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Hi all. I just completed my new D8T. This is its 1st shake down run. Shot with my GoPro Hero3+ Silver using the headband mount. I love this mount as the camera see what I see and no more attempting to do the 1 handed radio camera juggling act. Enjoy.

I'm Officially in the D8T Club. Just completed mine yesterday. I got a few pics of it. And after discovering I had let my receiver battery get to low to use while building this, lol, I did manage to run a couple tanks thru it last night. Even with the stock HPI 4.6 from my Trophy Truggy in it, it really opened my eyes to the difference of a good truggy(the TT) to an awesome truggy(D8T). Obligatory 'pics or it didn't happen' pics Oh and a youtube video as well.

Hi Gents and Ladies...if any are present. I just finished up my new Hot Bodies D8T Nitro Truggy. I wanted to place a handful of clean pre-bash photo's before it gets dirty and scratched up. Kit was a lot of fun to build. I made a few changes to chassis set up that I found worked well on other vehicles and from my first run, I wasn't to far off. Anyway, here it is riding on Pro-Line Badlands mounted on 1/2" offset Desperado wheels.

Big Brown truck dropped off my new D8T and some parts today. Now if A-Main didn't ship everything via donkey, Id be up to my elbows in a new Truggy build.

Hey thanks. Yeah I am 'editing challenged' at best. This vid was one of my first Ive ever done and still just barely scratching the editing skills as a sub novice grade at best. Ima noob. And the camera rig needs some work. Literally just thrown together from some stuff I had hanging around the house. Mostly just in the process of doing some camera rig R'n'R for short change. Main thing I found is that the bounce effect wasn't the light cpvc tubing I first suspected, but how the caster was only attached directly onto the body roof supported with a 2x3" piece of Kydex. The entire body was being shifted on the body posts as it flexed pretty badly. But I learned from it and will figure a better way.

I don't personally own one, but know some guys who do. Its a pretty good buggy for fairly short money. Main complaints that are easily taken care of would be the front lower a-frames are weak/brittle and break fairly easy. But since its release, RPM has come up with a replacement set made specific to the SC10B. Some guys were using the regular SC10 SCT RPM arms, but had to modify them to work properly. Only other negative was the tires were so-so. But other than that these have become quite a hit here in the US. They share many of the Associated FT upgrades from the SCT.

So I've had my 4.6 TT for @ 5/6 weeks now and really enjoy it. But the D8T is just tooooooo enticing to me. Really very reasonably priced here in the US. Just a couple upgrades(better shocks and steering parts) I want to do cost almost 1/3rd the cost of the D8T kit. Only hold up for me is whether I add a new engine into the order or wait and see how it goes with my current 4.6. The new Tessman edition is coming out soon, but not really into that as I bash and don't need to make race weight and IMHO CF isn't always the best part for bashing. But I have read that all the trick parts in the Tessman will be available 1 piece at a time eventually. Decisions, decisions. Good problem to have sometimes

Hi all. I shot another quickey GoPro video today using a homemade 'experiment' swivel roof mount from odds n' ends I had on hand. I destroyed it in @ 10 minutes but got @ 6 minutes of decent video from the unique perspective. and have better idea how to build a better more solid mount in the near future. So just a fun little video. Does show the Badlands ripping up the grass pretty well in this one. Enjoy.

I see you already ordered some, but another amazing must have set of drivers are made by MIP. Thorp Drivers are extra hard and will get out those pesky grub screws after they have rounded off all the other hex keys. http://miponline.com/cgi-bin/sc/ss_mb.cgi?storeid=*100a321d27069630eff7&ss_parm=A69d67f58594daddec60f163d35f4378c

Thanks Rob.1 These are the Proline Badlands 3.8" pre mounted on Desperado 1/2" offset 17mm wheel's. I love them. Wear is great and they hookup on my grass surface really well. Pro-line Part # for these is 1178-11 Here's the direct link if It works http://prolineracing.com/tires/badlands-3.8-mounted-on-desperado-black-1/2-offset-17mm-wheels/

Finally figured out how to load pics and vids on this site. Nothing like the power of Lipo. But Nitro sounds soooooo much better and this shows just how nice Badlands work on grass

Hi all. I just picked up a new GoPro Hero3+ Silver mainly for RC use. This was my very first attempt to film from the top of the TT. Was very happy how well it worked as I took the easy approach and just used a stick on mount directly to the shell roof. No muss no fuss. And still just learning the very basics of editing, so no music or fx. Just raw footage as I messed around with it. Enjoy.

Anyone found a good spring set up for the stock shocks? I found that the stock shocks dampen really well when I changed them to 50w. But springs are lagging. As they get use, they are getting softer and I keep having to add preload spacers. Spacers are okay up to a point, but I can tell these use a very flat rate spring and soft one at that. Heavier weight springs are going to be a must. Thanks

Thanks mydoddy69. Yeah I hear what your saying. This was my first foray into Truggies and I'm sold. But already having a bit of buyers remorse or more like a "I should have bought _________ instead". The D8T is a strong 'maybe' right now. But I let myself fall into the spend more than I should trap on RC's so Im trying to avoid that again. So I've been drooling over the parts that King Headz still produces for the Lightning. But where Im not too deep into this financially...yet, maybe I should just fix what I break with cheap factory parts and put my upgrades budget on hold and save up for a Losi 8ight 2.0 or possible the AE FT truggy.

Ive been getting my Roto Start to work okay without having to modify or anything. I found a happy spot between the LR lower arm and the axle where I can just sneak the stater shaft thru. I do have to compress the suspension just a little to keep it the shaft from hitting anything. But find that I push down on the glow igniter does that with my left hand and run the Roto Start with my right. No help needed.

http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/29839-/ http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/29840-/ http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/29841-hpitt-003/ Hi all. My few week old 4.6 TT. So far mostly stock, just a couple of add'ons. More to follow. I want to give a shout out and prop's to all that have built this thread. Here in the USA, the TT's aren't paid much attention too as much as they are over on your side of the pond. I've been stuck in the MT and SCT rut for a long time and needed to expand on my RC vehicle horizons and always loved the Truggy look...so here I am. But ever since I ordered this, I found very little info on them here in the US. But this forum kept coming up on all my google searches. No matter what I typed in for a search, this place popped up multiple times. So when I have time, Ive found myself starting at the beginning and have gotten up to page 140...so far. Great stuff. The Proline Badland/Desperado's I already had for a project truck that I got bored with and knew they would be a perfect fit for this rig. I've gotten a gallon's time on them and they have not disappointed. My backyard bash area is short cropped grass and these things hook up big time. I did the 17mm hex upgrade mentioned here. It sounded like a decent durability upgrade. I added an inline filter to back up the clunk. The HPI Option parts are rare to find here. But I did locate one of the aluminum front chassis stiffeners. A Roto Start went in. I replaced the shock oil to 50w at all 4 corners and that made a huge improvement. Corners much better and fly's far more stabile. I just got in a GoPro Hero3+ Silver yesterday. I cant wait for the weather to clear and try that out. I have a new spare factory shell that I stuck 1 of the mounts on the roof. I picked up one of the headband camera holders so I don't have to attempt to drive and hold a handheld video cam at the same time. My nimh hump pack just came today and is charging up. I have a new HS7995TG servo just itching to be put into this. But for kicks I wanted to see how good/bad the OE steering servo was. So far, I'm impressed for such a cheap servo, but we all know that it wont last. I will probably stick one of my many new spare Traxxas 2075 in the throttle. throttle speed is okay, but brake power? Not so much. I've got diff oils coming in the post. 5/7/2k and will get those taken care of soon. Other than that I'm in a bit on the fence on how to proceed. Do I just run and replace/upgrade as I break stuff? Or do I bite the bullet and just pick up the D8T kit? Though the D8T kit doesn't cover all the things I eventually want to upgrade. Lots of cool goodies for fairly short money, but still need to spend the big bucks to replace the plastic steering bits with aluminum. Only other thing that will need addressed sooner than later is the steering slop. I did replace the OE bushings right off new with roller bearings. But still loads of play in the front end. It makes the car feel like its 'hunting' around while going in a straight line at speed. Anywho, thanks for reading my novel I just typed. This is the first RC I've had in a long time that actually inspires me to run/abuse. Been away from nitro too long playing with Baja's and a variety of electrics.

My few week old HPI 4.6 TT w/ Proline Badlands on 1/2" offset Desperado wheel's. First few picture I took just before adding first fill up of fuel to idle a couple of break in tanks. http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/29841-hpitt-003/ http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/29840-/ http://www.msuk-forum.co.uk/gallery/image/29839-/

Hi all. From New Hampshire, in New England USA. Funny how from spending much time looking at state maps, about 99 % of our town names here were adopted from England. Many having "New" added to them....I suppose the founders were an easily confused lot back then. I even live in an area with town names such as Exeter, Epping, Nottingham, Portsmouth, Hampton all with in 15 miles of each other. But anyway. Ive been RC'ing since receiving my first Cox Nitro Buggy at Christmas 1973. Not really an RC as much as a CITIF. Or Chase It Till It Flips. No remote, just start it, lock the wheels right or left .....if you remembered too. Set it down and watch it go until it flipped over, wedged itself against something or ran out of fuel. Recently I purchased a new HPI 4.6 Trophy Truggy that I had been looking at for a few years. Sort of always sparked my interest, as I was getting a little tired of the typical trend of MT and SCT so popular here. But not realizing that these aren't that popular here and I was finding little to no info on the 4.6 Truggy. Im finding parts are a little sparce and the hop up options almost don't exist from US suppliers. Almost all my google search's had me stumbing into this forum, so here I am.