For cheap go Hotbodies. For a little bit more but worth every penny get the Xray! In fact give me $150 for my Hotbodies and all my spare parts and upgrades and I'll buy an Xray!
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Randy- This would be my list of best cars. Listed considering value, performance and parts availability. With a bit of a leaning towards performance over price.
1.Used Xray T2'008 or T2'009 (usually in good shape, and come with spares)
2.Used Associated TC5R (usually in good shape, and come with spares)
3.Xray T2R Pro (really good value)
4.Associated TC5R (easy to get parts for, decent quality, good value)
5.Team Losi JRX-S Type R (good design, harder to setup)
6.Tamiya TB03 (all year) or Tamiya TA05 v.2 (indoor only)
7.Xray T3 (too much money to be higher up)
8.Tamiya TRF416X (too much money to be higher up)
9.HPI Sprint 2 RTR (cheap, but low performance)
10.Tamiya TT01E (really cheap, and really low performance)
Phew! mine's not the last one lol. How you guys think Jaco blues well work?
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Has anyone heard anything bad about the TC5R's??? I think I'll go with that for a touring car if i get one (hopefully!!!)
Randy why don't you just stick with HPI and hotbodies and get a cyclone! Might as well stay with one brand! Its easier to shop for parts sometimes.
Well the TC5's seem to be really durable as i had run one for a little while and Darren run his all summer and really never broke much. (and he hits the walll alot )
The only problem with the Cyclone is that it is really hard to get parts for. The 2 big R/C suppliers hardly stock any of the Cyclone stuff, and very few shops stock parts. If what Greg says about Hobby Room stocking parts is true then you could probably get out of a bind if you need a part right away. If you order parts ahead of time you can do fine for parts, but it can take a while to get those parts. The Cyclone S is actually a really good car, especially for the price. The chassis layout and design works well, and the handling is quite good. Plus, if we use corner dots you certainly won't end up breaking too much on this car or another car anyway.
trike- I wasn't really looking at durability or price so much in that list. Performance was the first consideration. If that list was geared more towards people newer to the hobby your car would be higher up the list for sure.
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If you rated them by performance you are verry wrong.
1.Tamiya TRF416 WE
2.T2'009
3. Tamiya TRF
4JRX-S Type R
5.Associated TC5R (
6Used Xray T2'008
7.Used Associated TC5R
8.Tamiya TB03 (all year) or Tamiya TA 05
9.HPI Sprint 2 RTR (cheap, but low performance)
10.Tamiya TT01E (really cheap, and really low performance)
Tamiya TRF416X Xray T3 are not available
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Actually you're right Rod, I guess price was a bigger factor than I had originally thought. I guess you could call my list best values, not flat out fastest cars.
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ONE for the good guys.
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Has anyone had any luck in finding some of those plow disks?
I cant believe I already on the first day of having the Slash I broke it on the first battrie pack too. It was only the front shock tower. The top of it broke right off.
I got another one now but i dont want to put it in until it is time to race.
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I almost forgot, do i need a table, and also I only have 2 5000 nimh, I imagine i can some ones batteries till I buysome either than that I think I'm ready to I just gotta put the rear back together, lookin forward to racin also I put some vids of the guys rock crawlin on youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/user/Trikenut012
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Reason: forgot some stuff
I almost forgot, do i need a table, and also I only have 2 5000 nimh, I imagine i can some ones batteries till I buysome either than that I think I'm ready to I just gotta put the rear back together, lookin forward to racin also I put some vids of the guys rock crawlin on youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/user/Trikenut012
You should almost be ok with the 2 battries and i have some older ones that i will not really be using too. There might be some tables there but i believe everyone is supposed to bring thier own for now if you have one and if you dont there probably will be someone there that will share too.
mine's not the last one lol. How you guys think Jaco blues well work
?
either than that I think I'm ready to
also I put some vids of the guys rock crawlin on youtube
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