Cougar Quality Problems... - Page 6

Aran · #**101** 23-05-2010

looking into getting a cougar when i can, these orings, are the orings from step 19 (in the manual) or step 26b?

and is a bit of thread lock fixing it, last thing id want is the gearbox in bits

Thomas B · #**102** 24-05-2010

Wanted!

A servosaver that fits Cougar.

Broke my second servohorn today.

bigred5765 · #**103** 24-05-2010

impossible youll never get one to fit,and theres really no need 90% of b4 drivers super glue the servo saver up,if ur hitting stuff something has to break and better the horn than your servo,

slow bob · #**104** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by bigred5765

ares is way past 7 meetings old and still perfect, come to think of so is most of the teams??? i have fixed 3 now and all have been builders errors in one way or another including the one i did today at southlakes

Hi i had the same opinion as you and had run the car 8 or 9 times with no problems

just a warning it will happen even if it has been built to perfection its only a matter of time

Thomas B · #**105** 24-05-2010

Did not hit anything today. Just a bad landing and i rolled.

True, its better whith a striped servohorn. But the spare part avaliability is not so good yet in Sweden.

bigred5765 · #**106** 24-05-2010

a friend broke one at the weekend and we tried to fit a metal one theres no room between the steering rack and the servo horn,the only one we could get to fit was the schuy one,

mikeyscott · #**107** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by bigred5765

a friend broke one at the weekend and we tried to fit a metal one theres no room between the steering rack and the servo horn,the only one we could get to fit was the schuy one,

Is it the same horn as the Cat SX? Hope so as I hold spares of these due to running a SX and a SV

Thomas B · #**108** 24-05-2010

Yes its the same.

Thanks bigred. then i just whait for the spare parts.

Tom3012 · #**109** 24-05-2010

Ive got an aluminium one on mine, the kit one stripped after 3 races!

mikeyscott · #**110** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by Tom3012

Ive got an aluminium one on mine, the kit one stripped after 3 races!

Only time I have broken the servo horn on the SX or SV was at Petit when I met the wall on the table top.. I was expecting more damage on the SX, but it held together very very well

I'm running Sanwa and Savox servos (Got a Savox 1258 to potentially go in the SV, however the Sanwa is 20g heavier).

Thomas B · #**111** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by Tom3012

Ive got an aluminium one on mine, the kit one stripped after 3 races!

Witch one du you have? Link?

Albertini · #**112** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by Aran

looking into getting a cougar when i can, these orings, are the orings from step 19 (in the manual) or step 26b?

and is a bit of thread lock fixing it, last thing id want is the gearbox in bits

Step 19 and I'll let you know in a couple of weeks.

Aran · #**113** 24-05-2010

make the pins shorter and stick gnub screws in there :P

ulrich · #**114** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by Thomas B

Witch one du you have? Link?

We are using the Ansmann alloy servohorn (I mean Robitronic sell the same horn). I have cutting one hole off with a dremel.. see photo

bigred5765 · #**115** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by ulrich

We are using the Ansmann alloy servohorn (I mean Robitronic sell the same horn). I have cutting one hole off with a dremel.. see photo

hmmm very interesting??
with the steering stright does it not touch the back of the steering rack??

chatts#725 · #**116** 24-05-2010

I see in the show us your cougars thread that raul garcia has a purple anodised servo horn on his looks like a core one, but i tried one and deffo doesnt fit, would have put in a link to show you all but dont know how sorry.

ulrich · #**117** 24-05-2010

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Originally Posted by bigred5765

hmmm very interesting??
with the steering stright does it not touch the back of the steering rack??

nope.. it dosen´t touch chassis.. it is a Savox 1251 servo and with no use of spacers.

MattW · #**118** 24-05-2010

It could easily be that with some servos it will fit and with some it won't. Servos are very different these days - the distance from the end of the output spline to the mounting tabs can vary by a massive amount.

I've run the kit plastic one. In fairness I did break a gear in a servo however, but it is a fairly old servo and can't remember the last time it came apart - if at all!!

enfieldbanana · #**119** 24-05-2010

Evening people,

I've just started to build my SV and to honest I am shocked by the quality of some of the injection moulding parts. The gearbox housing is terrible!!!!! I've never seen two halves of something go together so bad. Plus some of the anodizing is of a very poor quality. There's a part of me that is wishing I never bought this kit. You don't expect such poor parts from a PRO kits. Why did I leave Associated??? And I haven't even got half way through the build. In fact the quality of finish of the parts on the Fireblade Evo were better than what I'm coming across with the SV.

Andy

enfieldbanana · #**120** 24-05-2010

Also can I add ..... the invisible window marks for the shell!!!!

Why aren't any supplied????

Andy