Schumacher menace 21 (wanted) info

[crunchie]

Can anyone tell me anything about this car. I was thinking about buying one coz its supposed to go 70mph!![] Any advice for when i get it would be nice. I have an electric Tamiya TL-O1 that tops out at about 40mph (mad modifications) but I have a need for more speed!!!![] how do u add an image

[dhes2809]

Hello mate i have a Menace what do you want to know? Yes they do 70mph and yes when you crash doing 70mph it costs alot of money. anything else []

[crunchie]

quote:Originally posted by dhes2809

Hello mate i have a Menace what do you want to know? Yes they do 70mph and yes when you crash doing 70mph it costs alot of money. anything else []

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thanks for the reply hoping to get it soon and hopefully I wont crash it at 70mph. Is it easy to get spares if I crash it and where from. How much do you spend on fuel .

[terry.sc]

Schumachers website is at http://www.racing-cars.com/menace.asp If your local model shop does not stock Schumacher cars all the major mail order shops do. Try http://www.apexmodels.co.uk/orhttp://www.modelsport.co.uk/. If you're really stuck for a part and you can order it direct from Schumacher themselves.

[crunchie]

how much would the running costs be (aprox) any good tips on how to keep it running well .(Im a bit of a nitro novice)

[dhes2809]

As long as you run in it propoerly like it tells you in the manual you should have no problems at all with it. I have a Fusion (which is basicaly the same but a touring car same engine gearbox and most of the chassis) and a Menace and have had no real problems apart from the 3 speed transmittion which schumacher do replace if it goes wrong. The other problem on the menace is that the belt starts to slip on hard braking almost straight out of the box. But again schumacher will send you out a bigger tensioning wheel if you write to them or ring them. But they may now be selling the cars with these bigger wheels as it was a problem with all menaces. The only other thing and this will depend on where your running it is that on a feild if it isnt totaly flat when you hit a small bump or hill the front comes up and can flip so i put two battery cells in the front of mine to keep it down. All the parts i just get off the schumacher web site they are a bit more expencive but you can order them from home and they normaly land on the doorstep in about a day. Schumachers are also very simple to take apart and put back together dont be scared to take it to bits as i was because when you do you will realise they are no where near as bad as you think. I have never had any need to touch the thunder tiger engine as nothing has ever went wrong with either of them. apart from maybe adjusting the mixture on a very cold day. One thing i can say is to buy a fast drill for starting i have a slow one and am forever having to use my mates fast one cos mine wont start it. Not sure of costs but when you get it and see the tank. one full tank on mine lasts 9 mins. so the cost is nothing you wont go back to electric once you start with the menace. [] Other than that just go out and have fun. They really are insanly fast. So be carefull.