andywpj:
Oh, ok. I didn't mean to offend, just wanted to make sure I understood correctly. :) That's interesting; I didn't know it was made by Hongnor. It would be neat to see them offer an electric version. They should release a Pro electric version so people can put in their own electrics.
RC/gixxer:
I haven't run it too much, just in the basement, but already found an issue with the steering servo. It goes one way fine, but sometimes binds going the other way. Does the same thing with the servo horn disconnected totally, so it has to be the servo itself. With the servo disconnected, the steering assembly is very smooth, so no binding there at all. I'm going to take the servo back to the LHS tomorrow to see if they'll exchange it, but don't know if they will since it's been a while since I bought it and I don't have the receipt anymore. At any rate it is pretty snappy...and it should be since it has a 10th scale motor on it. :)
Sylvester:
Yeah, Mike got the pinion for me. It's not something he usually sells since they didn't last long for some people (hence the "out of stock" status in the RCM store). There was
a thread about these pinions where Mike responded if you're interested. But, I asked him if I could get one anyway to try out. They're kinda expensive though - better and cheaper to go with the Kyosho spur and regular pinion if possible. Most 8th scale applications can use the Kyosho spur setup with no problems at all (except a little shimming), but the CRT.5 is quite a bit smaller so needs more modifications to get it to work.