Kitty s Baja!

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- February 13, 2004 at 11:57 pm #12023
  KittyKatSmack
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  Yes, blame Aaron and his Baja
  
  I had one go on it and I was hooked.
  
  So after ordering one, putting it together myself (too loose grub screw in pinion gear that I didn t find out until first run, which isn t a bad effort for a first timer!), covering myself and everything I own in PAINT… it is going really really really REALLY well…..
  
  Here are a couple of pics, the second one is racing Aarons Baja.
  
  I admit to pinching his left over paint so I simply reversed his colour scheme, but I did custom white striping on the roof and have a flat cat on my wing *wink*
  
  Cheers!!!
- February 14, 2004 at 4:48 pm #49596
  merc-blue
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  how much them set u back im looking 2 join the world of 1:10 offroad
- February 14, 2004 at 9:58 pm #49598
  Aaron
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  merc-blue, I think Kitty picked her’s up on Ebay for some crazy low price (USD60?). Stella Models is a good reputable Tamiya seller on ebay in my expereicne and that’s the direction I pointed the Kitty.
  
  I paid about $180 for mine plus delivery from RadioModels in Perth.
  
  A.
  
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- February 15, 2004 at 7:36 am #49603
  ph2t
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  What did that $180 include aaron?
- February 15, 2004 at 4:51 pm #49608
  Aaron
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  The raw kit and nothing else – I then added in a bearing kit, radcio gear and a shonky ESC I had laying about the place.
  
  I really need to to dig the car out of the garage and give it a spruce up. I think a new ESC and a new motor is in order. Probably a new bearing set as well.
  
  A.
  
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- February 15, 2004 at 5:03 pm #49610
  VR-4
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  im thinkin a trinty flat liner about a 12-14 turn and a ipc super sport esc
- February 15, 2004 at 5:30 pm #49611
  PandaBear
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  Don’t get suckered in by the Trinity Marketing Machine now, will we? 🙂
- February 15, 2004 at 5:37 pm #49613
  VR-4
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  i love the new flat liners. ok f it lets get a e max motor and 2 7 cell packs and a evx esc
- February 16, 2004 at 4:10 pm #49640
  jamiekulhanek
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  id say something like a 19t motor would give you the best of all worlds.
- February 16, 2004 at 4:38 pm #49641
  PandaBear
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  Kitty never said nuttin’ about needing to hopup her little buggy.
  
  (ladies are probably too smart to get stuck into the neverending upgrade spiral…?)
- February 16, 2004 at 8:35 pm #49645
  magtec_racing
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  19 turn is the typical stock motor now i say go to a 16 turn or maybe a 15 turn speed gems
- February 16, 2004 at 8:40 pm #49646
  PandaBear
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  Like I said before, ladies are probably too smart to get stuck into the neverending upgrade spiral.
  
  btw 19 turn is NOT a *STOCK* motor. Go read the ROAR rules.
- February 16, 2004 at 8:52 pm #49649
  magtec_racing
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  im talking about rtr standards i know all the roat tules and 19 turn is now the new stock motor is and its just a matter of time befor they lower it to 19. and most clubs call box stock motors stock 🙂 so that makes the 19 turn stock in there eyes.
  
  the baja is a farly cheeply made car so your not gonna be able to drop a 10 turn fantom in it without brakeing some stuff.
  
  chances are shes driveing it on the street and gass every now and then and a 16 turn speed gem will give her some power in the gass. grass kills 19 turns
- February 16, 2004 at 10:05 pm #49652
  PandaBear
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  Best stay off the grass, VR4. 🙂
  
  Not a peep back from Kitty, yet everybody’s speculating what she wants in her own car. Now that I find that hilarious…
- February 16, 2004 at 10:53 pm #49655
  micro_Amps
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  I’m sure shes watching…..and knows better than to get into this one.
  uA
- February 17, 2004 at 2:08 am #49660
  PandaBear
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  Ya, damned those women creatures. They’re too smart for us men
  even when MEN HAVE TWO BODY PARTS TO *THINK* WITH. What gives?? :dead:
- February 17, 2004 at 4:10 am #49662
  magtec_racing
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  grass is even hard on nitro motors but the stocker thats in the baja is enought for a girl lol im shure she aint into the speed that a handwound or a 13 turn would dish out
- February 17, 2004 at 7:06 am #49666
  betty.k
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  vr4, magtec racing. i was wondering if you had a comment regarding kitty’s cool little beastie, or do you just hit the “generate random response” button the whole time? i’m not familiar with any rc other than bits, so i’m totally lost with the direction you’re taking here. but i suspect you’re even losing hardened racers with your (woeful) subliminal advertising. how’s about you let kitty and the rest of us talk about her car, we’d like to hear about that, not how many factory wound, hand licked turbo turnbuckles she’s supposed to be buying!:8ball:
- March 18, 2004 at 4:49 pm #50149
  KittyKatSmack
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  ok, time for a response….
  
  I have been driving my car on gravel, grass, road… pretty much everywhere I have space to give it the throttle!
  
  The only changes I did were bearings, ESC instead of mechanical that came with the kit, and some good lovin’ when putting it together!
  
  Flatline speed isn’t necessarily the be all and end all when it comes to 1:10th anyway. I find the best fun I am having is coursework, and of course the donuts!
  
  Future? Hmmm…. maybe a variety of rubber and some oil filled shocks.
  
  That’s about it really.
  
  Now if any of you come back with the “girl” comments, I will take you on!!
  On a course!
  
  Sorry, but I don’t see a great deal of fun in flat line speed when the result is a spec in the distance that gets there too quickly to do decent turns anyway…..
  
  Now, if we want to talk about hop up’s on the MiniZ, we can pop over to that thread a bit later on and I shall put up my looooooong list… maybe….. if I feel like it….. :smiley2:
  
  More than happy to talk about the car though, coz I admit I am loving it, and wish I could be out playing with it more often than I do. It is my first 1:10th r/c and I couldn’t be happier! I can highly recommend it for novices like myself that want a bit of fun. The baja doesn’t mind the rough stuff and isn’t as restricted to road surface like the road cars are. I have flipped it, rolled it, crashed it, ditched it, you name it, especially while learning the limitations and cornering etc. Not having had a road car, I cant tell you how well they would have stood up to my usage, but the baja has done very well.
  
  So far, zero cost for repairs or replacements. That is a big plus to me. Only one minor setback has stopped me enjoying the car, which was fixed as soon as I got home. And I didn’t need to pull the whole car down to fix it (thank goodness for that!)
  
  Putting it together myself was a terrific learning experience too. I don’t think I would have been as happy or as proud if I had bought a preassembled. Certainly wouldn’t love the car as much.
  
  It’s a crazy car, for a crazy Kat!
  Can’t wait to take it on the beach for some beach shots like Aaron got. What do you say Aaron? Race ya!!!
  
  Cheers!
- March 18, 2004 at 5:53 pm #50150
  Racer9
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  This is funny! BTW your cat is mesmerizing!
- March 18, 2004 at 6:26 pm #50151
  KittyKatSmack
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  I always aim to entertain Racer9!
  
  *does a tapdance and exits stage left!*
  
  😀
- March 18, 2004 at 7:31 pm #50152
  jamiekulhanek
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  Gotta love the 1/10 buggies, i am thinking a 10-15 nitro 1/10 bugy would be nice, but electric is all i have ever owned.
- March 18, 2004 at 9:23 pm #50153
  KittyKatSmack
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  nitro, seems to me anyway, so unsocial though….
  
  no one likes the noise, except the person driving it….
  
  and they are smelly….
  
  ok, now bring on the girl comments, LOL!!
  
  I deserve em now :smiley2:
- March 18, 2004 at 9:50 pm #50154
  z-beam
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  i like your kat too, do you like my new wolf?
- March 18, 2004 at 10:30 pm #50156
  KittyKatSmack
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  yes, I have seen your wolf … very menacing….
  
  care to dance?
  
  *grins*
- March 21, 2004 at 2:42 am #50183
  jamiekulhanek
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  Us fellas are noisy and smelly too! So it doesn’t matter.
- March 23, 2004 at 7:02 pm #50264
  KittyKatSmack
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  LOL@jamie!!
  
  very nice!!!!
- March 23, 2004 at 7:02 pm #50465
  KittyKatSmack
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  LOL@jamie!!
  
  very nice!!!!
- April 19, 2004 at 1:45 pm #50843
  merc-blue
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  how well do these things handle a real thrashing like being launched of gutters and such???
- April 19, 2004 at 2:45 pm #50848
  Aaron
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  They seem to do OK – if you hit a solid object with a single wheel at speed then there’s a chance it’ll crack or break the chassis near where the suspension arms mount.
  
  However that said mines been run into stocks of stuf and it’s still 100% OK…
  
  A.
  
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- April 19, 2004 at 2:51 pm #50849
  merc-blue
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  if i was to do that how much would the replacement chasssis be.. how expensive are parts??
- April 19, 2004 at 3:36 pm #50850
  PandaBear
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  New TL01 chassis parts sprue is only about A$25.
  
  If fully ballraced, TL01 is plenty bulletproof. If you don’t have full bearings, the kit plastic & bronze bushings will cause problems as they wear out.
- April 19, 2004 at 3:44 pm #50851
  merc-blue
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  so ur telling me by bearings for it.. sounds good
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