[Hobao .21 advice]

It should start fine at the factory settings. 

 

Are you priming the engine before attempting a start?

 

Also check the idle gap on your carb. It should be open about 1.5-2mm. Any less and it can have trouble maintaining an idle.

 

Keep at it, the newer the engine the tighter everything is. It'll get easier!

[Show us your Buggy!]

HB D418 & the new HB D2 Evo

 

 

 

 

[What did you do to your model today?]

Got 'em prepped and ready to race tomorrow!

 

 

 

[What did the postie bring you today?]

Today the postie brought me my new racer - HB D2 Evo 🤗

 

Now the small task of turning this box of bits into a running car by the first round of the summer series on Sunday🫣

 

 

[What did the postie bring you today?]

33 minutes ago, QRC said:

Herts bashing track beckons ?

 

That's the plan! And maybe stick some proper truggy rubber on and send her around the 1/8 track 😎

 

Hopefully see you there soon now the weather's starting to turn! 🤞

[What did the postie bring you today?]

HPI Trophy Truggy 4.6 Nitro.

 

Needs a bit of work to get it up to my standard but that's most of the fun for me 🙂

 

 

 

 

[What did the postie bring you today?]

Another retro nitro I wanted back in the day!
 

HPI MT2 🙂

 

 

 

[What did you do to your model today?]

Got a new shell sprayed up for the D418 🙂 

 

 

 

[Show us your Buggy!]

On 04/03/2023 at 11:32, Chillar said:

Couple of Team Durango buggies I managed to source from the bay, got new bodyshells from penguin going off to be painted soon.

There’s a blast from the past, nice score!
 

Hows the parts availability?

[HSP ? model identification help]

Try using a third party hosting site such as Flickr

[What did you do to your model today?]

Maidened it! 😄 

 

 

 

 

[Show us your Buggy!]

The buggy i'll be running in 4WD this year. HB D418:

 

 

 

 

[What did you do to your model today?]

13 hours ago, locky said:

Good to see someone running nitro, especially a Savage, did you get the upgraded shocks sorted as I think they were leaking, think you got a good deal with all the added parts.

 

Yep i just rebuilt all the shocks and gave them a good clean while i was there - they seem to be holding up well and are much smoother than the stock shocks! Very pleased with it, just don't get to run it enough!

 

13 hours ago, Alex97 said:

How busy is it down there mid week?

 

Very quiet Alex, it can be a little busier during half term or the week before a big event but generally there's only a handful of people midweek

 

11 hours ago, QRC said:

I am going this Friday hopefully drier weather …😂

 

Fingers crossed for drier weather, i should've taken the boat yesterday! Hope you enjoy, i'll be working unfortunately!

[What did you do to your model today?]

Ran the Savage X at our club's basher track. Pouring rain, but well worth it!

 

 

[Which r/c should I buy]

Welcome!

 

I'd recommend heading down to the club and seeing what the majority are running - it'll most likely be the most reliable and best supported.

 

It's also very much budget dependant - If you're just getting started then i'd buy a second hand chassis as a new one will be upwards of £600 before engine and electrics. You'd have to factor in replacing any worn parts on the second had one though.

 

If it has to be new, then i'd be tempted by one of these: https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/kyosho-inferno-mp9-tki4-v2-18-rc-nitro-readyset-wke21sp-engine-1332004

 

Slap a set of proper race tyres on it and you can't do much better if starting out!

[Show us your Buggy!]

Twinning is winning! 👯‍♀️
 

Team Associated B74.1 & B6.2

 

 

[What did you do to your model today?]

Got the B74.1 build completed. Time for some 4wd racing! 🤙🏻
 

 

 

 

[What did you do to your model today?]

On Sunday I attended my first big carpet race with 4 others - a 6 hour team endurance race! 10 teams of 5 drivers racing for 6 hours - basically whichever team completes the most laps wins! The big twist - for the first 2 hours you were only allowed to run one set of rear tyres between your teammates. This means pit stops to swap the rears onto the next car! For the final 4 hours you could each run just one set of tyres which needed to last until the finish so tyre management played a part. I think between the 5 of us we completed just over 900 laps in the 6 hours!

 

Had a blast until my ESC shorted and caught fire with 50mins to go!

 

 

 

 

 

[***SOLD***Dynamite Prophet Sport Quad 4x100w Charger]

SOLD!

[***SOLD***Dynamite Prophet Sport Quad 4x100w Charger]

Due to recently having a baby and no longer having the time to bash I may as well sell my charger.

 

This is a cracking piece of kit and actually very rare being the 4x100w version. There was only a limited run of these before Horizon reduced the spec to 4x50w.

 

Fully working and in excellent condition. Comes with 4x balance boards and a few leads as seen in the pics.

 

Specs: https://www.horizonhobby.com/product/prophet-sport-quad-4-x-100w-ac-dc-charger/DYNC2050.html

 

£170 posted, please include fees if paying with Paypal.

 

Cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[How are Nitro RC cars compared to Electric?]

Nothing much to add to the excellent posts above except that electric is also more convenient in terms of where you can run them. You'll soon wind up the neighbours if you start running a screaming nitro out in the street!

 

Im a nitro fan personally.

[The HPI Savage is back, again... again?]

Looks as though they aren't hanging about....😮

 

 

 

 

[Show us your Buggy!]

My latest racer, Associated B6.2

 

 

[What did you do to your model today?]

Went racing last night. Finished 6th in the B final - very happy with that! 

 

 

 

 

[What did the postie bring you today?]

15 minutes ago, QRC said:

HNMC basher track FTW…😆

DEFINITELY! 

 

Hopefully see you there soon? Hope you're well!