well its been some time since i owned a 1/5th scale and as I'm sure most of you have seen the "i did it" thread i thought i would start my build thread. well when i got up not expecting to see anything, my tower order came in before my baja. so here's what i got from them, and i can't believe ow small the super brain 820 is.




that's a slandered size servo on the radio shack charger, thought i would put it out there so you can see the size of the others for comparison.

everything i got for it so far

and my new hand screwdriver, may not seem like a lot but i gotta tell you, little thing has some power.

BORING....Joe we want pics of the build!

Yeah, that table is full of boring stuff. Come back with the Baja

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savage see's his big brother has arrived
[link=http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/bajabuild/?action=view&current=M4V00829.flv]click me[/link]

Its b-e-a-utiful! now get building!!!

Well, looks like you got the next 8 hours or so booked. Step 1 get to work man. Step 2 sell Savage to buy more mods.

The thing is one hefty build. Take your time and do it right.

Oh, here are a few pointers too.

The front lower a-arms have a tendency to stick to the bulkhead due to tight clearance. Use a file and take a small amount of material off of the front and back of the bulkhead so the lower a-arms moves completely free when the hinge pin is in.

Don't do the build in one sitting. I did it and wish I didn't. I worked almost an entire night and actually when it was done I was exhausted and didn't enjoy the build as much as I should have.

Be careful not to pinch the fuel lines when you are routing them from the tank to the engine.

The tuned pipe is NOISY as hell and honestly quite annoying. If you are going to run around homes or neighborhoods, take the small performance hit and keep the stock pipe on.

thanks for the tip dale, no not selling the savage... here's an update of how i'm going..








its prob gonna be a all niter for me I'm a knight owl, i got up around 12ish today so i got some fun for me tonight at least, I'll keep you guys updated.

Cool, realtime build!

I don`t know, HPI have been in the buisness of Largescale 5 minutes and look how good there mauals are! Wish FG and MCD had manuals as informative as HPI`s.
Guy

X2 ^

ok guys here's an update, i got a case of the screw it's and did not take pics step by step but here is what i got far. side note i'm getting a drill bits for this thing, my hands are killing me from having to use the hand screw drivers....

















[link=http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/bajabuild/?action=view&current=M4V00840.flv]radio box[/link]
[link=http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/bajabuild/?action=view&current=M4V00844.flv]steering[/link]
[link=http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/bajabuild/?action=view&current=M4V00852.flv]linkage test[/link]

80 screws for the bead locks, haha.

Looking good Joe!

If I was there for the build we would done have it built and broke the damn thing already lol. I'm sure as hell glad my scorpion aint gonna take but a couple hours to build

Atta boy Joe! The baja just may become your #1 RC but the savage makes for a good sidekick.

Obviously you didnt waste any time with the build lol. I bet you cant wait to fire it up.

If I can offer any advice, be careful with the stock tires. They wear down really fast on asphalt and other hard surfaces, try to stick to grass and dirt until you get others. From what I hear the hostile MX or mini MX tires are a very good choice and good on all surfaces.

Savages have their places and 5Bs have their places. There are places that are better to run one or the other. You will find the 5B is tough and not as much fun to drive in more confined areas. Also, the 5B is tough to jump and needs a lot of room, a larger ramp and more room on the back end. I bash the nitros and the gassers in different spots.

Also, don't attempts to jump the 5B in anything but grass until you get used to it. It is hard to jump. You have to bury the throttle and stay on it through the jump or it will nose dive. You have to commit to the jump or the thing will nose dive and/or flip.

-SomeGuy- is absolutely right, stock tires will wear quickly or even get torn on the road. Proline Badlands are good too.

well guys after those pics at 10:45pm i finished it at 5:01am here are the pic, and a short vid of it running. gonna be heading to the park in a little bit to bash it, and i know about the tires, sadly it just rained so i had to brake it in on the road, but it slid like crazy not use to it, but picked up on it fast.












[link=http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/bajabuild/?action=view&current=M4V00860.flv]steering test[/link]

[link=http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr36/bajabuild/?action=view&current=M4V00864.flv]first tank, short vid for those who are vid hungry.[/link]

ooo its purrty!!! Nice job man! what are you going to do for the body?

not sure yet...


ok here;s some video from the bash, and i already broke something, when i was running it my battery went dead and my spektrum built in fail safe did not do its job and went head on into a fence, i broke the clip that holds the front wheel and hex on... no biggie but was scary seeing my new baby take off... i do have another fail safe which s going on... was able to get a few small jumps in and a wheelie.


i'll post the link when the vids are processed.

Spektrum failsafe doesn't work for low voltage, only interference/signal.

noted, ok here's one of the vids, i decided not to edit them.

http://www.vimeo.com/2058405

http://www.vimeo.com/2058560

I'd advise getting a remote killswitch and a 3ch radio or an AMS 2ch failsafe/killswitch,they're a neccessity in a model that can do that much damage if they hit someone....

got a link for that?

I never get bored of seeing a freshly built SS. Good job!!!