ORIGINAL: RockeePetrolHead
Hi all, newby to RC Universe but many years with Heli's and 1/8 nitro buggys. So as this thread is about KM buggies just thought I would let you all know what I have Bought and the experience of the car so far.
New KM 2.0 delivered from UK seller 3 days ago,after a good look through the buggy I was very pleased at the changesthat have been made (changes with referenceto the problems I have noted in this thread/site) ,so I have made a quick list of things that are of note:
Pull start mechanism on my model is made from aluminium with aluminium pawls,aluminium diff cases,lots of lovely aluminium,2.4 GHZ radio set up.
Steering servo was not correctly centred,just adjusted radio and reset horn position.
Nut's and bolts's generally tight but lost four screws from front lower A arm bearing holders,replace/loctite.
Engine is the 29cc Fuelie engine,I am a bit confusd about this,is fuelie a brand or type ofengine? as this head/barrel also has KM cast onto it.
First start up 25:1 ratio oil/fuel, 3 pulls and huge grin as the realisation occured that this size engine has the smell and sound of a 2 stroke MX bike,love it!!!
Day one saw 2 tanks of fuel through it and I could feel the engine making more power all the time as it loosened up,at the end of tank 2 did some low and high end tuning on the carb screws.
Day two and after a total check of all bolts etc all good to go,ran a full tank adjusted high end a little and let her rip, absolute blast!!
For the money that these buggies sell for I honestly think that the value for money is superb, I love the size of the whole 1/5 scale scene and cant wait for decent weather to get to a local MX track.
It is only because of this thread that I was averted from buying the HPI version,and thanks to all of the people of this forumwho put in both positive and negative input into this threadI am now very happy with what I have purchased,the KM suits what I do at the right price and is a quality item, some parts are not as good as the HPI but who cares when you have £300 UK pounds left over to play with.
The motor is made by KM, not sure on reliability yet but it starts and runs good on mine. "fuelie" I think is just a name HPI put on the engines for the 5B/T and I am sure that these engines are just copies of the HPIbranded motor.
I have found that the plastics might just be a bit more brittle on these than on the HPI but I will be replacing most of the plastic that will normally take a beating with either aluminum or RPM parts so it isn't that big of a concern.
If you could have afforded the HPI, I would have said get it instead. I just couldn't put out that much cash at one time on a toy, my wife would have killed me. For those that cant drop $1k these buggies are just the ticket to get into a 1/5 scale gas RC and the quality is , for the most part, on par with the HPI branded buggies.
I say "branded" a lot here because I am not convinced that HPI actually makes any of the buggies. They may or may not have done the R&D on them but I can almost guarantee they are made in a plant in china right along side these
