Brushless RC8
 

Sorry to disappoint you I dont have a brushless RC8 :)
But I did find these videos on youtube of one!!

http://video.google.com/url?docid=-6...hmeHH68ePRH91Q
http://video.google.com/url?docid=-1...KyNy41tXD9lQzg
http://video.google.com/url?docid=-8...igu33mZMhIMOLQ

Does anyone know who this is? I would really like to some pictures of the conversion! The RC8 looks sweeeeet :)

/Håkan

that guy is on rctech, he goes by the screen name of bobby gates.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthre...158327&page=57

he is a GOOD driver... and that truck handles like a dream!!! OMG i have to have one...

word has it, that a certain monster has one of these on his bench already :gasp:

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7973 <-- pudding

That thing was ripping on the track. Should be a big competitor to the other big company 1/8 buggies.

I had my RC8 done for the IHobby show - had it parked at the Maxamps booth on Saturday. I have a couple pictures, compliments of jhautz - set up for onroad racing at the time. :)

Here is a shot with the body on - painted by Dafni. :)

Mike your buggy looks great. Is that a lehner i see in there ?.

1940/7 hi-amp if you must know. I have had the motor on a few trucks over the years and it seemed to fit the buggy quite well. :)

Oh, and the buggy kicks tail - though I broke a rod end at the track in MO last week. :(

In case you dont know king headz already makes a aluminum FR plate for the rc 8. I've heard of people snapping that part.

Killer job Mike!! Another conversion..... great success!! :lol: (from movie Borat)

Mikes RC8 is really sweet. Just about as clean of a conversion as they get. I don't think AE could have done it better. Fast and it handles great. Saw it running when he was in Chicago for iHobby.

(BTW Mike, Did you ever get that pinion set screw sorted out?):wink: I was glad to see that even the master builders run into the dreaded pinion set screw problems once in a while. :mdr:

EDIT: Links to bigger versions of mikes pictures below.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...z/CIMG2374.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...z/CIMG2373.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...z/CIMG2378.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h2...z/CIMG2376.jpg

Also that paint jog Dafni did was absolutely wicked. It literally looked like it was glowing. I wish I could paint like that.

That thing is incredible. Don't know whether it was the driver or the car but that thing hauls. My guess is it was more the driver though. That track was pretty sweet too.

Wow, very cool! I'm glad the body (and the conversion for that matter) made it in time for the show. Nice to see one of my bodies at such a big show, awesome. I wish I could have been there too.

Daf

Great looking buggy. Might have to pick one of those up for next year and replace my losi.