Good info brother…. Hopefully one day I will get mine!
@ninthislandrc
Жыл бұрын
You will...just, try not to crash it.
@GregoryMcGehee-ex3cl
11 ай бұрын
Thanks, buddy!
@benabnjm4828
Жыл бұрын
Hi very good info if my motor mount ever gets here. Very good info on moving the servo in your last vid as well thanks.
@ninthislandrc
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Just doing whatever I can to try and help others. Everyone is always welcome to use my ideas, modify them even further, or come up with their own. One of the things that makes the RC hobby great is that everyone (ok, almost everyone...lol) is willing to help others. I've even seen them racers helping people on 'competing' teams. 🤙🏼
@Nathan-qt2zi
Жыл бұрын
Yea same ordered mine day of release not turned up yet but parts I ordered a few weeks ago have 😂
@ninthislandrc
Жыл бұрын
@@Nathan-qt2zi Are you referring to having ordered the adjustable motor mount, or the car. Have you checked your account, to see what the order status (fulfilled, or unfulfilled) is? Have you emailed them? If so, have you tried messaging them via FB Messenger? In other words, contact them through every possible method. At least one of them is guaranteed to get a reply (even if said reply takes up to a couple weeks). And, yes, I do know that, since the release of the AK-917, customer service replies have been taking excessively-long amounts of time (while my initial contact received a reply in 4 days, the follow-up reply took almost a month)...but, having hired more people, they are getting better, and replies are coming in sooner.
@Nathan-qt2zi
Жыл бұрын
@ninthislandrc yea not too worried, I will email them next week and see if I get a response. Already got the car, and it's awesome. It made me put my infraction away for a bit
@benabnjm4828
Жыл бұрын
@@Nathan-qt2zi Hi you got parts but no car I ordered in the first 500 got the car may 4 but still no parts.
@GregoryMcGehee-ex3cl
11 ай бұрын
Thanks! XRAY quality is excellent. They come in a lot of different sizes? Can you tell me which ones fit best? I appreciate your responses!
@ninthislandrc
11 ай бұрын
They don't classify their offsets in the traditional way. If I remember correctly (but, don't quote me on this...I recommend you double-checking, to be on the safe side), their 'standard' hex (part 365353) is 3.5mm (the thickness is what I suggest double-checking). They also offer a variety of 'plus' & 'minus' offsets, ranging from -1.25mm, to +4.5mm. What offset you should get depends on the body you're using, and what wheels you're using...as well as whether you might want to bring the wheels in, or push them out. Honestly, I can't "recommend" what your should get, as you could be switching to a different body and/or different wheels (one of which I've done on the first AK-917, and both of which I'll be doing on the second). What I can tell you is that moving the wheels further apart (ie. higher offset) will allow the vehicle to be more stable, but can sacrifice some speed...and moving the wheels in can help increase top speed, but will sacrifice stability. Offset is one of the "tuning options" that you will even find the world's top speedrunners playing around with...there is no "once correct answer" for any RC.
@GregoryMcGehee-ex3cl
11 ай бұрын
Why couldn’t you just turn the pinion gear around the other way to avoid modifying the motor mount? I would assume the groves are not angled? Thanks for all the good information!
@ninthislandrc
11 ай бұрын
Unless you have a motor with a REALLY long shaft, flipping the pinion the other way isn't possible. What happens is, doing so places the grub screw either right at the tip of the motor shaft, or past the end of the shaft.
@GregoryMcGehee-ex3cl
11 ай бұрын
@@ninthislandrc thank you, sir!
@GregoryMcGehee-ex3cl
11 ай бұрын
@@ninthislandrc I bought a Castle 1412 6400KV and it has a long shaft and seems to fit with no modifications. I do appreciate all the time and advice you give in your videos buddy! It helped me prepare to build my own car. I only watch a couple of guys and you are one of them.
@ninthislandrc
11 ай бұрын
@@GregoryMcGehee-ex3clFirst, thank you for watching. I know I don't get to upload as much content as almost all others, which is due to my 'complicated' work anti-schedule...lol...but, I'm trying. As for the 1412, in terms of diameter, it would easily fit, being a 36mm can. As for shady length, I didn't mean to make it sound as if no motors work longer shafts would fit (without mod)...it entirely depends on the length of the shaft. Obviously, there's no "standard" in RC motor shaft lengths. The 'trick' for cars having minimal space where the pinion goes is, and wanting to "flip" the pinion, is (obviously) finding motors with longer shafts that are long enough to flip there pinion, but not so long as to hit something. You appear to have succeeded in this. 👍🏼 The other 'solution' (when having a motor with too long of a shaft) is to slightly cut the shaft. It's not easy...but, it is a 'solution'. Of course, the other 'solution' is the one I did...modifying the motor mount, as I did, which is fairly easy to do. Glad to see you found your 'solution'. 🤙🏼
@GregoryMcGehee-ex3cl
11 ай бұрын
@@ninthislandrc thanks man! Can you help me with something else? I want to run BSR foams but don’t know how to convert the disk brake rotor setup to work with foams? Thanks for replying!
@franciscoguifarro5909
6 ай бұрын
Do you have a video on how to install mod1 if not any tips on how to ?
@ninthislandrc
6 ай бұрын
No video...but, honestly, it wasn't difficult. What you see in this video as the "spur" gear is actually a 32P pinion gear. The stock spur was attached to a "spur holder" using 4 screws, then (if I'm remembering correctly) the"spur holder" was held in place on the spool with a grub screw in the same way that a pinion gear is held in place on a motor shaft. Simply replace the stock spur gear & "spur holder" with a pinion gear having a 5mm bore. The 'trick' is finding gears that are thin enough. If the gear is too thick, it'll press against the motor mount, impeding the spool from freely rotating. If I remember correctly, I may have even mentioned that, and shown what happens, in one of the videos after this one. Previously, almost everyone switching the AK-917 & AK-787 to Mod1, or 32P, did so using pinions from SagaCustoms, as his gears were thinner than anyone elses...but, he recently updated the entire line with gears that are thicker, so no longer Verizon they will work.
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