andydrew39219
RCTalk Talkaholic
As some of you may know, I recently acquired my first Hobby-class RC car, a Nitro Stampede. Well, for the first time yesterday I got to really take it out and give her hell. I still haven't gotten it fine tuned, but I can tell it is running on the rich side, low speed needle seems to be about perfect (by using the pinch test) and it idles fine (I haven't touched the lsn or idle screw once). The only time it will move forward when idling is if I turn the throttle trim all the way up and then it's start inching and then picks up a little speed, it's not nudgy or pushy at all when the throttle trim is at 0.
I got to say, this thing is fast and mean. I took it to a local boatyard (closed on weekends), I live in a fishing (for lobster) community (My boss/captain was there however, he seemed to get a kick out of it). The terrain there is pretty fun, kinda gravely and very dusty. So my 'pede was spitting rocks, doing 360s, making huge dust clouds and rolling over occasionally (hehehe, woops). I suspect that once I get the needles (mainly the hsn) tuned in better I will be able to do doughnuts and wheelies easier. I was checking the temp every now and then after running it hard and it seems to be running very cool, despite the fact that it was hot yesterday and it was very dusty. The air filter got mucky, but I'm going to clean that before I use it next, too tired to do it last night, but I ran ARO through the carb. Speaking about ARO, when I put it in the carb, how long should I try to turn it over with the easy start? 3 to 4 3 sec bursts or is that too much/little? It was averaging about 100-140F, I thought these things ran at 200-260F. Is it because it's running rich? Where do you guys like to go to run your rc cars? Eventually I'm going to take it up to a gravel pit we have in my town, the piles up there that vary from 5' tall to 15', that will be lots of fun. What was the last RC adventure you guys had, I wanna hear some stories.
I got to say, this thing is fast and mean. I took it to a local boatyard (closed on weekends), I live in a fishing (for lobster) community (My boss/captain was there however, he seemed to get a kick out of it). The terrain there is pretty fun, kinda gravely and very dusty. So my 'pede was spitting rocks, doing 360s, making huge dust clouds and rolling over occasionally (hehehe, woops). I suspect that once I get the needles (mainly the hsn) tuned in better I will be able to do doughnuts and wheelies easier. I was checking the temp every now and then after running it hard and it seems to be running very cool, despite the fact that it was hot yesterday and it was very dusty. The air filter got mucky, but I'm going to clean that before I use it next, too tired to do it last night, but I ran ARO through the carb. Speaking about ARO, when I put it in the carb, how long should I try to turn it over with the easy start? 3 to 4 3 sec bursts or is that too much/little? It was averaging about 100-140F, I thought these things ran at 200-260F. Is it because it's running rich? Where do you guys like to go to run your rc cars? Eventually I'm going to take it up to a gravel pit we have in my town, the piles up there that vary from 5' tall to 15', that will be lots of fun. What was the last RC adventure you guys had, I wanna hear some stories.
