All about the hobbyking basher.

Well since I have been thinking about this truck a lot lately so I thought I would post a bit of info here and about it like its closest competitors and what is known about the truck at this time.

Well the first views of this truck where on the Hobbyking facebook page October 18, 2012  and at the time everyone was focusing on the soon to be  named SkullCrusher 2wd monster truck that Hobbyking had been teasing  everyone with .

As can be seen in the photo's they had rigged it up with lots of cameras to use it as a chase car  for some of their online video's.

Then all went quiet on this Truck till 6/1/13-6/2/13 and Hobbyking unveiled it at RCX  and a website had sprouted up with no announcement http://www.basher.com/ and then a video appeared.  On YouTube for RCX  and then another just featuring the Monster truck after that another video just teasing us with a frankentruck version . 

Now after paying attention on the last video it is stated that the truck will have a $250 dollar price point and that was a big deal as everything up to that point was just speculation . Somewhere during all this the Hobbyking TrailBlazer 1/8th scale MT disappeared from the US warehouse and I suspect others to make way for this monster but as of now it is still a no show .

But here are the pic's we have to go by for now and the spec's as currently published. 

POWER SYSTEM

Powerful 2075KV Brushless Inrunner Motor
80A Brushless ESC w/ Reverse
4S Lipo Battery w/ HXT 4mm Connector (Required)
15Kg Heavy Duty Steering Servo

• DRIVETRAIN

  Full time 4WD
  Steel front, center and rear sealed differentials
  Hardened steel pinion gear
  Heavy duty drive shafts
  Hardened metal drive cups
  Full ball bearings

CHASSIS

3.5mm alloy chassis plate
Adjustable screw shock absorbers
Oil filled, big bore shock absorbers
3.5mm shock shaft
Adjustable toe-in and toe-out
Adjustable camber and castor
Independant wishbone suspension
Officially licensed Nitro Circus engraving

MEASUREMENTS

Length: 577mm
Width: 480mm
Height: 314mm (To top of cab)
Ground clearance: 110mm (Adjustable)
Battery area: 138mm x 46mm x 25

Basher a Hobbyking monster truck

Well I have had several people message me on Youtube asking if I plan to buy this truck when it is finally released since I got a Turnigy Stadium King 2wd truggy pretty close to when they were released . So far I have determined I probably will pick one up but I will likely not be a first adopter for a few reasons .

1. I am cheap and broke this means I will have to save and scrape up the money to purchase the truck nothing too unusual there even given its suggested price point of $250 (and yes if the truck is a durable little bugger that's a great deal).
2. Given the buzz around this truck I'm sure hobbyking will be bringing this truck to the US warehouse rather quick and I'm  content with waiting for it to make it to Washington as this normally brings the total price down a bit .
3. At the moment I think I have my hands pretty full right now and I'm not up to racing the other Youtube channels for views or anything like that so being the first doesn't really drive me to gotta have it first.

Tires tires tires there without a doubt the most expensive ongoing cost when you're racing and i found a deal.

Alright i was shopping around for tires for my new RC10B4.2 RS before It even got here as I was positive the stock ones would not be very competitive . In my search I noticed Team Losi tires were a bit cheaper than other manufactures . This lead me to doing a bit of research and eventually I started looking to see what was on ebay . Really it didn't take me all that long to find a good deal . To my surprise the seller was Associated Electronics also know as Team Associated . After ordering 4 pairs of tires and having them shipped to me door for just less than $24 I'm glad to pass this on to you. Here is a link to there store http://stores.ebay.com/teamassociatedclearance  and If you need some help in deciding what to get I reccomend checking out this link to get a Idea of what your buying or need .  http://www.petitrc.com/setup/tires/losi/.  Just in case I would like to point out that these were most likely bought By Associated for testing purposes and these are probably the left over's that they didn't use. 

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Well I got my RC10B4.2RS here are my gripes

I got it in the mail the other day and made a unboxing video for my youtube video and decided I didn't like it so I won't be posting it but I will be posting some of my complaints that I had right when I unboxed it and some I found while I was disassembling it .

So here is my list of complaints from most irritating to least and your opinions may change this order for you.

1. Being this is a RTR Buggy I expected to be able to just pop a couple battery in and be able to test the electronics . This is not the case . Apparently Team Associated doesn't bind the Transmitter and receiver at the factory at first I thought it was fluke but the manual clearly states that they do not bind them at the factory . To me this is not the way for a beginner to have to start there RC experience and despite this being a simple procedure it could cause trouble for a beginner . 
2. The pinion gear set screw was extremely tight so tight I think the Hex was stripped from the factory as with little to no force my hex driver finished stripping it . I then dug out my Pinion gear gear puller and removed it but the pressure required bent my puller a bit . At first I assumed thread locker had been used but this was not the case .
3. There is lots of play everywhere . I am assuming that Team associated has changed there ball cups as Previous ball cups I have had from them where normally a bit too tight and needed to be polished and broke in a bit but the ones included are very loose and allow lots of play in the suspension. Another place of note would be the front caster blocks as there fitment to outer control arm pin is very loose and allows several degrees of movement forward and back allowing the caster to change a great deal. There is also excess play between the rear control arms and the rear hub there are 2 spacers located here to allow changes to the wheelbase but really there is enough room for a spacer with around a 1 mm thickness to be installed.
4. Alright now we're getting to thing that are more nit picky the esc was not properly secured to the chassis . double sided tape was put on the esc but it was not stuck to the chassis.
5. The motor wires were not secured or  routed in what I consider a reasonable manner as they where route between the shock tower and shock and was allowed to flop around and rub the shock . 
6. The decals on the body where not properly installed on the body and the corners had rolled up and would no longer adhere to the body. Once again not a deal breaker but frustrating as the decals in question did not have duplicates in the included decals .
7. The pre mounted tires that were included had been glued in a pretty sloppy manner leaving glue on the rims in a very visible yellow hue on the white rims a little simple clean up would have prevented this .
8. Every other screw on this Buggy uses a hex but the one that attaches the arm to the servo. All it would have took was one more screw.
9. The receiver box really should have had a bit of servo tape put under it to help secure it to the chassis.

So far these are my complaints . As a premium RC manufacture I must say a few of these made me a bit disappointed as I would understand a little play in the suspension but this has much more than I can consider acceptable . 

T.T.F.N.