The problem IMO is that the turnbuckle is at the weakest leverage point, ie the center. It needs to be as close to the hub as possible and allow the center of the arm to flex but not bend steel or break. Not sure what you can do about this other than a new arm design. Luckily I haven't had any break yet X >< X

There is the new 1/12 mini hyper ST...:)

Someone should try it out maybe....

I've only bent 1 or 2 stock steel hinge pins in over a year of hard driving, but went through all 4 lunsford inner pins in a couple of weeks.

I don't care where the thread goes. I've got most of the information I was looking for.

If those xray turnbuckles don't work, you could try getting a 4mm threaded rod and cutting it to length and see how that holds up. It would probably be WAY cheaper too.

That is true, but it from the same company as the CRT.5. I looked it up and some pics ( http://rcdriver.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1282 ) kinda show that it looks like a CRT.5 with some of the original major kinks worked out regarding servo, front upper-arms, bigger front shocks.

Where to buy it is a question though. I don't see it anywhere on OFNA's website.

Looks like the Hyper Mini ST is available in the UK:

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/index.ph...n&ItemID=30355

I would consider an order but may just wait until a US release - it can't be that long now as this model was hyped back in Feb and April of 2008.

They had it at Nitrohouse for a little while, looks like its sold out again. IDK why the rollout is going so slow. I saw it was like $320 or $350 for the RTR. They will release a Pro version after a little while here, just god knows when. They did make a PBS kit for the .5 as well, but I haven't seen it FS here yet.

It is Hobao, an Ofna division, just as is Jammin, but they are not the same cars. I can tell you my Hyper ST is not an X1. :) Ofna is cool, but they do some strange sh1t sometimes.

Vintage did you decide on a truck yet?

I wish I could find the HB 10 gt2...

I cannot decide between an extended/widened crt.5 and the HB st10!

The crt.5 is The crt.5 is 14 length / 11 width
Widened with mikes kit, it would be 15.6 length/ 11 width (wider once I put new tires on it)

The HB 10ST is 15.9 length/ 12.6 width (so just over an inch wider than the crt.5)

For comparison a stock rustler is 16.7 length/ 12.7 width (so an additional inch longer than the HBst10, and 1.5 inches longer and 1 inch wider than the extended crt.5

What do you guys think I shoudl go with? I want a bigger truck, but dont want to go 1/8 buggy/truggy as I want to keep my MM controller.

Sorry not trying to threadjack...just trying to figure this out soon so I can sell my rustler and make the move.

Ya know - I know what I want, but I'm just not sure if it is out there.

I have found a GT10 on a website in London and am considering ordering it from there.

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/index.ph...=BiggerPicture

A Main still carries all the parts for the LS10 which are mostly interchangeable with the GT10 as well.

I also came across this: Team Academy Velox XB
http://www.modelrectifier.com/search...ew.asp?ID=1996
Looks like it is an older model from 2005 but still it has full metal diffs, pivot ball suspension and captured hinge pins.

So I pulled the trigger and picked up the HB66776 Lightning GT10.

They were out of them at ModelSport so I picked it up from gtmodels.com. The price was a little more but the shipping was cheaper.

With the $$ conversion I probably paid a lot more than I should have, but I've been eying this model for about 6-10 months and decided to just stop torturing myself.

Was also thinking of picking up the Mini Hyper ST, but there's no parts support yet in the US, so I'll wait a few months and hope it gets released here soon.

What was your U.S. Dollar converted cost after shipping? I would consider this if its not too outrageous.

I know that it was pretty high in comparison to the what it should be, around $425 shipped.

There's not too many of them out there and only a few people on here talk about them, and of those who do I don't think I've ever heard anyone say it's a bad truck and don't get it. Everyone's review has been good to great.

Plus, I am sure I'll make back at least $100 selling off the nitro parts and radio/receiver.

The alternative was to spend another $200 on the extended arms for the crt.5 and give them a try.

My plan is to pretty much use the GT10 off road in dirt and cut to thick grass and then keep Anacondas on the crt.5 (which have a nice offset to make the .5 wider) and use that for bashing around in parking lots. I am figuring I will run the 5 and 6S TP 2600mAh packs I have for the .5 with either a 1509 or a 1512 motor.

Sounds like a good setup. Is the gt2 version wider than the regular? It looked like it was (well I should say without wheels/tires, as obviously the tires are bigger!).

You will have to snap some pics and give a review once you get it!

I too dont plan to do the wider .5 arms as I cannot afford them...so hopefully I can get the width I want with the wheels, and the length with mikes longer chassis.

I hope I like it enough to get rid of the rustler, that way I only have one rc to focus on.

IMO the 30 series prolines are nice but they don't give the truck enough width. I have been most happy I think with the Traxxas 2.8" Annaconda Rear mounted tires for Jato:

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...ducts_id/19203

are the absolute best tire for parking lot and high speed running w/o ballooning. It's got a 4.25" measured diameter and can easily be geared for 45+ in the .5. Also the Jato wheel has a wider offset and widens the truck just right.

I'll post some pics as I work on it, but the mount will be pretty easy as there a RCM mount for the LS10 and I looked it up and the center diff mount is the same part no. for both.

I think im going to go with the crt.5 with the extended chassis (by rcm, which includes the motor mount). I have some 1/8 buggy adaptors (17mm) that are about 3/4 inches wide, so these with some 1/8 buggy tires or my large buggy tires should work pretty well I think.

Any pics you can post would still be sweet :)