Couldn't Resist...LSP-R on the way
 

After a couple of days of thinking, I finally decided to pick up a LSP-R while Ultimatehobbies.com had them on special for $259.95 shipped. I'm planning to run a Mamba Max ESC, but I'm not sure what motor I should use. I'll probably want to go with a Feigao or Wanderer to keep the cost down. Anyone have any recommendations?

I'm also real close to buying a Lightning GT10 to convert to BL as well. It's killing me to see such great prices on these trucks and not have a ton of $ sitting here to drop on them.

I've found that the MM ESC and Feigao 7XL combo is hard to beat for the price. I run the same setup in an 1/8 scale buggy and a Monster GT conversion. It runs cool and there's plenty of power. The setup also carries a 4S2P 8Ah pack like it's nothing.

wait, you said lsp-r. right? 259$! then thats a good bargin its not the 1/10 scale?

Damn....I paid $450 for mine a year ago...

i paid 400 for mine a couple months ago.. I might go ahead and get another for spare parts, thats a good deal!

Sylvester, if you do, let me know. I might be interested in a couple small parts if you would be willing to sell em to me. :)

Yep, it's the 1/8th scale LSP-R truggy roller. The smaller 1/10th scale Lightning Stadium RTR is only $189.95. They have some killer deals on the HB stuff right now. I thinking of selling off one of my crawlers and buying another truck or two at the prices they're at.

Squee - will do, im keeping chassis, arms, diffs, and some other big parts :)

Skellyo - how is their service? I am loving the prices on their site!

I've ordered from them about 5 times in the past with great service.

Wow, those prices are amazing. I may really need to consider picking one of those up. Those prices are just too good.

I wonder if this ultra low price means that HB is coming out with something new soon...clearing old stock...hmmm....Paid $529 for my LSP-R when they first came out...

I never thought about that, but that really is a possibility. Wonder what kind of changes a new model would have.

I know a few of you have BL LSPs, i have one and am thinking about converting it to BL instead of the emaxx i was originally going to convert, it will be cheaper in the long run, since there are too many upgrasdes the emaxx needs to deal with a BL motor. Did you make your own motor mounts, and how could i get my hands on one of those? Thanks for any advice.

I really doubt it. UH is the only retailer online that has them priced below the typical pricing. If they were discontinued, I really think you'd at least see amainhobbies.com with cheaper pricing on them too.

Did anyone go and buy one after seeing this?:p man how i wish i had some money right now, i hope they will ceep those juicy prices for a while!

Yah, I agree. Maybe 'till the holidays next year, lol. :005: Wouldn't that be nice.

Damn, I wish I saw that before I paid $250 on Ebay for a used Hyper 8! Oh well, the Revo will have to serve the ~MT purpose.

I would probably want the tires for the most part...

i thought HB had something coming up for the truggy scene.
just a feelin i had.
so if there doing dumping-prices now it must be right.

I can probably sell the tires to you. I plan on putting something like Badlands on mine when I get it. I'll be running primarily in a very low cut grass, so the stock tires won't do me much good.

I am still waiting for my jammin crt but think I may pick ones of these up anyway! thanks

I read on the local track's forum that HB will stop producing the LSP as well as parts for it, which explains the price drop. I'll see if I can find the post that contained that information. Otherwise, this post is null.

EDIT:
Found the post. It's here:
http://forum.hotboxrc.com/viewtopic....=asc&start=180

I think that there supposed to be coming out with a newer model. About like the Lightining 2 buggy...I think they said it was supposed to be out by the fall.

Skellyo, that sounds good to me. I love the stock tires. They work great for some surfaces. I don't even need the rims, or inserts. Only thing is the set I have now is glued to 14mm rims, and I can only use 23mm rims since I did the 8mm axle conversion. I to plan on getting a set of Badlands for mine as well. Let me know how they do.

Are the parts gonna be interchangable with the newer truggy? I hope HB will still supply parts for the LSP!

I am guessing that they would be interchangable, because otherwise, I would be guessing that Hot Bodies would get a lot of complaints from people that have the lightning right now, and have no parts to fix the broken ones.

I'm guessing some will be, but not all.

For any of you that were thinking about the LSP-R while it was on special, Ultimate Hobbies has pulled all of their specials on HB products. The LSP-R is back to the normal $439.95 price now.

I guess I spoke too soon. They are back on special again now. I guess they were just in process of changing up their specials page at the time I checked earlier today.

Too bad they dont ship to Canada :(

Small update...

Received my Trakpower packs last week...ordered a 4th Trakpower pack today so I can do 2 runs sequentially.

With the help of Sylvester, I now have a bunch of hop up parts on the way...better caster blocks, steering links and CVD's.

And silly me went and bought a 2nd LSP-R just because they were so cheap and I had a spare MM I could use in it. Now I have to pick out a motor for this one.

on 4S that is..

What is your budget? you could set with a 7/8XL, but if you don't mind spending a few bucks; the Lehner or Neu would be a nice alternative..

I have an 8XL for one of them already. I was looking through Mike's store online and was thinking maybe the Lehner Basic XL2400, Neu 1512 2.5d/f or 1515 1y/f. I figured with the weight of the LSP-R, any of these should work ok.