mooby64

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This car is similar to a tt-01, with a nice body. It comes with a brushed motor and a NIMH battery.

The body WILL NOT fit on a USVTA set-up chassis. I believe it is 190mm.

Schs2013

Brushed to keep cost low, but i think you can fit a VTA 200MM body on it.
i know its lipo ready!
Not sure if its Brushless ready but im going to guess yes.
still a Awesome looking car.

Here the stats&specs from vaterra http://www.vaterrarc.com/Products/De...rodId=VTR03006
Lets see if the beautiful car is VTA legal!

Racer X79

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A local Hobbytown had a Vaterra '69 Camaro on display. The body is very nice and plenty wide to fit VTA rear tires under it. The bumpers are chrome plated and bolt on, and the rear taillight section/lower rear quarter panel section is a seperate piece, like the HPI 2010 Camaro body. The person at Hobbytown looked up the body p/n and said they would be available painted and clear but didn't have a date when they'd be in stock at Horizon. The chassis is very basic but it looked like it was nice quality, and it looked like there was plenty of room for a brushless set up.

Schs2013

that cool they only have twin hammers on display where i shop.

wwddww34

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So the question: "is the Vaterra VTR03006 VTA legal?"... Let's break it down section by section as listed in the official USVTA Rules.

1. Body: Not Legal. Vaterra's 190mm '69 Camaro body is not USVTA legal. It must replaced with one of the 18 legal USVTA bodies for this car.
2. Driver Figure: Not Legal. Vaterra does not include a driver figure with their car.
3. Tires and Wheels: Not Legal. The tires and wheels must replaced with HPI 4793 and 4797 tires and HPI Vintage wheels.
4. Chassis: USVTA Legal.The Vaterra chassis is 4WD and 1/10 scale, so the chassis is legal for USVTA.
5. Motor: Not Legal. Vaterra has a Dynamite 15-Turn brushed motor in the car. It must replaced with one of 2 Novak's 25.5T brushless motors (either p/n 3625V or p/n 3425V).
6. ESC: Not Legal. Vaterra has a Dynamite Tazer Brushed ESC in the car. It must replaced with one of the 18 USVTA approved ESC's.
7. Battery: Not Legal. Vaterra includes a 1800mah 6-cell NiMH battery with the car. It must replaced with a 5000mah LiPo battery to be USVTA legal.

So IMHO with the Vaterra RTR Camaro, you are paying around $220.00 for a USVTA legal 4WD chassis. To make the Vaterra a fully legal USVTA car you will need to buy approx. $300.00 more.

Schs2013

Still a good looking car.
And i just recompared Stats and specs so its better to get the HPI one. and Hpi has no driver figure so how is it all legal? or its a sticker you add?

wwddww34

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Nobody ever said that the HPI Sprint 2 RTR is all USVTA legal. You get a legal HPI '69 Camaro body, a set of 4 legal HPI Vintage tires/wheels, and a 4WD chassis that's also legal. With the HPI Sprint 2 you still have to replace the motor, ESC, and battery to make it fully USVTA legal.

Schs2013

What i Meant is that its closer to legal than the Vattera.

nubie-wan

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My LHS is carrying the Vaterra too. I took a look at it and the chassis is pretty non adjustable as is. One would have to put some work into it to race it I would think. I think a Sakura Zero S would be as cheap or less to get on the ground fully ready.

Rodarbal

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So when a 1/10 scale "Late '60s to early '70s American pony car Vintage Trans-Am body" is released to market, what is the process for it to gain USVTA approval? To me the Vaterra body should meet the criteria. It seems that by default when a body is newly released it is automatically illegal because it's not on the approved list.

bertottius

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Forgive me if it was aready asked but, which of the speedos has the best drag brakes. I've had trouble getting any brakes at all into the Edge ESC.

.crispy

Really? I never run more than three blinks. At the higher settings you let off the gas and the car stops almost immediately.

tgr2000

Little or no brakes Ina Novak edge is many times due to improper calibration of the ESC and radio. It is fairly common to improperly perform the calibration sequence and the ESC seems happy and throttle controls seems fine but brakes are near nothing even when turning the brake and drag brake settings up all the way.

Try re-calibrating your ESC.

alloyslash

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I run the Edge and I have no problem with the brakes ( Futaba 4pl ). I cranked the drag brake all the way up once and it would make the motor squeal when I let off the throttle, like I was applying brakes. As TGR said, try recalibrating the radio/esc together.

bertottius

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thanks guys. ive tried to recalibrate it and it dodnt work. can anyone post some intructions on the proper way to do it?