Replacing a failed motor for a Dictator is NOT easy at all. First of all, the car is surely aged and the motor mount can and will break (see the photo below, one of the columns is gone already). The 12T metal pinion is long, and it has to be long in order to reach […]
Month: August 2021
Replacing broken shaft cup on a FT009/016 RC boat
The stock plastic shaft cup on the FT009/016 is NOT a standard cup. It is plastic and can break if you upgrade to a larger prop or a faster motor. You cannot buy this shaft cup as a replacement part alone. Therefore, you either need to 3d print on your own ( https://upgradeparts.com/2021/08/13/replacement-shaft-cup-for-ft009/ ), or […]
Overheated motor on FT009 and the like…
The FT009 is one of the most popular entry level RC boats. It is cheap but quite reliable. However, when it comes to prop upgrade, it is often found that the motor can cook itself pretty fast. Upon closer look it won’t be a surprise to find that heat dissipation is less than 50% – […]
Can a boat still run with one prop blade gone?
This boat has a half broken prop with one blade gone. It runs although it does not go straight line properly. Also, it gets a little bit noisy. Still, it runs.
What if your boat fails to start?
If your boat is RTR with a safety switch facility integrated into the circuitry (the boat must be on water in order to start), it may produce no response after 20~30 rounds of use. This is especially true when the stock electronic is an ESC-receiver integrated unit. Seems like the safety connections oxidize pretty quickly. […]