Tamiya GF-02 Squash Van - Castle Creations Brushless ESC/Motor Upgrade, Running on Sand!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ธ.ค. 2023
- I can't get enough of the Tamiya GF-02! It's just too damn good! In this video, we'll talk about some of the upgrades I did when building, and some of the upgrades that were planned. I decided not to go with certain ones after burning a few packs.
We'll also make a MAJOR power upgrade to the chassis by adding the Castle Creations Copperhead 10 Brushless Power System! 3800 kV which is good up to 4S believe it or not! We won't be going that crazy, but 3S, here we come!
To watch the Tamiya GF-02 in action, you gotta watch this video! • Tamiya GF-02 Squash Va...
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That... is a lot of gear noise! Love it!
Sorry, I can't hear you!!! Too much gear noise! 🤣🤣🤣 - Merry Christmas, brother! 👊🏼
@poorboysrc merry Christmas to you, also!
Man that thing rips, love how you just laugh when you have a big roll. A man after my own heart, its the big kid in us 😁
My wife always laughs when she hears me laugh, too. Hahaha. You're right, it's the big kid in us having a a moment where we realize we might have over-done things a little bit, lol! I love this hobby! 😆😆😆
Maybe I'm a totally crazy guy. But I think a Clodbuster speed challenge is a fun idea.... you really have to think outside the box for that one
That is a really good idea! Imagine a 90mph Clod? Lol! 🤣
Wow great video Man it can certainly take a beating 😂😂
She's a tough cookie, Mark. The Von Squash is quickly becoming my fav RC!
Wow!
Nice job. You are really testing it out. LOVE that!
Yeah we put her through her paces and she came out on too with just a few scratches and a keaky shock. Haha. The Squash Van is a tough rig! 🤗
Monster Pumpkin! is what that truck should be called with that new power plant. Excellent vid bud!
It's totally a Monster Pumpkin! Love it! 🤗
The sensor plug is for the esc. It’s actually for de casing the esc and removing the short lead from the case it self. Maybe try removing the foam of the motor packaging some times they put the sensor cable under it
Aha! Thank you! That makes sense. 👌
As for the sensor cable, I looked everywhere... Nothing in the boxes... 😭
Castle brushless on 3S!? You madman!!😂 Very entertaining stuff and the Squash took it like a champ!
I've been called much worse, so thank you! Lol! - But seriously, the SV rocked that Castle system like it was made to be there! Albeit, 3S was a bit much, 2S is the sweet spot for this rig!
@@poorboysrc I’ll admit in my head it did have an expletive in it but only in the best possible way. 😂
Yeah the 2S with some more suitable tyres and I’m not sure what would stop it? I’m so taken with the SV and I’m looking forward to your further adventures with it. All the best!
@@Divefire Hahaha, I appreciate the self-censoring, I know it can be tough at times. Lol!
The SV is just so capable, and such a blast to rip around in. Some good tires, and better tuned suspension, and this truck would be an all-day basher, every day. I'll keep putting the SV in harm's way, and I hope you keep watching. Stay Excellent!
G’day Fil, Merry Christmas mate. Never had that problem with the Deans plug, I don’t use them😜. XT60s for me Fil. It was a great video with some jumps too, great stuff.
I'm sure I can find a way to solder up an XT60 wrong, just watch! Lol! - Merry Christmas, my man. Hope the jolly dude in red is good to ya!
i think about putting slow motor and lock the diff and turn it into a crawler....using 4ws as well.
With some slightly longer shocks, and good tires, I could see it working pretty well!
Wrong end on the speed control?? I feel that one! So you are not alone there. For the record I tell people that thats how i 'warm up' my soldering skills lol.
Hahaha, so I'm not alone?!?! Too funny, man! Thanks for watching! 👊🏼
Nice video. Good enthusiasm and knowledge!
Thanks dude! 🍻 👊🏼
So busy..... took me 3 attempts to finish the video. Great job Fil . Myself I like soft suspension with plenty of droop. When @TAMIYAUSAOFFICIAL announced the kit I had an instant criticism of using a 30+ year old tire design.
Hey buddy, I was wondering where you were. You're usually top 3 in comments, haha. All good man, it's the season to be busy. I hope you're all set for Christmas with a couple dozen fresh IPA's in the fridge, and a bunch of RC projects to wrench on. Merry Christmas, my man!
Great video and upgrade. I just received my squash van today. So excited to get working on it. Thanks for the awesome series on yours.
Right on, enjoy the build! It's a pretty quick put-together. The Squash Van is such an awesome truck, you're gonna love it! 👊🏼
@poorboysrc what lipo are you using in it? Thank you.
@@chef11chef11 I'm using a few different ones. Gens Ace 2S hard case, 5000 mah, and an Amazon 3S soft case, 3300 mah. 👊🏼
...you could smell the solder burnin' down the Copperhead road...
Merry Christmas y'all! 😁👍
Hahahaha, YESSSS! That's awesome! Merry Christmas, my man!
Nice! Great video and crazy fun upgrade.
Thanks for watching, amigo!
Yea mate I have done all sorts of stuff backwards including soldering without making a video Its not just you. Loving your videos
Phew, glad I'm not the only one... Lol! -- Thanks for watching, and taking the time to comment!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thanks Joe! A very Merry Christmas to you and your family as well, my man! 👊🏼
Von Squash is so fast now that it blew your hair off 😂😂😂 merry Christmas Fil 🎅
Hahahahaha!!! Tamiya needs to put a warning label on the box! 🤣
Merry Christmas buddy! Hope you guys have a good one. 👍🏻
Awesome video! loving the 3S!
Thanks pal! She's a monster on 3S! So much fun! 🍻😉
Cool RC and awesome upgrade, great video
Thanks for watching, my man! 👊🏼
Well that motor certainly woke her up, Fil! 😅 As for the soldering, yep, been there, done that!!! I think we all have! After trying Rob's Konghead with RWS I must say I prefer mine with FWS better, so I think you are wise to give the conversion a miss! Man, I was wincing many, many times in this video as the Von Squash tumbled, rolled and crashed into the ground - but wow, she is a tough cookie and just shrugged it off and kept going! Great thinking to lower the truck, night and day difference right there! Thanks for the slomo shots at the end - Icing on the cake, dude!
Finally, wishing you and yours a wonderful Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year! (And looking forward to see if we can team up on a few TH-cam projects in 2024!) 🎄❄🤗👌👍
The beast is awaken, Mark! Haha! Now if I can just hold on to this enthusiastic monster, that'd be great! Hahaha!
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Have a wonderful holiday, and yes, we'll need to get cracking on a project or two here in the new year. I can't wait! 🤩😉👊🏼
@poorboysrc I always forget the heat shrink before I make a perfect solder joint. Then, deaolder to put the shrink on. Then a solder joint that looks like a silver booger.
I wore out my bushings just watching this 😆
Hahahahahaha!!! Too good! 😂 🍻👊🏼
I think the shorter wider midnight pumpkin tires would be better on this truck
Yeah that's an interesting option. Never thought of that. 👍🏻
If you don't want bearings because of the saltwater you could use brass bearings. They should work better and last longer than the plastic ones...
That's a good option, I've got plenty spares in both brass and plastic stored away. 👊🏼
@@poorboysrc 👊😁
Merry Xmas to you and your family Phil! wow..i didn't think that the Tamiya plastic gears would hold up for so long with that bashing..maybe something i will do for an upgrade on my projects that i am working on throughout the winter time. cheers from Cambridge, Ontario and Happy New Years if we don't see you until then. I"ll have a pint for you.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Gary! These Tamiya gears are surprisingly tough! My Midnight Pumpkin has been running a 10t BL motor for years now, with no issues. I just make sure not to glue the tires to the wheels, as it's a good "poor boys" slipper clutch! Haha. Keep Cambridge Excellent, my man!
@@poorboysrc i'll try to keep "lamebridge" good. and thanks again for your tidbits of info. cheers as always and kiss your wife under the mistletoe and enjoy the time together. speak soon my friend.
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Thanks for watching. 👊🏼
Hey great upgrade Fil. Like you say, the 4WS would make it tip over even more than it does already. 2s looks like plenty for this. 3s was just silly! Top stuff mate. Merry Christmas and very best wishes to you and yours 🎅🎄😁
Thanks for watching, Pete. A very Merry Christmas to you and your family as well. 🎅 🎄
I think we're all a little bit on the "Tipsy" side this time of year mate ! 😂 Have a great Christmas Fil 👍🏼🎅🏼🎄
Hahaha, working on getting tipsy as we speak, Derek. Merry Christmas, my friend!
She looks great fil , is it possible to lower it more, so you can get some more speed
Thanks pal! Yeah, I could get creative and lower it a touch more. There are some other upper shock mounting holes I could use. Might have to get some adjustable turnbuckles to compensate for all the camber. 😉
I might look into fitting GF-01 wheels and lunchbox tires, that will lower it and give it a slightly wider stance. Either way it will be fun, these are so goofy it almost doesn't matter. I just hope they put out the body set for when I ruin my body 😂
I'm with you there, I've put a few good dings in my body already. I'll need a new one sooner than later at this pace. 👊🏼
I think the Canadian beach is no so beachy compared to Australia or Asia but still sure it nicer in summer
Depending where you go, the beaches all vary in Canada. I doubt they're as nice as Australia or Mexico, etc... But still very enjoyable! 🌴🌴🌴
@poorboysrc agree and its still fun even if its brass monkey weather 🥶 but don't go to Mexico safer and nicer in Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia or Indonesia and Australia is great hope you can travel to this side of the world if you already haven't 👍
Nice run ! Still, a bit too much power for this Van, not mentioning 3S 😅 Have a nice Christmas 🎄🎅
Yeah just a little much, hey? Haha! I'm not gonna lie, I did LOVE the power on 2S, it was amazing! This will be the new setup moving forward, as the GF-02 can handle it with ease. Merry Christmas, my friend!
Just a thought but how about next year you could possibly include a von squash speed run challenge along side the regular challenge that could make for some good times 🇬🇧✌️
It's certainly an option... hahaha. I'll need to hire a team to help manage all these cars! 😆👊🏼🍻
Yes, soldered the wrong connector on it happens been there. I was thinking where you said the 4WS not needed, I was wondering if you did the conversion and turned the steering down so you go about the same amount of total turn would it be a little more stable. The thing is there will be less turn on each axle, but just a thought. Wow the drop in height and spring rate made a huge difference. Power is a bit too much, I might go with a 21t motor in the future. 3s crazy 🙂but the body looks so cool.
Yeah that suspension drop made a huge difference in the handling department, it was great! Only downside was losing a bit of ride height, but she made up for that with speed, haha. On 2S it's a really good blend of power/speed. 👊🏼
@@poorboysrc Yes 2s the sweet spot.
@@BasBoyRC I agree 100% - My curiosity had me try the 3S, but I couldn't even get it past 1/2 throttle, it was just too much power.
@@poorboysrc Just a little 🙂
Your thoughts about the 4WS're right. For low speeds good, on high speeds a nightmare. I have it on my Konghead and if there wasn't a third axle it would tip over much often as it alredy does (on harder surfaces). Great run with the BL😂
Merry Christmas Fil🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas Dirk! Have a wonderful weekend! 😊
No worries Fil, I have soldered the wrong wires and plug, just one of those things!
Have a great Christmas. 🎄🎅
@@ericchristopher9037 thanks pal, Merry Christmas to you and your family as well. 🎅
Here is a good question... would the a arms on the wild dagger fit to give it that true monster truck look?
They definitely fit, but you will need stiffer springs and thicker oil if you do this. I have the Tamiya alloy shocks on my dual hunter and thickening up the oil helps but it’s still a dagger chassis lol. I recently finished my build of the squash van and prefer the stance it comes with.
I just had a look and it appears as though they would fit. You'd need the WD dogbones as well, to compensate for the added width, but I think it would be doable. 👊🏼
The stiffer shocks made it perform pretty well 👍 what do you think about the radio you used? Have been thinking about buying it but hesitate because of the range. Is it possible to set up endpoints with it? Nice video as always 👍
I love this radio! I have 5 of them now, hahaha. 10 model memory, cheap receivers and loads of adjustable parameters, including EPA. Only downside is that it's big, it takes 8 aa batteries, and the range isn't great. But for general bashing, it's fine. 😉👍🏻
@poorboysrc sounds like much for the money despite the low range 👍 8AA is a bummer 🙂
@@electricnitrorc it's a great radio for collectors. Flysky does make the Gt5, which is a leaner, meaner radio. I don't own one, so I can't speak of its performance, but I hear they're good!
I went from the stock silver can to a 4100kv Max10 setup… Not as good/fun as stock. Not a fan of constant roll overs 😂
Yeah this beast sure does like a good rollover, doesn't it? I found it was a lot more stable with the suspension slammed as low as I can get it. 👊🏼
@@poorboysrc Bought a set of the wide GF01 tires and rims. Gonna run mine with those on and see if stability improves.
@@Triggered-RC that's a good idea! I bet it'll help a lot! 👍🏻
where did you find 60m oil dampers I've looked every where and bought two sets and 1 of them were 16th scale and the other 18th they don't give a very good description
I got them from RC Mart several years ago, and they may have been discontinued. They're from Yeah Racing.
Ya that's great I'm building the dual ridge and built the plasma edge II fortunately the front shocks on both are 65mm and at least there oil filled and not friction!
Castle Creation electronics... Not the best idea.
Why do you say that?
TAMIYA GF系列 都是塑膠齒輪 我認為用無刷馬達比較不合適
馬力太大 翻車機率高 這種車樂趣不是速度
If you watch the video, you'll see that after I lowered the suspension, it really improved the handling. Plus, it jumps so nicely with the big power, it's made it a lot more fun to drive.