Building another Mojave.

[SirCrashALot]

Well, thank you MisterEMM.
I am from The Netherlands btw.
If you need an OEM clear body, look at www.toemen.nl
It's one of the biggest RC hobby shops in NL.
I just checked. It should be in stock.
Where in Germany are you located?

 

[MisterEMM]

Hi SorCrashAlot,

Thank's for the link.
I am from Stuttgart.

 

[SirCrashALot]

Hi SorCrashAlot,

Thank's for the link.
I am from Stuttgart.

You are?
That's funny. I'll be in the Freudenstadt region for two weeks starting next Monday. Horb am Neckar to be exact. That's close, isn't it?

 

[MisterEMM]

Exactly 77km to Horb.
Bad timing, your trip to Germany. I'm going to the Baltic Sea for 2,5 weeks now. Too bad, otherwise I would have visited you in Horb for RC Fun, my grandchildren live nearby, they drive Granits and my son a Kraton.

 

[SirCrashALot]

Exactly 77km to Horb.
Bad timing, your trip to Germany. I'm going to the Baltic Sea for 2,5 weeks now. Too bad, otherwise I would have visited you in Horb for RC Fun, my grandchildren live nearby, they drive Granits and my son a Kraton.

Yep. Bad timing. Would have been nice to meet a fellow AF member.
You have a nice trip too, man.

 

[SirCrashALot]

The window seals don't work. I am back to cutting my own gaskets.
The 30kg PowerHD servos both seized.
No more PowerHD.
I got another TC servo since i like how it performs and it is still running fine.
I stopped using thread locker on the wheel nuts.
Instead i crank the wheel nuts with a torque wrench at 8NM. No more wheels flying off.
I like the ADU one piece t2t brace and will order another one soon.
In November i ordered another basher body, a 23t pinion and the grey Mojave wheels in one order. Since the wheels are still not in, i asked to send me the rest. They wouldn't. Wonder how long it will take to complete my build. The EXB body looks like crap now. The indestructible basher body really is tough.
There's more coming. Will update again.

 

[SirCrashALot]

The second ADU brace arrived.
I stripped another diff. A second GPM 09/39 pinion and ring gear are ordered.
On the other Mojave i found this (pictures).
A lot of metal flakes inside the bulkhead
Upon closer inspection i found that the ring gear screws had loosened and the metal is from the inside of the alu bulkhead. This is the second cheap alu diff case that came apart.

 

[SirCrashALot]

Ok!
So it appears that the screws did not loosen.
The screws that are used are too short and got ripped out!

 

[Garcbomber]

Ok!
So it appears that the screws did not loosen.
The screws that are used are too short and got ripped out!

I've installed helical inserts in my arrma cups when the m3 threads pulled or galled up. It's a $16 insert set vs $20 or more for just the cup, something to ponder.

 

[SirCrashALot]

I've installed helical inserts in my arrma cups when the m3 threads pulled or galled up. It's a $16 insert set vs $20 or more for just the cup, something to ponder.

These were cheap Ali cups. Not worth fixing. And not worth buying again.

 

[SirCrashALot]

Got a second TMT basher body.
I bought the first one about a year ago and it is holding up very well.
That first one is black. The new one is white. I wish they had more colors to choose from.
Also, the second set of GPM 39/09 diff ring and pinion arrived. The first set is already in the back. I paired that diff with GPM diff cup. It seems to hold up well, although i haven't ran it much yet.
But i have experimented enough, and decided to put these new gears in an Arrma 220050 alu cup. When this Mojave is done, the other one will be all Arrma cups next. A 23t Robinson Racing pinion just arrived. I can now get both Mojaves up to the same top speed. The second one was running a 22t.

On our Slashes, we have been running Proline basher bodies. My youngest daughter managed to crack one of them from bumper, via the fender to the roof in one single frontal crash at about 50 km/h. That was the biggest crash yet. Had to rebuild the entire front end. 90€ in parts.
It was during Covid, the entire town was empty. On december 24 2021 we went to our town centre's market place to run our rc's, since there was literally nobody. She crashed it head on into a garbage can.
We have been running that badly damaged body ever since. I decided to hot glue the cracks and see how that will hold. I am not confident it will, because that body is like teflon. Slippery as can be and nothing holds onto it except stickers.