Got it from omnimodels.com. $299 - $20 code and free shipping. Tower was the same price but $10 for shipping. Makes no sense since omni and tower are basically one in the same but whatever, I'm not complaining. It just arrived yesterday. It's really really nice. The little extra touches like the fuel bottle, glow ignitor and tools are a reall ynice plus. The fuel bottle is actually pretty high quality with a blue anodized spout.

Speaking of Omni, my Hyper 7 arrived with a broken (hairline cracks only) reciever box (looks like the guy in the ofna factory pushed down too hard on the air filter mounting bracket) and a questionable on/off switch. It would not always turn on when I switched it. Since I did not want to risk a runaway with the new buggy I swapped in a switch I had lying around.

So I called Omni this morning and got a very polite lady on the phone, and explained that the buggy arrived with the problems above. Witthout any other questions she ordered me up a replacement radio box and a new switch and said it will be shipped out today. I then asked if I could add a 5 cell 2/3A stick pack for the reciever on to that shipment so I could avoid shipping on the pack, she said sure and added that too (I paid for the battery of course).

Yery happy with Omni.

As far as the buggy, I set up the radio last night and started break-in. I like to run heli fuel for break-in, it contains 20% oil so it will be a lot more gentle on the motor and cool better during this critical time. I fly helis so I have it on hand. I ran two tanks through the buggy so far at a high idle, engine hasn't missed a beat so far. Both tanks ran straight through at a consistent RPM until the tank was empty. Engine started right up on the second or third pull after I primed it up initially. Top of the head remained hot but not too hot to lay your hand on during my first two tanks. Tonight I'll run a third tank through at high idle and then take her out for some "on the wheels" break-in. I don't start to really push my engines until I get at least 6 tanks thorough them in a controlled break-in process, I've been very lucky over the years with this method.

So far so good. I'll post up some photos when I get a chance, but it looks exactly like every other hyper-7 out there at this point.

Later,