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Exactly what he said. I've done this numerous times and never had a problem. It does stink up the house a bit though as you move hot rubber from the oven to the garage or wherever you are going to...

If it's a 2S2P pack, then balance every time you charge, or as close as you can to that. If it's just a 2S1P pack, then every 6-8 cycles or so should be sufficient.

Basically follow the...

No, the body is actually notched to fit around the wing mounts.

I have a Rustler that my son races in sportsman. I have RPM front and rear arms and RPM carriers. It's heavy compared to my Losi stuff, but it's very easy to drive. In fact to prove a point one...

If it is a failed firmware update, you will need to send it back to Castle. I have had this happen in the past.

They end up replacing the board and sending it back to you.

I know you said you are using the screws provided, but in case you do go with aftermarket screws make sure you are using a 3mm screw and not a 4-40. 3mm screws are standard motor mounts screws for...

17.5 will only be run at national level events. ROAR has encouraged the continued use of 13.5 as a stock motor at club levels for the remainder of the year. As of next year, 19T goes away...

Okay, you could do this one of a few ways then.

Take a dremmel and cut a slot in the screw head and use a regular screwdriver to back it out.

Or

If you have a stripped screw remover, that...

True. I forget that there are aftermarket BEC's since you rarely see them in surface vehicles.

Do the screws actually spin and won't back out of the motor, or is it your screwdriver/hex driver spinning in the head of the screw and the screw itself is not turning?

If the screw is actually...

A 2S LiPo will work fine on your XL-5. I would highly recommend an aftermarket LiPo cutoff module. It will cut power to the vehicle when you hit the low voltage cut-off which protects the LiPo from...

Sounds like either the screw or the screw hole in the motor may be stripped.

Pull the motor off and remove both mounting screws from the vehicle. With the motor out of the car, check to see if...

Battery Elimination Circuit.

Basically it's what allows you to run your receiver and servos from the power supplied by the main battery. This eliminates the need for the 4-cell receiver pack.

As far as charging time, nearly any LiPo when charged at 1C will take about 50-60 minutes from dead to full. Adjust accordingly based on how much you pulled out of the pack on the previous run.

Good charger, but limited to 5A charge rate. So you won't be able to do 1C on any LiPo bigger than a 5000mah.

5A is plenty for any NiMh pack though. Nice gift!

With the exception of 3300 packs, anything over that I generally charge at 1C just like you would for a LiPo.

i.e. my 4200's I charge at 4.2A and my 4.4k's I charge at 4.4A. All of the classes I...

A 4-40 screw and washer through the wing into the mounting hole on the flat part of the wing mount.

If you look at the pic at the top of the post, you should just make out the screws going through...

yeah yeah :p :p

20C continuous / 30C burst ;)

Hey, it's your system. Ask most racers who run LiPo and they will tell you that with a brushless system, you typically want a LiPo capable of at minimum a 30C burst...

No 16C is not enough for anything bigger than a 1/18 really.

1/10 scale brushless is capable of pulling extremely high amperage. You want something with a minimum 30C burst capability. The...

Here's the pics with it partially cleaned up.

Once you get the HPI mounts, you will need to cut the lower half off of at least one to clear the gear box. I happen to have the bottom cut off of...

I've had quite a few PM's actually :)

I'm not 100% sure which wing it is. I must admit that I didn't actually come up with this mod, it was passed down from the previous truck owner. But it's...

If that is the new EP4700 (red and black cells) then it's a great pack. They are far better than the 4.4k's and so far have proven to be more reliable than the IB4200's from my experience.

Good...

I've had many PM's asking about how the wing is mounted on my Rustler.

The wing mounts are from HPI. They can be found here:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMYF3&P=7

Line...

Katfish, If you're local to the Carolinas, carolinasrc.com has a listing and forum for all of the tracks in the area.

For elsewhere in the countrh, you can also look for a regional forum on...