Rovan baja 5b, 1/5th scale 30cc 2 stroke fun machine.
It's something i bought back in 2020 after dusting off my old nitro rc collection and finding out that parts were unavailable, and options for a replacement were few to none.
Then i ran across the hpi china clone, hpi being long gone, but the baja lived on!
Parts are easy and cheap, and i don't need to worry about sourcing nitro rc fuel.
I have beat the living hell out of it, it's on its second chassis since i snapped the original in half.
It now has all of the reccomended reinforcements.
Last outing i blew out a rear shock seal jumping curbs in my culdesac, and the pull starter broke taking out some cooling fins on the flywheel.
Parts arrive today to fix it!
It's probably also overdue for a teardown, cleaning, and lubing of the gearbox.