Can you imagine how fast this car would go if you used the flame batteries. It would probably set a new land speed record, :no:

A radio with a phone mounted on top would be really top heavy. You would have to use Nimh's to balance the thing out. Omg!

the problem making a android docking radio is that there are so many different droid phones and their ports aren't all in the same place.

Plus....droids are slow

and they always have problems......:whistle:

just alittle fun math for you a 10lb object traveling at 100mph has 4532.4 Joules of Kinetic Energy

How much energy does a 35 pound HPI Baja 5b going 45 MPH have? I've hit myself on accident with my Baja, not nearly that fast, but it hurts bad enough to make you not want to do it again :whip:

I wonder if the unlock feature is in the ESC itself? I would think that if you replaced the ESC and reciever that you would be able to bypass the Ipod unlock feature. The question is what ESC would be a good replacement?

From what I've heard the speed sensor that sends speed telemetry to the radio is what the the ESC uses to engage the limiter. Replace the ESC alone and you have a fully functional RC. I'd put in either a regular MMM or an RX8 if they make it too tough to bypass the limiter.

Dunno, my brushless carbon fiber baja only weighs 26 pounds RTR and hits 54mph:na:

Yeah, i agree...why this vehicle NOW? Plus half of the US market is going into winter! Silly timing. I thought for sure that Traxxas was working on a 1/5 scale Gasser or E-Beast? That's what everyone wants these days anyway. IMO

J

I agree. Right car, totally wrong time. I love the car. But holy wrong season to release this. i would have died to see a 1/5 based on the Revo. Gasser or Electric.

I think they should've released it in time for the holidays, myself. Plenty of people would love to see this under their tree (myself included, as much as I hate the limiter). Releasing it this time of year means that by the time the other half of us can actually use one they should be easier to get and more parts (replacement and upgrades) will be available. When they released the Spartan, that was bad timing.

And for the Baja, maybe it's closer to 30 pounds? I don't remember how much but mine has 0 weight reduction and weighs a ton, I imagine it's pretty dangerous at ~40 MPH but I must've forgotten to check if it was Skill Level 10 :lol:

My all aluminum gasser with twin pipes weighs 36 pounds. Either way it can snap an ankle like a twig:yes:

So mine's probably 28-30 pounds. I slid it sideways into my ankle once (not very quickly) and it took all 6'3" ~200 pounds of me to the ground. :whip:

Does anyone know how tall the tires are or what the diff ratio is? The parts list doesn't say.

It does list 46, 50, and 54T spurs and 14, 29, and 34T pinions.