New ride for winter racing... Hyper 9e
 

So I sold My LX1-E... AND my E-Revo.... both as rollers... in order to fund my winter, indoor racing venture and vehicle...

After trying to decide for a while what to buy, and giving it MUCH thought, I opted for the Ofna Hyoer 9E.

The kit is very nice with only a couple glaring shortcomings.. like they give you Proline dish wheels... Prolime M3 crimefighters.. descent all around tires... and then they toss in crappy ofna foams.. I used some old proline closed cell foams from my year old, daily basher SC truck... they were no good for new SC tires.. but were perfect fit in the buggy tires... The only other issue I can see is that the design clearly was made with a 36mm motor diameter in mind... and as such, with the use of the stock spur and the pinion that comes in the kit, you cant mesh the gears properly without having the center diff drive cup rub on the motor... I will be calling Ofna monday about this... I think a bugger spur will solve the problem.
Oh.. and just a quick note on the instructions.. its about 20% Electric model pages.. basically, just parts lists and such.. the rest of the manual is all NItro... Just lazy... Even comes in a Hyper 9 Nitro box...


the roller is put together better than my LX1-e was, but still suffers from leaking center diff just the same, however the front and rear diffs seem fine unlike the LX1...

so.. quick spec on the electronics i used...

MMM ESC w/ 2650 motor
Team Associated XP DS1313 servo
Futaba FASST R603FF reciever / 3PM radio
AMB transponder (in the mail... )
Promatch Racing 3800mah 40c 4s lipo (exceptionally light race pack.. 3800mah has no trouble making 10 min. mains... )

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VIDEO OF MAIDEN VOYAGE... (short) Be sure to check it out in HD..


If anyone knows of the "MUST HAVES" for this thing.. feel free to fill me in... I will be using different tires... but not sure what just yet..

Thanks!

Nice buggy, it's afun, fast and very edgy buggy to drive. As long as you drive it smooth it will be quick. Must haves, spare front arms, boil them for about 15 minutes also.

Looks nice, I have one also and love it.

Worthy upgrades; Aluminum front brace and aluminum shock caps.
The front lower arms have ben revised and are very durable, available @ "NitroHouse"
Nitrohouse also has tips and set up info on their web page.

You'd have a much wider gear selection and get some clearance if you stayed with a 1512 sized NEU but go with a lower KV like 1700-2000. I'm currently running 1700kv with 4s and it's still a bullet.

There are several threads on the 9E here and all worthy of reading

Have fun and enjoy !

Get a cc/neu 1512 1,5y 1800kv. Isn't the sale still on, its only 60 bucks.

Thomas G

Already got it... :great: