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There was a problem with Ebay Saturday the 21st, 2009 not showing all items available for Ebay store owners. All has been resolved. Sorry for any interruptions in our service to our customers. Please check out all our new items including Traxxas and Deans y Harnesses to connect battery packs in series or parallel. Thank you for your support!
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Mike Mizzi-Owner BeatuRacing.com

Traxxas E-Revo, Slash, Rustler, Bandit 6 cell Nimh battery packs

We have a great selection of awesome NIMH battery packs that we just began offering from ACE Power. These packs are solidly constructed with clear shrink wrap, integrated endcaps, and 14G flex wire. We top them off with a GENUINE TRAXXAS TRX connector for perfect no hassle RTR plug and play! The 4500mah Cell packs are of the highest power available with incredible punch and runtime while the 3300mah packs are a great sport or stock spec pack for club racing or economical club racing! Get them here!

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Tamiya 1/10th Scale Twin Detonator Review with 10 Cell Mod

Tamiya has been producing the twin motor Twin Detonator Monster truck for years. This truck is durable, simple, and fun! I have been running mine for a few years with absolutely no problem. It had been in "hiding" when I moved, and I just reinstalled a radio system and rewired the whole truck to utilize a 6 cell and a second 4 cell pack to make it a true 10 cell NIMH powered truck.

The simple chassis design basically is a cage that unites two complete identical motor and gearbox housings. The wheels are then suspended by long double wishbone suspension components.
Let me emphasize simple, because the truck uses "friction" shocks.....remember this truck retails for about $139.00!

The Tamiya Twin Detonator comes with two 540 "silver can" motors for power. These motors power their separate gear box units to provide the twin power 4wd drive train. The motors spin in opposite directions as one motor is mounted on the left, the other on the right. So future motor upgrades must be made with like motors with 0 degree timing or like motors that have adjustable timing so that they can be matched.

The monster truck tires are Chevron style with small spikes as well. They are very grippy and work on a variety of surfaces. Make sure you glue the tires to the rims as I found that they will eventually slip on the rim with use. I found that the truck's suspension is half spring / half tires. The tires also wear well.

The body on my truck sits a little low...I like the stance that way...it looks more like a stadium truck. With the adjustable body posts one can lift the body as high as one would want for a different look. The polycarbonate body comes clear with stickers. I did a simple one color paint job and used the included stickers for the look in the posted pictures.

The truck is really designed for a single 6 cell stick pack. I got bored with the low speeds of the single 6 cell pack. Adding 4 more cells above and creating a 10 cell pack really wakes the truck up! Now it is a real beast approaching 20 mph with the stock cheap motors. I use an ACE 4500mah NIMH stick pack and 4 ACE 4500mah single cells to create a very powerful 10 cell pack. One may say in this day and age of brushless and lipo....why should I be impressed with 20mph? Remember....this is not a $600 monster truck! This is a $139.00 kit...and the amount of fun is just worth every penny. I am still impressed how capable this truck is! It also tracks and handles much better than one would expect from a kit without oil dampened shocks. The terrain that the truck can dominate is almost amazing. Its wide stance provides stable cornering despite the higher center of gravity of an extra 4 cells mounted high. Durability is great. The only thing I have broken is one driving light mounted to the body's rollbar.

With some modified motors and oil shocks this thing would be sick! I am sure it would embarrass some pricier trucks. I used an old Novak Dually ESC and it barely seems worked....currently Novak sells a Rooster that should do just fine. Traxxas also sells a speed control for their EMAXX that would work great in this truck. Add some Traxxas 550's and this would probably be overkill. Fun is taking something ho-hum and building something deceiving!

The Ace 4500 cells work awesome! They don't get much more than warm powering the twin 540 motors and runtime is at least 20 minutes, depending on how you drive.

I found space for the extra 4 cells on the top surface and just moved the ESC to on top of the steering servo. I had an Associated 27 mhz am radio from my RC18 that I use as control. It works great and the receiver is tiny so it fits nice. The extra cells were shrink wrapped and are held in place with some nice black rubber bands that handle wing duty for RC airplanes. I purposely zip tied any wires for a neat and solid install and routed all the wires close to the chassis for best fit and safety. With all the bouncing around, loose wires can eventually become too loose, breaking solder joints.

Though this truck is not a "Purpose Built" performance RC vehicle it is very enjoyable to take to the next level with a little DIY creativity. Sometimes the most professional RC vehicle isn't the most fun to run....and isn't that what a hobby is supposed to be...fun!

Ebay Top Rated Seller and 3000 transactions completed!

Thanks to everyone who has helped us earn TOP RATED SELLER status on Ebay. We started on Ebay and our presence is solid. We hope our webstore at www.BeatuRacing.com eventually becomes as successful.
Mike-

Fast driving through Paris 1976

Rare film short by director Claude Lelouch. Rendezvous 1976.
Enjoy!

Claude Lelouch - C'etait un Rendezvous (1976) from vtg on Vimeo.