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How to Improve Cogging – ESC Motor Hesitation on Startup
Firstly, I have to state that cogging is actually not the term to use here. However, since this term is commonly used within the RC community, I want to be sure that all can still find the improvements to the motor hesitation that we will be covering. For a deeper understanding as to what cogging …
How an RC Model Jet Turbine Works
A Jet turbine is such an awesome engineering feat, not to mention how cool they look, sound and perform! Being able to have the opportunity to use these engines in our Radio Control models is totally awesome. A typical jet turbine used for RC is capable of spinning over 100,000RPM in order to produce the …
3D Printed Radio Box for 1/8 Scale Hobao VSE Buggy Free Download
Download this Printable File on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4300018 The trigger for me to design and print this radio box came from a requirement that the physical internal size of the stock box was too small. I could not get the radio that I wanted to use in the stock box. What was required was a new box …
All About RC Car Gear Pitches – Why are there so many?
In brief, RC Cars utilize a transmission that contains a gear set. Different applications will require different “pitches”. A gear pitch given in imperial terms is related to the amount of teeth that would encircle a one inch diameter. This one inch diameter is known as the pitch diameter. The metric module is how pitches …
LaTrax Prerunner Teton 3D Printed Drift Wheels Free Download
Download this Printable File on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4235548 Here we have a 3D printed LaTrax Teton or Pre-runner (by Traxxas) Drift wheel. The idea was inspired by a friend talking about having an indoor RC car that can drift. I know how much I like the LaTrax line of RC cars and decided that adapting one …