buggy cage recommendation

[rcnut_14]

hello all! I got a KM/rovan dune buggy cage last year for my 5b (which is now a 5t) and it came with the clear panels that you screw on (I can't find a picture right now but if you search on ebay it's the one that is orange and white stock)

anyway the front and side panels shattered into pieces after rolling it maybe 2 times......any ideas on a cage with panels that are tougher? how's the kraken TSB class cage?

 

[Z.hb71]

hello all! I got a KM/rovan dune buggy cage last year for my 5b (which is now a 5t) and it came with the clear panels that you screw on (I can't find a picture right now but if you search on ebay it's the one that is orange and white stock)

anyway the front and side panels shattered into pieces after rolling it maybe 2 times......any ideas on a cage with panels that are tougher? how's the kraken TSB class cage?

Kraken cages are very tough. Also ,team chase cages are great too, they don't have panels though.

 

[Seandonato73]

Just make your own panels out of lexan.

 

[1Coopgt]

hello all! I got a KM/rovan dune buggy cage last year for my 5b (which is now a 5t) and it came with the clear panels that you screw on (I can't find a picture right now but if you search on ebay it's the one that is orange and white stock)

anyway the front and side panels shattered into pieces after rolling it maybe 2 times......any ideas on a cage with panels that are tougher? how's the kraken TSB class cage?

No It's you as in rcnut_14 does the google search . It's not up to us . We aren't looking for help. You are.

 

[rcnut_14]

Sorry about that guys I wasn’t on my home computer here’s a picture

 

[Troopermaniac]

I'd how you cracked those panels. I've flipped my rc, bashed it agenst trees, and did many other terrible things to it but have never broke those panels.

 

[rcnut_14]

well Idk if it matters but I have the clear ones. very thick but they don't flex. the hood panel broke after maybe 2 small jumps that ended in nosedives, the side panels slowly cracked and broke pieces off when it would roll at a mid-speed (all running on grass)

ill take pics when I get home

 

[Seandonato73]

Shame the panels have contours in them, they would be very easy to make if they were all flat, or you had molds and a vacuum chamber.

 

[Troopermaniac]

The cage itself would allow a flat panel. You could always make them out of flat stock. I've seen people actually make metal panels for it before.

 

[rcnut_14]

yea I might take a go at making some out of Lexan. any idea what thickness would be best for 5th scale? something that will actually flex and won't just crack and shatter?

I don't really want to go aluminium because I don't want the extra weight