Hyper 9E

[Cain]

it comes with crimefighter M2s, V2 white dish wheels, and ofna molded foam inserts.

nothing on the body. hopefully we see something in the future. blue springs to be used on the rear, they are softer than stock.

not sure about the mudguards, it may be possible, and I have seen pics of what someone has done, may be on this thread, but if your track is ran dry may not be much of an issue.

Answer-rc is where I ordered my rear plate from. Its very nice. definitely worth a buy.

The chassis channeling also does a good job of keeping the bottom of the chassis pretty clean in my opinion. mine is not all scraped up like my previous RC8 was.

here is the link to the rctech forum. looking forward to your experiences posted.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...-hyper-9e.html

[gixxer]

I am still very happy with mine. I am still running the stock springs but have a heavy battery (654g). I haven't played with the setup much. Just changed shock oil and the center diff fluid.

As cain said there is a guy on rctech that runs with the pro's and has posted his setup there.

As for the body, I am running a pro-line but am hoping for something narrower. Will probably check out the hotbodies ve8 body when it comes out. If it is narrow enough to make up for the lack of mudguards then I will run that.

[Marvin]

The normal Hyper 9 mud guards will not work, as they have the radio box built into them. The chassis has angled sides on the nitro version too.

You've made a good choice Bondonutz. I don't know what actually came in the diffs, so I stripped and rebuilt them with 5/5/3. The track I race at is dry and dusty too, so 5/5/3 seems about right.

Hopefully the Ve8 body will fit nicely, as many have said, it's the only thing holding the buggy back. That and the plastic shock tops. Though they've now released the Hyper 9 Pro, which has 1 piece aluminium shock caps. The rear toe-plate is definately worth it, for those 'arse down' landings.

[Cain]

got a link to the Hyper 9 Pro that is coming with aluminum caps?

Seems ofna's site is just behind when it comes to updates. they talk about vehicles you can't find in the descriptions.

[Marvin]

Here are some Hyper 9E upgrades: http://www.neobuggy.net/modules/news...p?storyid=6773

And this is the link for the Hyper 9 GL:
http://www.neobuggy.net/modules/news...p?storyid=6767

[Cain]

thanks. Seen on special RC they have what I think is the hyper 9 GL. Interestingly looks like they did the steering knuckles in plastic, or they are available in plastic as the "B" version?

[Bondonutz]

Scored aluminum caps of Fleabay for 30.00 with hardware,I guess from a kit ? I ordered the Hyper9 mudgaurds already Poo. I bet i can make them work and look clean,well see.

Alum Caps; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Rear toe plate out of stock till 31st

Are the Front arms Electric Specific ? I need to download the manual/parts list.

I also found hubs that will give 4mm/6mm/8mm spacing for a wider track, Will this allow better handling or not needed ?

[sabongi]

Nice Simon!!
How does it handle compared to the d8?

[Marvin]

It handles sharper than the D8, which is more stable, but I was running the D8 far heavier than the 9E, so it wasn't really going to compare, and it wasn't a fair test.

[Bondonutz]

Received mine today and have ben busy with Shocks,diffs and some set up per Nitro House. I have 2 LST2's so I'm really liking these big deisel shocks !
I'm at a point in my build where I'm deciding weither to get rid of the TX box and mount the ESC on the chassis or Go with the layouts original intent ?
I like the cleaner look of the ESC down low and CG is a bonus but the installed RX box and plate definitely simplify ?
Undecided ??
Also considering 3s power, Have a 8000mah 3s 20C 160Amp pack that might be a candidate ??

[joeling]

I had a couple of issues with my 9e which prevented me from running it regularly. The first problem was that the pinion kept slipping off. I didn't use the oem pinion with 2 grub screw holes but a regular one with 1 hole to hold the grub screw only. As the pinion warmed up, it would start to slip out due to the orientation of the motor. Blue Loctite did not help at all. However, my lhs suggested for me to coat the shaft with some green loctite. This did the trick.

Second problem was that the end bell of my Medusa popped off. Instead of sending the motor back, I decided to use from epoxy to glue the thing back together. This seemed to hold for now.

Anyway, with the 2 problems resolved. Ran a race over the weekend. Nice handling & super fast & nimble. Qualified 5th or 6th out of about 19 racers. I chose not run the main as it was a 1 hr race. Instead I ran my nitro which qualified 1 place below my electric. I'm the solo electric in my neck of the woods. Finished 4th overall in the end.

Regards,
Joe Ling

PS : Here are some older pics :

[Marvin]

A 1hr final? At a club race? Blimey, you get more for your money!

[Bondonutz]

Joeling,
I had already seen your buggy on another Forum while I was researching info, Nice !

Hour main, Brutal ?

[Marvin]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Joeling,
I had already seen your buggy on another Forum while I was researching info, Nice !
Thanks for mugging my thread
Hour main, Brutal ?

It's not your thread. It's MY thread! Mwuhahahahaha!

[Marvin]

It really is though. Look at the author. You have an alternative thread.

Yeah.