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Say it ain't so! LOLkinda embarrassing to say but i don't have one LOL been meaning to get one ever since ive started rc but for some reason it never happened..
What did he cut it with? A Dremel
Gear info Todd. The center magnet on my flywheel is like 1mm down so if I shave any more than that it will fly out and at that point shaving a 1mm isn't not gunan help at all. Thankd for the info on tightening without a key. So I've asked for measurements for the dynamite .31 gas engine flywheel and hopefully they reply Soon. What do you think about using one of those? I'd have to bore out the center a couple mms which won't mess up the balance. I think that should work but what's your thoughts?On the flywheel you can not cut a lot of material off the back side. The center magnet in those are loose. Meaning if you take the tesion off of it from cutting the aluminum you will have it fly out. The outer two magnets are in a "Y" shape with the counter balancer joind at the bottom as one piece. About .050 inch or so is safest you could do off the back side of the flywheel. I cut about .030 inchh off the backside for our marines engines and we are at 19,000 + rpm most of time. Guys have gotten greedy and cut more but they have had the center magnet fly out and ruin the engines and usually the hull. Plus not safe if it flys out when you running it near you in the car.
You could try and just tighten the flywheel down with no key but if you do? Use a nut and washer first to tighten it. This will tighten it way more than a pull tang can. Some guys have ran just with no flywheel key but I have never tried it before.
Gear info Todd. The center magnet on my flywheel is like 1mm down so if I shave any more than that it will fly out and at that point shaving a 1mm isn't not gunan help at all. Thankd for the info on tightening without a key. So I've asked for measurements for the dynamite .31 gas engine flywheel and hopefully they reply Soon. What do you think about using one of those? I'd have to bore out the center a couple mms which won't mess up the balance. I think that should work but what's your thoughts?On the flywheel you can not cut a lot of material off the back side. The center magnet in those are loose. Meaning if you take the tesion off of it from cutting the aluminum you will have it fly out. The outer two magnets are in a "Y" shape with the counter balancer joind at the bottom as one piece. About .050 inch or so is safest you could do off the back side of the flywheel. I cut about .030 inchh off the backside for our marines engines and we are at 19,000 + rpm most of time. Guys have gotten greedy and cut more but they have had the center magnet fly out and ruin the engines and usually the hull. Plus not safe if it flys out when you running it near you in the car.
You could try and just tighten the flywheel down with no key but if you do? Use a nut and washer first to tighten it. This will tighten it way more than a pull tang can. Some guys have ran just with no flywheel key but I have never tried it before.
Well, this annoying ass, expensive money pit worth of a build, is never Gunna get done before next Saturday. too much bullshit has piled on and it's gotten somehow $55 bucks more than it was originally. So now it's $155 instead of 100 max that it was last week. I'm extremely mad right now because this build has just gotten pushed back ANOTHER month. If any other stupid crap magically shows up by then which it always does, I swear I'm just gonna sell this whole crapshow off and move on with life........OH any NO this isn't a April fool's thing. ?......I know "it's a custom build and nothing goes smoothly" and all of that But this has happened TOO MANY TIMES with this thing. I'm Soo over it. Also, if anybody offers to help fund it, I cannot accept that, it's a pride thing.......I've lost almost all motivation left, because yesterday I felt amazing, thinking this was Gunna Happen, and now I feel like I've been kicked I the nuts HARD and robbed. Sorry I'm just venting, don't have to reply.........
Sorry dude, I'm just a bit salty right now as u can see.Get a grip Zee, you big tart???
ok that part i went a little over board, i wouldnt sell it....don't worryIf any other stupid crap magically shows up by then which it always does, I swear I'm just gonna sell this whole crapshow off and move on with life...
yeah but at that point. its another 100+, so might aswell just finish it. i do plan on getting anther rc tho, just so when this 1 breaks, i have another rc to drive ?If I was you Z I would get a cheap CY or Zen to put in the car to run while building you crazy mod engine. That way you could still have fun while sorting through the issues with your build. Then when all was sorted out and the build complete you could make the swap. Just my $.02.
ill tryCool, keep your head up tho.??
Oh hi! Welcome to here btw! I also hope it starts going more smooth!found it! lol hope its starts going more smoothly!
lol doesn't hurt to ask, id imagine if they wanted to bad enough they could contact manufacturer, or have a lead on getting dimensions for it.So here's a update on the Flywheel, horizon hobby go back to me on the flywheel measurements and they don't have the flywheel in stock so they couldn't give me the measurements obviously, I'm kinda stupid for not looking that it was out of stock but let's ignore that ?
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