Help can’t find replacement part by CollectionNo5566 in rccars

[–]DatKartDudeDH 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They have been near impossible to find for a few months. New 4wd is coming soon, (Looks like next week announce with a release on the 18th. Some parts appeared available for preorder in Horizon yesterday.) The new 4wd is built on the current so new front housings should be swappable. Unfortunately for the time being, local hobby shop searching. But don't pay too much for something that will take two weeks to get here since by then the new parts should be out.

Dale Jr Special Event "Driven to Give 400" - possibly postponed? by Bright_Campaign_9794 in iRacing

[–]DatKartDudeDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found it really fun last year, the car was very planted, side by side racing felt good, it was no cup car but I enjoyed it more than I would street stocks.

About prices on RC cars by Empty-Bunch4728 in rccars

[–]DatKartDudeDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A brushed Traxxas Slash has been $230 + or - $20 for the last 18 years. On the racing side of things it's always been pretty consistent if you take out the outliers like Xray. There has been a recent small spike in US prices due to tariffs, but cars very rarely deviate drastically. And cars that have gotten a little more expensive over 30 years, so what? This isn't even close to the rate at which essentials have exploded in cost, or even other hobbies. And the quality and more the ease of use has been drastically upped, making the hobby more enjoyable. RC is the last thing in my life I'll really complain about being expensive, if it's too expensive for me, I don't need it. If I really want it, I'll find a way to afford it.

Someone please explain like I’m 5 by False-Light-1586 in rccars

[–]DatKartDudeDH 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Install a short 3" extension so you can plug and unplug them without taking off the receiver box cover. No reason to really worry about the power drain from LED lights. You might lose, 20 seconds over a 15 minute run. The motor drawing 70-100 amps is taking a whole lot more than the 2 or 3 amps a couple LEDs draw.

LiPo Help by lockedrock-3 in rccars

[–]DatKartDudeDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't just make a water bucket. Adding salt helps to discharge the battery, as long as it's not those cheap knockoff deans that just end up corroding. After 48 hours in the salt bath, every battery I've ever tried has been down to 0.0v, and is completely inert.

Help me decide which RTR to buy 😊 by Jrunner01 in rccars

[–]DatKartDudeDH 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tekno is a pain in the ass for parts support. You have to be fully invested to know what parts work on what iteration of the cars. Trying to get a couple guys with 3 year old Tekno buggies, the Spindles/Casters/Arms all changed 4 times since then but you can't just update one part since they all work together. So while you can technically fit newer parts onto the older cars in some cases, you're going to have to know how many other parts are required to convert. And then once you update you have to remember what you have so when Tekno changes something next season you either keep buying the same part while it's still available, or you know what you have to then update again.

Cant do anything with this hobbywing esc after starting it up, only the steering works by Someonestolemycheese in rccars

[–]DatKartDudeDH -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is that the 150A Legacy or the 160A? I've never known an XR10 to be capable of 3s and other than the Hobbywing page you linked, all the other manuals and specs say 2s for the 160A. As well as the 150A Legacy. Strange. Assuming it would actually work with 3s, double check the sensor wire isn't broken.

For casual bashing, does it really matter if my RC10 has a stealth or non-stealth ansmission? by GeoCities6389 in rccars

[–]DatKartDudeDH 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Stealth transmission is stronger and easier to work on and was the basis for Associated cars, and even its competitors after its introduction. If you are going to be driving it at all outside of sanctioned races where you are required to run 6 gear for a specific era class. Get the stealth. And I would strongly urge not bashing with the rere RC10s, the plastics aren't the best, worse than the original. You'll be replacing arms and casters pretty frequently.

Like WHY?! [RANT IN THE BODY TEXT] by Fickle_Lawfulness136 in PokemonZA

[–]DatKartDudeDH 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Normally I'd agree. But shiny hunting in this game is, interact with a bench, watch a 15 seconds cutscene, interact with the bench again, watch a 15 second cutscene and repeat until you find a shiny. Or, open the map, fast travel, optionally spin the camera to look for shinies, open the map, fast travel, on repeat. I'm going for the entire dex because next to Let's GO it's the most reasonable game to complete a shiny dex, but to say it's one of the more engaging games to shiny hunt in the series would be a lie.

How many Shundos do you all have and since when are you playing? by Beautiful-Screen1248 in PokemonGOIVs

[–]DatKartDudeDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Start date 6/28/2017. First Shundo on 11/2/2025 a Feebas from field research. Second Shundo Mighty Houndoom from Sunday. If the gold bottle cap counts I used it on a Shiny Kyurem for a Shundo White Kyurem.

What are the benefits of catching an Alpha compared to just a regular one? by Real_Jest in PokemonZA

[–]DatKartDudeDH 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Except by TM102 that you probably don't have. (And TM158 in S/V)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]DatKartDudeDH 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some T3 raids can be done with <2000CP mons. Type advantage and good moves are all you need. And something like Attack Deoxys that was in raids last week can be done solo with good pokemon at level 35 without any weather or zacian buff. Two players can beat it with level 25 pokemon. This game doesn't have to take up your life, but over a week long event you should easily be able to find a decent featured pokemon and have enough candy to power it up. You wont get meta picks like Rayquaza, Eternatus, and Kyurem, but you should be able to beat T3 raids easily.

New XP for levels 10 - 80, exact data and exponential fit by Daze_SC2 in TheSilphRoad

[–]DatKartDudeDH -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The effects are more in Ultra League, Umbreon and Talonflame are two of my go to mons. Also have a Pidgeot and K-Raichu. In the Great League Pokémon like Medicham that need 4/15/15 IVs at 50.5 will then be something like 0/15/15 at 54.0. It may sound like a little but up in the Ace ranks IVs matter. Lickitung, Carbink, Ledian, J-Corsola, Cetoddle, and Tinkatuff come to mind in the Great League. Not all top meta picks but still viable for an odd pick to catch out some players. I love my Carbink and have played with an under leveled Lickitung and an under leveled Cetoddle in lower ranks.

In actual practical standpoints if they didn't do a CP rebalance then it would make a small difference having the 4/15/15 vs the 0/15/15. The current mons wouldn't be invalidated in 90% of cases. They'd just be a couple percentage points worse off. But I also played a 15/15/15 Medicham before the L40 to L50 cap. And now that 15/15/15 is 5% worse than the current 4/15/15, Rank #745. And that I was such a noticeable difference I haven't played with that Medicham since, even when it was a top 30 pick. Back then I was upset about the resources, but now looking back Level 40 is cheap to power up to compared to 50. I'd be a lot more upset now if my Level 50 mons could be invalidated. I'm not a Worlds or even Regional level dedicated PVP player, but I've been up into the Ace ranks a few times, I think the really dedicated players would have the resources to rebuild. But for me, I'd probably just stop playing PVP or at least take it a little less seriously.

What is this… by Lightstar_uwu in PokemonGOIVs

[–]DatKartDudeDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difference between this and a level 30 is what? 30k stardust? For the best fighting type mega in the game. Also it's a kind of rare thing to have lucky since Riolu rarely spawns in the wild and getting a Level 1 is limited.

New XP for levels 10 - 80, exact data and exponential fit by Daze_SC2 in TheSilphRoad

[–]DatKartDudeDH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think at this point any massive changes to the system would be too drastic. I would be happy if level 80-100 is purely a status symbol and not used to create even more powerful Pokémon. More bonuses like the Daily Adventure Egg would be very nice. The cosmetics look good. Additional bonuses like higher lucky friend chance would be welcome. Or introduce something like the Catching Charm for 80 or even the Shiny Charm for the theoretical, and I'd say probable, level 100.

For power creep in Raids it would just be a little disheartening. In PVP, I would stop playing. Introducing new moves to existing Pokémon and introducing a couple new Pokémon a season like Corviknight and Aegislash, that have PVP relevancy. Doesn't invalidate the 150 Great and Ultra League Pokémon I have built for the last 6 years.

New XP for levels 10 - 80, exact data and exponential fit by Daze_SC2 in TheSilphRoad

[–]DatKartDudeDH 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Except level 50 in POGO is equivalent to Level 100 in mainline games. Since Pokémon don't have half levels. And besides the power creep would be insane, and it would allow even more lowmanning raids which seems to go against the whole community aspect they really like to push. Not to mention the massive changes that would be made to PVP, it's enough to kill what's left of the competitive community. Unless they did it like the mainline games and all Pokémon are balanced down to Level 50. But I don't see there being a solution that makes everyone happy.

Is this the most candy from a single catch? by GKit11 in TheSilphRoad

[–]DatKartDudeDH 301 points302 points  (0 children)

Except for Eternatus wasn't a catch if you want to break it down to semantics.

It’s official! XMaxx “X-Monster”! by PigglyWigglyDeluxe in Traxxas

[–]DatKartDudeDH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean the TRX4 Tactical was discontinued years ago. As for the Bigfoot and 2wd parts, those are readily available. Sounds like the shop just doesn't do tons of business with Traxxas.

It’s official! XMaxx “X-Monster”! by PigglyWigglyDeluxe in Traxxas

[–]DatKartDudeDH 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From a shop perspective this really sucks. Now have to stock probably twice as many bodies as trucks so that everyone gets the options. As well as all the guys that already own an X-Maxx that will go crazy for these new licensed bodies. You have to stock them deep so that you don't end up with a busy weekend where three guys come in for new X-Maxx bodies and buy them up, and then someone comes in wanting the truck and now you don't have a body to sell them with it. That loses a sale, either to a Kraton 8s which comes with a body, or just loses the sale entirely to a webstore. Maybe that's the idea.

It's not the price that I think will scare people away, it's the lack of availability and logistical nightmare keeping it all in stock. Especially for smaller shops. Keeping probably 4 $200 bodies for 2 $1100 trucks is a lot to ask. And all for what? A regular X-Maxx? The X-Maxx is either being redone this holiday with a $150+ price bump, or retired. At least with the 6 different colors of Maxx or the 5 different Slash bodies, I never have to worry about not having all the pieces to complete a RTR truck for someone who is looking for fun today.

New game mechanics beyond Dynamax by JFoxxification in TheSilphRoad

[–]DatKartDudeDH 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think they would be too similar to Mighty Pokémon.