Popular Post Nomsicle Posted July 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2020 Hey guys! So bought my first 1/5th yesterday, turned up today! I've had plenty of 1/8th nitro and brushless but this is the first large scale petrol for me It's a Rovan 001 Stealth Baja with the 29CC engine (HPI clone). From what i've read it's not far off the HPI and all the parts are identical anyway. It's huge, loud and smelly I love it! Not ran it properly yet as was just starting to run it in then it rained, hopefully will get it out properly on the weekend. Here's some pics and a little vid, I'm well happy with it 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnknan Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 I'd like to see how this holds up. I'm looking at getting a Baja of sorts in the future. Yet to decide which one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don12345 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Looks awesome man! They sound unreal! I’d purchase a couple of spare pull starts off eBay an a dust cover for the pull start as the standard one that came on mine was nylon instead of metal inside the mechanism an lasted a week [emoji57] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsicle Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Took it for it's first proper run today after breaking in, this thing rips! Even did a couple of wheelies to my surprise! Video below, sorry about the quality especially in the first clip, I don't know what Farcebook does to videos sometimes lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don12345 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Awesome man! [emoji41] Looks like it goes well! [emoji1362] I think I might have to go stealth on mine myself as the all black does look well Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsicle Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Yeah it looks great imo. Yeah goes well 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsicle Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 Little update on the Baja. Been going really well! Had a few really bad landings on the weekend and all I broke was a shock cap. So I replaced all of them with fully alloy ones now, should solve that problem The one kinda big issue I did have was I stripped a spur gear, I was kind of expecting this as it's a common problem. My mate had a spare one but that one then melted!! I wanted to gear it up anyway as it was revving out pretty quick on the stock gearing, so I bought a metal 55t spur gear with the 19t pinion to match, that kit also came with a vented clutch bell. Cant wait to test it out on the weekend and get a bit more top speed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsicle Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Little update on the Baja. New gearing has been going awesome! still not broken anything major on this thing, the clone models have come a long way imo haha. Had a filthy session and ended up shredding both the rear tyres however. (they both ended up splitting!) So I bought some Hostile MX clones (Cant find the real ones anywhere anymore!) and cleaned her up. Highly recommend this model for people looking to get into large scale RC on a budget Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsicle Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 First major breakage, snap goes the chassis!!!! That's what I get for ignoring the advise for getting a chassis brace lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Looks like you had fun breaking it tho 🍻 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James.S Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Awesome car man, I love the look of these things, and they seem very decent for the money. Shame about your chassis but hey I guess if you're not breaking things then you're just not bashing hard enough! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsicle Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Haha yep was great fun, stuff happens! will replace it and put on the brace at the same time lol. Honestly it's a lot tougher than I thought it would be, these clones have come a long way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impreza30 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 So what has broken on it so far and how many tanks have you had thru it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomsicle Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 6 hours ago, Impreza30 said: So what has broken on it so far and how many tanks have you had thru it? At lest 20 tanks by now only things that have broken were the Spur gear, the plastic shock caps and now the chassis, I should have got a brace for it but never did lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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