Deagostini Subaru Magazine
12 July 2004, 11:00 PM
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This info isn't for me but a friend has built this week by week now when he has come to run it the gearbox slips really bad when he try's to apply full throttle, I was wondering if anybody else has built this and experinced the same sort of problems or any others ???
12 July 2004, 11:26 PM
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as an aside, if the model you are on about is a kyosho alpha 3, it doesnt have a gearbox.
i need more info.
do you mean the clutch slips?? or does it engage clunkily, (which could mean the rear diff assembly has been bodged..)
what are the exact symptoms..???
and i'll try to help..
BB
i need more info.
do you mean the clutch slips?? or does it engage clunkily, (which could mean the rear diff assembly has been bodged..)
what are the exact symptoms..???
and i'll try to help..
BB
12 July 2004, 11:28 PM
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Lol to me it a lump of **** and he would have been better off buying a kit from a model shop, if he sets off slowly then it's ok but as soon as he pushes the throttle it slips like one of the cogs in the gear housing is missing all it's teeth. the link is to the site that supplies it
http://www.deagostini.co.uk/radiocontrolcar/
http://www.deagostini.co.uk/radiocontrolcar/
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13 July 2004, 09:46 AM
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i remember seeing that advertised and working out the cost of the mags comes to about £400! if I remember right, right con merchants deagostini seem to be.
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14 July 2004, 12:57 PM
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i think BB pretty much answered the question in his first post. he needs to take the thing to bits, chuck away all the parts that don't look particularly important, stick a few lumps of blue tack inside and then reassemble.
14 July 2004, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by wah
Come on somebody else must have made this thing
Who actually buys those Deagostini things? You only have to do a little bit of maths to work out that it's a con
14 July 2004, 04:41 PM
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I had a similar problem on my petrol rc scooby.
took the gear assembly apart and took a lot more care "mating" the cogs together.
flew like a barsteward after that.
then sold it cos I played with it twice in a year and a half.
took the gear assembly apart and took a lot more care "mating" the cogs together.
flew like a barsteward after that.
then sold it cos I played with it twice in a year and a half.
14 July 2004, 07:10 PM
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They will probably bring another magazine out called "overhaul your model Subaru gearbox" in 52 weekly stages.Then after that it will be the no.3 piston warranty claim
My young cousin bought a couple of these mags,until i pointed out that he would be better of buying a nitro one out the local model shop.
My young cousin bought a couple of these mags,until i pointed out that he would be better of buying a nitro one out the local model shop.
14 July 2004, 07:20 PM
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Truckerted I don't suppose he managed to complete the gearbox did he I believe that was upto issue 19
15 July 2004, 09:12 PM
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What type of differential does it use? Gear or ball bearing?
If it's a ball bearing type diff (load of little ***** and 2 plates), then if it's not tightened enough it will slip big time. Too tight and it locks the diff (makes quite a handy LSD ). So check the torque of the bolt that holds it together.
Also some electric RC cars have a slipper clutch (doubt that cheapy thing will though) which is adjustable...if it has one (it will be on the big gear thats driven by the gear on the motor) - just tighten the centre bolt up!!
If it's a ball bearing type diff (load of little ***** and 2 plates), then if it's not tightened enough it will slip big time. Too tight and it locks the diff (makes quite a handy LSD
). So check the torque of the bolt that holds it together.Also some electric RC cars have a slipper clutch (doubt that cheapy thing will though) which is adjustable...if it has one (it will be on the big gear thats driven by the gear on the motor) - just tighten the centre bolt up!!
15 July 2004, 10:46 PM
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Ali-B nah its **** mate, the diff inside the gear housing has one large cog which inside has an arrayment of smaller metal cogs on futher investigation ( when I looked at it) one of the cogs has taken some damage to the point that most of the teeth on it have bent causing it to slip like it is doing. So I guess he is going to either have to get a back copy of the mag or email the magazine publisher Deagostini direct and complain to them
16 July 2004, 02:10 AM
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just had one of these into my mates shop.
we laughed the bloke outta there...
nah not really, indeed he had exactly the same prob
"aluminium cogs" - how long are they gonna last.
the proper cars have hardened helical numbers.
tell your mate to put it on shelf and look at it.
or write to the mag and get a back issue.
sorry, we cant even get the spares, they are unlike any other!!!
BB
we laughed the bloke outta there...
nah not really, indeed he had exactly the same prob
"aluminium cogs" - how long are they gonna last.
the proper cars have hardened helical numbers.
tell your mate to put it on shelf and look at it.
or write to the mag and get a back issue.
sorry, we cant even get the spares, they are unlike any other!!!
BB
16 July 2004, 07:50 AM
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Yeah thats the ones BB thought it would be a ongoing problem !!!, the company that supplies Deagostini is based in Spain, I Have told him he will have to eit her contact the mag or get a back issue which he will have to wait upto 21 days for lol
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