hotbodies Ve8 pics

[cornolio]

i just finished the assembly.on my way to track for testing.snapped a few pics before i destroy it












will try to give a review later tonight

[Bondonutz]

Looks great, my only beef with it and it's the main reason why I didn't buy one;

The servo needs to be moved to the left side and the motor on the right and it would be much better ? But the diffs would need clocked somehow ?
Curious to hear how you like it and how it handles, Good Luck and have Fun .

[emaxxnitro]

other than the novak fan missing a fin .... it looks great!

[cornolio]

im not feeling too good about the battery clearances so i didnt go yesterday.i just put 2 layers of double sided tape between the pinion and lipo hoping it'll do.the lipos move around no matter how hard i velcro it.i didnt think i'd have problems using standard size lipos







ill be going to the track later

[bdebde]

I won't be going to the track with mine today, missing a body mount (thanks HB), so would like to hear how it goes. I used a couple of Losi straps on the battery as I didn't like the ones that came in the kit.

[cornolio]

it was way better than i expected!!
the "out of balance" issue is absolutely not true(doubted it myself)

heres a video i just uploaded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_URe6jA5eo

the whole set up is box stock,so it still needs minor tweaking.
everybody feel free to share your suggestions,personally,i want more off power steering and i cant throw the rear around.thanks

[Bondonutz]

Looked like it was doing what it needed to on the track,flew well over the jumps.
Glad your happy with it.

I must say I don't care for the pinion/battery closeness,hope it never causes any problems for you.

[GO-RIDE.com]

Some what of a ground breaking car with a plastic chassis on a 1/8. A buddy of mine just got one, but I haven't seen it yet. For me the 140mm lipo length is a problem for to my existing lipos. I see a Hyper 9e or Losi 2.0e in my future.

EDIT: Just watched some of your vid. If you want a 1/8 buggy to swing more on a 1/10 track try a softer swaybar in the front. If still not enough add a stiffer swaybar to the rear, or even try removing the swaybar from the front. The best thing about trying diff swaybars is that it only takes a about 1 min to swap and try something else.

[bdebde]

Boy, it looks good in the vid. Can't wait to try mine out!

How much does yours weigh?

[gixxer]

looks good. if I didn't already buy a hyper 9e this summer I would be picking up one of these. i will probably still buy the body though, cause the hyper needs something narrower.

[cornolio]

OMG!!! my worst fear

PLS TAKE NOTE THAT THIS ISNT MINE.SAW IT FROM RCTECH









the owner said it was quite cold.anyway,its just gonna cost him around 15 bucks and 5 mins.but still....

im gonna order spare skids tonight

[stum]

I'll stick w/ the losi 8ight-e (1.0 or 2.0) - No plastic chassis for me pls expecially w/ two parts on the front.. that will be snapping a LOT, Need longer batt trays and good lord why wouldn't they design the layout so the batts were not on top of the pinion! OUCH! At least a battery tray guard that would come up and block it. iMO the motor and ESC should have been swapped.. Guess these guys won't be running the nicer 35c Hyperion g3 batts.

[Bondonutz]

The F&R skid plates are 18.00 each + S&H, the chassis where the lock nuts are the front skid screws go up into,the molded plastic is broken them also (Chassis is damaged).
To bad, glad I didn'y buy one. There will be no running them even indoors in the winter for those Northern boys ?

[bdebde]

Maybe I will order up a Techno chassis now... just in case.

[cornolio]

F/R skid plates: $13.75

steering brace:$3.89


ill stick with the composite coz thats the point in getting the ve8

aluminium is $15.49


if you see a ve8 on your local track maybe youll be sorry you didnt get one.:lol
everybody who got it got significantly reduced laptimes.just saying
i havent touched any of my other RC since i got it.ive had a lot of nasty crashes and still no damage