im reading all this greek and it sounds like i should go back to wheeling my full scale scrambler or maybe i should enroll in itt tech school cause my head wont stop spinnin lol

Jason - If you get the castle Bec you don't need to program it or anything special. I pulled mine out of the package and hooked it up per the wiring diagram included and that's how both of mine have been for 6 months now. You can get the Castle link and increase or decrease the output of the Bec if you want to, but I never bothered with it. I believe they are programmed for 5v from the get go.

Wiring it up to your Ecs is pretty easy. Just solder the power leads to your Esc's battery plug wires. Plug the Bec into the aux slot on the receiver. Remove the red wire out of the Esc plug and your ready to go.

So I am looking around in the forums and it sounds like it is not as simple as just getting a bec? Do I need to program this thing depending on which battery I am using? So confused. What happened to buying stuff that just seemed to work?

Yes, you do have to program your FXR to which lipo battery you are running. As long as you stay either 2 cell or 3 cell, you will be all set. Switching from 2 cell to 3 cell or back to Nimh would require some programming. It is actually very easy. The reason you have to program you FXR is because Lipo's have different safety shutoff, based on size of the cell. When I say it requires programming, it WILL NOT require the hotwire connection. You can easily do it with the buttons on the speedcontroller.

Let us know when your going to be at Battlefront and we can walk you through it. The Hotwire is nice for fine tuning throttle curves, and updating the program level.

I hope this helps.

Jim

P.S. I also have owned a Sport BEC and a Castle BEC. I didn't like the Castle Bec with my Rooster Crawler Edition speed controller. I have to say, the Sport BEC is very "plug and play" and I do really like it. But don't tell Schane. LOL

Wezil when were you and monkeyboy going to one of twistedones comps.
I thought I read something a few pages back in this thread about that?
sounds like a good time.:thumbsup:

Next sunday the 26th is the comp I believe. Schane and I are still planning on going.

My dear friends. I believe that I am going to be a no show at this weekends comp. I find this extremely troubling, especially after all the work I have put into cleaning, and prepping my crawler. I know that this will not be appreciated. If I had a choice I would be there.

My employer was purchased this last week by one of our competitors. They (the new owners) have decided that we are relocating 2 robotic weld cells from Detroit to my plan in Ionia. They have decided that this cell must be up and running customer approved parts by Monday morning. As of right now, we are required to work 12-16 hours a day (see time that I posted this) and all weekend long. :cry: Mind you, they want this cell disassembled, shipped, reassembled and adjusted to make good parts in 7 days. We were give 1.5 days notice that this might happen. :mad:

In hopes that some miracle happens, I will load my crawler into the truck for Saturday. If I can make it, even late, I will be there. I thought it was only fair to warn you. My deepest apologies to all individuals.

Jim

It has been a rough week but... I got the weekend off! YEA!!!! So I will see you all Saturday. As rusty as I am, I think I may need a good schooling to get me in shape. LOL.

Jim

It has been a rough week but... I got the weekend off! YEA!!!! So I will see you all Saturday. As rusty as I am, I think I may need a good schooling to get me in shape. LOL.

Jim

I am glad to here that you will be able to make it. :thumbsup: I will try and help you out with the schooling :devil:

Comp Today starts at 3:00!!!!!! (Try to be here by 2:30 so we can start on time)

See you this afternoon!!!!

You know, you sound just like a guy that got kicked out of our club because all he did was WHINE, BITCH and CRY!!!!!!!!! about everything from no dig to there are too many rules. We use the USRCCA rules because that is what everyone "INCLUDING" the whiner voted to use. Not that it is even remotely any of your business!!!!!

If it is your intent to try and tell us how to run our club comps, I would suggest you worry about your own course unless your going to drive up here and show us your maaaaaad comp skills!!!!

No i'm just saying people down here in Jackson "hickville" just watch the grass grow, or whatever that twisted guy said.

I'm just saying less rules more people have fun, at least on my rocks. I get more of a turn out to crawl on days i dont have comps. mostly kids here just wanting to have fun. Me and some other grass growth watchers just like to have fun and play follow the leader arround the pile and just crawl arround we have more fun doing that. cause thats what we do with our REAL 4x4's. Theres no gate markers in the wild.

Summer or not i have at least 3-5 people at any give'in time crawling here.
Mostly local kids. We dont advertise no comps, just FUN. And i dont have MAD SKILLS or whatever,..... just COMMON SENCE. besides, older guys that get into this hobby alittle too much and get way to damn serious about RULES of there hobby or sport..... have nothing much of a family life, all these older guys spend every waking moment with these toys and not with there wives or lives.

My wife here has a scorpion, But she just crawls free for all style, more fun that way.I have mostly kids here.......some guys that come here to crawl wanna get all RULE serious, which is fine but its just a hobby not a way of life. I have a life other than this... I'm a farmer down here in GRASS country, Without farming you people wouldnt eat.

I know about this guy you kicked out,...he PM'd me... and said you people ar way too serious about your rules. I can care less really.... I have one rule, and that is...have fun having fun. Life allready has too many rules

No i'm just saying people down here in Jackson "hickville" just watch the grass grow, or whatever that twisted guy said.

I'm just saying less rules more people have fun, at least on my rocks. I get more of a turn out to crawl on days i dont have comps. mostly kids here just wanting to have fun. Me and some other grass growth watchers just like to have fun and play follow the leader arround the pile and just crawl arround we have more fun doing that. cause thats what we do with our REAL 4x4's. Theres no gate markers in the wild.

Summer or not i have at least 3-5 people at any give'in time crawling here.
Mostly local kids. We dont advertise no comps, just FUN. And i dont have MAD SKILLS or whatever,..... just COMMON SENCE. besides, older guys that get into this hobby alittle too much and get way to damn serious about RULES of there hobby or sport..... have nothing much of a family life, all these older guys spend every waking moment with these toys and not with there wives or lives.

My wife here has a scorpion, But she just crawls free for all style, more fun that way.I have mostly kids here.......some guys that come here to crawl wanna get all RULE serious, which is fine but its just a hobby not a way of life. I have a life other than this... I'm a farmer down here in GRASS country, Without farming you people wouldnt eat.

I know about this guy you kicked out,...he PM'd me... and said you people ar way too serious about your rules. I can care less really.... I have one rule, and that is...have fun having fun. Life allready has too many rules

I also learned that, This guy you kicked out! bitched about all the rules, Hauled all your rocks with his personal vehicle and you kick him out for whining. So what! he should have some say about the rules. Oh and he made that sign of your club too. LOL man you guys sound just as mean!

you guys need to relax,....I have brokers bitching about when my product is farmed.... life is a bitch so what,... this dude helped you guys out alot and thats how you treat him. I dont know if i wanna come show you guys my "MAD COMP SKILLS" oh my "HAVE FUN SKILLS" would interrupt all the rules. We dont have many rules here....

all of my rocks are big different shaped lake rocks, I see you guys have mostly crushed lime stone, some shale maybe, and some small pebbles maybe.... I seen your guys YouTube vids....nice footage though,.... sounds alittle noisy too..whats all that about!

The guy that was asked to not come back by the owner of BFG, was warned repeatedly to not start trouble with other members or clubs. I stood up for this guy on more than one occasion to keep him from being kicked out of BFG. He give me his word that he would stop causing trouble if I talked to the owner of Battle Front on his behalf so that he would not be kicked out. And how did he honer his word after I stood up for him! He went right out and started more trouble with club members!!! And speaking of members, he was never a member of the club because he never joined.

DirtTrackRacer, you have a PM.

I want to join the BFG club Can I

I want to join the BFG club Can I

Everyone is welcome as long as they can play nice with others.;)

Speaking of the club, we would like to have a club meeting this Thursday night, July 23 at 7:00 at BFG. No comp, just a club meeting to discuss a number of ideas. Maybe an hour or so at the most.

I will post an "agenda" over in the forums at the BFG website. Anyone is welcome to sign up for the forums on our website: www.battlefrontgaming.com

Can we move the time up to say 5:30 or 6:00?

Can we move the time up to say 5:30 or 6:00?

We tried to set it so everyone would have time after work, family obligations, etc. Everyone that was there for the comp on Saturday (probably 75% of the active members) agreed on Thursday, July 23 at 7:00. Unless those that made the original decision speak up to the contrary, I would say we leave it at 7:00.

Again, the agenda for the meeting is posted in the forums at www.battlefrontgaming.com

Bummer for me I guess, I can't make a 7pm meeting, but could have if it were earlier and didn't run too long. So I'll post everything I wanted to go over during that time now.

First - ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET MEMBERSHIP CARDS!. 90% of the reason I joined was for the club discount at the hobby shops. Are we going to get an extension for the time that has been lost on the current membership? I could care less about still getting the $1 track fee discount. I'm going to be lucky to recoup the membership fee with that, plus the nearly $100 worth of what would have been LHS discounts. That fancy new Losi crawler would have been a whole lot nicer with a 10% or 15% discount.

Second - having yet a separate forum to post things in is not a great idea. I guess if I would have looked there I would have seen that the starting times were changed from 1pm to 3pm. If we really wanted to promote the club we should have put a thread on RcCrawler.com.

Here's the agenda copied from the other forum. My comments/ideas are in blue.


Items for discussion:

1. Comp schedule for the remainder of the summer.
Instead of every other Sat. why not every 1st & 3rd or 2nd & 4th Sat? And having a 3pm starting time is not good. There isn't any time to make any plans prior to or after with a 3pm start. You pretty much have to dedicate the entire day for the comp, and only plan small things around it. Every other racing program on Saturdays start around 11am. Like the off-road program used to on Saturdays. We're done by 3pm and have most of the day still left to make plans. But whatever is done could there be a schedule board posted on site somewhere to list all of the racing/crawling/ practice times for everything?
2. Major trophy comp before we head back indoors.
Sure, why not! I love the outdoor course and a major comp before the indoor season would be fun.
3. Formation/promotion of a scale class.
I don't think adding another class is going to help our comp numbers. Plus neither of the courses we have are really scale friendly.
4. Status/construction/expansion of the outdoor course
No comments on this one. It's pretty dependent on the concrete guys dropping off material.
5. Expansion of the indoor course.
Sure, why not. If we do I think we need to get away from the smaller sized rocks and add more larger pieces like the outdoor course has. But if nothing is expanded the current course needs serious maintenance and all of the loose rocks need to be mortared down. Better lighting would be nice as well. 4' shop lights are pretty cheap and don't draw a lot of power, or cook you if you stand too close to them.
6. Promotion/marketing of the club to bring in new members.
I think I mentioned something about RcCrawler.com?

Second - having yet a separate forum to post things in is not a great idea. I guess if I would have looked there I would have seen that the starting times were changed from 1pm to 3pm. If we really wanted to promote the club we should have put a thread on RcCrawler.com.




The idea of the forum at the Battle Front website is to give us a place to discuss things as a club without necessarily airing dirty laundry and/or disagreements.

There are things that those that are not members of the club really don't need to see or hear about. I tried several pages back to get members to start using the forum at our website and leave this for announcement of activities and events.

That is still what I would like to see happen. I didn't post the agenda here for just that reason. The club is Battle Front Rock Crawlers and there is no reason we should not be using the Battle Front forums for the discussion of club matters.

I have had too many not so pleasant experiences with drama in the threads on Hobby Talk, often from people who have no business even getting involved. At least on the Battle Front site we have direct control of the "trolls."

Not saying we get rid of this thread, rather we limit it to announcements and information. Same would be true of a thread at RcCcrawler. Any club member that frequents there is more than welcome to start a thread providing announcements and information regarding the club.

Please take additional discussion regarding club matters, agenda, etc. to the forum at www.battlefrontgaming.com

Jim S. Erv and myself will be going to Detroit this Sunday 07/26/09 to participate in their comp. If anyone else is interested in going please let me know via e-mail. fredrickss@tds.net We will be leaving Sunday morning around 7 or 8am.

Jim S. Erv and myself will be going to Detroit this Sunday 07/26/09 to participate in their comp. If anyone else is interested in going please let me know via e-mail. fredrickss@tds.net We will be leaving Sunday morning around 7 or 8am.
sweet see ya guys Sunday

to make membership cards i need more than three members names. store discount are only good for thing not on sale or mark down . hobby world 15% riders 10% sidetrax 10%

to make membership cards i need more than three members names. store discount are only good for thing not on sale or mark down . hobby world 15% riders 10% sidetrax 10%

I will bring the club sign up sheet with me to the meeting today at 7:00pm

dasmonkeyboy=is this Andy

Nope - This is Andy

Schane is the Monkeyboy!

What's up Bob? I saw you have the LCC on the for sale threads.

Nope - This is Andy

Schane is the Monkeyboy!

What's up Bob? I saw you have the LCC on the for sale threads.
thanks was wondering who was coming out this weekend

and yes I am selling one of my losi's

I won't be able to make it. my rig is blown apart and waiting for my Eritex conversion. I think I'm #16 on the list for the first batch of 25 to be shipped this week.

well that stinks just come on out and run my truck if you want to its all good

As of tonight there will be 4 of us at your comp tomorrow.

aweet we are ready to crawl weather is ok so far

So what does the schedule look like for the remainder of the summer?

So what does the schedule look like for the remainder of the summer?

We are going to continue to have official scored comps every other Saturday at 3:00 for the remainder of the summer. This Saturday is the next scheduled comp. It was also decided that to give the top qualifier the "advantage" that they have earned we will run the final course in reverse order of qualifying. This will give the top qualifier the chance to see the course run and reward them for their efforts in qualifying.

Thursday nights starting at 6:00 are going to be designated as "run what you brung" fun comps. Not necessarily any "official" scoring, but more of a semi-organized program with some unique and different events. (We still have to dream up just what those events might be.) Won't matter what time you arrive, you can jump in wherever we are in the program. Goal here is to get anyone and everyone that has a crawler out whether they fit into a class or not.

Cost for Saturday comps will continue to be $10 and cost for Thursday nights will be the regular practice fee of $5.

We will also be promoting a 2.2 Limited class based on the entry level crawlers (AX10, Creeper, etc.) Will get the details posted shortly, but it involves no dig and limits on tires, batteries and upgrades. Goal is to create a competitive class that does not break the bank and brings in the "casual" crawler.

I will be working on getting more concrete for the outdoor course. In addition, we will be moving the counter to provide for expansion of the indoor course. The 1.9 course will be moved to the area where the counter is now and the 2.2 course expanded. Counter should be moved within the next couple weeks.

For anyone that is interested here are the results of the comp this past Sunday at the Twisted comp in Detroit. Jim S and I are planning on going to their state comp in September if anyone is interested in going.

Main counter has been moved. Scoring counter needs to be moved yet, but the planning and initial construction for the expansion of the indoor course can commence.:thumbsup:

Thats great news john,sounds like you've been vary busy this week.
I should be there thursday for practice,also if any one is looking for
a good used crawler I am selling my losi comp.crawler as a roller with
batt. pack and dig servo. I whould like to get $200.oo the thing is like
new:thumbsup:

Hopefully everyone will be able to make it out for practice, so we can come up with a plan on when we are going to change the indoor course. I would like to discuss using the remainder of the club money to buy couple of ton of large rock and have them delivered.

I won't be at tonight's fun run.

1.) My Axial's Dig linkage is still stripped. I have the material to make a new one, but not the time.

2.) I have been at work since. 5 am, yesterday. :freak:

Have fun.

ev2fast. Is the Losi Comp crawler still for sale?

ev2fast. Is the Losi Comp crawler still for sale?
Yes it is!:cool:

I won't be at the Thursday night run. As of right now, I would have to bring one of my tires and try bowling the rocks down. LOL.

Is anyone planning on being there this Thursday? If no one replies I will not show up either.

I need some help from the club members promoting the Thursday night fun runs. I have too many irons in the fire right now with getting ready to head back to school in less than a month and many projects around the store that need my attention before the MORL race in September.

The idea behind Thursday nights was to bring in new people. To introduce them to "organized" crawling and help them find the class or classes that they want to run in. It is supposed to be a "guaranteed" time that I can tell someone that inquires that they can stop out, meet somebody and get some help if they need it.

I would like to ask club members to to the following:

1. Show up. Maybe we need to develop a "schedule" with at least 2 club members committing to be present each Thursday night. You might not come every Thursday night (although it would be nice,) but everyone would take their turn supporting the idea. Right now, Thursday nights could be work nights on the indoor course if nothing else. The area for the expansion is clear and we have all the materials we need to build the new 1.9 course by robbing from the current 2.2 course. We can then go out and get the materials we need to rebuild/improve the 2.2 course.

2. Invite a new person to come along and check things out. Get in touch with some of those that we know have crawlers and are not coming out.

3. If someone could design a flier and get it out to the local hobby shops it would be appreciated.

I am more than willing to provide the space and the funds to put the courses in place, but with the way things are shaking out for me it is going to be up to the club members to bring attention to what we are creating and to bring in new members.

I understand this falls on the shoulders of a fairly small group at present, but if every existing member puts forth some effort, I think we can double the number of members before we head indoors.

Schane I talked to jim b and he is planing on being there.
I plan on being there also.:cool:

I will be there.

is anyone going to b.f.g. jim s please give me a call thank:woohoo:

Schane
shoot me a email want to know if you want to order the new axle tubes from rc4wd?

is anyone going to b.f.g. jim s please give me a call thank:woohoo:

I will be there.

Andy when will you have your crawler out for testing, let me know
I will come up to check it out.:thumbsup:

Anyone else in w/ Jim S. for tonight.:confused:

Andy when will you have your crawler out for testing, let me know
I will come up to check it out.:thumbsup:

I just finished installing it last night, and got my new wheels mounted up. My parents are in town tomorrow through Tuesday so I was looking at next Thursday for it's maiden test run, and the comp on Saturday.