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Never seen one of these before, whats part support like? and what size motors do they take?

Thanks for the suggestions guys, i really don't plan on getting elden ring tbh. I'll look into Uncharted, Ghost of Tsushima and Assassins Creed Valhalla 🙂 Has anyone played Deathloop and/or Returnal?

Hi all, recently managed to get a PS5 and looking for some games to get for it. Willing to also look into PS4 games released in the last few years. Already have Horizon forbidden west and cyberpunk 2077, but thats it so far. I prefer single player games that focus on story and exploration, and generally not a fan of horror stuff. Anyone got some good suggestions?

No he doesn't actually. Showing what he has under the shell has no effect on the validity of the record. He's put ALOT of hard working and testing into this, why share that just for some other mug to come around and copy it? If your only argument against this record is that he hasn't shown what is he running then its a pointless argument. What he is running doesn't matter.

James is a very well known and respected speed runner within the community and has loads of videos of his runs on his channel. Who cares what he has under the shell? This is the world record we're looking at here, there are no rules as to what you can and cannot run concerning the electronics. There's always going to be haters / trolls and it's a shame really.

These days GPS is pretty darn close to actual speed trap results. Unfortunately its not considered an actual Guinness world record until the speed is verified through traps but id be very confident in saying this is now the worlds fastest battery powered rc (overall worlds fastest is still held by Tony's black knight hybrid rocket car) I've heard he has a set of traps so hopefully will be working towards a trap run in the near future. Of course we'd also love to have him at a UK ROSSA event, although not sure how viable this is.

Back up for sale guys, hit me with some offers.

Hi mate, as it happens i still have this shell! 😲 Its a bit beat up now but not bad at all really. Would you want it back? I don't think i have the wheels and tires anymore but the tires are HPI geolanders 👍 I also have some of the big EDS stickers like on the sides if you want those

I'm using what i assume is a re-brand or copy of the first one you linked. If you are powering the booster from a separate lipo theres no danger of frying anything (assuming the lipo is the correct voltage) but i always turn on the transmitter first anyway and then plug the booster in. I'm only using a small 700mah 3s on mine, could probably do with something a bit bigger but its enough to last me for one days worth of ROSSA speed runs.

Getting closer and closer to speed run time so i've made more progress with the Xray. The new much longer motor is in. This is a TP 3635 which is 3540kv and 65mm long. Its rated to 4s max, 178a and 2350w (around 3hp) I have geared this 25-41 to start with, this gives a theoretical max of roughly 177mph but realistically i'm looking for around 140mph. Also last year, Simon at Phat bodies was kind enough to make me a 2mm thick electra shell to try. Fibre glassing all the shells was becoming a real pain so having a 2mm shell makes it much easier. Its made of ABS so had to be painted on the outside, but still happy with how it came out and should perform really well.

Luckily being a cheapskate kinda makes it more fun imo lol. Trying to go fast on a budget rather than just chucking a load of money at something just gives more of a challenge lol. You mean the super secret bike project that i definitely 100% made sure that i for sure undeniably never ever told anyone ever? 😂 Yeah i still want to work on mine at some point. Might send some drawings and get a few quotes. Making it yourself would be cheaper for sure, but i hate working with carbon lol

Im a real cheapskate lol so i use the free version to draw it up, then i save it as a transparent PDF file. Can then open it in Inkscape (which is also free) and use a few tools to convert to a DXF. This method only works with 2D drawings though. Not tried Qcad im afraid.

Next update to this project. I was looking at the rear of it and just thinking there was a lot of wasted space there. So i started experimenting with removing all the spacers and swapping the ball diff to a spur mount and a custom solid axle. The overall idea behind this was to fit a MUCH longer motor in it for more power and to work with more gearing. I drew up the parts (just using google sketchup) and saved as a dxf so i could send them off to be made. I have used Fibrelyte for a while now to do my carbon fibre parts and they are always very helpful and very good value too. I had the parts made from 2.5mm carbon and the postie shoved them through my door a few days ago. I always worry that custom parts a draw up will never quite be the right dimensions but i spent quite a while measuring all this up and it was all a perfect fit 🙂 Previously the maximum motor length i could fit was 52mm, now its gone up to 68mm. This means i can now run a 3635 TP power motor which is 65mm long and rated at 1400W continuous Vs 800W with the old motor. Huge power increase so hoping for a big PB next year WOOOO!!!

About time i get my Xray in here. Car: Xray X12 2020 EU Spec. Setup: Hobbywing Max 6 ESC, TP Power 4600kv 3620 motor, Turnigy Nano-tech 2700mah 65-130C 4s lipo, Savox 1251 low profile servo, 19-44 gearing. Speed: Max speed i have on video is 118.06MPH, max confirmed speed at ROSSA is 126.61MPH (confirmed through the speed traps) Thanks @GMballistic for the video 😄

Does it have to be 100% full on carbon fibre or would carbon composite do?

Looks like all they've done is tarted it up with a lot of new plastic pieces (which look ugly to me) As people have said, reminds me of car engine bays where all the goodies are covered with a nasty plastic top. I'd never spend that much on a new RC anyway even if its the dogs danglies, but gota say it seems way over priced.

Update to this project. Back in the last event i managed to beat my PB again and ran a 126! 🙂 No video unfortunately as it was one of the last runs of the event. I was endlessly searching ebay a week or so ago and i found a very strange body shell. Made from ABS so its pretty old, but has a fantastic body shape for speed running so i thought id give it a go. The paint was pretty poor and the shell was in a bit of a state, this is what it looked like when i got it. I've learnt from experience that running a black body shell on a speed car is an extremely bad idea as you can't see the bloody thing, so i gave it a nice yellow re-paint with a bit of splatter 🙂 First time doing that and tbh im unsure if i actually like it yet, but its definitely an improvement lol I will be running this one more time at the Scorched RC Speed Frenzy week at Darley Moor, hoping to maybe push 130 to end the year 🙂

Personally i'd suggest any of the Maverick Strada range (the SC in particular as short course trucks tend to be able to take more punishment as the shell covers the whole car) https://www.modelsport.co.uk/search/?&MinPrice=100&MaxPrice=150&sort=Relevance&search=strada Or the FTX carnage/vantage. https://www.modelsport.co.uk/rc-models-toys-9900/rc-electric-models-990010/ftx?&MinPrice=110&MaxPrice=120 None of those are especially amazing, all have brushed motors and fairly small NiMH batteries, but they are pretty solid, have good parts support and would be fairly cheap and easy to upgrade in the future. 👍 I wouldn't recommend the Amazon one you linked as its only 1/16th scale, so is fairly small and wouldn't be able to handle much off roading and jumping, also unsure on what parts support for that car would be like, i've never even heard of VATOS to be honest.

Sadly this is still for sale guys. Any interest?

The original speed flea was once per second (1hz) but the most recent version (speed flea 64) is 4 times per second (4hz) 👍

Sure, its running a mamba monster 2, 2700mah 65c 4s nanotech and converted to run a 1/10th scale 5700kv castle 2 pole motor.

I run 42 shore SP foams on my mini 8ight, been 107mph so far so more than up to the job 👍

To take this project further, i decided that it needed 10th scale foams on the rear as i chuncked/blew several sets over the event. To do this i had to buy 2 narrow 10th scale rear hubs which are not easy to find at all. Then i also had to take around 5mm off of the outsides faces of the foams to get them to sit under the shell. As well as the Strakka shell i ended up using at the event, i now also have an old Bolink shell that i managed to find on ebay. Unsure which one i'll end up using yet, the Strakka has quite a few battle scars already.

I always bring any "working" car i have just in case i end up breaking what i want to focus on lol. Its a worst case scenario but you should bring it anyway 😉 Shame what happened to your limitless at the last event, i can't believe how bent the body got. Me and Jim were just like how on earth did that not break / crack lol

😂 I'll change it once it has a body shell i actually like the look of lol. The current Strakka was just slapped together with whatever paint i had on hand. Need to buy another really but can't find any in the UK now at all 😕 Extra 4mph will get me the hat, i think its doable 🙂 You changing anything with your Serpent? Finally a better esc? 😛