Buyer beware, Fine Design rips off yet again!

[jayjay283]

lmfao ! didn't you guys tell him to take the zip-lock baggy off once hes done grinding the flatspot on his shaft. Lets send im a link to Arctiks article, help him get started without the hardware section of the local 99c store.

[suicideneil]

I sent a message to Dan on ebay about this abomination, outlining all the shoddy features and general lameness- he just replied:

I have sold over 150 King motor buggies and the aluminum is fine. This Buggy will do everything I state in ad. It may not look beautiful but it is functional. The silicon is a great water proofer. It works flawless and the speed control holds up to 8s even though its only rated at 25 volts. don't ask me how, but it does. If you don't like it why do you waste your time writing me? Have you ever heard the expresion "If you don't have nothing good to say, say nothing at all" words to live by Bro


- danlc4

[junkman]

out of curiosity, why did he say the aluminum is fine? Meaning on the buggy itself?

[Aceldama]

"It works flawless and the speed control holds up to 8s even though its only rated at 25 volts. don't ask me how, but it does."

For $1400, "don't ask me how" doesn't really cut it.

[whitrzac]

Originally Posted by Aceldama

"It works flawless and the speed control holds up to 8s even though its only rated at 25 volts. don't ask me how, but it does."

For $1400, "don't ask me how" doesn't really cut it.

how does the MM and the tekin R1 take 4-5s lipos???

[Aceldama]

"It works flawless and the speed control holds up to 8s even though its only rated at 25 volts. don't ask me how, but it does."
For $1400, "don't ask me how" doesn't really cut it.

Originally Posted by whitrzac

how does the MM and the tekin R1 take 4-5s lipos???

For not very long? If I'm paying this kind of money for a 'professional brushless conversion' you can bet that I want electronics that were designed to handle the specs that the seller is boasting.

[Finnster]

Obviously by the magical pixie dust and hot glue he used to build the rig with.
That is a piece of crap. Scratch that, huge flaming ball of molten monkey sh1t that smells like burnt bananas and smoldering donkey hair, the likes of which could only ever be sold on ebay or as a Duratrax.
But not quite as big of POS as that one guy who used cardboard to convert his Revo to BL with (been a few years, right when I joined here.)
It ran well except for when it rained lol.

[Takedown]

Originally Posted by Finnster

Obviously by the magical pixie dust and hot glue he used to build the rig with.
That is a piece of crap. Scratch that, huge flaming ball of molten monkey sh1t that smells like burnt bananas and smoldering donkey hair, the likes of which could only ever be sold on ebay.
But not quite as big of POS as that one guy who used cardboard to convert his Revo to BL with (been a few years, right when I joined here.)
It ran well except for when it rained lol.

Hahaha... That priceless!

[BrianG]

lol, I remember that!

[lincpimp]

Cardboard eh... Was that a homeless conversion?

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Cardboard eh... Was that a homeless conversion?

This 'ol Brushless Box. Don't ask what he used to glue it all together.. lol

[BrianG]

No, just someone trying to get a setup running without any real fabrication of parts...

[jsr]

I have a 1/5 gas truck (Duratrax Firehammer) and get 30-40 minutes of runtime. I can't see a brushless setup giving me that much runtime at equivalent speeds, unless I spend thousands of dollars on LiPos. However, it is annoying to use the gas. My car smelled for months after the first run, partially from the truck, and partially because a little gas spilled. It is loud, which limits where you can run if you don't want people really mad at you. But the biggest con for me with a gasser is the gas itself. But the running cost and runtime is unbeatable.

Regarding the KM Baja, there's a huge thread on RCU giant scale forum. I only had a chance to read through about 1/2 to 2/3 of it. It seems the plastics are a bit more brittle, but other than that, most people are happy with theirs. I remember there was a problem with the KMs, but I can't recall what it was exactly. For a 1/5 buggy, I'd rather get the upcoming Nutech Thunderbolt2 4WD buggy.

[Takedown]

Originally Posted by jsr

I have a 1/5 gas truck (Duratrax Firehammer) and get 30-40 minutes of runtime. I can't see a brushless setup giving me that much runtime at equivalent speeds, unless I spend thousands of dollars on LiPos. However, it is annoying to use the gas. My car smelled for months after the first run, partially from the truck, and partially because a little gas spilled. It is loud, which limits where you can run if you don't want people really mad at you. But the biggest con for me with a gasser is the gas itself. But the running cost and runtime is unbeatable.

Regarding the KM Baja, there's a huge thread on RCU giant scale forum. I only had a chance to read through about 1/2 to 2/3 of it. It seems the plastics are a bit more brittle, but other than that, most people are happy with theirs. I remember there was a problem with the KMs, but I can't recall what it was exactly. For a 1/5 buggy, I'd rather get the upcoming Nutech Thunderbolt2 4WD buggy.

My friend has an XTM grizzly 1/5 MT "Same thing as the DuraTrax FireHammer MT" and that thing is nuts. He can hit speeds of 40mph + with his Zen 26cc xcan setup. Hes hit just about everything their is to hit and only stripped out an upper front link. Its very clumsy at high speeds but overall I would reccomend it to any beginer no doubt. Its based off the the FG mt EVO-1 series MT's which are now discontinued.

[Takedown]

Originally Posted by jsr

I have a 1/5 gas truck (Duratrax Firehammer) and get 30-40 minutes of runtime. I can't see a brushless setup giving me that much runtime at equivalent speeds, unless I spend thousands of dollars on LiPos. However, it is annoying to use the gas. My car smelled for months after the first run, partially from the truck, and partially because a little gas spilled. It is loud, which limits where you can run if you don't want people really mad at you. But the biggest con for me with a gasser is the gas itself. But the running cost and runtime is unbeatable.

Regarding the KM Baja, there's a huge thread on RCU giant scale forum. I only had a chance to read through about 1/2 to 2/3 of it. It seems the plastics are a bit more brittle, but other than that, most people are happy with theirs. I remember there was a problem with the KMs, but I can't recall what it was exactly. For a 1/5 buggy, I'd rather get the upcoming Nutech Thunderbolt2 4WD buggy.

I heard the only problem was the radio box. Which is a little different than the hpi 5b's. It can be swapped out.