look at the state of this!
 

Here's my Core short course after its first outing with a 9t ezrun combo and turnigy 2s lipo (5000mah 30c)......the shell is so brittle are all Ansmann shells the same?

I also snapped the front chassis brace which is a common weakness I believe........you got to laugh :woot:

Now I got to shell out (excuse the pun) £30 quid for new body, probably go for JConcepts Manta

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/j-concep...products/36371

To be fair mate that's not glancing blows that's done that, its taken some proper pilling!!!




Good man!!

Ouch! My sct shell is held together with duck tape at the moment! Mine ain't as bad as your shell :-o

I'm affriad that most if not all pre painted shells do seem a little brittle! The clear shells seem fine though ;)

looks like itmay have bust down cut lines from paint job??

No, they are made from P.E.P. I think, which although has the appearance of lexan, it isn't, and is very brittle, all the pre-painted Ansmann shells are the same. Not to sure on the clear ones though.

Careful which shell you buy, as this is a smaller truck to the SC10.

Oh I thought the core was pretty standard SCT size and the other ansmann sct were smaller?

LOL....no its defo a brittle shell, look at the manner it has split.....not worn away.

Your correct the core is the same size as other sct's :thumbsup:

Ansmann do to 2 sct type trucks, and as you point out one is smaller as it uses the rat arms where as the core uses macnum arms and a larger rat shaped chassis.

I did my homework before I bought my core ;)

OMG! I use same batts and never done that to my slash 4x4 - and I bash hard - this is about as bad as I've done a shell:

Proline Desert Rat (very strong but cracked along sharp edges)

From this:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...c/41774e7a.jpg

To this:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...c/0bcccfa4.jpg

And the Proline Flo-Tek (which I very strongly recommend - higher wheel arches, beautiful design, smooth corners, easy to spray, surprisingly strong for a Proline SCT shell)

From this:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...c/202a2f0b.jpg

Survived an attack by three dogs and a great go at the track at the weekend and still no cracks:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/e...c/82e222b1.jpg

The manta is probably the strongest shell I've had but did develop the dreaded rear wing pod cracks after the first bash - but is still holding up strong - wheels rub a lot on the slash (and others, ive read) though due to low wings

My favourite is the Proline Flo Tek to date