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Scream And Fly

11-15-2009, 12:24 AM

Thanks everyone. If I can pull it off, we'll be giving one of these away - with custom Scream And Fly Racing graphics, of course :).

Is that really THE $1,200 HPI Baja 5t? That thing is one of the most popular new buggies out, and is not a toy, pretty serious truck. If I had the money I would definitely be owning one.

wow

Yes, this is it! It's huge - a 1/5th scale truck, 26cc 2-stroke gas engine, 8000 RPM clutch, and it weighs 40 pounds!

http://i35.tinypic.com/ac9xtz.jpg

gfinch

11-15-2009, 12:59 AM

40 lbs, bet it doesn't float. 1/5 scale how l/h/w is that. Looks really detailed.

ShorePounder

11-15-2009, 01:04 AM

Man, I haven't drooled this much since I finished the assembly on my RC10GT

I really want to get back into this stuff, and I really got stoked about the vintage Trans Am races for on-road cars. That stuff is soooo cool.

Years ago, I met Ruffy Rios at an off-road track in Orlando and after I won all of the heat races and the main, he gave me a graphite composite RC10 chassis, a Team associated buggy body and complimented my driving skills. It killed me when I had to sell all of my RC stuff to pay bills and that graphite chassis and Team Associated body was part of the sale. I haven't had an RC car since then.

I have fond memories of racing my RC10 at Lake Whipporwill's 1/10th scale Daytona. It was about the time the RC10L came out and was the be all/end all for oval racing.

I dug through some current RC message boards and the days of the Green Can motor and Tekin speed controller w/o reverse are long gone. Remember when ball bearing differentials were a big deal?

whipper

11-15-2009, 01:04 AM

Ive never had an RC but were i live I guess i should have because Im loving the looks of that and emagining the fun!!!:thumbsup: Greg looks like a good spot in front of the rear brake vents inbetween the two blue decals on the door for Scream & Fly decals.:cheers: Sweet! And ya BTW nice pics!!!:D

ShorePounder

11-15-2009, 01:05 AM

Man, I haven't drooled this much since I finished the assembly on my RC10GT

I really want to get back into this stuff, and I really got stoked about the vintage Trans Am races for on-road cars. That stuff is soooo cool.

Years ago, I met Ruffy Rios at an off-road track in Orlando and after I won all of the heat races and the main with my gold tub RC10, he gave me a graphite composite RC10 chassis, a Team associated buggy body and complimented my driving skills. It killed me when I had to sell all of my RC stuff to pay bills and that graphite chassis and Team Associated body was part of the sale. I haven't had an RC car since then.

I have fond memories of racing my RC10 at Lake Whipporwill's 1/10th scale Daytona. It was about the time the RC10L came out and was the be all/end all for oval racing.

I dug through some current RC message boards and the days of the Green Can motor and Tekin speed controller w/o reverse are long gone. Remember when ball bearing differentials were a big deal?

Li'l Toy

11-15-2009, 10:43 AM

But look how clean the tires are. Is there such a thing as a garage queen R/C truck?

Scream And Fly

11-15-2009, 07:38 PM

40 lbs, bet it doesn't float. 1/5 scale how l/h/w is that. Looks really detailed.

I didn't measure it, but it's definitely over three feet long. Here's a photo of it next to a dollar bill to show some scale. Note the size of the wheels compared to the dollar:

http://i34.tinypic.com/w8m0zq.jpg

Man, I haven't drooled this much since I finished the assembly on my RC10GT

I really want to get back into this stuff, and I really got stoked about the vintage Trans Am races for on-road cars. That stuff is soooo cool.

Years ago, I met Ruffy Rios at an off-road track in Orlando and after I won all of the heat races and the main, he gave me a graphite composite RC10 chassis, a Team associated buggy body and complimented my driving skills. It killed me when I had to sell all of my RC stuff to pay bills and that graphite chassis and Team Associated body was part of the sale. I haven't had an RC car since then.

I have fond memories of racing my RC10 at Lake Whipporwill's 1/10th scale Daytona. It was about the time the RC10L came out and was the be all/end all for oval racing.

I dug through some current RC message boards and the days of the Green Can motor and Tekin speed controller w/o reverse are long gone. Remember when ball bearing differentials were a big deal?

The RC10 is really one of the standout cars in RC. It's kind of a legendary car, from what I undersant. I've never actually been into RC, but I like to mess around with them sometimes. My dog loves 'em - he likes chasing them around, so that's why I started buying some cars lately. He just can't get enough of them.

Ive never had an RC but were i live I guess i should have because Im loving the looks of that and emagining the fun!!!:thumbsup: Greg looks like a good spot in front of the rear brake vents inbetween the two blue decals on the door for Scream & Fly decals.:cheers: Sweet! And ya BTW nice pics!!!:D

I think that's a great idea. I'm trying to work with HPI on setting up a giveaway for one of these this winter. I really got this one so I could check it out and possibly evaluate it for a giveaway. Oh, and to have fun with too. :thumbsup:

But look how clean the tires are. Is there such a thing as a garage queen R/C truck?

Ha, yes there is. I just wanted to shoot pics before it got dirty. Once I put gas in it, the truck will have to stay in the garage. It runs on high octane gasoline (minimum 91) mixed at a 25:1 ratio. Sounds good for Alisyn oil to me!

This video shows one in action, sort of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sKNszJ4pbI

jerry

11-15-2009, 08:24 PM

you have a serious problem.

bigtis

11-16-2009, 01:17 PM

Man, I haven't drooled this much since I finished the assembly on my RC10GT

that was my favorite truck. We'd get up high in the air and run them on topend. I bought my rc10 factory team gt when they first came out, with the carbon fiber components. I put a Trinity Picco15 in it. mota would make 1.3 hp and spin to 42,000 RPM. I went from like a 13-15 tooth clutch bell to I believe a 22 tooth clutch bell, and dropped like 10 teeth on the spur gear. Believe it or not, the little truck still had so much bottom end with the SUPER TALL gear setup that I couldn't WOT until around 20-25mph. with the standard gearing it would never get traction under acceleration. with the tall gearing it had just enoug grunt to make traction and keep the front end up. we had street tires and offroad tires, and the offroad tires made more MPH becuase they would get skinny and tall like a dragster does on the other end of the track. we ran it along side the truck one day and it run off from us at 70 like a vette and a bus. I'd guess the little truck had to do at least 85-90. It ran alot better on the big end without the windsheild cut out for air. I'd only cut out the passenger side of the front windsheild and it would start to track right. we put another body on without the windsheild cut, just the head sticking out the bed of the truck, and it woud run straight, and accelerate harder from midrange to topend.

Man now I miss running these things too. I'm glad I kept em. now I can have something to do with my son to keep his lil Arse outta trouble:thumbsup::cheers:

The RC10 is really one of the standout cars in RC. It's kind of a legendary car, from what I undersant. I've never actually been into RC, but I like to mess around with them sometimes. I believe the 1/10th scale race trucks are all sorta bred after and like the original rc10gt. Kinda like motocross and the first CRF450R. that bike changed what we know mx bikes to be today

Forkin' Crazy

11-16-2009, 02:21 PM

Wow!!! That thing is BIG!!! :eek:

1BadAction

11-16-2009, 02:32 PM

That is sick, you should run it on the BMX track. :reddevil:

Remember when ball bearing differentials were a big deal?
Or how bout Stealth diff lube mixed with black grease to get a tighter diff action? Or the pinning kits? Stealth II Transmission!? :D Most people don't even know the difference between a ball diff and a gear diff anymore. Its called RTR, anyone can get a car and race now.

Most guys with these new cars will never experience a 1/10 scale 6 cell pan car modified race on the carpet. 70mph in a 50' straight, unlimited traction, and if you didn't know how to control your trigger finger, the pack would dump 20 seconds before the race was over and the rest of the field would put 2 more laps in on you. :eek:

CDave

11-16-2009, 03:47 PM

Man, you could ride little kids around on that thing. :eek:
So have a ordered a SVS intake/computer for it yet? How fast is it?
My lil' 1/10 Lossi XXT would look like a hotwheels car next to that. But with the Castle Creations Momba Max in it it really moves, even with Nicad battries. With LiPo's and it should skoot pretty good. .

Scream And Fly

11-17-2009, 06:13 AM

Actually, it really is easily large enough to sit on it and ride it. No joke. It's just a little bit smaller than those Power Wheels ride on vehicles for kids. No photo can accurately depict its size for some reason.

Stock, they run about 45 mph. That's pretty fast when you consider its mass and size. Of course, a brushless 1/10 truck on lipo power is faster than this, but the Bajas can be easily modded to run 80 mph. Not sure why you would want to though since it's really meant for offroad running, not street runs. Stock power is a CY 26CC two-stroke chrome-bore gas engine, which is a good clone of a Zenoah. Any Zenoah engine will drop into this truck with no modification.

Here's a photo of my 1/10 Traxxas Rustler next to the Baja. The Rustler is actually large for a 1/10 car too.

http://i38.tinypic.com/2iitsp0.jpg

Man, you could ride little kids around on that thing. :eek:
So have a ordered a SVS intake/computer for it yet? How fast is it?
My lil' 1/10 Lossi XXT would look like a hotwheels car next to that. But with the Castle Creations Momba Max in it it really moves, even with Nicad battries. With LiPo's and it should skoot pretty good. .

1BadAction

11-17-2009, 06:56 AM

45 is plenty fast for that thing. Can you imagine what would happen if you had a radio hit and it went WFO out of control? :eek:

Scream And Fly

11-17-2009, 07:04 AM

45 is plenty fast for that thing. Can you imagine what would happen if you had a radio hit and it went WFO out of control? :eek:

It would surely inflict serious harm or death, for real. There's even an explicit warning in the manual about that. The radio system does include a failsafe though.

Forkin' Crazy

11-17-2009, 10:34 AM

Just make sure that when you turn the radio off, the throttle goes to idle. Yours may have already been set up that way. I guess the radio is 2.4 gig? When I bind my TX to the RX, I set all the inputs to where I want them incase of a TX to RX failure. ie, you can hold the throttle wide open, turn it to the right, turn off the TX, and the throttle returns to idle and the steering straightens.

As far as RX problems or battery problems, they make a voltage tester that will put a load on the battery. It is nice to KNOW what condition your battery is in, whether fress off the charger or not. I also make sure my RX is very secure and insulated, and the critical plugs, are plugged in well and secure. For extensions and battery connections, I use heat shrink tubing or use a store bought system with a plastic frame secured by zip ties.

Yours is RTR, so most of this is probably done, but it won't hurt to check.

1BadAction

11-17-2009, 10:49 AM

yep, any rtr that I have seen is already setup. Except the old GTs that would break the zipties that held the battery in when you wheelied it on the pavement. Throttle return springs = awesome. :D

"bind" the tx to rx, man that is freakin great. Spektrum is a much better than a removable crystal that would get knocked loose or broke if you tagged a wall hard enough.

Forkin' Crazy

11-17-2009, 11:51 AM

DerStream

11-17-2009, 12:01 PM

Man I just looked up a video on youtube of this thing running around a track, I need to get one of these, will this one be in the give away? :rolleyes:

diernosaj

11-17-2009, 12:25 PM

i really want one bad now too

I usually get me something for christmas around this price range, this just might be it this year.

i would die if i could win it in the giveaway somehow tho.

CDave

11-18-2009, 12:38 AM

Here's a photo of my 1/10 Traxxas Rustler next to the Baja. The Rustler is actually large for a 1/10 car too.

Do ya have a brushless in the Rustler?
I don't know if it's common these days with speed controllers but the one I got with my Mamba Max hooks up to my computer and you can use the puter mouse and program the power curve however ya want. Just click the line on the power curve chart and move it how ya like, very cool.:thumbsup:

When ya gonna video that Baja runnin'?

Scream And Fly

11-18-2009, 01:49 AM

Yes, the Rustler is brushless. The S&F cars we're giving away are brushless also, and the speed controllers are programmable and you can use a computer to do it as well. I'm not sure about the programability of the Vileneon controller in my Rustler.

When I get the Baja going, I'll post some videos for sure :)

Do ya have a brushless in the Rustler?
I don't know if it's common these days with speed controllers but the one I got with my Mamba Max hooks up to my computer and you can use the puter mouse and program the power curve however ya want. Just click the line on the power curve chart and move it how ya like, very cool.:thumbsup:

When ya gonna video that Baja runnin'?

bigtis

11-18-2009, 01:46 PM

Has anyone played with the superchargers available for the RC's today. I've been thinking of putting one on a .32 inboard boat. the supercharger really seems to pull strong from 1/4 throttle all the way to the top.

baja200merk

11-18-2009, 01:54 PM

I have an original t-max 4x4 (.15) with spooled front and rear diffs. i put a big block kit in it and a OS .30 but never could keep the drive train together :rolleyes: took it apart to put metal shafts/cv's in it and it never went back together :o

MIJI

11-18-2009, 02:35 PM

No photo can accurately depict its size for some reason.

Perhaps if you had a spectacularly attractive female wearing a bikini or less laying next to it one could get a better sense of scale.

ShorePounder

11-18-2009, 02:57 PM

Or how bout Stealth diff lube mixed with black grease to get a tighter diff action? Or the pinning kits? Stealth II Transmission!? :D Most people don't even know the difference between a ball diff and a gear diff anymore. Its called RTR, anyone can get a car and race now.

Most guys with these new cars will never experience a 1/10 scale 6 cell pan car modified race on the carpet. 70mph in a 50' straight, unlimited traction, and if you didn't know how to control your trigger finger, the pack would dump 20 seconds before the race was over and the rest of the field would put 2 more laps in on you. :eek:

How can you call it RC racing if you've never:

"Trained" battery packs to go balls out for 4 minutes and crash like they just came off of an 8-ball high.

Soldered rows of 1156 light bulbs in a circuit to drain packs.

Mixed shock oils for your own "secret sauce" (as if it actually made a difference)

Burnt your fingers on a speed controller heat sink.

Actually put the mechanical speed controller (original RC10) back in when your Tekin or Novak speed controller bit the dust.

Know that "green motor" racing has nothing to do with the environment.

Know that a 9 turn triple isn't something that Brian Boitano would do.

Nitro racing? Yeah, it was easy to tell who the Nitro guys were. They were the one's in the hobby store buying the same parts they bought last weekend. :) :)

Good times.

1BadAction

11-18-2009, 06:51 PM

How can you call it RC racing if you've never:

"Trained" battery packs to go balls out for 4 minutes and crash like they just came off of an 8-ball high.

Soldered rows of 1156 light bulbs in a circuit to drain packs.

Mixed shock oils for your own "secret sauce" (as if it actually made a difference)

Burnt your fingers on a speed controller heat sink.

Actually put the mechanical speed controller (original RC10) back in when your Tekin or Novak speed controller bit the dust.

Know that "green motor" racing has nothing to do with the environment.

Know that a 9 turn triple isn't something that Brian Boitano would do.

Nitro racing? Yeah, it was easy to tell who the Nitro guys were. They were the one's in the hobby store buying the same parts they bought last weekend. :) :)

Good times.
holy crap I just had flashbacks.

How bout simple green buckets with brushes to clean rubber tires between rounds.

soldering in all the batterys to eliminate the .001 ohm resistance that a connector created, lol.

Soldering a shorted lead on a discharged pack, or deans plugs with just a resistor on them to keep the battery dead between race weekends.

1400SCRs were the baddest MFs on the block.

you just spent 200 bucks on 1400SCRs and the 1800SCRs were released, you were then instantly obsolete. :o

Getting a NovaRossi .12 from an on road guy, modding the crank, header, and clutch setup to fit in your rc10gt so you could beat every ones ass at the offroad track like they were all running half throttle. :D

64 pitch gears and graphite axles.

3 piece pistons in offroad shocks to change compression and rebound.

Flat can stock motors, then removable endbells signaled the end of RC as we know it. :eek:

Man those were some great times. :cheers:

CDave

11-18-2009, 07:20 PM

Building "matched cell" battery packs
Battery Bugs!

I still keep Battery Bugs on my early 90's home assembled Matched Cell battery packs w/ Deans connectors and they are all still good!

diernosaj

11-18-2009, 08:15 PM

We took apart cordless drills for the johnson motors and put them in our RC10's for the fastest street cars there was.

The old mechanical speed controls SUCKED i dont even know how we ever used those things and thought they was something. My RC10 ran it first for awhile till i could afford an ESC. I dont know how many times i burnt my fingers. I couldn't count how many different sets of tires I had and went through.

One night we had an ice storm and shorted the power to our house and my charger caught on fire and most of everything in my closet which was converted RC shop had perished cept for the car itself. That was the end of my RC10 days, about 10 years ago id say. Kinda sad which is why my eyes are lighting up real big since this new hpi baja 5t came around. Im really thinking about getting me one for christmas.

1BadAction

11-18-2009, 08:35 PM

YES! I actually had FUTABA brand truck that I put one of those johnsen drill motors in. I couldnt get an ESC until the next week, so I took the servo out of my boat and made it swing around and put the 2 battery leads together, POW! With a spark and smell of burning wires, the truck was flying down the road. :D It eventually melted the solder together so I had no on/off throttle, flipped the truck trying to get it back to me and blew the tires off the wheels. lmao.

LakeRacer99

11-19-2009, 12:59 AM

Forkin' Crazy

11-19-2009, 11:42 AM

Perhaps if you had a spectacularly attractive female wearing a bikini or less laying next to it one could get a better sense of scale.

Excellent idea! :cool:

ShorePounder

11-19-2009, 12:42 PM

HeHe...u guys are takin me back to when I was 12yrs old again...I think the first real stadium trucks were actually conversion kits they made for the RC-10 and the Losi JRX2. I saved all my lawn money up to buy the JRX2 when it was released. I remember it was the only off the shelf buggy you could get with a graphite chassis and 32pitch gearing. I came with no electronics either. Associated then released a version of the RC-10 with a graphite chassis. Losi and Associated started offering stadium truck versions of those 2 popular buggies. That was about the time I shelved my RC cars and went back to boats.
I remember taking an 18in long off the shelf rc boat i had and gutting the hardware and electronics and installing a gaupner 700motor and gearbox and my Novak esc...that little sucker would roll over on its side from the prop torque like those crackerbox racers do.
Good times.

Yup, the RC10T. Same aluminum tub or graphite "oreo" slab. Different front suspension setup from the tree to the control arms. Out back the arms and dogbones were longer but I think it might have used the same tree. The Stealth transmission was the same between the truck and buggy.

Oh man, Matched cells, and pushed cells All this talk makes me want to get back into it, but as much as it's changed, I'd be totally lost. They'd probably laugh if I showed up at a track with an old gold tub buggy rollin' on HPI's.

SuperBoat Steve

11-20-2009, 12:13 AM

Look out Greg I might run you over ! :D

Greg HPI T5 looks very cool, good luck with it ! :thumbsup: PICTURES rinning !

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc270/Ultimate48/DSC_0012-1.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc270/Ultimate48/FGMT5.jpg

Scream And Fly

11-20-2009, 04:12 AM

Steve, that's really cool. What does it have for power? When I ever get back to NY maybe I should bring the Baja with me. :D

This was one of my first RC cars - I got this one when I was like 13. I remember saving money for a long time to get it. I still remember it was $179.99 at Toys R' Us, and it's very well made. Dual motor RS380s, 4WD, uses a 7.2 6-cell pack with a Tamiya connector. I haven't used it in at least 10 years, but I'm sure it works. :) :D

http://i49.tinypic.com/28s3ny9.jpg
http://i46.tinypic.com/303fz42.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/34t8tmw.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/19hfp.jpg

pyro

11-20-2009, 06:15 AM

Here's mine. Top-of-the-line Radio Shack Golden Arrow buggy.
Got it around 1990, cost me $89.99 on sale. Ran 15 mph, seemed fast at the time.

I was an electronics nut even as a kid, so I installed resistors and LED's all over it. At one time, it was covered with wires and connections, it was highly blinged out.
When winter came, I made a set of plastic skis and glued them to the tires, and studded the rear tires with picture frame nails superglued into the traction lugs, for ultimate winter handling. A battery pack meltdown and small electrical fire forced the removal of the light kit. My friend's dad stepped on the controller and broke off a stem, and actually yelled at me for it! Then the controller antenna broke off halfway. I soldered a wire on to end. Then the rest of it broke off. The antenna on the car is a piece of steel wire.

The car was pulled out of storage a few years later. I hogged out the battery compartment to allow the installation of a true six-C-sized pack (made it myself), my friend brush-painted the body, the treads were cut off the front tires, and the springs were chopped for a radical lowering effect. This badly affected handling and made it tend to get stuck on small pebbles in the middle of the road. The car was soon-after involved in a head-on crash into a fixed object, which broke the skidplate off the front. Five minutes later, another similar crash caused the frame to fracture. I got to work with superglue and a cotton washcloth, using "redneck fiberglass" to repair it. The on/off switch stopped working, so a little chrome toggle switch replaced it.

I'm not even sure if it works anymore...

http://i49.tinypic.com/2prwew0.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/1zqv6eh.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/nxj37l.jpg

SuperBoat Steve

11-20-2009, 07:31 AM

Steve, that's really cool. What does it have for power? When I ever get back to NY maybe I should bring the Baja with me. :D

This was one of my first RC cars - I got this one when I was like 13. I remember saving money for a long time to get it. I still remember it was $179.99 at Toys R' Us, and it's very well made. Dual motor RS380s, 4WD, uses a 7.2 6-cell pack with a Tamiya connector. I haven't used it in at least 10 years, but I'm sure it works. :) :D

http://i49.tinypic.com/28s3ny9.jpg
Greg that is crazy the car looks like you never used it mint in ther box. Nice ! :thumbsup: My truck is MS MT-5 Zenoah 26cc it's big like your truck over 40 Lbs

CDave

11-20-2009, 08:33 AM

OK Greg, I bet ya got a GI Joe collection too don't ya. :D

Superbender

11-20-2009, 08:37 PM

Steve play nice:D

diernosaj

12-05-2009, 09:35 PM

Greg you should have dirty photos and videos of this thing by now....

And because of you theres a 90% chance ill be about 1200-1500 poorer this Christmas.

Scream And Fly

12-06-2009, 04:44 AM

Greg you should have dirty photos and videos of this thing by now....

And because of you theres a 90% chance ill be about 1200-1500 poorer this Christmas.

Actually I haven't used the Baja yet. I've been getting this Caster 1:8 buggy ready. Once the new radio comes in, I'm going fire this up. :)

http://i46.tinypic.com/fe2vb7.jpg

Forkin' Crazy

12-06-2009, 05:14 AM

What radio did you get, Greg? I like the buggies. I want a Losi 8ight. I have to stay out of that side of Hobby Town. :o

How about jumping? Any one jump? I have been know to break **** too though. ;)

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o168/forkincrazy/r10.jpg

Scream And Fly

12-06-2009, 09:32 PM

I went with the 2.4GHz Futaba 3PM. I almost got the Spektrum, but I've never had problems with Futaba radios, so I'll stick with them.

The Losi 8ight is an insane vehicle. I've never really jumped my cars because of the resulting breakage :(. But I really want to run them on the BMX track here. :D

What radio did you get, Greg? I like the buggies. I want a Losi 8ight. I have to stay out of that side of Hobby Town. :o

How about jumping? Any one jump? I have been know to break **** too though. ;)

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o168/forkincrazy/r10.jpg

SuperBoat Steve

12-06-2009, 11:41 PM

Hey Greg

I've had the Spektrum 2 years now with no problems.

I also have Futaba 3PM MX 2.4 GHz Fasst good radio land or sea. :thumbsup:
Hitec servos are great and a good price too ! There service is very good .

Only nitro in my garage is a Ofna Ultra LX with a .26
I've had it 8 years and still going strong and it's seen it's fair share of jumps :D

Steve
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc270/Ultimate48/UltraLX2.jpg

Scream And Fly

12-11-2009, 03:23 AM

Steve, that's really cool. That Ofna looks a lot like the Caster buggy I have. I'm wondering if it's based off it. I can see the front suspension is much different though. The Caster uses ball joints and it looks like yours uses king pins. I'm pretty sure Caster copied a lot off of Mugen for the ZX-1.5R.

By the way, look what came today :)

http://i50.tinypic.com/8zivie.jpg

Hey Greg

I've had the Spektrum 2 years now with no problems.

I also have Futaba 3PM MX 2.4 GHz Fasst good radio land or sea. :thumbsup:
Hitec servos are great and a good price too ! There service is very good .

Only nitro in my garage is a Ofna Ultra LX with a .26
I've had it 8 years and still going strong and it's seen it's fair share of jumps :D

Steve
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc270/Ultimate48/UltraLX2.jpg

Scream And Fly

12-11-2009, 12:05 PM

Alright, the Caster ZX-15.R is ready for break-in. I'm just going to use the radio that came with it for break-in and setup. I installed an Ofna failsafe into it, so it should be good to go for now. After break-in, I'll use the Futaba radio/receiver.

http://i49.tinypic.com/not4px.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/20f5dv6.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/2r4o0b9.jpg

ShorePounder

12-11-2009, 01:20 PM

Greg, what does the Ofna failsafe do? Does it just kill power to the throttle servo, or is there a mechanical aspect of it that cannot be seen in the picture?

diernosaj

12-11-2009, 01:53 PM

What radio came with that ZX-15.R?

And how do you have a Baja 5t just sitting around and havn't even played with it yet? I would have been installing replacement parts for the thing already.

Awesome radio. For the price you can't hardly beat it. Im thinking about getting it if i get the Baja 5t. Tower Hobbies has it on 3 easy payments of 60 dollars and a $10 mir.

sho305

12-11-2009, 02:57 PM

Oh man the stealth trans on an RC10, yeah I had the gold tub. Nearly bought the graphite with the stealth still recall it was $180 all I had to do is swap the electronics. I had three gonzo packs and a tekin charger that ran off the car, nice setup, but I only ran it for fun. I remember putting all the tiny ball bearings in mine after I ran it for a short time, bought it used with some extra stuff and a nice futaba radio with the adjustable response most didn't have then. Put a novak speed control in it later.

Had a pond, so I took carpet tacks and studded the original tires (the narrow ones as we had the low profile then) and filled the tires with that culk rope stuff for home windows to keep the tacks in. Man did they fly on the ice, tons of traction, we raced on the ice all the time. That was about my fourth tire stud design, lol, and the other guy could not keep up. Think those tires are still here but the car I sold. I used that superlube grease on the ball clutch, it worked great. Sure did end up with a lot of money into that car.

I'd get a gas truck now but it was more fun to run against someone and I don't know anyone right now that would run me here...if I could find the time to.

That truck looks like a monster, sure would be a cool giveaway.

Scream And Fly

12-12-2009, 01:53 AM

Greg, what does the Ofna failsafe do? Does it just kill power to the throttle servo, or is there a mechanical aspect of it that cannot be seen in the picture?

Brian, this failsafe is fully electronic, and applies full brakes to the throttle servo when the radio link is lost.

What radio came with that ZX-15.R?

And how do you have a Baja 5t just sitting around and havn't even played with it yet? I would have been installing replacement parts for the thing already.

Awesome radio. For the price you can't hardly beat it. Im thinking about getting it if i get the Baja 5t. Tower Hobbies has it on 3 easy payments of 60 dollars and a $10 mir.

The Caster came (like most RTR models) with a basic AM radio, which is why I installed the failsafe into it. I'll break in the Caster on the AM radio and probably use the Futaba after. The AM radio does have full adjustments though for steering rates, etc., and it seems to work very well since this is the same radio that comes with the F-18 Fusion.

As for the Baja, I'll get to it. I've been too busy with S&F projects to really mess with it. :)

diernosaj

12-12-2009, 01:57 AM

Sounds like you need an assistant in this endeavor.

mikeylarge

12-12-2009, 08:24 PM

Greg this is my hpi rs4 pro racer 2. Hpi stopped making this car back in late 2001 i believe. It has an old O.S. .12 cv in it with a wolfgang head (the little cv rips against motors with 2x the power!!!). I haven'an it in a few years, I am afriad of breaking it and not being able to find parts. I really want to strap my gps to it and see what it actually does!!!
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/oldskoolmike/IMG_0067.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/oldskoolmike/IMG_0066.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/oldskoolmike/IMG_0065.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/oldskoolmike/IMG_0064.jpg
I did a white/yellow/orage/red fade here, I tried to make something cool
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/oldskoolmike/DSC01884.jpg
And this was my savage SS when it was new before i sold it
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f228/oldskoolmike/DSC01912.jpg
I also used to have a traxxas nitro rustler back from when the trx pro 15 came with a pull start. That was 12?? years ago i believe, and also an 1/8 scale ofna buggy, although i forget which one exactly