pieter

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Hi Guys (and girls)

After a some negotiations Jonathan Lane has agreed to race the Team VTX B1 buggy at Round 4 of the WA Challenge Cup in Geraldton the coming weekend.
By doing so becoming Team VTX Australia's first official driver

Welcome on board Jono


I hope we can proof that you don't need a Million Dollar budget to be competitive and that we will have a lot of fun doing so

See ya

Pieter

Mugenville

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All the best Pieter, a lot of ppl have been saying that about the HSP Himoto range,
Mega Man (Rob)

pieter

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Hi there

I am in possession of Himoto buggy and truggy I won't say who I got them from (one of Australia's best drivers) but It gave me the opportunity to compare the two cars.

The basic layout of the two cars are the same but the geometry is completely different Most of the suspension spares doesn't fit and stuff like drive shafts is much longer on the VTX.

Team VTX is releasing the new version of the Team VTX B1 Buggy and ST1 truggy and a pro roller buggy in January.
Compared to the current model with AM radio, the new shipment will be with FM radios, better engine and redesigned higher quality parts.

But the most important part is that the prices for both remain the same for now

DirtRacer

has anyone tried the little nitro buggy/Truggy, worth the $$ and where did you drive it? go quick?

pieter

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I haven't got one yet but here is a forum that they discuss them in

Team VTX Forum

I hear that they are quite fast for their size

jono mad racer

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Pieter i will be happy to test the 1/16th!!! So will dad!!!!!!

pieter

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where do you get internet access shouldn' t you be sitting in a hotel in Geraldton preparing for tomorrow

Nitrobuggies

Looks like Himoto did listen to my original recommendations, just instead of using them on their own car, VTX had to ask for it.

Good to see it. I am guessing most of the geometry change is in the front suspension area? I hope also in the shock towers as well.

Anyway i wont go into details. Are the crown and bevel gears straight cut or curved cut??? Also is the chassis now made out of 7075 T6 3.5mm - 4mm thick? As the Himoto one would get dents in it, and also bend...

pieter

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Here is a little video of Jono at Geraldton

THANKS JEFF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVcMcQGNuQI

zacabrandy

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Now that video is what I remember off road to be like. It seems up here in QLD the tracks a so watered and hard packed they just dont seem like the old days of off road. I remember like in this video when you powered down the straight the dust would follow....and your car would actually get dusty.

This was a long time ago mind you, but it seems the off road tracks we have here just dont seem to be like "off road"

This buggy looks good though, hope you have some success with it

Cheers
Aaron

pieter

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Thanks Aaron

So far the buggy has behaved really well We will be doing a lot of testing during the Christmas break and hope to be a competitive package at the WA States at the end of January We have 2 new race rollers on order for the States

The truggy is also going good and there is a new one on the way as well so it is all go for the States titles

See ya

Pieter

pieter

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Hi guys

On Friday afternoon when I got home I had nothing to race with at the gala day because the first truggy that I imported was sold so I decided to build one out of all the spares I have

here is a picture of some of the spares





So this is what it looked like on Saturday afternoon 24Hrs later with only 5 hours sleep






And to proof to the unbelievers I am not lying here is number one that was sold( I borrowed it from its owner so I could see some finer details ops



And here is the faithful old Hong Nor RTR body more than a year old and still going strong





Well we did not have a Gala day because it has been raining on and of for 3 days now but I learned a lot about the TEAM VTX Truggy

COBRARACING

Dear pieter

good luck with it dude and i wish you all the luck for the w.a states ill see you there .

pieter

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Thanks A

It will be good to meet all you guys from over east

I just hope my order arrives in time for the States so we can race the new release race roller buggy and new version RTR truggy

We are really out to prove that you can race without it costing you an arm and a leg!

See ya

Pieter

jono mad racer

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Pieter u can come with me and dad to states and nats!!!!!!!!!

The truggy looks good. I wanna start racing them!

Cheers,