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About this product
Product Identifiers
BrandFly
MPNA264
eBay Product ID (ePID)1607751200
Product Key Features
Age Level17 Years & Up, 8-11 Years, 12-16 Years, 4-7, 3-4 Years
Year2001
ModelSaleen
Ratings and Reviews
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- Nov 18, 2020
Nice looking, needs work
The Fly Saleen S7R is a very nice looking car. The finish is excellent and the details for the interior and the engine bay are outstanding. For magnet racing I suspect the car runs very well. I can't say since I race on routed wood tracks The stock motor is quite good. I measured it at about 22k rpm and while it's not high torque, it gets around the track quite well. Mine was very noisy. This was caused by axle bushings jumping around in the chassis, by the multi-part plastic engine details rattling, the motor and wiring vibrating against the backside of the cockpit, and really poor gear mesh. The chassis affixes to the body with one screw at the rear combined with plastic tabs along the sides of the chassis and inside the center of the front grille. This means that the body and chassis move as one; something that kills handling in non-magnet racing. This car took a lot of work, but in the end it's fast, giving brands like Slot-it, and NSR a good run on my track. This involved replacing the crown gear to correct the gear mesh, removing the sides and front of the chassis to free it from those tabs (and gluing the removed bits onto the body to maintain appearance), gluing the axle bushings and the motor into the chassis, and replacing the noisy (but beautiful) plastic engine detail with a paper photograph of it. The large rear window showcases the engine, and the car looked odd without it. Removing those mounting tabs also meant fashioning a new way to mount the body, which I did by adding an epoxy resin piece on the bottom of the cockpit behind the guide. This also meant that the cockpit needed to be precisely and securely glued to the body since the chassis would rely on this. The car also needed some weight tuning, about 8 grams up front and below the axle, along with a tire upgrade. In the end, these are beautiful looking cars and are available at great prices. If you race in routed tracks, they are competitive if you're willing to do the work.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
