Well, I finally got the body painted and a few stickers attached. I am mostly happy with how it turned out. Had a few paint bleeds and smears here and there but overall not too bad for a first attempt. I'm more of a mechanic than a painter!! :D I ran another tank of fuel through it at idle...
Quick status update on this build. Finally got the body & nose cone trimmed out. Got the new receiver battery installed, Transmitter setup and calibrated. I've got 1 tank full of break in fuel run threw the new Reds engine. It was running super rich at the "out of the box" settings and those...
Latest update is... I got a bad battery from Protek/AMain for the truggy had to get it checked at the LHS and then replaced thru AMain. They did their due diligence to make sure it was bad but once I submitted what they asked for they sent an new one out, same day. Happy they stand behindtheir...
Well.... I returned the LRP engine mentioned about and went with a Reds 521 Sport based upon good reviews I saw on this site. It finally arrived today and was able to finish the rest of the build today.
Went with the long header to give it more torque since it is a truggy
Still have a...
Well, I pulled a newbie boner and bought a engine that I can’t use. The LRP with pull starter will not fit with stock engine mounts. If I was a machinist like some in here, that would not be a problem but one of those, I am not. My first thought was to buy a pull start eliminator backplate and...
I only got interested in RC a little over 1 year ago. I bought a Losi 8ight T Nitro RTR in Oct of 2020. Got my feet wet with it. Got up on the learning curve of break in and tuning with out too much trouble. Learning to drive it was another story. Crash damage from hitting curbs and...