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Brandon G wrote:

kaiser wrote:my friend is convinced his fast attack is going to "school" my scorpion. i laughed and told him to bring it on.

I swear I think the last time I'd heard this phrase I was in 8th grade.......

Lol, I'm sure the outcome was similar then also

it's not the dogbone. i had it all free and working fine before it's first trip to the track. the jumps were a bit too big for the score, i think it's a bent pin. i looked at it quick last night, but was prepping other cars for a trip to the track tonight. i do have a spare arm, i'll mount that up a...

If it is the std bind that is included in the kit it will be the dogbone being fractionally long causing it. See if removing the dogbone eliminates the issue. I ground the ends down on mine to remedy this. My friend says the issue isn't there when using the universal shafts. I think Kyosho should ha...

my friend is convinced his fast attack is going to "school" my scorpion. i laughed and told him to bring it on.[/quote]

Hmmff, I would have done the same, there'd be no comparison lol.

Returning_Jim wrote:Awesome video.

Thanks Jim. Such a cool looking buggy.

Here's a bit more slow mo action for those that like the slow mo.
http://youtu.be/NXtCYn8SJCM

I have the scorpion and I have it with a beetle body - sand scorcher body, had to cut the ladder chassis short by 1.5cm to get the scorchers wheel base. It looks pretty good, bought the original sand scorcher body, than I got the re=release body so so that I could cut the fenders off and give it th...

CHKTM - great INFO, THANKS! I love the the way the guy describes everything, poetic, we are all on the same page here, Yeap the scorp was designed to be a light buggy, that is what makes it have such a complicated design and form, very interesting and realistic. I am glad the re-release stayed true...

CHKTM - i AGREE seen how she moves, the slow mo vids are SO SO MUCH needed to see what it is doing, the suspension travel and all that, I LOVE IT. Wonder who initially designed the scorp??? What kind of person or team were they? Such brilliance, that is why I LOVE vintage RC so much. Such ingenuity...

travel is the issue, which as soon as i get some extra funds i am going to experiment with shocks. i know we won't be able to increase travel, but if dampening can be improved enough then we can take modern jumps better. on straights and sweepers it's a rocket, not too bad in the esses either, it's...

I would say its because of its futuristic design of the trailing arms, they are made with so much in mind, during compression, the tires camber inwards, that provides more digging grip during cornering, also the rear tires are slightly angled inwards (toe-in) when you look from the top, that is to ...

I am so impressed with the on track performance of the Scorpion, it exceeded my expectations by a mile. I had it on track the other day racing my mate with his b4. ( whatever they are up to ) and it was just as quick and had more consistent grip while sliding. I didn't get any video of that but my f...

i still can't get over how fast this car is with a 17.5 in it. by far this is the best driving car of the early "scale" buggies. I'd have to agree, years ahead of its time in handling, awesome chassis balance, my friend agrees they drive brilliantly. A tonne of fun. Another friend is comi...

kaiser wrote:the more i watch your videos the more i want to build a backyard track.

Cool, go for it. My friend is going to build one at his place, it will be only about half the size but still good for some fun.

My friend made it over for some fun on the track with the Scorpions.
http://youtu.be/Br2glHRFHSY