omfg, its at $70 shipped? WHY

How many "mod" racers need all the extra parts we all buy?

well at least it's more than just the arms.

I have a set of the straight arms but that's it.

The guy who won our 17.5 blinky class this year ran the pucks all season long, including multiple practice days. The same ones, the same plastic, etc. Zero wear. Yes it's an indoor clean clay track but zero wear. So if they wear, it'll be from nasty sandy abrasive outdoor dirt or something. Anyway, I believe the new pucks (plastic piece) are inexpensive to replace as well.

My b5m's maiden voyage was at LRH and I experienced the rear end get super loose in haripin turns also. I was thinking of adding a little weight in the rear end. Other than that the care is a missile around the track. Works awesome!

I asked some guys who run them on the center of their SCTEs and they said 3-4 race days. I know its a completely different use but the answer is somewhere between 3 races and all season. :p

Sometimes it isn't about gaining some microscopic amount of speed out of a car. But fine tuning the overall weight of the car I think is the most under-used setup component out there. Heavier cars react slower, but have more grip. Lighter cars have less grip, but react faster. Even in stock, it isn't necessarily about having a car as light as you can get it, it's about having the "right" weight for the track conditions.... sometimes lighter, sometimes heavier.

I have run my stock buggy right at the weight minimum... sure the car feels like im running a 13.5, but the car becomes less predictable, and generates noticeably less traction, all else being equal.

The problem with just swapping batteries, is that unless you have a STACK of them that vary by 10 or 20 grams, it doesn't do you much good to go from shorty to fullsized because that is typically 100grams difference. If you want to change your weight by only 50grams, you gotta drop to a shorty and add 50 grams with something else.

In my experience, heavier cars produce better lap times on loose tracks, and lighter cars produce better lap times on high traction tracks. (if you can handle their snap).

-cpt.

Yeah, slightly different use than the B5 RM :nod:

No sensor wire....

As I am one of those that has this problem, is there any estimate on when he change is made, and if there is a way to make sure that if I order a spare gear cover it will be the new version?

yeah with prices getting that high you might as well buy another kit for spares

Thats one reason I'm interested in the new pucks for mods. Its cheaper replacing the pucks than new bones.

hehe I choose to spend $$ on the LW parts rather than new motors/batts

YUP! Pretty much what I did.

What a joke!