My god, the last post was in late 2014. So what happened ? I gave up the alcyon II and bought a used VBC wildfire D06. Ran it a few times. Very even flex characteristics, lighweight , handled really well. But I got tired of touring and moved on to vintage buggies.
Last year got myself an Airwolf 470 size RC helicopter.
I met up an old friend of mine who now has a 19year old son getting into RC touring.
He was showing me his 7700mah lipo and I was shocked how light it was. Back in 2015 a 7700mah lipo would have been 300+ grams.
Suddenly the gears start grinding in my head, hmm..my Kawada.
A month later I went looking for my Kawada. It was in a state of dissaray. Some parts were missing. It was setup for countersteer drift. So i decide to put it back to how it was in 2014-2015. Bad news is the layshaft i got in there is for drift ratios, so I need to create a new layshaft. The TRF 417 gear diffs are also in bad shape and no longer available , so after some investigation found that TRF420 gear diffs can fit also. took note of parts i need like 32mm turnbuckles, some special length M3 screws, 3mm, 4mm and 5mm beairng shims, diff oil, shock oil, ordered them .
Spent the last sunday building up cleaning and putting back the suspension together in the Alcyon II ultimate guise. Found all my 44mm CVDs, cleaned them and regreased., shimmed the wheel bearings. Also needed new alloy 6mm thick hexes. as the 5mm ones seem too near the rear 0 offset wheels to rub slightly on the vertical part of the rear knuckle. It took me the hole day and didnt get much done. It will take me a few weeks more . But little by little I am determined to get it back working.
This time when I retire it again. It will retired as is it. with all parts intact. It deserves respect as it was a very important part of my life. Stay tuned.
