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For sell is my Maverick Strada XB Evo, which has seen very little use (ran three, maybe four times). It was bought brushed, then upgraded to an EZrun with the intention of me joining a club, but unfortunately there is nowhere near Bristol, so has sat gathering dust in my workshop whilst I play with my 1/18th buggy and TT01 drifter. All boxed, with instructions and receipts (at least 6 months left on it). Package includes: Car, controller, all electrics as newStandard brushed motor replaced with EZrun brushless, 60A ESC and a programming card5000mah hardcase Zippy lipo (balanced charged for storage)Couple of spursSome spares: dog bones and steering holder. Selling for £165 including UK postage, payment by PayPal. Alternatively pick up from Bristol for £150 cash. DM me or call on 07708959629 for more details. Click for larger images.

I've heard the ESC has a LiPo cutoff. Is that right? I'm running a Ezrun brushless system in mine now.

If you swap the leads on the motor round then you're reversing the current running through the coils in the motor, thus forward from the ESC applies a forward motion to the motor and through the drive chain. I've done this on several of my cars already using this ESC. If you switch the throttle on the transmitter to reverse then you're applying reverse from the ESC to a forward action in the car, which causes less power and the brake to work incorrectly. The only issue I can see, and I could be wrong, is that the airflow through the motor the majority of the time is reverse what it is designed to do. This ESC is now in my TT01 drifter as I've upgrade the Strada XB Evo to brushless. I don't believe I can flip the diff in that car.

Same experience, then. Think it's safe to assume it's shut.

Any sign of that dog bone?

Sounds like more work than swapping the leads between the ESC and motor over...

Nice one, cheers

Was down at the BMX track yesterday and smashed the wheel of Maverick Strada XB Evo in to the shelter down there. Didn't realise I'd lost the dog bone. If anyone is going down would you have a quick look to see if you can see it? It was on the far left post as you look at it. Would save me a few quid...

Got my first Tamiya yesterday. Plastic and horrible for the money. Much better for cheaper. For an all purpose run around I'd highly recommend the XTM Rage. It was my first RC and the one I still most enjoy driving.

Thanks for the answer, David. I have just got myself a TT01 yesterday, plus I already have a 1/18 XTM Rage, so that opens options. Will look in to Caldicot. Been looking in to the Swindow club, but the form email on their site seems to be down. Anyone know anything of them?

Nearly two hours away and now closed, apparently

Noticed a bit of a dint in the case, so will keep and eye on that.

I'd recommend the Turnigy Accucel 6. You can get it for under

I had a similar question, but about 1/10 electric buggies. I'd like to do something a little more formal, but not necessarily anything with an officially recognised league. I'm in the Bristol area, but there doesn't appear to be any clubs or tracks nearby. RC Heaven Southwest looks to have shut down as soon as it opened...

Dremelled down the ridges and managed to get it in by doing Gary's technique, pushing down hard on the strap. Certainly snug. Looking forward to the first run with the LiPo brushless combo in

Nice one. Think I've found it on eBay. Could be a nice project. So, a ARE-2 will take an TT01 body shell, correct?

I have some spare electronics and was considering building a drift. This is much cheaper than the TT-01, which is a little out of my budget. What are people's thoughts on it?

Had a go and it didn't work. Battery is 25mm deep and the strap around 5mm, the post are 30mm at tallest, so the straps need to bend a little on a standard NiMH anyway. It's very closed, so think a little Dremelling will do the business. Will let you know how it goes.

You can. But the problem is with the chassis, which is also ridged. The posts are moulded in the chassis, unfortunately.

What's the best way of taking the temp, Gary? Also what are normal / manageable for a brushless?

I bought a 5000mah hard case Turnigy Zippy LiPo and as the battery compartment of the Strada Evo chassis is massive, assumed it would fit fine. Unfortunately I was wrong. The ridges at the bottom, designed for soft case NiMHs I assume, push the battery up, so as the cover sits too high up on the poles for the pins to go in. I just wanted to check if anyone had sorted any solution before I took a Dremel to the chassis and flattened out those ridges.