J-SMITH69

Best rc buggy by far for me!

Smith-02

me + most of my friends have traxxas with near flawless service records, i've had my rustler since 2003 and i've yet to break anything on it other front caster blocks from driving into a wall, then driving into a far too deep puddle causing electrical problems.

i've also had a stampede, nitro sport/ruster. the nitro flavor will snap rear shock towers on rollover jumps, and on really bad landings from several feet in the air, occasionally taking out one of the rear bearing carriers.

if you go nitro, tmaxx is a long term rc thats still supported by every aftermarket component available

Guy-Fast

stay battery powered. Runs perfect and never breaks. 17t motor for the win

J-SMITH69

i have a 10t motor. much faster than 17t. but battery life sucks

d16forlife

I can run a gallon of fuel through any of my cars with out the need to waite for the batteries to charge(I run high MAH receiver batteries).

Electrics are great if you're a ture indoor racer but IMO suck for the average person who just wants to rip up the streets. I spent a total of $450 on a brushless setup and a LiPo battery. I had insane power but the battery only lasted 15 minutes ate the most! Then its time to go watch paint dry . And dont come back with the "fuel is more expensive" thing because real batteries and motors are very expensive. And real batteries need care such as chagre and dischage equiptment which can get verry, verry expensive.

Cheap stick packs are ok, but who wants to run cheap batteries through an expensive motor? That would be like a T3/4 turbo on a built B series with a 3 pound wastegate.

Smith-02

hey johnny, throw a p2k stock motor (or any other low turn armature) in the mod motor can, youll really rip.

AgentMurdoc

---- a 10 turn, i rocked the 7 turn double like 6ish years ago. Still got that badboy too Trinity motor ftw!

J-SMITH69

lol nice

they get so hot

AgentMurdoc

lol, yeah. I had it in my hpi MINI! How's that for old skool. Gawd I have a soft spot for the Mini's. I have 2 Nitro Mini's and 1 Electric Mini and both with a shitload of $$$ invested. lol.

SpeedyJAY

They are 99% high end racing stuff and are typically the first to get rare stuff from Alex Racing and all the latest Tamyia kits. The owner is also at most of the larger races and he will help you out. Ive never seen anything from tower except their banner at a race. Probably Stormer Hobbies may be a better large scale choice
www.RCtech.net is a good place to get info on all this