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A taper fit for a plastic hex is only going to work on the shelf , a 3d printed taper fit hex will be even less structurally sound so it really depends on if you want to drive it or not . Curious, less structurally sound in what way? Plastic hex adapters seem to be fairly common. The set of 4 via S...

Get a longer axle (hpi). Cut the cup off. Grind a flat at the end. Slide an outdrive cup over the axle and lock it with the setscrew. Good call, and will be my plan B! I found a design on Shapeways for 12mm Marui hex adapters that will hopefully just slide right on. And if the taper isn't right, th...

axles are the same for the Rock n city/veyga ,zerda and alien invader so any upgrade or mod used on any of them would work That's helpful to know! I was wondering what parts are interchangeable, and good to know at least those are. The extra arms that came with this are labeled Alien Mid, so I figu...

Picked up a Hirobo Invader off of Craigslist yesterday, and am pretty excited to rip into this thing and revive. The body looks like hell, but internals so far look pretty good. I've yet to open the gear boxes, but at least in the case of the rear with the clear plastic case walls, the gears look to...

Hey there, Dan from Seattle here. I consider myself fairly new to the hobby, buying what are pretty much my first hobby grade RC's at the ripe age of 44. I drooled over the Tamiyas and Team Associated buggies that friends had as a kid, but my folks couldn't afford to drop the $$$ to get me one. In a...