8 great mysteries of the R/C universe

[desfjr1300]

1. Why are aluminum clutch shoes anodized?

2. Whether you consider them junk or not, Dodge has made some very cool body styles over the years. What do we get? A Stratus.

3. Why are cv joints only "jointed" on one end?

4. Plastic is stronger than steel. Think about this the next time you're threading a steel screw into a plastic diff case and the head snaps off.

5. Why are servo torque/speed specs given at 4.8 and 6 volts, when they usually get 5 volts from the receiver?

6. You can spend an entire day with the calipers making sure your turnbuckles are the EXACT SAME LENGTH, but the second you slap 'em on your car the front tires look like Marty Feldman's eyes.
http://www.picturepuppy.com/images/desfjr1300/feldman.jpg

7. At age 13 no one would tease you for playing with your "toy car."
But you couldn't afford one.
At age 20 you could afford one, but your buddies tease you ruthlessly when you run it.
At age 40 you could buy out your LHS. And your wife wonders if you'll EVER grow up.
At age 80 nobody cares what you do. But with your fixed income you can't afford it!

8. Florescent pink. 'Nuff said

[ducati777]

Heheheh thats pretty funny, and strange that it had 8 views when I clicked on it.

Is #5 true for the typical car running 6-7.2 volts?

[desfjr1300]

Well I'm not sure about other brands but that's the way Futaba's are. I'll have to slap the ol' volt meter on my JR and see if it's the same. Strange, eh?

Speaking of strange, Marty Feldman had a song called "No Nuts"
The lyrics are pretty funny:

No Nuts

There are no nuts in donuts
And no men in snowmen
And no zoo in Kalamazoo
There is no king in Woking
And no zing in dozing
But there's hate in my hatred for you

There's no ooze in Methuselah
And what is even unusualer
There isn't even a small boy
In a tallboy

There is no e in snowy
And no z in posy
And no k in boquet as well
And there was no m in poem
Till I learned to spell

There is no sir in grocer
And no bow in oboe
And no knee in macaroni
But the analogy still holds true
There are no nuts in donuts
And so nuts to you

Not sure who he was referring to when he say's there's hate in his hatred for you-another mystery?

[ducati777]

I say grocer as "grow-sure" not sir....

[-=ADA$=-]

about #3, CV joints are only "jointed" at one edn, because of suspension movement, it would have to be two piece design (like T-maxx, Revo) so they can change lenght.

[RCRevolution]

I have a Voltage meter and i am getting right around 6V out of my receiver

[desfjr1300]

Duc-Me too. Maybe it's a British thing?
Ada$-Guess I'm thinking of 1:1 cars. They get away with it without sliding plastic axles!

[-=ADA$=-]

some cars have sliding axles, and others well considder they have much less suspension movement - not so much axle lenght change

[Chris LaPanse]

I can answer #1:

Anodizing adds a thin coat of aluminum oxide to the surface of the aluminum. Unlike iron oxide (rust), aluminum oxide is hard and durable - harder in fact than the aluminum itself. A coat of anodizing, especially hard anodizing, will actually strengthen and harden the surface (it is not a purely cosmetic treatment). So it makes sense that one would do this to a part under as much stress as clutch shoes.

[desfjr1300]

^^^Hard anodizing, for strength, I understand. But I don't think we're getting anything more than pretty colors in the r/c world. The anodized purple on the clutch shoes I just put in the savage scrapes right off with a hobby knife!

[Giant655]

thats because they are for the savage LOL. Anything you put on the savage that "enhances" performance is a load of beans cause the savage sucks dogs you-know-what LOL! and as for #2 thats because it is the best handling dodge body also. I dont know about you, but I wouldnt put a neon on my R40 LOL

[Chris LaPanse]

No matter how thin the anodizing, there is some (slight) gain. However, if you can scrape it right off, it is a pretty small gain.

[StrokerAce]

some cars have sliding axles, and others well considder they have much less suspension movement - not so much axle lenght change

Off subject, but I couldn't resist. I had a '69 chevy long bed that went from a solid straight axle to a sliding axle configuration in a matter of minutes when a c clip broke going down the road one time.
:eek:

Mike

[scoob]

6. You can spend an entire day with the calipers making sure your turnbuckles are the EXACT SAME LENGTH, but the second you slap 'em on your car the front tires look like Marty Feldman's eyes.
http://www.picturepuppy.com/images/desfjr1300/feldman.jpg




That's the best one, I can totally relate :D