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Old 01-23-2024, 07:13 PM
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They won't be far away!
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Has anyone received theirs yet? I’m still waiting on my store to get them in stock
Same here. Klinik Rc told me today that the buggies are already on their way to them and as soon as they receive them they will be shipping all the pre-ordered ones out asap. Who did you order yours from?
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Who did you order yours from?
SpeedyRC in Australia. Hopefully something happens this week
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looks like Fierce RC Solutions has these for order too.

https://fiercercsolutions.com/sparko-rc-cars.html
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No gonna lie, knocked it out the park on ebuggy design.
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Bunch of photos here:

https://www.redrc.net/2024/01/sparko...etition-buggy/
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Anyone know when the Truggy is coming out.
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nice spring retainer design they click in to the spring.....
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Old 02-18-2024, 09:07 PM
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Lots of the F8-E out there in the wild now.

Manual here: https://site.petitrc.com/setup/spark...F8e_Manual.pdf

Setup sheets here: https://site.petitrc.com/setup/sparko/setupf8/






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for this buggy few questions:

- That velcro strap usage for the batteries, does that require modifications to the trays to do?
- Looks like to get the diffs out you need to pull the hingepin braces, are those keyed to the chassis like the tekno so you gotta uncrew a variety of stuff so they can "lift" up?
- what at this time appears to be the battery setup fo choice? (full size saddle, 2 shorties, 1 shorty, 1 full size?)?

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Originally Posted by Cain
for this buggy few questions:

- That velcro strap usage for the batteries, does that require modifications to the trays to do?
- Looks like to get the diffs out you need to pull the hingepin braces, are those keyed to the chassis like the tekno so you gotta uncrew a variety of stuff so they can "lift" up?
- what at this time appears to be the battery setup fo choice? (full size saddle, 2 shorties, 1 shorty, 1 full size?)?
Velcro straps can be used without any modifications.
I assume you are talking about the A / D block? Yes you need to remove them. To get to the diffs it is 6 screws and the two grub screws on the end of the swaybar. Still very quick access.
This is totally driver preference, but most seem to be going for LCG options of shorty / saddle's
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Velcro straps can be used without any modifications.
I assume you are talking about the A / D block? Yes you need to remove them. To get to the diffs it is 6 screws and the two grub screws on the end of the swaybar. Still very quick access.
This is totally driver preference, but most seem to be going for LCG options of shorty / saddle's
thanks for the info. The Tekno looked intially like you could get to the diffs quick but then didn't notice that the hingepin blocks are keyed into the chassis, so you need to basically loosen up a variety of screws so you can then get the diff case to come out unless I am missing something.
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Whats the motor length limit?
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4268 size only. I tried a 4274 sized motor and it was about 2mm or so too big.
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