This 18 Year Old R/C Car is Still a Legend, Especially on 12S

Today we check out the 1/5 Scale HPI Baja 5B Flux Kit, equipped with 12S Brushless Electronics. This rc buggy is a kit, available in electric or gas, and was the worlds first mainstream large scale rc car in the early 2000's. Is it any good? Let's find out.
Baja 5B Kits:
Brushless: www.amainhobbies.com/hpi-baja-5b-flux-sbk-1-5-electric-offroad-buggy-kit-hpi160324/p1452554?
Gas: www.amainhobbies.com/hpi-baja-5b-gas-sbk-1-5-offroad-buggy-kit-hpi160323/p1452553?
Parts Used in Our Car:
Motor & ESC: www.amainhobbies.com/hobbywing-ezrun-max5-g2-sensored-brushless-esc-motor-combo-hwa38010602/p1499923?
Servo: www.amainhobbies.com/ecopower-wp860t-1-5-scale-waterproof-metal-gear-servo-ecp-860t/p1500062?
Clamping Servo Horn: www.amainhobbies.com/ecopower-1-5-scale-aluminum-clamping-servo-horn-15t-ecp-3112/p1531300?
4S Batteries: www.amainhobbies.com/ecopower-electron-4s-100c-intelligent-lipo-battery-w-ec5-connector-ecp-3144/p1548654?
6S Batteries: www.amainhobbies.com/gens-ace-6s-lipo-battery-45c-22.2v-2200mah-w-ec3-connector-gea6s220045e3/p1336205?
Connectors (needed to be soldered to 6S batteries): www.amainhobbies.com/protek-rc-ec5-connectors-unassembled-2-female-ptk-5052/p703707?
Transmitter: www.amainhobbies.com/flysky-noble-nb4-afhds3-8channel-2.4ghz-radio-system-fsy-noble/p1556281?
Gyro Receiver: www.amainhobbies.com/flysky-inr4gyb-4channel-2.4ghz-afhds3-ism-receiver-w-gyro-fsy-inr4-gyb/p1556291?
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[@beyondRC]

Incredible RC! Had a petrol one years ago with a dominator pipe! It was insanely loud! It will always be one of the Rc cars i truly miss!

[@SteveNavarro-qc3vl]

Would love to have seen belted off road tires on 12s. But gawt damn!! What a beast!

[@MatMabee]

The RC of my dreams. I'm much too happy with my 8th scales and real cars to buy a fifth scale but still I appreciate them from afar. HPI masterfully crafted and engineered the 5B!

[@Boogie_the_cat]

8th scale is the sweet spot for me. Everything starts getting much more expensive 5th scale and I'd rather have a pimped out 8th scale than a 5th scale that I can't afford upgrades for. That's mostly my wallet talking. I can afford to buy a 5th scale but I couldn't look at myself in the mirror. $120 for 2 tires is bad enough. 😮😂

[@MasterBrandonDrew]

I remember being 8 yrs old walking into a hobby shop for the first time and seeing the 5b and the 5t and they were just massive in size. Still to this day I want to own one. It’s like my RC poster car. I wanted one so bad but the price was way out of reach for my parents so eBay was my next bet. Ended finding a team associated sc8 (converted to electric) redBull truck and was completely blown away by that.

[@Jeckler]

I had a 5B SS back in 2008ish. Picked up the Flux a year or so ago and put in the same power system, IIRC. Not a lot of dirt lots around me, but in the fields behind the house, the side pods get absolutely packed with grass and the front of the rear skid plate gets hung up. The rear sway bar pops out the chassis mount all the time too, but I got metal ones to help with that.

[@rafaeltorres2886]

I've only been into rc cars for a little while back some twenty five years ago. But this I can get it into.

[@flyingfortressrc1794]

Man that beast is really cool. Thanks for showing us this.

[@just.jose.youtube]

What a beautiful machine! 🤩 Driving 8s: "It's a bit of a handful to drive... Maybe this is a good point to try out 12s"

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

It's a 1/5th Kyosho Ultima. The same person designed both. They are awesome.

[@fastdude2002]

I still have my gas Baja I bought 16 years ago, it’s still a fun RC to run.

[@tjkj-om9oi]

Still got my original HPI Baja 5SC from 2012, granted you wouldn't know as it's been so heavily modified and powered by a Taylor RC 80cc Supreme engine with the no longer available Tony Green titanium pipe. It's a handful doing 80+mph in grass with the front wheels in the air, do need to lower the wheelie bar some.

[@michaelthompson7637]

I love large scale RC cars, but I can't afford stuff like that. Maybe one day. That thing is sick.

[@deezrcz]

Nothing can beat a Baja! Careful ripping around in stones like you did in the video, I had mine throw a rock that hit me in the chin hard. Could’ve lost some teeth! Great fun though.

[@alantaylor353]

"we'll start on 8S & move our way up". 😁😁😁

[@strider5795]

You look like you lost some weight Brett! Nice RC.

[@Malevolent502]

I'd love to have one of their gassers!

[@smakersify]

Thats a nice machine

[@WheelieHighClub]

Not the worlds first 1/5 scale go mainstream I owned and still own a fg marder which has been and is still in production to this day and was available long before the baja

[@jameswisecarver]

That thing is a beast and you certainly ran it for him hahaha and not that anyone asked but the duratrax looked good in the back but in the front too they just looked goofy in my humble opinion

[@Harvz78]

Where is the gas version? It all started with that OG gas Baja that made 1/5 scale more popular .

[@KennethSmith-te2xw]

Just subscribe this morning

[@PigglyWigglyDeluxe]

Imagine a 1/5 scale Bandit lol

[@2sipsMax]

It's definitely a rock thrower

[@V8chump]

Odd that they have high quality electronics but also the goofy long receiver antenna

[@rmb1]

12S is ridiculous and expensive but good for sales..right?🙄

[@IntegraDIY]

My opinion is weird.. I love those, but would never want to own one.. I like cars and trucks I can easily throw in the front seat and take to the park, or even a small scale on-road I could fit inside a backpack 🎒.. I like the portability of smaller scale.

[@Nickwillfixit]

I have three HPI Baja two 5B's one 5T/SC One 5B is my original from 2006 the others are newer one 5B made entirely from take off parts from the other two, I used to do a ;ot of racing 5th scale gas but brushless and lipo's have killed the 5th scale racing scene here in the UK my first was mainstream in europe the FG Marder I raced mine for close to ten years just upgrading with bigger engine and better parts as they were made available. The racing got pushed out due to anti social aspects of a loud two stroke engine even with a silencer. The 5B was not the best in europe because of its length and poor steering. Now with electric it has made the racing too clinical and because of batteries not lasting so long but could be raced anywhere it has really impacted the 5th gas racing and even bashing has fallen off i have eight 5th gas but also in the last three years gone partly electric for my fun a UDr a 30 degrees North Super Desert Truck, three onroad 7th scale along with a Yikong TB 7 Ultra 4 truck and a Cross RC UT4 along with a recent purchase of my first crawler a Rlaarlo 7th scale Jeep MK7 but I still miss the gas racing and bashing but hey I am an old retired fart now so my moans are ignored LOL.

[@a-guy1912]

Do you guys have the Micro-B in stock yet?

[@devonm8747]

Website says its instock.

[@ryanpiotrowski2353]

Yo Amain can you do a video on how to save up for a xmaxx. How to learn to save money in the rc hobby.

[@tylermatheson2118]

So we don't get to see 12s 😅

[@DavidSmith-jj5pr]

why would you not run the gas? wtf

[@Boogie_the_cat]

It's California, dude. Run gas and there'd be 4-5 people on the phone to the cops for noise violation. Even my electric trucks cause all the dogs to bark in the neighborhood and then some *sshole calls the homeowners association, bing bam boom, your rent goes up $200. That's how it works in my town at least. You think you have rights as a citizen ? Welcome to California, here's your ticket, court is next Tuesday.

[@DavidSmith-jj5pr]

@@Boogie_the_cat ah. you have a VERY good point. I did not take that into account 😆