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Donziikid
01-14-2008, 08:47 PM
Howdy.

This is another thread that was lost during the hack. Just rebooting it, finally; been way too busy! :lol:

RC18MT:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/GSRRC18MTwDonziikidcopy.jpg
Mamba Power! (http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/DSC_0202.jpg)

It's running Mamba Competition X package. This thing is a 35mph beast on stock cells, can't wait to get some LiPo's on this beautiful beast! :)

Upgrades:
Aluminum shock towers. (Front and rear)
Aluminum Differentials (Rear is missing 12teeth, front seems perfect.)
Elite 1500mAh 2/3A NiMH from Cheapbatterypacks.com.
Stock AE 1100mAh NiMH.
Aluminum carriers.
Aluminum spur gear (60T).
Assorted pinion gears.
Titanium Driveshaft.
Full stock chassis. (No elecs.)
And my favorite: ElectriFly Power Series LiPo. 3s, 910mAh @ 11.1V. (Not currently in use)
And lastly a 9400kV brushless motor. C4 Dynamite!


Ask away! :)

guitarboy911
01-14-2008, 08:59 PM
bad choice not having Lipo's w/ The Castle Creations set-up...

-anyways nice car i always wanted one but i always get "no more r.c.'s" from my mom.

Donziikid
01-14-2008, 09:00 PM
bad choice not having Lipo's w/ The Castle Creations set-up...

-anyways nice car i always wanted one but i always get "no more r.c.'s" from my mom.

Why do you say this? Because of cogging? I experience none what so ever, actually. :)

jabari
01-14-2008, 09:02 PM
Good looking truck.

guitarboy911
01-14-2008, 09:04 PM
Why do you say this? Because of cogging? I experience none what so ever, actually. :)

-Well the performance impact and its bad for the Mamba set-up its not getting what it needs and craves.(lol the word sounded good)

-The ESC is what is impacted not as much the motor (i believe)
-good choice w/ all the aluminum.

Stampedekid
01-14-2008, 09:07 PM
bad choice not having Lipo's w/ The Castle Creations set-up...

-anyways nice car i always wanted one but i always get "no more r.c.'s" from my mom.

Lol, same here, she says I have too many. She is both right and wrong. How do you like the motor? I was thinking about getting one if I get a RC18MT. Got any videos? How does it run speed wise compared to your Stampede, it is BL right? Sorry for soo many questions. :)

Donziikid
01-14-2008, 09:08 PM
Good looking truck.

Thanks, mate! :)

-Well the performance impact and its bad for the Mamba set-up its not getting what it needs and craves.(lol the word sounded good)

-The ESC is what is impacted not as much the motor (i believe)
-good choice w/ all the aluminum.

Castle actually recomends using a NiMH setup as opposed to a Litihum-Chemistry setup; at least that's how I read it in my instruction manual. And, at times I see that it wants to have that little extra "oomph" that Lithium would provide, but I see no use for it because that speed is far to great for this little machine. I see enough power band with just NiMH. :lol:

True.

Thanks, it does need some shimming with the front differential; however. Rear is flawless in my horrible opinion.

Lol, same here, she says I have too many. She is both right and wrong. How do you like the motor? I was thinking about getting one if I get a RC18MT. Got any videos? How does it run speed wise compared to your Stampede, it is BL right? Sorry for soo many questions. :)

First: I wub' questions.
Second: No videos.
Third: Beats the living daylights out of the Stampede. :lmao: Stampede is brushed, however. 1:10th brushless from Castle isn't my favorite, and I can't afford to go with a Novak. Nor a Spektrum or FM radio to power that intense amount of brushless power. AM can't handle most setups in the Stampede when it comes to brushless.
Last: I love the motor. :) Fast as all get'out.

Junk-mod-er
02-01-2008, 09:18 PM
Mind telling them were it all came from?:lol:

2wdpancar
02-01-2008, 09:30 PM
Mind telling them were it all came from?:lol:

That's one nice truck Donzii...
JUNK, wow I thought I'd never see you on here...:-?
I'm LUKEMELIKIAN on youtube...:)

Stampedekid
02-01-2008, 09:38 PM
Hey junk, your here too? I'm snoowkid25 on IRC.

Donziikid
02-19-2008, 02:30 PM
Two videos on half-dead stock battery. Wish I was running my CBP battery...:
Bashing. (http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/Videos/?action=view&current=100_1972.flv)
Speed Run. (http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/Videos/?action=view&current=100_1974.flv)

And, I successfully snapped the antenna tubing.. :lol:

Stampedekid
02-19-2008, 02:56 PM
Geez Donzii, even on half dead batteries, that thing flies. Yes I popped back on for some time.

Lowrideit
02-19-2008, 03:12 PM
Wow, that thing flys!
Wow, I want one really bad, Nice paintjob, Do it yourself?

Stampedekid
02-19-2008, 03:13 PM
Wow, that thing flys!
Wow, I want one really bad, Nice paintjob, Do it yourself?

The truck comes with that paintjob. But it is still cool looking!

Donziikid
02-19-2008, 03:19 PM
Geez Donzii, even on half dead batteries, that thing flies. Yes I popped back on for some time.

Yeah, can't wait to use LiPo...:D Wanna know what's sad? I'm afraid to pull full boar, so that's not even 100% throttle. :blush:

Wow, that thing flys!
Wow, I want one really bad, Nice paintjob, Do it yourself?

I wish! :lol: I plan on buying a Hummer body and painting that; keep an eye out. ;)

The truck comes with that paintjob. But it is still cool looking!

I know. I love the body as well. :)

Donziikid
03-11-2008, 12:34 PM
How about an RC18 remix?
http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/?action=view&current=37f6c1f1.pbr

Two new videos that were shot today can be seen in there. Enjoy! :)

Donziikid
02-20-2009, 03:56 PM
You have to be stupid sometimes, and today was my day. Got home from lunch, had a stupid thought and thunk to myself: "Why the hell not!" So, I grabbed the camera, the zip ties, changed out the pinion and off I went. I wasn't going to be stupid for long, so hopefully 49" will catch you attention. Maybe I'll do more in the future. ;)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/th_100_3027.jpg (http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/?action=view&current=100_3027.flv)

Yeah, that's onboard video.. Gearing in that video was 15T pinion to 60T spur; Dynamite 9200kV motor on Mamba 25 ESC. 1100mAh NiMH battery charged at .8amp til peak.

Lemme know what you think!

fieldfairy2
02-20-2009, 04:24 PM
Stupid? i think not. I like those kinds of videos. almost had a wheelie there in the middle. Really fast. only if my micro t could a camera...lol. I would like to see more.

Donziikid
02-20-2009, 04:26 PM
Stupid? i think not. I like those kinds of videos. almost had a wheelie there in the middle. Really fast. only if my micro t could a camera...lol. I would like to see more.

It wanted to wheelie everywhere, but I wasn't about to let it flip on its lid an scratch the already beat to hell Kodak.

I'll get more once I find a place where I can actually open her up 100%. ;)

acerpower
02-20-2009, 04:38 PM
cool video, i wanted to try that too with my rc18 but, was scared to flip it.
how is your diff gears holding up to all that power? i just had to replace my diff gear and input gear with steel ones. my diff was properly shimmed but they still wore out and stripped. and i'm only running 6800kv and a 2cell li-po.
my new steel gears sound pretty cool though,they seem to be showing no signs of wear so far.

Donziikid
02-20-2009, 04:43 PM
cool video, i wanted to try that too with my rc18 but, was scared to flip it.
how is your diff gears holding up to all that power? i just had to replace my diff gear and input gear with steel ones. my diff was properly shimmed but they still wore out and stripped. and i'm only running 6800kv and a 2cell li-po.
my new steel gears sound pretty cool though,they seem to be showing no signs of wear so far.

I've had no problems with my differentials thus far, and I've been running it with brushless power for about a year now.

Donziikid
04-25-2009, 02:03 PM
RC18MT internals. The oomph behind the beast:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/RC18MTCanvas.jpg

Cheers,
Kyle.

xmodzracer
04-25-2009, 03:29 PM
wow... i love the way it sounds and i love the way it looks even more!!!!!!!!!

Donziikid
04-25-2009, 03:35 PM
wow... i love the way it sound and i love the way it looks even more!!!!!!!!!

You should see it when it's new and clean. It is sooo dirty right now. Lol.

Thanks for the comment, Xmodzracer!

Cheers,
Kyle.

xmodzracer
04-25-2009, 03:35 PM
are you still planning on running the lithium?

Donziikid
04-25-2009, 03:38 PM
Of course! Zippo (http://www.xmodsource.com/forum/showthread.php?p=220785#post220785) just gave me a great link on a Thunder Power LiPo that I'll hopefully be able to purchase in the near future. :)

Cheers,
Kyle.

ling427ttvette
04-25-2009, 04:37 PM
That thing is freaking sick man. That's a serious BL motor you have in there..

I would be more than happy having a 5700kv system in my Slash, you've got almost twice that in a smaller vehicle. Those li-pos are going to make it crazy.

Donziikid
04-25-2009, 04:56 PM
You don't happen to mean crazy like this, do you, Ling? These tired will not expand on regular NiMH runs.. Lol.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/th_100_3506.jpg (http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/?action=view&current=100_3506.flv)

Cheers,
Kyle.

xmodzracer
04-25-2009, 05:02 PM
Holy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08bgpJKBS98

ling427ttvette
04-25-2009, 05:08 PM
O_o Holy CRAP. Get a set of junk tires and do that.. I want to see them come apart. :lol:

Donziikid
04-25-2009, 10:44 PM
Haha. I love that commercial!!

Yeah. She's a beast. I'll see if I can get that done for ya, Ling.

Cheers,
Kyle.

rsx racer
04-27-2009, 12:05 PM
How much does your whole setup cost? I'm extremely interested in getting a carbon copy of yours, its a beast :)

Donziikid
04-27-2009, 07:20 PM
Are you really trying to make me cry? :lol:

This is what I paid, you can probably find all items for less since everything is fairly out of date:
RC18MT: $179.99 new.
Mamba 25 w/ 8000kV motor: $135.99
Futaba 2PL w/ Receiver: $70.00
Dynamite C4 9200kV motor: $69.99
GPM Front Shock Tower: $9.99 (got it on sale!)
GPM Rear Shock Tower: $9.99 (got it on sale!)
GPM Titanium Drive Shaft: $5.99 (got it on sale!)
100% Full Sealed Ball Bearings: $35.00
CheapBatteryPacks.com 1500mAh w/ Deans: $25.00
Front and Rear Adjustable Oil Filled Shocks: $25.99
Total: $567.93.

I'm sure I am missing items (too much to remember lol) and I'm certainly positive the costs of all items have decreased over the past two years. It may seem like a lot, but most of this was gifted (Mamba package from Gpa, actual RC18 for Xmas, misc. parts, etc) and took about two years to get it to how it is now. Sadly, it still isn't completed. However, I will say, this is by far my favorite RC and has given me the least amount of problems! It isn't, however, the most expensive (Axial AX10 is over $800, nearing $1,000!!!).

Cheers,
Kyle.

suicide_star
05-03-2009, 10:50 AM
nice stuff Kyle. i think my friend and i are about to hop up my MLST and his RC18MT. the thing i love about the RC18MT is the entire configuration of the chassis, everything is ridiculously accessible except the gear boxes, those take a little effort to get into. the funny thing is that their design is even simpler than a Mini T, yet the RC18MT has 4wd. i wish we could run, i don't know many people around here with 1/18. for anybody interested in 1/18 RC, as far as trucks, the RC18MT (out of the box) outperforms any Losi 1/18 except for the Mini-LST2 (which is overpriced).

Donziikid
05-03-2009, 11:23 AM
Can't argue there, Suicide!

Although the gearboxes take a little more effort to get into than they probably should, it's not much of a problem. I've never had to replace, rework or redo a differentail because it failed, broke or whatever. That's pretty **** good considering I'm pumping 9200kV through it's system. :lol: It's pretty rock solid down there.

I have however tightened the differentials because I felt they were too loose from the factory. All in all though, that only took about a half hour to take apart, test and put back together. Not that bad when you actually enjoy doing the work.

What are you and your bud's plans for your 1:18th?

Cheers,
Kyle.

Donziikid
05-03-2009, 11:44 AM
:(


I let the smoke out...

:cry:

Now my room smells like burnt electronics...

I suppose water got into the ESC. Oh well, it's gone now. $120 up in smoke.

Guess I'm going backed to the stock brushed system until I can afford a new ESC...

:(

EDIT:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/Mamba2.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/Mamba1.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/Mamba3.jpg

Unbearably Saddened,
Kyle.

suicide_star
05-03-2009, 01:14 PM
not sure what my buddy's doing to his rc18, but the mini LST is getting all alloy, dual BL, and roughly about $1K worth of hopups. not right now though, i got the wife a mini T that i'm working on. wow, that board burnt up bad, got any of it on film? =P even if you throw your brushed system back on, it'll still scoot with a LiPo.

fieldfairy2
05-03-2009, 03:22 PM
Love your car donzii. I'd look into getting the Micro pro esc since you all ready have the motors. I love mine:nod:. Very easy to install and clean Never really felt it get warm, very tight casing, there is a little gap were the leds show, wires and cooling fins, but it is pretty water tight. That really stinks man. Hope you get it back up soon.:)

Donziikid
05-03-2009, 07:59 PM
Suicide_Star: Sounds like an awesome project, Suicide. Be sure to keep us posted; at least me. And yeah, it'll still scoot, even on just regular NiMH. These are pretty fast out of the box stock.

The ESC burnt so bad it actually caught fire. If you've ever handled a Mamba 25 you'd know how thick the plastic wrapping is. It took a lot of heat to make the FETs bubble that much and cause the wrapping to burn away that much..

It was cool but I was so ****ed (and worried) at the same time. :lol:

fieldfairy2: Thanks. Yeah, the Mamba Micro Pro was my plan for a replacement. Hopefully I can spot one on eBay or at an LHS for a reasonable price.

Cheers,
Kyle.

Tmaxxn3
05-03-2009, 08:55 PM
OMG WE WERE HACKED????!!!!!!!!
i really didnt know that.

ling427ttvette
05-03-2009, 09:03 PM
OMG WE WERE HACKED????!!!!!!!!
i really didnt know that.

What?

Donziikid
08-19-2009, 07:09 PM
Back on the brushless drug and did a little boredom painting:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/100_3766.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/100_3765.jpg

:lol: Body is about to fall into pieces anyway, so, mine as well go a little crazy with it. The hood's now black and so is the front "bumper."

Cheers,
Kyle.

deckerz
08-19-2009, 07:27 PM
if its about to fall apart can i have it? lol jkin

looks better with the black in my opinion.

Stampedekid
08-20-2009, 08:52 PM
Haha nice Donzii. If all else fails pick up a 1/16 E-Revo j/k. Mine runs hot enough as is :lol: haha. But that sucks that the M25 failed on you! I'm surprised my VXL ESC hasn't failed, I'm doing everything that Traxxas DOESNT reccomend, takin the risks and so far so good. Maybe look into a VXL 3M? The MMP is nice dont get me wrong I love my 1/10 Sidewinder ESC but since the VXL 3M esc is waterproof maybe look into it?

Donziikid
08-20-2009, 09:26 PM
I was thinking about the Traxxas system once this Mamba gives up on me again (it's jimmy-rigged using three different Mamba 25s pieced and soldered together :lol: ). Waterproof just sounds so nice.. especially seeing as how that's how it fried in the first place... :roll_eye:

Cheers,
Kyle.

cowboysir03
08-20-2009, 11:22 PM
Hey...you better not be knocking free gear from Cowboy.:uhoh:

Just kidding, Donzi...I'm glad it actually worked out once you got everything cobbled together.

Donziikid
08-21-2009, 12:12 AM
Hey...you better not be knocking free gear from Cowboy.:uhoh:

Just kidding, Donzi...I'm glad it actually worked out once you got everything cobbled together.

Nope. Just knocking my shotty soldering skills. :lol:

A large thank you again, Cowboy. ;)

Donziikid
11-04-2010, 03:33 PM
Best viewed at 720p.

urP2d-TcDCU
Direct link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urP2d-TcDCU

Vimeo link will be added shortly.

Cheers,
Kyle

[edit]
Vimeo is up:
http://www.vimeo.com/16511753

xmodsNSX94
11-04-2010, 05:32 PM
Very nice!
your photography skills really enhance the speed its just simply amazing.
**** im sorry to hear about your ESC ( old i know but just saying reminds me of my ps3 mic lol! )
loving the new look aswell :)
loving the beast keep the awesome videos and updates coming
Thanks
BunNY

Donziikid
11-04-2010, 05:51 PM
Thank you. :)

Haha, yeah, a little old news, but still relavent since that hacked together ESC from Cowboy is still holding strong!

I'll certainly keep them coming! Hopefully in the near future I'll have some alloy goodies to show off (differentials and CVDs).

Cheers,
Kyle

Donziikid
03-29-2011, 07:42 PM
The first run of the season for the RC18MT was a success: came back with a shredded differential after multiple high speed passes on a still relatively salted, asphalt parking lot. I am going to have to wait until my hands unfreeze to reassemble it, though. :D

Donziikid
04-05-2011, 10:58 PM
Fine, you will not comment on words. Maybe you'll comment on pixels?

RC18MT was driven by my brother while I took the pictures.

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/RC18MT_2.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/RC18MT_1.jpg

More coming up.

Donziikid
04-06-2011, 10:48 PM
Three more:

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/RC18MT_3.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/RC18MT_4.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i206/Donziikid/RC18MT/RC18MT_5.jpg

Cheers,
Kyle

FloydfanYodaman
04-07-2011, 12:18 AM
great "moving" shots...very clear...wish my camera could get as clear shots of snowboarding and mtn biking and wakeboarding and such...

Donziikid
04-15-2011, 03:42 PM
Thanks. :)

A couple parts are on a wish list from TheToyz.com. I will update when I receive them.

Cheers,
Kyle

Donziikid
06-29-2012, 12:27 PM
What does it say when you have to fabricate your own battery tie down?

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7266/7467424730_5d147b77f3_c.jpg

Cheers,
Kyle

suicide_star
06-29-2012, 12:33 PM
Says you need to stock up on more spur gears.

Donziikid
06-29-2012, 12:37 PM
Says you need to stock up on more spur gears.

:lol: You're not far off. I only have one set left.

winner
06-29-2012, 05:33 PM
says you need to get 2.4GHz xD

those front tires look a bit warn too.

mycrors4
06-29-2012, 06:58 PM
it says you need to get some throttle control. i remember not having any throttle control.... 3s was horrid, yet fantastic