Anyone into R/C?

The wraith doesnt crawl that great but my buddy is gunna change the gear ratio on it and then put softer springs and add little more wait to the front hopefully it will craw better

 

I was in the same situtaion you are in. I wanted a 1/8 nitro buggy but i didn't want to make a costly build so i looked into the RTRs. I ended up getting the Kyosho Inferno Neo. Got it from Amain. I guess I am an Associated guy (rc8t, sc8e, sc10 4x4) but I'd recommend the Inferno neo.
I can humble guys with more expensive setups around the track. Mind you not really racing competitively, just for fun.

Things you should know...

philip screws... hate em, but got a screw kit and the thread pitch was wrong so I left em in. I'm used to them now and it doesnt bother me anymore. retorque everything when you get it out of the box!

Diffs have only two planetary gears. You can buy the diff bevel shaft and gears and upgrade to 4 gears each diff. Install diff fluid at this time. Just did mine, went 5/7/3 front to rear.

Changed shock oil, Kyosho uses a different nethod of measuring the oils, just went with associated 32.5

Change front steering hub to 22 degree carrier to gain way more steering. The front was toe'd way out from the factory so I set it to be more neutral.

Its a good kit and a tough one too. The motor is way more powerful than the car needs and run times aren't too bad either. I only run 20%. Its a great starting point and you can upgrade later when funds allow. Shares parts with the 7.5, like the ones I mentioned above. Its really fun and handles/flies really well. The servos are good as far as RTR servos go, but I just changed mine out. The pullstart hasn't given me anything to complain about, and I donb't plan on getting another motor for it. It responds well to tuning and I've got it so that mine can idle forever, it seems. Maybe for the whole tank but who wants to waste nitro?

As it sits now, all the mods above, pus some things I had laying around and bought.
Reedy Life battery
Futaba Fasst receiver
Futaba brushless for throttle
Savox digital titanium for steering (figured I'd give it a try, others have good results with them)
Dynomite header
Ofna JP1 pipe

Last weekend I was runnig with a mugen 5 and "The Car". The mugen had a .28 and the car had a .21 race motor. The inferno got a mean holeshot and had them chasing me down. Even with my driving I held them off and won many times. Thats with the stock radio and servos btw. Its hilarious when they see me with a pullstart and realize its a RTR kit. All the more reason to get one! Good luck.

 

What kind of body is that tan one?

 

Right in the middle of doing a honcho

 

Mine is great. All you got to do is place the battery up front. Amazing how much it helps

 

Is there a kit for that or is custom

 

The one in the back right is a hancho with a jeep Cherokee body it's black just really dusty haha

 

Custom.

Rccrawler forum there is a bunch on it



Basically it is the honcho and wraith chssis together with the wraith alxes and drive train.

I kind of doing a modified one on the honcho chassis and wraith alxes

Triing to figure out how to use the wraith tranny as well

 

for anyone looking for an SV2 kit...

on sale today only... $109.99

http://www.hobbypeople.net/index.php/castle-sidewinder-1-10-sc-system-w-3800kv-motor.html

 

Nice

Ill keep that in mind

If you really want something kool its gotta be custom built lol

Amazing how just a little dirty gives things a personality lmao

 

That's a good deal, wonder if other kv motors are available.

 

Still triing to make decisions. Haahaa.




Edit: going on a week. Thinking.....

 

Looking like I'm gonna need another motor... Need something a little stouter than the castle 1410 though...

What's the strongest motor you can run on 2S?

 

You figure out your problem? That's the same motor you got, right?

 

No Servos either

anything nitro is going to be expensive over time

D8T- $335
Werks B2- $170
Werks pipe- $95
Servos- $150ish
Tires- $27/pair
Wheels- $17/pair
Starter box- $95
Byrons fuel- $35/gallon

The Kyosho Infernos are based of an much older chassis design, and as it was pointed out it still uses philips head screws. Personally I can't stand pull starters on nitro engines

 

Just at the hobby shop. Looked at the TF2 kit almost bought it. Very clean and organized in the box. The two speed tranny is sick. Instructions are very simple and easy to understand. Best part is the alxes, tranny and transfer case come pre assembled!!







Why I didn't buy it?!?!?





You Ask?!?!?!










It was 400 dollars.

 

I'll soon have a wraith if tigerfan ever gets back to me...

bastard...

 

Slow poke

 

I got 1/8th scale buggy up for sale. It was a nitro Mugen(top nitro race company) but i converted it into electric with the Momba Monster and all the goodies. I worked at Hobby People for 4 years so i got hooked up on alot of the items that i put into it. Runs on two 3 cell LiPos if anyone in SoCal is looking for one! needs so work but im talking FAST. probably does 0-60 in about 3 seconds. Wheelies on comand even going half trottle!