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Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 4/25/2008 11:41:27 PM   
shankdog626


 

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Status: offline 		Has anybody else picked up one of these on Ebay lately ?
They're pretty cheap in price, I hope not in quality.
My buddy has one and it rips, stock!

Lemme know what you guys think.
Sorry it's a buggy but I will have this in between down times
of my (expensive) Kyosho ST-RR Truggy.

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 4/25/2008 11:48:52 PM   
ericem



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Status: offline 		I have one is awesome. My rear diff pinion stripped lately though I have been running it for a while and this happened after putting lithium grease on the diff gears in the back. Previously was perfect the gears so I am thinking you should only use grease made for plastic that won't make it soft. I am going to try again with plastic grease and we will see how it goes.

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 4/26/2008 1:01:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		I dont really like mine. I guess its my driving though..... ohh and try the mini and micro forums buddy. your in the truggy forums I hear lithium grease really helps the diffs.

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 4/26/2008 3:05:10 AM   
chedster


 

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Status: offline 		Save your money and put it towards a real rc....a truggy!

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 4/26/2008 3:44:57 AM   
shankdog626


 

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Status: offline 		thanks ericem, I thought it was a good buy.
madmax & chedster.....I'm 99.9% sure you read my ENTIRE post, right?

I have a REAL truggy thanks(chedster) and BUDDY (madmax)

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 4/26/2008 4:26:36 AM   
ericem



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From: Maple, ON, CANADA
Status: offline 		It's a awesome car really though. I can get 20 mins a tank running lean and it uses like no fuel. I can run it everyday probably for a year and still be on the first gallon. Perfect for messing around without creating alot of noise, or having to worry about runaway where it can result in disaster. So think about it this way, cheap to run, durable, and safe. Loads of fun to!! Not the best jumper but it does jump. I just got new wheels of this site.

http://www.rcxmini.com/index.php?cPath=112_136&osCsid=c49bf3965d7855bdd3b5ef430331afc5

I bought the yellow ones as you can see and they last forever with awesome grip. Very cheap wheels. I also bought aluminum hex's but there isn't really any need.

These are teh aluminum wheel hexes anyways

http://www.rcxmini.com/product_info.php?products_id=1505

Here is a pic of my car



More pics here

http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j202/ericem/Rc%20cars/?start=40

And a old video in the snow with the old wheels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWjb8_aWX3M

With the newer wheels alot better never gets stuck and way better top speed.

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 4/26/2008 3:36:14 PM   
Coopz



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Status: offline 		They are ok... gears and diffs strip to easily for my liking, least parts are cheap.

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 5/5/2008 11:56:41 PM   
IL2mSturmovik



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From: Athens, GA, USA
Status: offline 		A pal o mine just got one in a trade, lightly used.
I understand the diffs fail a lot

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 5/6/2008 3:54:21 PM   
vicdat


 

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Status: offline 		Yeah, the plastic gears are definately the weak link...I hope that someone, pretty soon makes some metal ones. In the meantime I've been lucky by cleaning and re-packing all three diffs with silicon grease. I haven't stripped any lately with about 10 tankfuls, but I drive it fairly lighthanded. It's still a kick in the pants as a diversion from my old Ofna Ultra MBX w/ a Picco .26.

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 5/16/2008 11:23:30 PM   
vicdat


 

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Status: offline 		P.S. I recently JB Welded by center dif spiders, and I like the results. Now I've got 4-wheel brakes, and it even-out the power to both diffs. The pinions seem to be holding-up better by re-packing them with silicon grease after every five or six tanks...that seems like a lot of work, but it really only takes about 10 or 15 minutes total. So far no probs with the other spiders that I lightly greased with silicon grease, and added a couple drops of 60 wt. silicon oil. Update on my partner's new Chaos with "all the goodies": It's not quite done yet, but the Hitech servos are an easy conversion and I think he used an Associated servo saver. Pretty piss-poor support from Sportswerks or Horizon customer service, since the aluminum shocks and suspension need a few not-so-obvious modifications to make them work. I still think that if some aftermarket company would manufacture metal gears for it they could sell a crapload of 'em.

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 5/17/2008 3:28:16 AM   
ericem



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Status: offline 		thunder tiger plastic gear grease and CA glue on all the diff cups works wonders!!

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 7/4/2008 10:37:20 PM   
RC Twins


 

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From: New Derry, PA, USA
Status: offline 		i had on but could not get it turned over tried every thing so instead of getting an engine i converted to electric!!!!

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RE: Sportwerks Chaos 1/16 scale RTR - 7/7/2008 2:33:03 PM   
vicdat


 

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Status: offline 		Too bad about the engine. I've seen a couple electric conversions on the web and that might not be a bad option. Send me your engine if you don't need it; I've got a few ideas for another Toki engine...

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