I have a brushless Thunder Tiger ST-1 Pro. I've been racing it since mid October last year, plus a decent amount of running up and down the street and on grass.
I can't remember all the things that are different between the RTR and the Pro, but besides the stock body and a set of center diff gears I shimmed wrong I haven't had to replace anything on it yet, so it seems pretty strong to me.
I use a neu 1515 2.5d and 95% of the racing has been done on 5s, with maybe half of the bashing on 6s, so the drivetrain seems pretty decent.
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Original body.
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Kyosho ST-R body
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Hand made motor mount and battery trays. Esc mount is the rcm one made for the quark 125.
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Ignore the messy wiring and foam hanging off the side.
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It's not the latest and greatest racing truggy, but I think it's a pretty competitive car once you do the steering mod (my car has so much steering that I don't use the brakes during races, I just turn the wheels and it will slow down) and find a set up you like. Plus it's cheaper than most of the other cars, and parts are pretty cheap (I buy mine from a main hobbies, but not that I've gotten to use many of them yet
). Overall it seems a bit underrated to me.
~4 months ago Mike told me in an e-mail that he would have a mount ready for the ST-1 in about 2 weeks....so I guess he just got side tracked with all the other stuff he's doing. I'm sure he will end up releasing one if he gets asked about it a bit more, so he knows there are people around who want one.
GO the ST-1!
