itsalifeworthliving
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I've finally added another sibling to the family of "heavy wieghts". I've been wanting to get a 5th scale on-road for some time now but just could'nt find anything that i really liked that wasn't 1500 bucks. i found this on the fgsupply website and did some extensive research on it. unlike most off brands this was not put in the class of a "clone" and came back with mostly good reviews from other forums and reviews. the only bad reviews and comments were from the tires and rtr radio gear wich is normal i think.it comes with a futaba radio and a 15kg metal gear servo, but has a crappy reciever pack. 80% of the main components are compatable with the fg sportsline. i was really impressed as it comes with front disc brakes, a tuned pipe, and a zenoh 23cc mill. i also liked the body. its not your typical bmw or lancer import style body. its a classic ford gt-40, wich i think is sooo sweet. unfortanitly they dont come unpainted. i i placed my oder today and it should be here by thursday. I'm going to take lots of photo's and get wifey to do some vid. thats if i can snatch the controler from her. I'm also going to put in a good honest review.
here is a link with some video.
http://www.hobbytron.com/GasPoweredRCCar3CHRTRH5FordGTJHCH5.html
it came 2 days early!! opening it was quite a suprise. I'm not sure if it comes like this or there was a mistake, but it came with 2 bodies. 1 blue and 1 red. it is sooo huge! i couldnt
run it do to a small 4 day rain weve been having, but it looks pretty sweet. i disasembled probly 80% of it to double check everything. nothing was thread locked and there were 2 screws that were not threaded in all the way so I'm glad it was raining. it has !2! 1/4 scale servo's as well. the radio is exactly the same as the hpi stocker with the cheap built in failsafe. i really love the body(s).. it is super thick and has a 2 peace tall end. it looks like it would hold alot of air, almost like a parochute.. i unscrewed it and it still has the molded wing and decaled tailights. the drive shafts are super thick. probly double of a stock hpi 5b. they also have steel balled ends, unlike the hpi's plastic ball end. the shock shafts are super thick too. it also has adjustable sway bars wich is pretty trick. you can pull them in closer to the chassis and they get tighter. i can see some weak spots, but not many. the shock towers are pretty flimsy and the 4-40 rods used for the carb and brakes are super thin and flex alot. thats an easy fix thow. the rear dif is a solid steel case with of course steel gears(had to check!!). it has a plastic spur gear thow. hmm. but duritrax and the fg sportsline have the same thing. just not a fan of that. it really seems kinda solid, i am suprised at that. it also has so many diffrent suspension set-ups wich is what i really enjoy about on-road. there was a couple of questionable things about the motor. on one sight i read it came with a zenoh 23cc mill, and on the instruction book it says a 26gh something, but it really has a cy23 cc with a 603 carb. wich is the same motor set-up as the 5b. its not going to be till this weekend for me to run it, but it looks awsome in my hobby room. here are some pics for your veiwing pleasure.. oh ya.. it only cost $500.00 plus $40.00 for shipping from fgsupply.com!!
here is a link with some video.
http://www.hobbytron.com/GasPoweredRCCar3CHRTRH5FordGTJHCH5.html
it came 2 days early!! opening it was quite a suprise. I'm not sure if it comes like this or there was a mistake, but it came with 2 bodies. 1 blue and 1 red. it is sooo huge! i couldnt
run it do to a small 4 day rain weve been having, but it looks pretty sweet. i disasembled probly 80% of it to double check everything. nothing was thread locked and there were 2 screws that were not threaded in all the way so I'm glad it was raining. it has !2! 1/4 scale servo's as well. the radio is exactly the same as the hpi stocker with the cheap built in failsafe. i really love the body(s).. it is super thick and has a 2 peace tall end. it looks like it would hold alot of air, almost like a parochute.. i unscrewed it and it still has the molded wing and decaled tailights. the drive shafts are super thick. probly double of a stock hpi 5b. they also have steel balled ends, unlike the hpi's plastic ball end. the shock shafts are super thick too. it also has adjustable sway bars wich is pretty trick. you can pull them in closer to the chassis and they get tighter. i can see some weak spots, but not many. the shock towers are pretty flimsy and the 4-40 rods used for the carb and brakes are super thin and flex alot. thats an easy fix thow. the rear dif is a solid steel case with of course steel gears(had to check!!). it has a plastic spur gear thow. hmm. but duritrax and the fg sportsline have the same thing. just not a fan of that. it really seems kinda solid, i am suprised at that. it also has so many diffrent suspension set-ups wich is what i really enjoy about on-road. there was a couple of questionable things about the motor. on one sight i read it came with a zenoh 23cc mill, and on the instruction book it says a 26gh something, but it really has a cy23 cc with a 603 carb. wich is the same motor set-up as the 5b. its not going to be till this weekend for me to run it, but it looks awsome in my hobby room. here are some pics for your veiwing pleasure.. oh ya.. it only cost $500.00 plus $40.00 for shipping from fgsupply.com!!
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