[PHOTOS] 20170427 Night drifting at Buangkok Sports Park

[PHOTOS] 20170427 Night drifting at Buangkok Sports Park

Some photos taken during the night drift meet!
Thanks for looking. :)

Keep RC-ing!

              

[DIY] Poor man's light buckets - DIY light buckets for the drift car body

Poor man's light buckets - DIY light buckets for the drift car body

Needed some lights for the night drift meet... had been sourcing around for suitable materials for some easy DIY light buckets for the LEDs to light up the drift car during the night drift meets.

And came across this in the fridge... :D
So, I thought... quickly finished up the grapes and I will have light buckets! :D




Thinking of how to cut....



and trimmed out the light buckets...



Hot glued the light buckets onto the body shell...
I think I would need some training on how to use hot glue! :D

Never fail to be messy every time when using hot glue...
Any tips to share? :D

 


Drilled 3mm and 5mm holes for the LEDs, installed the light unit and tidied up the cables..

That's it, a quick and simple Poor man's DIY light buckets.... :)

 

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Keep RC-ing!

[OTA-R31] Universal shaft broke and led to spur gear worn

A little update on my Street Jam OTA-R31 drift car...

During the last drift meet, the steering jammed up after going over the track marker... and spur gear was worn out...

Didn't have tools on site to dismantle the car so managed to find some time to check on it...

Noticed that the front left wheel didn't turn smoothly....
So, opened up the left hub....




Realised that the universal joint broke... which caused the steering arms to get in the way of the spur gear and in turn... worn out the spur gear... :'(

This is the previous set of 48.5mm from Eagle Racing as well...

Here's a close up of the "crack"
 

This time round, I've ordered 2 sets of the universal shafts in case it breaks again!
No idea why it keeps breaking... could it be due to no servo saver in place to absorb the shock of the wheels going over the track markers?

Sounds possible... maybe I should add a servo saver into the OTA-R31...


Here's how the poor spur gear looks like now... :D

  

Ordered a spare for this too...

Meanwhile.... the Street Jam OTA-R31 shall take a break while waiting for parts...

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[PHOTOS] 20160320 SGCrawlers Touring meet at Buangkok Crescent

[PHOTOS] 20160320 SGCrawlers Touring meet at Buangkok Crescent
Some photos taken during the on road RC meet up at Buangkok Crescent.
Keep RC-ing!

Thanks for looking! :)