Hot Bodies D413 1/10 4WD Buggy

[Ralls Racing]

if our testing has been anything to go by then definatly not. the only thing we have done is to pop a shock top off the ball joint under the heaviest of impacts, 2 times over 2 days of testing by 3 drivers and in both cases would of totalled most cars

[Pinto]

Hi, i just receive and assemble the kit. Here's my first impressions:
-Really small box
-Great instruction sheet, really clear and simple
-Superb quality, equal to Xray. No cutting, no trimming, every parts are already cut and
-Superb carbon quality
-The car is really light in shorty
-The body is great with the concave sides but a little difficult to assemble

So really impress by this kit, 1st training on Wednesday on carpet
















Thanks MB Models!

[Fernandez]

I wonder if the speedo in the back would give some more weight in the rear for rear traction, when running om low bite surface

[OneKiwi]

That is one loverly piece of kit

[bally]

Originally Posted by Pinto

Hi, i just receive and assemble the kit. Here's my first impressions:
-Really small box
-Great instruction sheet, really clear and simple
-Superb quality, equal to Xray. No cutting, no trimming, every parts are already cut and
-Superb carbon quality
-The car is really light in shorty
-The body is great with the concave sides but a little difficult to assemble

So really impress by this kit, 1st training on Wednesday on carpet
















Thanks MB Models!

Wow this has arrived in France and you have built it already, it was only shipped on Thursday!

[Pinto]

Yes just for the weekend, great service MB!

[brooksy]

Seen one of these running at Broxtowe today. Very nice piece of kit and to say it was the first run it looked really good.

[Balders]

oww thats pretty..

are there any still available or have they all sold out?

[leeboy44]

Originally Posted by Balders

oww thats pretty..

are there any still available or have they all sold out?

mike dont you have enough cars LOL

dose look nice mind!

i was waiting for 1 of these but couldnt wait any longer so bought the bmax 4 iii

hers 1 for you mike
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hot-Bodies...item540756be99

[shaungooner]

never enough Mikey, like rocking horse muck I believe!!

[ramdrive]

JE has one in stock on there website

I built one last week, nice easy build but plastic quality was not as good as xrays by a long way.

I sold it to a club member and ordered an XB4 2014...

[leeboy44]

Originally Posted by shaungooner

never enough Mikey, like rocking horse muck I believe!!

he is now the new owner of the JE models kit lol

lucky man!!

[ramdrive]

1 still in stock as of 21:35 GMT...

http://www.jemodels.com/electric-mod...tegory_id=1879

[Balders]

they must have more than one then..

[Muzzie]

Here are my thoughts – Firstly, thanks to the guy’s at MB models for their amazing customer and delivery service. I received my package on Friday afternoon and was able track it all the way to my door. – Sad but true.

The kit was very easy to build and the instructions manual is very clear, especially as this was the first kit I’ve ever built, so if I can do it, anyone can.

One this of note, the kit requires a 1.3mm hex driver and a 4mm socket drive, which is something I didn’t have in my RC tool bag. I spent most of Friday night trying to get hold of these and eventually ended at Maplin £8.99 out of pocket.

The kit is very well engineered and has a precise build quality making the kit feel solid and robust. The only thing I found to be a bit fiddly was the shell as its in 3 pieces, but I think that was because I was getting a bit tired at that point. In my opinion (obvious I’m bias) compared to the X-Ray the plastic seems to be of the same quality, but that just me, only time will tell.

I ran the car the on Sunday at Broxtowe (out doors) and I have to say the car was amazing straight out of the box. The car was set as per the manual apart from some minor tweaks.

32.5 WT oil in the rear shocks instead of 37wt and
7000wt diff oil in the rear instead of 10 000wt
1.4mm roll bar on the front (black) instead of copper
1.2mm roll bar on the rear (copper) instead of silver

The car was really easy to drive and handled the wet condition great. I did struggle with grip roll at the end of the day as the track dried out.

Things I want to sort out – The front seems to have a lot of droop and there are no droop screws, so want to try some spacer in the shocks.

If anyone has a good Astro set-up and indoor carpet set-up, please share. I’m going to try the high grip setup on Ty Tessmann web page.

[Richard Lowe]

I'll have a general idea of a base setup after today at RHR.

Will post what I find out tonight

[Balders]

the shell that comes with the car isn't the shell that Ty uses, does anyone know if that shell will be available?

[Richard Lowe]

The shell Ty has used since the worlds is by Proline.

It's safe to say the car was well worth the wait! The way the lightweight shorty car fires out of corners is incredible, and it rotates/carries speed on hairpins like nothing I've ever driven.

http://www.petitrc.com/setup/hotbodi...owe_RHR201404/

[Muzzie]

Can I ask, did you use 3mm spacer in the shock to remove the droop?

Does the car feel better with the copper roll bar on the front? I ran the black on Sunday

[AfroP]

I was intrigued and somewhat interested by this car but whats putting me off is 2 things
1) I'm a fairly novice driver, club and regional level only and far from an A final driver at that. would this be too technical for me?

2) Most of my racing is done in sports halls on polished slippy wood floor or a mix of carpet and varnished floor. is this going to be too much for the surfaces?

other than that it looks a great bit of kit