Why did I buy a ZMT-10 / Turnigy Stadium King

Well a while back I did a review on a forum of the 1/16th scale car's I got off of Ebay .
I personally was quite satisfied with what I have gotten for my money with them .

That is not the reason I bought this truck . I bought it because it is available to the mass's and part's support from hobby king in my opinion is acceptable if your prepared  and stock up on item's. But what drew me In is the lure of a car that will except Traxxas replacement and upgrade part's. If this rumor is true then this car has exceptional value .


Now in the off chance that the rumor's are wrong I don't think this car will be a bad value unless ZD Racing has changed the plastic formula from what they used on the 1/16th scale car's.

Just for fun I have made list  of all the 2wd stadium trucks I could find that are popular for the bashing crowd and would be considered competitors  .

ECX RC Circuit 1/10th Stadium Truck  $99.99
[ECX1100]  http://www.ecxrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ECX1100

Sadly these guys are on there way out if you want one get it now Down side mostly the plastic transmission  gears and AM 27MHZ radio system

RedCat Twister XTG 1/10 Scale Electric 2WD Stadium Truck $119.99
http://www.redcatracing.com/Twister-XTG-Brushed

2.4GHz radio very adjustable for a budget car 

Duratrax Evader EXT2 EP RTR  $129.99

http://www.duratrax.com/vehicles/electric/dtxd32-evader-ext2/index.html

Up side full bearings , has adjustable turnbuckles, battery, charger and accessories  down side AM 27MHz radio system.

Arrma Vortex 1/10 Electric RTR Stadium Truck w/ATX300 2.4GHz, Battery & Charger (Blue) $169.99
[ARAD03BB]  http://www.arrma-rc.com/radio-controlled-cars/vortex/

Only real advantage's I have come up with is that Arrma installed a 15 turn motor so It should be a little faster out of the box it has a 2.4ghz radio system and steel transmission gears.

ECX RC Circuit 1/10th Stadium Truck RTR w/2.4GHz Radio (Gray)  $169.99
[ECX1100S]  http://www.ecxrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ECX1100S

They upgraded the drivetrain for improved reliability and thru in a 15 turn motor and a 2.4GHZ radio system and a little faster battery charger

Phoenix XT RTR 2wd Brushless 1/10th Truck $179.99

TTR6571-F071          http://www.ttamerica.com/cars/ttrd76.html#

Up side cheap,2.4GHz radio system ,and it's brushless down side will need a  battery, charger and accessories and part's support is mostly online.

RedCat Twister XTG PRO 1/10 Scale Electric 2WD Stadium Truck $189.99   http://www.redcatracing.com/Twister-XTG-Brushless

has a 2.4GHz radio system Plus a brushless motor system and is  very adjustable for a budget car

Traxxas Rustler XL-5 2WD RTR w/7-Cell Battery & Charger $214.98

3705    http://traxxas.com/products/models/electric/3705rustler

Up side You can find parts everywhere , it comes with a 7cell battery charger and accessories  . down side everyone has one , there expensive and barely a good value when compared to the  when compared to trucks like the The Brushless Evader

Duratrax Evader Brushless 2.4GHz RTR        $229.98

http://www.duratrax.com/vehicles/electric/dtxd37-evader-brushless/index.html

Up side Has a brushless system , has a 2.4ghz system ,parts are almost as common as Traxxas . down side will need a Lipo battery, charger and accessories 

Traxxas Rustler VXL 2.4GHz RTR w/7C Battery & Charger

$344.97

3707                  http://traxxas.com/products/models/electric/3707Lrustlervxl

Up side You can find parts everywhere , it comes with a 7cell battery charger and accessories  . down side everyone has one , there expensive and barely a good value when compared to the  when compared to trucks like the The Brushless Evader

ZD Racing 1/16 scale car's

Several month's ago I bought a couple of cheap 1/16 scale cars off of Ebay little did I know that I would come to love these little guy's . Despite there flaws "and they have several" these have become some of my favorites .Now because of there flaw's I find it hard to recommend these car's to anyone who isn't a veteran of R.C. car's because they lack part's support even though part's that fit these car's are all over the web . You just need to know where to look . 

Below is are link's to review I did on the brushed MT model . 

http://www.ultimaterc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149928

If you already bought one of these car's I'm here to help but if your thinking of buying one Caveat emptor .  


After months of abuse my brushed model has had no problem's except the bearings where sub par  and is the most versatile of the two. I liked this car so much I made a Youtube count just so I could post video's of it . 

Later I did a driving video of it.

I then did a video when I decided to try a 9.6v battery and may have stumbled on to a LVC on the ESC

Soon I'm going to try a 2s and 3s lipo to see what  kinda results I get so check back for that .

Now the brushless model is a little different and I point out alot of the differences here .

But for the most part it's durability  was on par with the brushed model except the diff's at a minimum need shimmed or to have metal components installed . For this you have a couple of options . 

Your cheapest choice is to buy diff components for the Turnigy Monster Beetle from www.hobbyking.com these parts are made from a zinc alloy.

For the front and rear diff's it's easiest to just buy 2 of these .

www.hobbyking.com

For the center you will need 2 of these

www.hobbyking.com

and one set of these

www.hobbyking.com

Plus you will need some material to make pin's for the pinion gears to ride on.

If you want to lock the front and rear diff's and eliminate the weakest link's you will need this kit here.  

                                                            www.hobbyking.com

For the Best quality option you can buy steel parts here. http://www.shop.gotnitroonline.com

For the front and rear diff's it's easiest to just buy 2 of these . 

://www.shop.gotnitroonline.com/Rear-Differential-All-Metal-Gears-32002.htm 

For the center you will need 2 of these

http://www.shop.gotnitroonline.com/M...rive-32005.htm

and one set of these

 http://www.shop.gotnitroonline.com/M...eces-32006.htm

Plus one of these if you want 

 http://www.shop.gotnitroonline.com/S...lcan-32013.htm 

these pin's may not fit if your set up doesn't have two sizes on the original 

pinion gear so different pins may need to be sourced .

Sadly I have not took much video of the brushless 

model but I do plan to .

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So I will do the next best think here is video (that is not mine) showing a brushless model with a replacement motor with a 3s lipo . the stock car is fast but not as powerful as this little guy.

Play with a propulse

Well a good while back I picked up some 1/16th scale ZD Racing  car's and liked them a lot so I thought I should pick up something in the 1/18th scale size . After lot's of searching I decided to get a RadioShack Propulse of Ebay. I purchased this truck because it had a good reputation for durability and had lot's of parts support due to it being a brother to the Megatech Megapro (There only different in name and bodies) and sister to the Hpi mini recon (There  different in name , bodies , and the chassis are slightly different) .

So far this car has received the Megatech  aluminum shock upgrade and the twin brushed motor upgrade.
Sadly the twin motor set up leaves a bit to be desired . it appears the stock batter can not deliver enough amp's for the motor's under high load so the car some time's shudder's .

Currently I am in the middle of swapping in a brushless system and bigger tires . So check back for that.

Maisto Rock Crawler project

Well I starter this project about a week ago so I will try to fill you in . I had seen these guy's and thought they looked pretty cool . I was reluctant to by one because of all the time's I've been let down by toy grade R.C. Cars in the past  . After seeing ton's of post online about this car I finally decided I wanted one . My wife then bought it for me as a early Christmas present . So far I'm having a ball this little guy is probable the most capable toy grade car I have ever owned . I have already made plan's to improve it's performance . My first mod was to replace the tire's with Team Losi  Mini Rock Crawler Claw Tires LOSB1480  and they did help traction a bit but I think adding weight to the rim's will make a bigger improvement. some other mod including increasing tire clearance to the body .