Have you owned a ls10? If not your argument is not valid. I have both. The .5 with the rcm ext chassis is a better racer. The center diff helps turning, and the chassis setup is better. The ls10 is much stronger, and has a plastic mod 1 spur with a slipper. It is a great basher, and much better to jump. I have not broken anything on mine, and it was used when I got it. I prefer the .5, but it is not as strong.

Can't wait till the mini hyper st comes out. I have a feeling that it will be much better than the .5.

My buddy has one.... So no, I dont own one, but I know enough about both to know what I personally would have

Like I said, I never broke the parts you guys break, so I guess I dont crash as much as you guys do or something... Because IMO it was a real tough car, the rod ends were a lil skimpy, but that about it... The shocks arent bad, big bored would be nice, but they werent bad

I do agree if you going for a all out basher, then the LS10, But thats not what im after, and im not baised from HB's, I race a Moore Speed Cyclone, HB's is MY brand:mdr:

But I dont want to hi jak this thread...

My biggest peeve is the steering rack/servo saver. I broke the left side today just doing test runs in the grass. The car caught a hole in the grass, flipped over, and the steering was broke. :cry: I certainly wouldn't consider that beating on it. However, I do run truck tires and think the extra leverage they create breaks a lot more stuff than the stock buggy tires.

I've been studying the Hobao Mini ST pics and it looks like they are using some sort of sway bar to two act as a steering link. I'm guessing this allows for some cushion when the front wheels hit something and the steering is at max turn.

The hyper 9 uses the same sort of wire tie bar between the bellcranks. They include a few different lengths to be used in differnt hoes to alter the ackerman. It may deflect, or even bend, which would be better than a broken bellcrank.

Thanks, I'll look into it.

Post it here. I may come up for the weekend if your getting together.:yipi:

I might not be able to, but I will try to rework the schedule. Hopefully the track is dry by then, as it has a tendency to hold standing water for a while. My dogbone for the .5 probably won't be in by then but I can always break out the 8T.

With all the rain expected this week, looks like scheduling for another weekend would be better. The weekend of the 12/13 I'm down south in the desert for 3 days of desert MX. I love the smell of 2 stroke in the morning. :great:

2-stroke? Is that a new dual-BL setup or something? I KNOW you can't mean nitro... :wink:

lol imagine that a twin brushless dirt bike :P I guess even one running on nitro would be pretty cool.

Nah, nitro burns my eyes and makes my throat sore. 2-stroke smells like summer and cut grass. Make that bikini girls laying out on cut grass....yah. :tongue:

Someday I'll have a brushless dirt bike. Right now they just don't have the range for the big desert/mountain loops I like to ride.

After trying a number of mods to my servo saver:
1. Moving the drag link to the ball stud mounts = too much drag, not enough clearance.
2. Making a custom wire drag link = too much play, but would probably work with some time.
3. Playing with a rack style ball stud mount = not enough steering.
I gave up and spent the $100 on the aluminum version. If this breaks you can bet I'll be calling up Jammin Jay and telling him were he can jam it. :slap: Or better yet, I'll just start making better aluminum ones and selling them for $50. Do I have any takers? :whistle:

lmao, we're not all pimps like you linc, we can't just get hoes to adjust our cars, we actually have to use the fronts of our hands not the backs to get things done! :rofl:

Man, I was waiting for somebody to notice that! I like to slip in a little hoe every now and then, good for a laugh. You guys really need to practice the back hand, and the open fingered slap. That is really demeaning if you can slap a guy to the ground, especially with the non dominat hand. I have a dummy that I practice on.

:lol: You never cease to amaze me linc, you are one funny pimp!