Jeff Hoy, American
A blog about my hobbies, plus a bunch of other crap too.

Jeff Hoy, American

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Did you get a new R/C car or truck for Christmas?

Christmas has come and gone.  The presents have been unwrapped with joyous glee.  If you’re one of the lucky ones, then hopefully you unwrapped a nice, new radio controlled car or truck.  Here’s some of my older articles about how to upgrade and hop-up your new R/C car.
Did you get a Losi Highroller for Christmas?  Then you might want [...]


Finally!

I just noticed that Losi has released a ball differential for the Highroller.  If you’ve read some of my previous articles about my Highroller you’ll know that the stock gear differential is probably the biggest issue with the truck.  So if you have a Highroller then get over to your local hobby shop and buy [...]


More Highroller changes…

I’ve dumped the weak-sauce motor that comes with the Highroller.  That motor is seriously underpowered for a 12-turn.  So I dropped in a Team Orion Formula Pro BB 10-turn double modified and stepped up to a 15 tooth pinion gear from the stock 12 tooth.  With the much more powerful motor, even geared more aggressively, [...]



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