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Aw, sorry to hear. He looked like an awesome buddy.

as mentioned, the classes are defined so you can run brushed or brushless. I know Mark W. was running something with a brushed motor, I'm not sure which class. For ease of maintenance, most guys will opt for lipo and brushless, its just so much more power and simple. I run old lipo packs, 5000Mah, n...

Good to see you back

Yeah the track surface is like a dragstrip with the sealed surface. The layout is awesome. The surface is quite a challenge and super tricky to get right. Long days though with so many entries. Really cool to see these guys you've seen in magazines just hanging out in the pits. Chatting them up is p...

Nothing extra special with the clean chassis. You have a nicely modded chassis for a nice build though. If you plan to run it eventually, put some chassis tape on it to keep it clean.

something onroad with a rear diffuser. perhaps an old rc100 or 500 or something like that. I know I have seen something before with the sway bar center attachment

Yeah agreed they definitely screwed up the length and the manual. That is the real issue but you can set it up to work.

The only fix you need is to put the shock on the outer hole in the arm, and add shock internal limiters to reduce droop so the bone does not disengage. You can also place the blue spacer on the axle on the inside to bias the bone inwards. Honestly guys that aren't really builders (regardless of what...

For sure. Saturday is open practice so you can drop a car on the track and just turn laps no racing required.

The plastic or classic class at vonats is predominantly won by manta ray variants. Torque tuned motors make them quite quick. They are for the most part reliable. The aftermarket aluminum motor mount is key, along with the touring car gears to replace the super soft internal aluminum gear.

Strange times......

It looks to me like a natural fiberglass in a worlds style, and the wires in the photo are blocking things.

I honestly can't imagine that this isn't a joint effort with MIP. Like MIP supplies the axles, shafting etc. AE supplies the molded plastics. It makes no business or financial sense for them both to bring out independent offerings. especially given the MIP reluctance for yeeaaars.

Yeah they are doing nothing. They should be from each brush hood to the motor can or motor tab(if a modified). Electrolytic is also fine but a ceramic cap would be sufficient. If you haven't sat there and cooked the cap it should be fine, they are pretty tough. I've discolored the end of the potting...

they are punched in a die set, and the edges will be somewhat rounded. they will seem kinda......furry. the color will be lighter, whitish. the machined edge will be nice and crisp and the edges will be pretty much same color as the base material. In the image below of two very dirty towers, the lef...