so brian all this talk is great but when are you actually starting?

Yes, once I raise funds from sale of my BL Revo V1 which is currently on Ebay. :)

damn show me the link. might be interested

Congrats its been sold! lol it trully is a nice truck.

Actually, not really. The guy who won sent an email saying something serious had come up and asked if he could back out. He sent a payment though to cover the eBay and Paypal costs as well as a little extra for my trouble. I figure since he did that, I'd cut him a break - after all things happen sometimes. Plus, I didn't really want to sell it for that little (was hoping for $600-$700), so I guess we all win in the long run. The only thing is, I can't start working on the next project yet. :dft004:

Crap soo close to starting a? and this project thread is going to have to move to bl fourm when you start to begin.

hey brian i hope you will get higher bids i want to see this new project start.

Yeah, it was crappy. I'm not going to relist it though as it won't even come close to what I put into it - the last auction taught me that. Oh well. I started to tear it down and found the 2nd gear was beat up pretty bad (there's a thread about this in the EMaxx area), so I'll fix that. Then, I don't know if I'll re-do this Revo later on, but at least I'll have a good tranny for this or future projects.

I might pick up the Jato in a couple of weeks or so (depending on finances), strip it, and sell the Tx/Rx, motor, EZ start, and various nitro parts to recoup some cash. However, unless I can find a bunch of stuff to sell, it will be a while before the Jato is complete.

Well, I went to my LHS to look around and saw this on the shelf. Wow, that's pretty! Has anyone converted one of these successfully?

The only thing that turned me off was the price ($400), and the fact that they didn't have any spare parts on hand. How sturdy is this buggy? How does it handle? Would it be a good alternative for what I'm looking for?

i think someone tried, don't know if they finished it. it is a very nice buggy, next generation of the hyper line of buggys. it just came out not to long ago, but must be a good buggy.

campbellspurlock (who hasn't been on here in a while) has converted one, I don't think it was for himself, though.

It looks VERY nice in person. The guy at the store opened the box for me, but I didn't get a real good look at how feasible a BL conversion would be. Seems a waste not to use all that cool carbon fiber and shiny aluminum.

So, for the sake of easily/quickly getting replacement parts and overall price, it looks like the Jato is still my top pick. At least I'd be able to sell the motor and Tx/Rx on Ebay to recoup some of the cost. Too bad there wasn't a version without electrics and motor...

The Hyper8 is a good buggy from what I've seen so far.
There are 3 or 4 people running them (nitro) at my local track and they're pretty happy with them.

Brian, which store had that , H haven or H town? I might know someone who would want that BL revo here in Des Moines.

HobbyHaven on 86th.

About the BL Revo; Um, I pretty much disassembled it so I could build it better. I was thinking of re-doing the chassis so it is lighter. I also have to order the gmaxx tranny coupler because the stock dog carrier wrecked 2nd gear. I suppose I could re-assembele everything back to what it was depending on price, or I can sell some of the parts seperately (front end, rear end, ESC, BL motor, etc) if desired. PM me if interested.