I guess I'm the "odd man" out. I've never had a problem with a failsafe and I use a cheap one - by Duratrax. I've never even had so much as a glitch because of the failsafe, but I have been saved by it - one time so far so I figure mine have already paid for themselves.

I just had another thought. If, God forbid, someone did do serious personal or property damage with a nitro RC vehicle and did not have a failsafe, could your homeowner's insurance company declare you negligent - or at least assign you a percentage of negligence? Hmmmmmm.....

you're right, it would probably mean the end of the club. i live in florida and the "attorney pages", i mean "yello pages" is full of lawyers looking for work. if they heard of someone being injured by a runaway rc car at a public park or track they would ruin it for the rest of us, failsafe or not. just try to collect $ from the county or state for their wallet, i mean client.

i've had problems with the failsafe in my last car. for xmas i got to be the lucky owner of th hst. i rad a few pages back that the lrp tyres work ok on the standard rims that come with the kit , any in particular?here are some pix of my car.

Start point for Shock oils and Diff oils.

Going to be putting my ST PRO together this weekend. What shock and diff oils are a good starting point.

I will be on a tight technical track made of clay. Was going to use 7/10/5 F/C/R for the diff oils. Shock oils I am at a bit of a confused. I have seen 30 to 60? Any suggestions.

Regards,

Alvin

i havent built my shocks yet either but im thinkin maybe starting with 40 front 35 rear..

I still quite cant see it! Do you leave the rear half of the gear box case attached to the chassis?

(I dont have the shocks in yet so wont need to worry about the last part)

yes, the rear half of the case stays on with the shock towers, watch below the aluminum top plate the rear holder with the two nuts may fall off if it doesn't have the screw on in the middle.

Thxs PBGUNS. Anybody else?

ok...fail safe ..get a throttle return spring..you cant go wrong..i run one with my spektrum just to be sure...

spektrum..mine is a dx2.0.. love the thing...no issues and i even turn it off and on while running just to test the built in failsafe..i get massive range..atleast 200 mtres...other side of a footy oval no problems...but at that distance its a black dot running around over there...

dif oil,, i use 5r 30c 7f..works great no front only balooooning just allround balooooning

shocks im useing 60 wt all round with the pistons drilled to 1.4 mm..handles nice..

diffs easy to take out..front or rear..there designed to be easy to get to..

as for running ya cars in the streets and parks and stuff , just remember that ***** happens so lookout for kids/cars etc ..use ya brains..tell kids/ppl to stand back..

true dat! i stopped running on the street cause mailboxes and curbs kept jumping out in front of my cars braking stuff, heck with that.

Finally finished my Hyper ST Pro

good idea with the battery pack.

Congrats looks good. What Diff and SHock oils did you use? Building mine this weekend.

VERY nice herb99.. Looks great..

thinner center is better.......30K is extremely thick and will cause alot of unwanted rearward weight transfer...as well it will choke back the .21's bottom end.......5-10K will do much better.

I went with 7/7/3 for the diffs, I will see how that goes and work from there.
And 40wt all round for the shocks.
I have read that with the centre spider diff's add about 2k thickness onto what ever weight you
are putting in. Something about the extra 2 gears adding more resistance.
For example if you want your spider diff to be 10K in thickness then put 8k in.
Anyone else know about this theory?

herb99,

Nice lookin' build! Simple but elegant looking paint job!

I'm using 7/10/3 in the diffs. That other setup was not working for me at all.

ok, i got the hyper 8.5 c-hubs with 18, 20 and 22 degree adjstments. what does this angle on the steering do. i started with the 18 degrees and it looks like the outside tire turns way more than the inside tire. i'll have to see how it goes on the track. i just had to mod the inside of the arm so it would reach full down travel, the c-hub was rubbing a bit.

i'm still running the 10kish, 20kish, 3k oil combo and it is running great, we have a tight technical track with lots of turns and braking, definitely works here. with the lighter oils the tires were ballooning a lot in the front and was slow on acceleration, compared to now, also the push on-power seems to be reduced. need more track time to make sure, been off the wheel a couple weeks, rained all night last night too so it will take a couple hours work to get the track ready on saturday.

You guys know if the stock PRO pipe is a high torque pipe or mid to high pipe. Am looking at putting a axial .28RR in it or my Caster K8T when it comes in and might use this pipe.

im running 5/5/2 diff oils. shocks im running #150f and #350r mugen oils.im thinking of putting in 20k in my centre diff.

I believe the pipe is a 2059, at least that's what hyper 8 buggy pipe is, i'm thinking it could be the same.

will these work on the stock rims.. ???? if now any other recomended tires from amain.. trying to put a order in but held of because wasnt for sure..

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/10569

Thanks Erik

Yay! finally cracked the gearbox open.

Cant see anything immediatley wrong which would cause the CVD to stop? Can your expert eyes spy the problem?

How do I tell if its shimmed right?

Cheers

No they will not fit. The stock PRO wheels are the same diameter as the new LPR wheels that are out but the stock wheels are a 12" wider than LPR's too. Also any of the pro-line LPR tires will NOT fit the stock wheels. I know from experience. I tried to put a set of proline LPR holeshots on my stock wheels and the tires were to stretched out width wise because they are meant for the Losi (LPR)width wheels and also the lip that you use to glue the tires to the wheels is COMPLETELY different and will not even fit in there or come close at all. Hobao was stupid to make there own design on how there tires fit there wheels. I cannot find any foams that will fit right or other tires as of now.