Rlaarlo AM-D12 1/12 RC Desert Buggy Is An AMAZING Basher! | UPGRADED! 

Thanks man I really appreciate that! I try to bring a honest and technical view to the hobby and I'm glad to see that it's being enjoyed!

Couldn’t agree more, my first vid here and now a subscriber.

@jrfishes Thanks! I like to try to be a bit more technical and still be entertaining. Glad you enjoyed :-)

Thanks Glad you enjoyed!

Yeah the quality and design of these vehicles is definitely improving. I would have no hesitation recommending this to pretty much anybody that likes the design :-)

Thanks! I really enjoy making them.

Yeah at that price It's hard to beat. Based on the fact that most RTRs these days don't come with batteries knocking You're looking at basically 140 bucks for the truck with the upgrades. I think you'll be happy with it!

@@DoRC What are you using for a driver for those small screws?

@jrfishes It's a no-cry brand variable speed driver from Amazon. Weird name but I really like it. I'm using a MIP bit with that. It's all I'll use anymore. Good quality bits make a huge difference in not stripping out screws. You do need to be really careful with a power driver on screws this small though. I've was a mechanic for 20 years so I've got a pretty good hand for it but if you're not careful you can very easily strip them out.

I wonder do that Losi 8ight is good . Looks well done to me

I haven't had too much issue with parts availability. Support can be hit or miss depending on the company but rlaarlo does seem to be one of the better ones. Thanks for watching!

It can’t be any worse than any other Chinese brand. WLToys has a big part of the market and everything has to come from China. The worst parts are from EBay. NONE of the dealers claiming to have parts in your country actually do. They’re processing your order through China just like you can do on your own.

@@kodak_jack hmm. I've bought parts off of Amazon and had them two days later. I don't think they came from China.

@@DoRC Parts I’ve gotten through Amazon for Chinese vehicles get to me faster than if I ordered them on my own, but I’ve never gotten them that fast. It seems that anything I order from Amazon that doesn’t show up quickly is coming from out of the country. Danger, Will Robinson, Danger! Amazon considers parts from China to be third party items. If there is a problem, at least that’s how it was for me, Amazon leaves it for you to battle with the dealer to straighten things out!! They take a hands - off attitude and do NOT stick up for you or try to refund your money. I don’t know if this was an isolated incidence, but I was none too happy about it and try not to buy parts through them.

@@kodak_jack Yeah that's not really something I've experienced but I almost always only buy things that are prime on Amazon so I probably avoid those issues inherently.

First of all thanks and glad you enjoyed. I think that the rlaarlo stuff is a little bit better than the WL toys but it's not by a huge amount.

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the sub!

It's a kit you can get from PNW RC madness. Not sure exactly how often they make batches of them but it's absolutely worth getting! After probably a year of pretty frequent use I finally blew a hole in the front of it by running a car that was way too heavy on it but that's my fault :-) Thanks for watching and if you aren't already subscribed a sub is appreciated!

They definitely are fun :-)

Glad you enjoyed :-) Yeah it's a pretty sweet ride!

Thanks and thanks for watching!

Unfortunately I don't have any first-hand experience with MJX vehicles so it's hard for me to make a recommendation. I have heard other people say that they are good though. Really I would just go with whichever one you like the looks of better. I think you'll be happy with either one.

No I'm sorry Unfortunately these use a hex attachment design that I don't believe is used anywhere else and because of that I'm not sure you're going to be able to find hex extenders.

If you're seriously interested shoot me an email. My contact email is listed in the about section though you have to look at it on desktop to see it. Thanks for watching!

They're aluminum on pretty much all of these types of cars

Yeah they're pretty easy. Rlaarlo has pretty much everything on their site and a lot of the parts are shared with all the other vehicles that are based on the same platform.

@@DoRC cool thanks 👍🏻

You're welcome :-)

Wow that looks amazing!

@@DoRC I ordered the roller. They aren't giving great specs but they are pushing a set of 4500Mah 2s batteries. I see an XlX2 and at least an 1100kv for it. Just can't see a 4s 5th scale. One of the slowest cars I ever bought was my Primal Gravedigger. Nothing a Max4 and a 560kv couldnt fix.

Yeah that would be weird since they putting a Max 5 in it. Maybe that's just the batteries for the radio and servos.

Yeah it's hard to know sometimes with these cars but if it looks like this car then it probably is this car.

Yeah that could definitely be done! With 3D printing there's pretty much no limitation to what you can do :-)

@@DoRC Nice ouo

It's always a good idea to go through the diffs and everything when you get a new car regardless of the brand. They are complicated electronic and mechanical beasts and are often not put together the best in the world. Thanks for watching!

Thx for your. It will be my first RC I want to do it properly. Normally I will also get the upgraded parts so I’ll do all at once. After lots of reading I went for marine grease for the diff, you concur ? I bought short Ovonic 3S 2200mah 35 lipos (short and much lighter). What proper installation do you recommend because of the size ?

@thedoomslayer14 Marine grease is fine but as long as you're not going to be running it underwater any grease will work. Since electronics aren't waterproof anyway I doubt you'll be doing that. I'm not sure about the battery. The best thing to do would be just to get it and then figure out the mounting from there. It might just work under the stock strap but you might need to get a longer strap. I would recommend as I said in the video getting rid of that little nub that's in the battery compartment as it can rub on the battery and cause problems in the long run.

Thank you ! What are you planning to do with this car ?

@thedoomslayer14 same thing I do with most of them. Have some more fun with it and then sell it so I can afford to buy more :-)

Send a message into them about it as I'm not sure. As soon as I find it out I will let you know

Just heard back. They are mod 0.7

Yes I thought that would be the case, making it difficult to get hold of different pinion gears to possibly gear up. I understand this buggy comes with a 17t pinion stock, I know you can get 19t & 27t mod 0.7 pinions from Banggood. But if you wanted other size pinions it might prove difficult getting them in mod 0.7 pitch. I am awaiting delivery on this buggy myself from Rlaarlo.

The cf ot is a 48p 24t amd comes with a 27t . I don’t know much about it, but those are the numbers.

Sure. Shoot me an email if you're serious about and I'll get it to you

@@DoRC sent you an email!

I didn't scan it I just took measurements and then made my own. If you want to shoot me an email I can send you a file so you can print mine out for yourself or if you want to start messing around with designs tinkercad is free and is a great way to get Your feet wet in the world of 3D modeling.

@@DoRC it’s funny because I had the same exact idea and wondered if it would be easy to have a wing 3D printed, I was shocked and very happy to see that someone did it.

@@katotornado4312 Yeah the wing made isn't perfect but It does work pretty well.

@@DoRC I think it looks pretty decent and I like the flexibility on it. I checked my email and didn’t see any message from you yet did you send the file?

@@katotornado4312 I don't know your email address :-) you'll have to send me an email using the email address in my about section on the channel. You'll have to look at it on desktop because for some reason RU-vid doesn't let you see the email address on mobile. Send me an email and I'll reply with the STL.

Yes I know. It's a great feature :-) I took the body off because it's hard to film details of the chassis with the body flopping all over the place. Thanks for watching :-)

@@DoRC I’m assuming this buggy has plenty of ground clearance for true OFF ROAD use? Many of the buggies out there, like the stretched WLToys 1240xx ones are too low for real bashing. It also looks to be 1/12 scale in width whereas those 1240xx ones are 1/14 scale stretched in length only to 1/12= too narrow to even get a decent battery in them.

@@kodak_jack Yes I would agree with that. The tires on this are large enough that they allow you to actually run in fairly rugged off-road terrain. Of course it is a small car so anything like tall grass or big rocks etc are still going to stop it but the extra ground clearance afforded by the larger tires really does help.

It's not for sale but if you want a 3D print it shoot me an email and I'll send you the file.

@@DoRC thank you for reply, however I don’t have or know anyone that has a 3 d printer. Thank you for the offer!!

@@user-wr1lh2hq2i shoot me an email anyway. I'll print one out and send it to you if you really want it :-)