Tamiya car prep and Hobbywing brushed ESC upgrades

Mark and Carl dusted of their Tamiya TT01’s to compete in the 1st round of the Winter iconic cup at ​⁠Chippenham model car club. But it is the Tamiya M Chassis class which caught Carls eye....
It is wrenching time and time to get the M chassis cars ready for the track. Massive thank you to our race sponsors who continue to help us with our race day preparations. you can get a discount on all the products featured in this video if you use discount code: PopalongRC for a discount at the checkout : rochesterrc.uk/link/popalongrc
Follow the link for more info on the club: Chippenham Model Car Club - Facebook groups/11876...
looking forward to using the Core RC TC spring sets for fine tuning the handling of the M07 and other 1/10 TC chassis
Which ESC is the best option for you, is it Hobbywing 1060, 1080 crawler or 1080G2. Soon we will feed back on what is best for RC car racing...

[@paulblack3608]

The HW1080 esc's are really fantastic little units. I've got them in all my current cars and ironically none of them are crawlers. 2 modern tamiya and a vintage rc10 and ultima. They are really great to set up and work so well. The programmers allow you to really set them to a specific car nicely. Puts everything we had in the old days to shame for sure. cheers.

[@PopalongRC]

Once set up they seem solid .

[@lo2713]

Didnt know there was an updated 1080, got the 1080 in my tt-01E ready for iconic next year, just hope i get to pop my touring car cherry 😁

[@PopalongRC]

Ahahaha got to love a bit of iconic in the summers

[@bluegroovemodelsports9650]

Nice update. That is a nice looking racecar .

[@PopalongRC]

Cheers blue … looking forward to running it tonight

[@kanenstuff]

Wow Yeah Racing parts are super expensive there. Here in Malaysia it's 170 quid for a full kit the arms drive shafts hubs, shocks and more rhe only thing it doesn't have is the C hubs and servo mount but for 35 quid you can pick them up. I think though to much aluminum parts adds weight and not enough give maybe better for all that on a drift car or as spares.

[@PopalongRC]

Yeah they are more expensive as they have to be shipped half way round the world

[@bluegroovemodelsports9650]

Your table setting is spot on for lighting and audio. Definitely can tell that filming is your other hobby. Great stuff

[@PopalongRC]

Cheers Blue

[@brianlangford7278]

Cool to hear you mention areas names ,my state of VA. Is mostly British names in its counties n cities, such as I live in the county of Bedford

[@PopalongRC]

We are in Bedfordshire

[@brianlangford7278]

@@PopalongRC ha,go figure that's cool

[@craigbailey7096]

Hi Carl I can highly recommend swapping out the blue alloy ball stud for the steel or brass ones on the m07r as it has the hardened plastics and I found that in crashes the alloy studs tend to shear off quite easily

[@PopalongRC]

Good to know buddy thanks

[@sargev55]

I'm thinking about picking up the NSU M-05. Got any tuning and set up tips on that one? It will be getting bearings and oil shocks immediately. Additionally, you make great and informative videos. I got back into RC about 3 yrs ago and started with bashers and 1/10 and 1/8 off road racing. Recently joined an on road group that runs TT01 Euro Truck, TT02 and TT01 touring cars. Last time I built a Tamiya was in the late 1990's. Your channel was one of the first ones that popped up when I was searching for Tamiya information and tips. I have since built and raced a TT-01E Euro Truck and that was a lot of fun. Props and keep up the good work.

[@PopalongRC]

Will hopefully have some tips soon …

[@millhouse2612]

On the 1080 the Sanwa issue can be resolved by upping the BEC to 6v as the receiver is a HV receiver. Not possible with the 1060, as it is not programmable. Just check your servo can take the higher voltage and you're good to go. 🤙

[@Luke-en2tk]

Oh really I hadn't heard that but that makes sense I was pretty sure it's a receiver related issue. Unfortunately quite a few people race with the HW 1060

[@MrFu75]

There's gold here in this there comment!, Last time out (and only 4th run) my inconsistent braking issue was much improved, i was running my bec on the higher voltage for the 1st time. (7.4 vs 6v) So a capacitor issue then Millhouse?

[@Robert-gy4lv]

I found running xray progressive springs work well on a m05 ver 2

[@PopalongRC]

That is what we run in our TC cars

[@Robert-gy4lv]

@@PopalongRC might try a set of progressive shock on the front of the m05 🤔

[@Robert-gy4lv]

Just looking at your m05 looks like you mounted the ESC on top of the chassis the side platforms which screw on keep the weight a lot lower an receiver goes on opposite platform

[@PopalongRC]

I have the option to put them there … thought process is trying to get weight forward.

[@Robert-gy4lv]

For getting the weight forward the front bumper is a great place for some weight as it's hollow.there is a great article on the rcracer on m05 set up found it a great help dialled in my car very quickly using it might be of help

[@PopalongRC]

@Robert-gy4lv great shout I will check it out

[@davidorbell5803]

question your m05 has a rectangle hole for the battery and mine i used to run has the classic oval, did you modify or is there 2 versions of the m05 chassis ?

[@PopalongRC]

I believe this is the version 2 M05

[@SteveDavies-wv2mv]

No man just No. Please just remove the price tags before filming. Wives and girlfriends might watch. They don't need to know that a couple of important springs cost nearly £20.

[@PopalongRC]

Sorry my bad …