CompetitionX began its online presence back in 2001 as a beginners guide to Radio Control (RC). In my early days in RC, there was a time where I was pretty clueless as to how to tune a car, what the correct ‘racing-line’ was or why a certain set of tire inserts made such a big deal! CompetitionX is my way of helping out the new person (or anyone, for that matter), making it easy for them to learn about all the aspects of Radio Control without the ‘weirdness’ of approaching that ‘hero’ driver that always seems busy. Over the 20+ years I’ve been racing, I have quite a few wins on my racing resume. Included in that are 11 National Titles, 14 Regional Titles and a slew of big-race wins. So I do have a little knowledge and am more than happy to share that with you. Hope it helps! Oh, and spread the word!
I am currently working on a series of videos for beginners in RC. Stay tuned.
Just visited the DC in Charlotte last week, and picked up a few parts while I was there. I really like the way they operate. Thanks for the video tour!
Amain Hobbies ! They have a awesome support team via billing issue's or parts on your RC car ! they are differently there for you they pretty far away from me but dealing with them feels like your Local Hobby Store.
Agreed. We did talk about the Customer Support and how they have a dual-team for different time zones. Kendall feels CS is one of their greatest assets.
I do believe that if it had a more powerful motor, it could be so much better on the straights because it seems to be doing wonderfully around the turns
Agreed. We wanted to go easy on it at first so as to not crash it. However, we might drop in something a little more powerful now and see what it can do!
Great video! I just built mine and the suspension on the front would push the wheels out & after watching you’re video I realised I put the steering rack outer pins on the top of the hubs when they should go on the bottom ✌️
I love the cut ins going over the features between runs, it's very cool. This chassis is very enticing, it looks way better than the old rally m-chassis tamiya had.
Yes, most buggy wheels with a 12mm hex should fit this car. Just pay attention to the inner diameter of the wheel to make sure it clears the BBX suspension parts.
I bought the HITEC HS-646WP ULTRA TORQUE HV WATERPROOF SERVO, MG for my HotShot build because of the recommendation in this video. After much messing around over several days, I eventually swapped it out because it doesn't fit correctly. Anyone else having problems?
Yes, the bullet plugs to the motor allows us to take the motor in and out with having to solder the wires each time. And no, sorry, we didn't video this process.
It already has hubs with high and low position. Low position, on road tires, stiffer suspension setup and removed covers will make an on road version :)
Honestly, we don't deal with EFRA here in the states - it's more of a European thing. You could hit up the EFRA website (efra.ws) and check out their rule set as to what bodies they allow.
Hi Man thanks for the series that made me actual order this kit ! However I do have a question , the Manual says clearly to go 17.5T brushless aka 2500kv or 23-27T brushed , yet I could not find a 2500kv anywhere with 1:10 size ! Now can I go higher? Or what’s the recommendation in this case besides ordering metal ball diff ? My kit is the m210r plus kit
The size of the motor is the biggest thing - it needs to be a 540-sized can to fit in the car. kV (or turns) will be up to you - there's no right or wrong. The car can probably handle something hotter than a 17.5T motor, it just becomes alot harder to drive.
