February 6th 2021:
The Mini MGT has arrived. This is my next project, i thought i'd start this year off with this truck as it quite and interesting truck. This one came up on ebay shortly after i filmed the video looking at it.
There are not many videos of this truck, so i think this will be an interesting series.
Vehicle Specifications
Power Source: Nitro Fuel
Terrain: Off-Road
Body Style: Monster Truck
Scale Size: 1:10 Scale
Assembly Level: Ready-To-Run*
Length: 482mm (18.98in)
Width: 374mm (14.72in)
Wheelbase: 307mm (12.09in)
Weight: 3620g (7.98lbs)
Drive: 4WD
Additional notes:
3.2inch wheels
14mm hexes
Time Stamps
0:00 The Box
0:30 In the box
1:38 under the shell
4:00 The Plan
5:55 Problem 1
7:25 Problem 2
8:25 Problem 3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGWjvgonZ0k
HSN = ????
LSN= Too Rich?
Idle Gap = Too big?
The idle seems to stay very high after running at high speed.
It takes a long time to drop to idle and sometimes it doesn't drop at all.
Running a nova G5 medium plug
Optifuel 25% RTR which is high oil
Reds 4 shoe clutch with aluminium shoes on the M setting
The car starts fine on the box from stone cold or heated.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x3lnTKxDps
Linky to this stage of the team cup 2015 http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/team_cup_2015_sc1/2215/cinebench_r15_lga775
Linky to final score http://hwbot.org/submission/2971153_jumper118_cinebench___r15_core_2_qx9650_(3.00ghz)_539_cb
PC Specs:
Cooler: Little Devil Custom Rotary Single Stage Phase
CPU: Core 2 Quad QX9650 (C0 stepping)
Board: Asus P5Q Deluxe
Ram: 2X2GB G.Skill PI F2-8800CL5D-4GBPI 1100Mhz CL5-5-5-15
GPU: EVGA Geforce GT610 2GB
SSD: Samsung 840 120GB
PSU: Corsair CX500M
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGVHbo7basQ
Doing a bit of maintenance on the Team Associated Mini MGT 3.0. After the first run i had noticed there was oil and fuel all over the back of the engine and chassis. Turns out the exhaust gasket had blown out at the top and bottom which i had suspected in my previous run.
I was also having range issues i thought it might be down to the steering servo as it seemed a bit slow and glitchy sometimes. I have swapped it out for an SRT BH9027 HV servo this is massive overkill and really wasted in this truck with the servo horn mounted saver, but i had it spare so i might as well use it. I suspect it could be a dodgy receiver, but i will change 1 thing at a time.
I have also opened the new body and trimmed it a bit more where it was required. I still need to finish the original wheels and tyres.
SRT BH9027 HV spec:
Bearing: Dual
Motor Type: Brushless
Gear Type: Metal
Gear Material: Titanium & Alu
control system: pulse width control
working frequence: 1520μs / 330hz
operating voltage: dc6.0-8.4v
operating temperature range: -10 to + 60 degree
operating speed (6.0v): 0.10 sec/60 degrees at no load
operating speed (7.4v): 0.08 sec/60 degrees at no load
operating speed (8.4v): 0.075 sec/60 degrees at no load
stall torque (6.0v): 21.0kg.cm (291.6 oz/in)
stall torque (7.4v): 25.0kg.cm (347.1 oz/in)
stall torque (8.4v): 27.0kg.cm (374.9 oz/in)
Spec:
Team Associated Mini MGT 3.0
Standard 3.0cc engine
AE S1903 throttle and gear change servos
SRT BH9027 HV steering servo
Team Magic E5 wheels and tyres
Flysky GT5
Part number for body shell
25502
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I09Tm6_8jos