4wd Baja 5e based on stretched truggy chassis

[JERRY2KONE]

I had overlooked this thread previously, but I have to admit the vehicle looks very capable and also fun to drive. How about some jumping videos? Nothing too drastic. Just a little sort of track action that can show how it would handle in a more competitive envronment. Nice build and love the personal custom work as well. Good creative outlook to overcome the 2wd aspect of the 5b. I can not believe that HPI has not gotten the hint and come up with its own 4X4 version of this 1/5th scale buggy. They are missing out on a pretty good size market by avoiding the shift to 4WD.

[othello]

Thanks Jerry. Now that a "drop in" BL system is available from castle i would expect HPI to release a Baja flux similar to the savage flux. I really hope though that they are working on a 4wd Baja eventually optimised for BL systems.

I'm not much into jumping but i must admit i also would like to see my chassis performance on a track compared to a 2wd Baja gasser. This would certainly require tires with another thread.

I made another run on the same spot today, now with a HD Hero action cam mounted to the chassis.



Here is the video of this run

A very bouncy ride indeed. Actually i'm quite happy how my 1:8 truggy dampers are handling those 1:5 wheels offroad.

[JERRY2KONE]

I love the action video quality that camera is able to produce considering the amount of abuse that bugy goes through driving about. Nice video, and the vehicle seems quite capable for a sort of home made buggy.