Nero RCP - Nero rebirth

[Rcproponent]

How much is seed money? LOL

@Rcproponent - I'm back in town. Let me see if I can get you more parts. I know I had enough parts to build roughly 3 or 4 more Nero's. Finding them now will be the key. haha

Sounds fantastic my man

Hope you had a good trip!

 

[Rocketzx1]

I'm going to have to do something about this.. Some how.
Know anyone with some seed money? Angel investor??



I Absolutely agree!
Arrma folded and bent over too easily.

I could understand if Mercedes, Porsche or Toyota had sued them... On grounds of copying similar suspension geometries, I maybe can see that... Maybe.
But to have another RC company pull that stupid stunt.. it's Absurd!

To be honest, I don’t really think Hobbico/Arrma had the cash to fight it long term. It was also in Texas, which is were you want to go to court for patent lawsuits, which is known for having plaintiff friendly judges, rules, and juries. And Texas is Traxxas home state.

 

[Rcproponent]

To be honest, I don’t really think Hobbico/Arrma had the cash to fight it long term. It was also in Texas, which is were you want to go to court for patent lawsuits, which is known for having plaintiff friendly judges, rules, and juries. And Texas is Traxxas home state.

Makes sense

 

[Rocketzx1]

How much is seed money? LOL

@Rcproponent - I'm back in town. Let me see if I can get you more parts. I know I had enough parts to build roughly 3 or 4 more Nero's. Finding them now will be the key. haha

Any chance you have drive shafts you’d sell to me? maybe a little cheaper than the 200 it’ll cost for all 4 drive shafts off eBay

Edit. My apologies @Rcproponent I’m trying to hijack your thread searching for Nero parts. Sorry man

 

[Rcproponent]

Any chance you have drive shafts you’d sell to me? maybe a little cheaper than the 200 it’ll cost for all 4 drive shafts off eBay

Edit. My apologies @Rcproponent I’m trying to hijack your thread searching for Nero parts. Sorry man

All good bro

 

[Surchaufeur]

One of the cons of the nero is the driveshaft being nin HD. Get some rod ends for the turnbuckles. They likely going to snap first tumble. The new ones are 3mm or so thicker and meatier

HH could definetly fight if off in court but who going to go to court over toys. HH cares about money and fighting in court is not worth the hassle. It would benefit the hobby of course. Freeing the path for innovation but again HH cares about profits first

To be honest, I don’t really think Hobbico/Arrma had the cash to fight it long term. It was also in Texas, which is were you want to go to court for patent lawsuits, which is known for having plaintiff friendly judges, rules, and juries. And Texas is Traxxas home state.

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

One of the cons of the nero is the driveshaft being nin HD. Get some rod ends for the turnbuckles. They likely going to snap first tumble. The new ones are 3mm or so thicker and meatier

HH could definetly fight if off in court but who going to go to court over toys. HH cares about money and fighting in court is not worth the hassle. It would benefit the hobby of course. Freeing the path for innovation but again HH cares about profits first

I have broken 5 non-HD driveshaft parts. I don't recommend non-HD.

 

[Rocketzx1]

One of the cons of the nero is the driveshaft being nin HD. Get some rod ends for the turnbuckles. They likely going to snap first tumble. The new ones are 3mm or so thicker and meatier

HH could definetly fight if off in court but who going to go to court over toys. HH cares about money and fighting in court is not worth the hassle. It would benefit the hobby of course. Freeing the path for innovation but again HH cares about profits first

This happened before Horizon Hobby scooped up what was left of Hobbico. So no, they probably didn’t have the cash to really fight it. It’s easier to discontinue a product and live to fight another day than to go out of business because of one product.

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

Yep lol

You might have snagged those, but I got the A-arms that were discontinued for less than $20.

 

[Tex Koder]

All this talk about the Nero...

I'm getting the itch to hunt down one of these elusive beasts..

*** Must resist the urge.. Resist the urge.. ***

 

[Rcproponent]

You might have snagged those, but I got the A-arms that were discontinued for less than $20.

Me too haha :

Just waiting to hear back from @trunkmonkey1 to see if im ordering some diff parts!

Excited to see this thing come back to life and be driven!

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

All this talk about the Nero...

I'm getting the itch to hunt down one of these elusive beasts..

*** Must resist the urge.. Resist the urge.. ***

Only buy one if you are ok with parts becoming unavailable. The car would probably be a shelf queen type.

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[Rocketzx1]

Only buy one if you are ok with parts becoming unavailable. The car would probably be a shelf queen type.

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As far as I can tell, Arrma still has most parts one would need to keep their Nero running. Like the suspension arms. In stock at Horizon Hobby.

 

[Surchaufeur]

Looks like rhe lower fronts are discontinued

 

[Rocketzx1]

All this talk about the Nero...

I'm getting the itch to hunt down one of these elusive beasts..

*** Must resist the urge.. Resist the urge.. ***

There are a few complete kits on eBay for 559+, there’s a partial roller for 229 but it needs A LOT of parts, another roller with body for 259, a roller with a red el camino body? on there, and of course the one that’s brand new, only pulled out of the box for pictures for 1999.

Take your pic, @Tex Koder

 

[Rocketzx1]

Looks like rhe lower fronts are discontinued

Well could 3D print some I bet, would probably be pretty easy.

 

[Surchaufeur]

This happened before Horizon Hobby scooped up what was left of Hobbico. So no, they probably didn’t have the cash to really fight it. It’s easier to discontinue a product and live to fight another day than to go out of business because of one product.

Ik im saying fighting it right now

 

[Tex Koder]

Only buy one if you are ok with parts becoming unavailable. The car would probably be a shelf queen type.

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I'm Not too concerned with parts becoming Unavailable.

I can design my own custom pieces.
And make them Better while I'm at it.

Just need to get my hands on better printers..

 

[#ARRMArcfanboy4life]

@Tex Koder if you buy a nero, could you design a thing which goes where the servos for the diff lockers? I really hate arrma using a unique size for their micro servos so you have to spend $35 each time one dies (I have had 3 die). I want a way that you can use regular micro servos somewhere in the car that uses a steel cable (like what traxxas does on their crawlers' diff lockers) to lock and unlock the diffs. I want to be able to fully replace the set of servos for $10, not $100.

 

[Tex Koder]

@Tex Koder if you buy a nero, could you design a thing which goes where the servos for the diff lockers? I really hate arrma using a unique size for their micro servos so you have to spend $35 each time one dies (I have had 3 die). I want a way that you can use regular micro servos somewhere in the car that uses a steel cable (like what traxxas does on their crawlers' diff lockers) to lock and unlock the diffs. I want to be able to fully replace the set of servos for $10, not $100.

I don't know what your talking about..

But if you send me some photos (with measurements) Perhaps I can figure something out.. maybe?