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Liberty's Hobao VTE 2 1/7 speed journey
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Sticking with 2s, 3s, and 4s only
That’s cool! Everyone is chasing the top speed. Out of curiosity, what speeds are you looking to achieve on 3s?
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140+
This is going to get crazy!
I've been thoroughly impressed with the Scorched motor mount and how solid the motor is.
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Over the past month or so I have been modifying the delta plastiks FC100 body.
Mostly to tinker because I have to be tinkering with something....
2 Key areas that bugg me on this body.
1. The rear which I assume someone might mount a wing on, but most have found is not needed. I wanted to smooth this out.
I used some expanding foam and then coated it in body filler.
Reminds me of cake with butter cream frosting.
After some sanding:
My wrist really cannot handle sanding anymore so although I wanted to clean up a few spots.... I decided not to put myself into more pain and airbrushed some molotow liquid chrome on top and turned out pretty decent. I sprayed it light on these areas so it was not an ultra shiny chrome finish but more of an aluminum appearance.
2. The other part that is not great for smooth airflow is the front fender arches.
For the fender arches, I added layers of JB weld after sanding the plastic to give it something to bite on to. A few rounds of sanding and re-application till the shape was as rounded as I wanted. Then again sprayed over with Molotow liquid chrome. For this part, I sprayed heavily to give a nice chrome gloss finish.
There is more I could do..... absolutely! For now, I want to test this and see how it runs and I will likely continue to mod it later on.
Mostly to tinker because I have to be tinkering with something....
2 Key areas that bugg me on this body.
1. The rear which I assume someone might mount a wing on, but most have found is not needed. I wanted to smooth this out.
I used some expanding foam and then coated it in body filler.
Reminds me of cake with butter cream frosting.
After some sanding:
My wrist really cannot handle sanding anymore so although I wanted to clean up a few spots.... I decided not to put myself into more pain and airbrushed some molotow liquid chrome on top and turned out pretty decent. I sprayed it light on these areas so it was not an ultra shiny chrome finish but more of an aluminum appearance.
2. The other part that is not great for smooth airflow is the front fender arches.
For the fender arches, I added layers of JB weld after sanding the plastic to give it something to bite on to. A few rounds of sanding and re-application till the shape was as rounded as I wanted. Then again sprayed over with Molotow liquid chrome. For this part, I sprayed heavily to give a nice chrome gloss finish.
There is more I could do..... absolutely! For now, I want to test this and see how it runs and I will likely continue to mod it later on.
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Are all these problems fixed on your FC100 custom high-speed body?
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Looks great! Sorry about your wrist, that’s hard.
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Yes.
I was torn about doing this because now I cannot test the differences against the custom body as well........ however, that custom body has other benefits like the driver's canopy removal, additional streamlining, and the rear vacuum reduction.
Thanks, getting old sucks LOL
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I noticed a few guys had upgraded their axles on the Hoboa cars (VTE and VTE2)
Several said the stock axles would bend on them. For a preventative measure, I got the optional upgraded axles to be installed later when I swap to the dual motor setup. +Aluminum rear hubs.
Several said the stock axles would bend on them. For a preventative measure, I got the optional upgraded axles to be installed later when I swap to the dual motor setup. +Aluminum rear hubs.
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F I N A L L Y !!!!!!!!!!!!
The weather is going to align with a Saturaday morning!!!
Only running 2s and 3s on Saturday morning, but very excited to get out there and run again.
Hoping for some new PBs!!!!
I put some new full 103 mm diameter BSR purples on it for some extra diameter during 2s use. No need to wear down the trued-down tires that are meant for high speeds.
Re-geared the spur for 2s use and oiled up all the bearings. I found the 2 spool bearings were a little crunchy and the spur I had on there was loose so it was good timing to go through the car!
The weather is going to align with a Saturaday morning!!!
Only running 2s and 3s on Saturday morning, but very excited to get out there and run again.
Hoping for some new PBs!!!!
I put some new full 103 mm diameter BSR purples on it for some extra diameter during 2s use. No need to wear down the trued-down tires that are meant for high speeds.
Re-geared the spur for 2s use and oiled up all the bearings. I found the 2 spool bearings were a little crunchy and the spur I had on there was loose so it was good timing to go through the car!
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Very successful weekend with the VTE2 and first runs using a gyro. I'll have to compare on 4s as that was where the car was all over the road on a later date.
3.25.23 runs went as follows.
2s runs using parallel Onyx 9600 mAh packs.
First pass 103mph (very happy with the result and happy to finally break triple digits on 3s.)
Second pass geared up a few teeth ran 107mph (great to see gains as expected and everything was cool so I geared up again)
Third pass 109 mph making me tied up with @chris adams for the #2 spot with a 1/7 scale on 2s!
3s Runs
Decided to swap over to running 3s because I needed to start on the long drive back home in about 1 hr.
1st run on 3s with the Onyx LHB 6600 packs with mild gearing went 130 which is a 1/7 scale 3s record as far as I know.
Thrilled and a little overexcited I geared up a bit too much and ran 134 mph on the second 3s pass. Setting the bar higher on the 3s record, but I think by reducing the gearing I can go even faster and push this car towards 140 on 3s which will blow some minds!!!!
This car continues to amaze and run fantastically on each outing.
3.25.23 runs went as follows.
2s runs using parallel Onyx 9600 mAh packs.
First pass 103mph (very happy with the result and happy to finally break triple digits on 3s.)
Second pass geared up a few teeth ran 107mph (great to see gains as expected and everything was cool so I geared up again)
Third pass 109 mph making me tied up with @chris adams for the #2 spot with a 1/7 scale on 2s!
3s Runs
Decided to swap over to running 3s because I needed to start on the long drive back home in about 1 hr.
1st run on 3s with the Onyx LHB 6600 packs with mild gearing went 130 which is a 1/7 scale 3s record as far as I know.
Thrilled and a little overexcited I geared up a bit too much and ran 134 mph on the second 3s pass. Setting the bar higher on the 3s record, but I think by reducing the gearing I can go even faster and push this car towards 140 on 3s which will blow some minds!!!!
This car continues to amaze and run fantastically on each outing.
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Congratulations on those runs!!
I'm sure you'll reach even higher speeds Real soon
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Awesome! Keep going! Excited to see where you get with this!
@liberty I very much look forward to trying to chase you down on 3s but I may have damaged on of my lipos. On 2s I think I have a better shot at possibly keeping pace with that rocket of a vte2 you built. Regardless of position its great fun to be had.
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Agreed it makes it much more fun to compete with friends. We just compete from thousands of miles away
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Made my first YouTube "Short" video.
Not crazy about how they turn out because its design for 9:16 instead of 16:9 aspect ratio, but hopefully it nets some new subscribers...
Not crazy about how they turn out because its design for 9:16 instead of 16:9 aspect ratio, but hopefully it nets some new subscribers...
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Sweet! Don’t want to be weird, but your voice sounds oddly like my uncles
@LibertyMKiii youtube shorts are great fir getting subs. Timing is pretty important though with the upload as iyou want it to be in people shorts feed when they get off work or when the lay down at night and do some tube surfing.
If you have an old cellphone, you could set it up on a tripod for an easy shorts video that's also a different view from your main video. My channel is tiny but I've had shorts hit a few thousand views within a couple hours.
If you have an old cellphone, you could set it up on a tripod for an easy shorts video that's also a different view from your main video. My channel is tiny but I've had shorts hit a few thousand views within a couple hours.
