If you want a modified motor, e-mail Jon Wyant from www.unitedrc.com. He may be able to supply you with our Krystal 3 motors. I don't think he has any in stock at the moment but he should have them very soon.

I am looking to get one by Friday I go on vacation and really want another motor before I blow this one up
Even a used one will work

Some of the slot car motors should work since they are designed to work on 12 volts. Ask Bud or maybe Parama.

Just got back from the LHS. They are getting in a good supply of parts. Some unpainted bodies, I didn't realize how small the 'E' clips are until I saw them in the bag. Boy they are going to be fun to repalce and to find in the carpet of my hobby room. Gear sets for the servo. Bearings for the wheels and bearing sets for the transmission. 'A' arms, shock towers etc. This is great news. Now if only the shocks would show up. I read all about them on the Losi site but they wont be available till after the holidays. Oh well I will wait for them.

In the mean time I will continue to try to figure out why on my Mini-T's I glued the rubber pistons to the screw heads in the shocks. One works just like it had oil filled shocks and the other didn't change a bit. I dont get it. Vexing at it's finest.

Trixter,

FYI...
BRP, budbartos, has been selling some nice shocks that are a bolt on affair. He has been selling them on ebay along with a bumper. The shocks work very well micro_racer reports.
Last I heard was the Losi shocks are going to be sometime after the holidays.

The forces the shocks see are different depending on whether it is the front or rear. The way and speed the jumps and bumps are taken are going to determine the forces seen as well. Is this the reason for the differences? Have you swapped them to see if it is the difference in performance?

:thumbsup: Bud Bartos/BRP--- I received my shocks and bumper in the mail today they look great,I can't hardly wait to install and run them.

Thanks,

Mark Borem

We will have some softer rate springs coming for the shock sets and our Teflon sealed ball bearings should be in soon. Will be working on the upper links and tie rod set this weekend, mine bent like a pretzel!!!! :thumbsup:

Has anyone put the bearing kit in the tranny yet. If so are the results noticable.

Has anyone put the bearing kit in the tranny yet. If so are the results noticable.

The tranny is aready equiped with bearings. Just the wheels need them. That's why they are sold as a separate set.

I had the same question as you a few weeks ago and someone was nice enough to answer.

Thanks BobT. The more I play with these things the more surprised I become. They are great. Still perplexed at the shock thing though.

Does anybody know where I can get me a Mini t
The one I was suppposed to have coming still isn't here

Does anybody know where I can get me a Mini t
The one I was suppposed to have coming still isn't here

try a hobbytown. my local hobbytown has like 6. and a tone of parts.
good luck.

peter :thumbsup:

Try eBay or try ultimatehobbies.com they clain to have over 250 of them

Ultimate Hobbies also has free shipping for orders in December that ar over $50.
http://www.ultimatehobbies.com//p582.html
Thought I'd pass it along...

Supporting your local hobby shop keeps them in business. They also can support products they sell.

Our local hobby shop here in Pa still has not been able to get any mini-t's, but I was able to finally get my hands on one at the track today. It was run with our BRP class and although it has a few weak spots, I was very impressed. The shocks (or lack of), the tie rods bent, and although it was run on 6 cells, it could use more motor. Even so, I fell in love with it and I want one more than ever!

Had our first Mini-T race at the HobbyTown track. We made a few jumps with plywood over the carpet track boards. It was a lot of FUN! I was real happy with the BRP oil filled shocks. I had the soft springs in the front and hard springs in the rear. I also put in the BRP bearings, a nice addition. We had a lot of fun jumping on, over, into each other. We had 5 trucks, but I am sure we will have more next race!

:wave:

Right the Mini T race was cool!! Go to test the BRP front bumper again as Tangtesters truck was coming to a Jup I picked up the jump board and the hit the wall full throttle!! ( not done on purpose )
The shocks looked to be a awesome advantage over the junps.
It was cool :thumbsup:

5 trucks must have been FUN. Unless someone is using 75Mhz 6 would be the maxx at one time, which brings up a question.

I see Radio Shack is offering 6 more channels on the 27mhz band for their Xmods. I wonder if this means the FCC has approved their use.

Anyone out there heard anything?

These channels are in between the present channels 1-6. I'm tempted to buy a set ($16 for all six TX and RX) and see if they work ok in my Mini T and or Mini Zs.

They will work on your Mini T truck.

I used them last night....no problems - $15.99 at the shack!

I'm on my way to get some now.....

We have a few new things for your Mini T online BRP racing.com (http://www.brpracing.com)

Check them out!
Coming soon upper link and tie rod set with turnbuckles. Universal body mount kit so you can mount any 1/18th body on your Killer Mini T :thumbsup:

BRP is building a nice line of mini-T hopups. Thanks to Bud your mini-T can be real "Super Machine". :lol:

k1m should we bring our Mini-T's to your track in Jan?

Maybe that is what I will run :eek:
E bay bidding on shocks at new record high of $72.00 :D

We will have the tie rod sets and universal body mount kits ready this week!!! Watch the web site BRP racing (http://www.brpracing.com)

Also if you did not notice the X mod crystal sets are split freq. So that means with them you could run up to 12 Mini t's at a time
I will also have a way to put the Hi tech HS81MG in the truck this week. :wave:

Bud--- I thought the hitec 81mg was a direct fit the only issue was with the servo output shaft (hex head versus normal splined). I was going to use the supplied "arm" that comes with the servo and attach a Mini-t ball stud to it. Please let me know what is correct. and if I need an "adapter" let me know and I will order one.

oh by the way --- Lots of positive comments on the shocks and a lot of aww how cute on the bumper.

Later,

Mark

k1m should we bring our Mini-T's to your track in Jan?

Sure, why not?
Unfortunately since I guess I was bad last year, Santa didn't bring me one :cry: :cry:
Yet....
We're still waiting for ours here in the "fringe" areas, but last week a guy showed up with one. He ran it in the fun BuRP class and got whopped on pretty bad, but he had a ball.

Are the servos that come in the miniT's not up to snuff?

k1m -- check out eBay for a new Mini-T...some have been going for $110 - $130 new in box!

Beware of shipping costs on ebay...make sure you know what it will cost before you bid. Lest you pay a fortune in shipping. FWIW

The servo fix will be with the servo saver!! Don't forget if you change the servo you can't use the Mini t rec'v/ speed control.

I have a question about the four wires coming out of the servo.Usually there are three.One for signal, negative and positive.What's the fourth wire for?

I have a question about the four wires coming out of the servo.Usually there are three.One for signal, negative and positive.What's the fourth wire for?


This is not a normal servo,,,,, the contolling circuitry for the servo is in the receiver. So, two wires are for the motor, and two are for the positioning potentiometer.

Thanks for the info, MAC !!

We have the universal adjustable body mount kit ready.
The turnbuckle upper link and Tie rod set will be ready very soon.
Keep a eye on BRP racing (http://www.brpracing.com)
:thumbsup:

Trixter,I just picked up a promatch battery sundau and raced it and felt the same way you did,not much difference. I am racing it again tonight do you think I will see a difference in performance once I get a couple of cycles through it.

The Promatch cells are expensive and yield less performance than the KAN cells.

You can purchase nicely built KAN packs from www.unitedrc.com for quite a bit less than what you will pay for an equivalent ProMatch pack.

The ProMatch cells are 1000 mAh and are zapped which will in turn decrease the usable life of the cell.

I have tryed the unitedrc pack and it was fast!!!!!!

I searched in and out of the manuals on my truck and didnt find any info on the ESC Unit, i was just wondering what kind of a mod motor it could take on the stock ESC?

We have some new things up on the web site BRP racing (http://www.brpracing.com)
Upper link and tie rod set with turnbuckles will be ready by friday. :thumbsup:

Upper links and tie rods ready now!!! Some on E bay

hey bud, i have a question?
how do you have your min-t set up?

i am have some electronics issues witht mine. :confused: and they said send it in. i did intend to "hop-up" the electronics, but wanted to get some other 18th scaler cars first. i have ran mine only for about 5 minutes.

and to every body else what elecronics are you running?


i have picked up a ipd race 20 esc, and was leaning tword the hitec hs-81mg servo.

thanks for your time and

:jest: HAPPY NEW YEAR :wave:

Ron,

A favorite ESC amongst the BRP SC18/FW18/Pro chassis crowd is the LRP Quantum series. Very small and very capable. The Quantum reversing ones are very nice and handy when practicing and playing around. The older Novak Atom and Cyclones do very well also. The Novak Spy can handle a Speed 300 6V motor but it has no use for 10th scale cars as it is a Micro ESC only. The Futaba MC230CR is a very good sport ESC with a decent size and is well regarded by most who race BRPs in the Cleveland area.

The Hitec HS81MG is very popular but it sometimes suffers from potentiometer problems and lack of consistent centering or jittering. Hitec is very good about resolving issues with their equipment and it is often under warranty repairs or free to the consumer. The Hitec HS85MG is a much better quality metal gear servo but the price is around $31 at ServoCity. Worth the extra money over a HS81MG. The Futaba S3102 is a metal gear precision micro that goes for $65. The resin gear Futaba S3101 is a precision micro servo that goes for $30.

The Novak XXL is very popular and we are seeing more use of the Novak XXtra synthesized receivers. You generally have less trouble with FM equipment as you are probably aware.

Hope this helps.

Happy New Year!

Ronbeck>> My Mini-T still has all the stock electronic in it. I hope to have time and work somthing out to fit the Hi tech HS81MG servo in.
I wish they would have made it so you could replace the servo with say a JR. or at least put a splined output on it so it would match the other small servos out there.

Does anyone know if you can use a 300 motor with the stock electronics? :confused: I'm aware that you must change the motor plate a little.

yes you can -- you will need to modify the motor plate or buy a speed 300 motor plate (look on eBay)

Check out the new Jeep BRP Body!

http://users.adelphia.net/~melwood/Mini_T.html

Bud,

Anything in the way of softer springs coming from you for the mini-t. Are Associated's #4475 black 4.0lb springs any softer than what your selling.

Thanks,

Mike

Ratt--- I have the BRP shocks on my mini-t and the "stock" silver springs are a little stiff,so I bought the black 4,0 lb. vcs springs and they did the trick (as close as you can get to a "regular" suspension feel)

later,

Mark

MDB >> Yers those are what we are running. 20 wt in front 30 Wt in rear.