded.
Glow meter said 0.5 amps on the plug = Flat battery.
Tried the spare glow starter and it was also flat (had not been used for a year and not charged either, of course it was flat).
So, all back in the car and back home. Can't fast charge the glow starters as I can't find my Acucell6 adapter, so it's on the overnight slow charge
I also threw the head up and said, "To hell with this" and set all the needles back to factory.
Hopefully luck will improve tomorrow.
How as the Losi? For the very limited running I did the first thing that struck me dumb was just how violently responsive it is. First run up the lane I was on and I went to turn out to the right so I could do a 180 left and... I steered slightly right buggy went, "YES SIR! RIGHT SIR!" and almost buried itself in the ditch! I dialed the steering down!
Even running on dry tarmac I could throw the steering left, right, left, right and it would wiggle it's back end like a snake, but the front end refused to be anything buy super responsive.
Oh... and it didn't roll over the first hint of turning tight like the Ansmann POS.
Just need to dial the engine in again and it will be good fun!
Paul