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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...

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...

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...

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

Been running and tweaking this car for the last few weeks, figured its time for an update. First, I decided I was done with the hodge-podge mix of colors on the printed parts. I bought a roll of matte black PLA and reprinted just about everything. It looks great now with the all black color scheme! ...

Files have been released for a few weeks now - https://www.printables.com/model/890186-nickcnc-mid-motor-conversion-for-traxxas-bandit-ru Warning, though, the transmission cases have a bit of a design flaw that causes melted internals and stripped gears. I fixed the issue but haven't yet updated the...

Nothing is faster than a ball diff on dirt. In my testing I found ball diffs stay noticeably freer under load than gear diffs. You can feel this for yourself - hold a diff with an outdrive in each hand. Twist them to feel how much resistance the diff has. Next, press the main gear against a hard sol...

Very cool project. Planning on building a racing Rustler based off of your design. Do you think that the chassis needs any wheelbase changes or should it just be good to go wheelbase-wise? Thanks! Sorry the delay, I'm not too active on these forums anymore. The stock Rustler and Bandit both use the...

I'm active on other places around the web, but the only place I talk about my design nowadays in on my youtube channel. And obviously I do still poke in here from time to time but that's just because there's an insane amount of knowledge here and the builds are some of the best around.

Thanks for the kind words! Since I'm here I guess I can give a small update. I've decided to go super modern and take inspiration from the B7 and more recently the new 22x. Last fall I designed a 5 gear transmission to use indoor on carpet and ran that all winter. I had some issues with other parts ...