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Great built! I love the antenna tube - really adds to the old school feel. I want to add one to my bandit even though I don't need it at all. lol

5/3/2024 Race Update Last night I had this car out at Pit Stop hobbies for another Friday night race program. The car was much faster this week with the changes I had made. I beat my fast lap by 0.7s and I ran a 15/8:15 in the main compared to the 14/8:33 last week. Significant improvement. There we...

I had thought about slipper pad material, but I don't have any pads I can cut up and there's not a whole lot of room. I first used a 0.5mm metal washer and even that was too thick. The cardboard is perfect because it's thin and it squishes a bit like a spring. I tried a shock o-ring and that tore up...

Yeah, one thing I'm learning from this build is as much as buggy design has changed over the last 30 years, there really are just a few basics that if you get right, you'll have a pretty competitive buggy. As for the gear diff, my super secret setup is actually incredibly dumb in how simple it is. T...

Race day report! For the most part, this car did great on dirt! At least as good as anything I've driven on this track, which includes a very modern TLR 22 5.0, so already a huge success. And nothing (major) broke. My waterfall brace did break after a particularly bad crash, but it was a clean separ...

Bandit builds seem to be the "in thing" lately! Can't wait to see yours, sounds like it will be a good one. I know for sure that Associated 71127 front hex axles work with the TRX steering blocks. Really? I didn't know this. I always though the ae front axles weren't long enough to use wit...

Standup trans complete and ready to hit the track tonight! http://i.imgur.com/wqo2jbx.jpg The standup config definitely feels more planted running it around my basement track so I think I made the right call putting it on. Like I said, grip was really low when I went to the open practice at Pit Stop...

Been a few weeks since I've updated, but that's because I've been racing this car! I raced it on carpet two more times since the last post and even had a chance to take it out for a practice day on dirt! I made it out to Pit Stop Hobbies for the premiere of this year's track and while I couldn't sta...

Small update for today - I tweaked the design of the transmission case a bit. The main thing I did was beefing up where the shock tower mounts. I angled the back of the mount so its thicker towards the base. I also printed a new case in a PC blend filament which should be much more impact resistant ...

I took the Bandit out racing again this past Friday and this time nothing broke! I was able to run the car the entire night in the mod 2wd class and it drove really well. I managed to record the main by strapping a phone to my head - I'm sure I looked silly but the video came out great! EfJy_aDSuf0...

I took the Bandit out racing again this past Friday and this time nothing broke! I was able to run the car the entire night in the mod 2wd class and it drove really well. I managed to record the main by strapping a phone to my head - I'm sure I looked silly but the video came out great!

Pretty car. Nicely built. I like how everything fits under the body all stock like. 8) Thanks! That was actually one of my major pet peeves about most mid motor traxxas builds and one of my most important goals. I wanted stock bodies to fit without any jankiness or hacking required. Now that I'm do...

And it's basically done now! I redesigned and re-printed the transmission case and it's much better now. I reinforced the area that broke and I figured out a design trick to really help with fitting bearings into 3d printed parts - add a small notched cutout on any bearing recess and use the slicer ...

Basement track? More details please. Nothing too fancy, just some 2x4's on the basement floor with a few jumps I built. L0EdiNgAH6M Update on the car: So as expected it didn't survive the night, but it broke in a way I hadn't anticipated and did far more damage than I expected! The idler gear broke...

Ready for action! http://i.imgur.com/UWjf0e4.jpg http://i.imgur.com/71wyj82.jpg Things I did that you can see: Added the motor cooling fan, got the body mounted up with velcro Things I did that you can't see: Swapped in a ball diff, added spacers between the motor plate and the waterfall brace, repr...