Unless you pre order you won`t get one i have not pre order so i doubt i`ll get one next week they will be ship to the pre orders first and run out and we probably have to wait another month

It looks like tower hobbies just moved there date from early June to mid June

guess the boat from china got delayed.

well the way i see it we all should just cancel our pre order and just not buy from them any more and when the company goes under maybe they will realize maybe they should have not dicked us around for so long but hey thats just how i feel about it so dont take it the wrong way its just not how you run a business if you ask me.

Im sure they are making every effort to get these out as soon as possible. At this point Ive been waiting for 2 years for them to come out with this update so whats a few more days. Finally a redesigned control board that hopefully wont die. My hobbywing has carried me over for the last year, it'll run another week.

Amain still says 06/07/2013. But still no motors??????

welcome to the real world.. things get delayed... ETA is really an ETA

There are studies that show in almost any area time estimates for completion of a project are almost always wrong due to whoever makes the estimate not taking into account anything going wrong. There are always surprises.

That said I think it's pretty clear at the very least they let gen1 stock dry up way too early. It's hard to say for sure but anecdotally they lost a fair bit of business by people getting tired of waiting and going to viper or etc.

Yeah, from a business perspective this was/is a double whammy. With no product in stock for several months their revenue stream has to have taken a hit. Secondly, a fair number of customers frustrated with the lack of availability have tried different brands and may never come back.

I felt that way at first but how pissed would you be if you bought a gen1 brand new today and next week they announced the gen2 at the same time they were available. You'd be even more pissed that they "tricked" you into buying old tech when they knew new stuff was coming.

Yes i agree whats funny you got the diehards that are still buying gen 1 on ebay like anywhere from 180 to 200 plus i can`t believe it im just shaking my head what you cant wait a couple of weeks i`m sure this guys know that gen 2 is almost there i just decided to hold out no biggy i`m still running my vehicles with a mamba pro sensored mode for now its working but as summer is here will need more amps and thats why need the RX8 but will be patient for now

"im just shaking my head what you cant wait a couple of weeks"

I bought my truck and tekin system on ebay a month and a half ago and there was no rx8 stock then.

" i`m sure this guys know that gen 2 is almost there"

Almost there wouldn't have helped me for the past 6 weeks.

At the very least it was poor timing, weather getting nice in the states and no rx8 stock of any gen for ~2months.

I do have a Mamba Max Pro, I didn't realize I could run it with my T8 1900kv motor on 4s. I emailed Castle and they said "no Problem" just gear conservatively and monitor temps (the usual stuff).

I may give that a try for a bit.....

I am 62 years old and have learned patience (and planning ahead) but I am personally very glad there are people who are so desperate to play with their toys that that they pay inflated prices on eBay. I sold a NIP red heatsink RX-8 for way more (after shipping and fees) than it is going to cost to get a new Gen2. I even sold a lightly used original 4 hole case model, netting about that same as a Gen2 will cost me and now I get a fresh warranty without paying the $40 3-hole upgrade charge.

I had both of these listed on RCTech at "shipped" prices for way less than my "Net" from the eBay sales but all the "smart" guys here wouldn't touch them.

So: "Ha Ha" (and Thank You!) to all the smart guys that wouldn't touch them!