Best SC Basher? SC10 4X4 | Losi TEN-SCTE 4X4 | Slash 4X4 | Durango DESC410R
03-26-2011, 10:51 AM
#1
Best SC Basher? SC10 4X4 | Losi TEN-SCTE 4X4 | Slash 4X4 | Durango DESC410R
Just curious on what people think is the best basher. I am not even sure if the SC10 4x4 is out yet.
03-26-2011, 11:42 AM
#3
Tech Addict
03-26-2011, 11:43 AM
#5
Not sure if it's out yet? Well it's a good thing you have it up for contention. It's not out yet, but I'm sure it will be the best basher out, it's Associated.
This is also true. I was on the design team and it was designed to do so. It's kinda like a hat trick if you could bust all three at once.
This is also true. I was on the design team and it was designed to do so. It's kinda like a hat trick if you could bust all three at once.
03-26-2011, 11:44 AM
#6
Tech Addict
Ok, what the heck? Anytime anyone asks about a Slash everyone immediately says "ONLY GET IT IF YOUR GONNA BASH." Now someone asks which one to get JUST for bashing and people still won't suggest the slash. This community is funny.
03-26-2011, 11:46 AM
#7
My vote goes to the Losi Scte, my bros slash has broken more than my Losi.
03-26-2011, 11:49 AM
#8
I can't wait to get back on the track. Last practice day I was out there, I was smoking the Losi's.......with my useless Slash. But as to keep myself grounded, I'll also add that I crumble on race day. lol. And the last race day I had, first place had 5 laps on 2nd. First place was a Losi, I was in 2nd. hahahaha. But the guy is a good driving rolling around in a dump truck.
03-26-2011, 01:09 PM
#10
Tech Regular
a good basher and good racer share a lot of the same qualities
I'm still not sold that SCT rc's make great bashers though, lowish ground clearance means they can't handle very rough terrain
I'm still not sold that SCT rc's make great bashers though, lowish ground clearance means they can't handle very rough terrain
03-26-2011, 05:03 PM
#13
I beat the hell out of my slash. It's my skate park terror. 
03-29-2011, 07:55 PM
#14
Tech Adept
I would say the Losi, I've had a Slash 4x4 and currently have the Durango. The Durango is like a Ferrari next to the others but is about as durable as a piece of glass (lots of hop ups needed to make it stronger at which point it might not be bad as a basher, but an expensive one at that) On the track it's great, but even for racing it's ultra fragile and requires special care in building/maintaining the drivetrain (this things got more shims spacers and things needing a file than I've ever seen in an RC Car and literally one 0.1mm shim off, or one loose grub screw (even red locktight doesn't always do the trick, and there are many of those also) and kaboom goes the expensive tranny.
The Slash 4x4 has it's own issues such as if you are bashing anywhere there might be gravel (like most places most of us bash) it will eat ring/pinion/center diffs (if you have it) up like a Tasmanian devil. I even tried the overtray, undertray, and a slew of homemade fixes to no avail. Even if you get the top figured out the driveshaft design acts like a gravel/dirt funnel and likes to scoop dirt into the drivetrain. Mine had huge problems with the stub axles bending if you looked at it wrong, but I think they fixed that. I have also heard the Outerwears cover for it makes a big difference and overall it's pretty durable otherwise. I did hate the way it drove though, kind of like a real fast school bus when the set-up was good that is, when bad, it was like that rocket car you read about in the Darwin awards.
The Losi is basically an 8th scale (see 810 buggy with a SC body on it), once they get the diff pin thing figured out which it sounds like they already have, it should be a rock.
The SC10 4x4 well it's not out yet but generally belt drive, two transmissions, and a complicated layout would not be looking good for bashing. But then again the 2wd SC-10 (with rpm bumper and arms) is a great basher and racer, so.... Overall though at the track the Durango and Assoc. look like they'll be the quickest. I got 2nd in the A-main 2 out of 2 races the first of which was my first time running it at all, with mine to another Durango, in a field full of Slash 4x4s, but... on average, every race, half the Durangos DNF'd or DNS'd while still fixing problems from the previous race (mine included). Honestly though I would say an 8th scale truggy or buggy would be the overall best thing if you can pull of the $$
The Slash 4x4 has it's own issues such as if you are bashing anywhere there might be gravel (like most places most of us bash) it will eat ring/pinion/center diffs (if you have it) up like a Tasmanian devil. I even tried the overtray, undertray, and a slew of homemade fixes to no avail. Even if you get the top figured out the driveshaft design acts like a gravel/dirt funnel and likes to scoop dirt into the drivetrain. Mine had huge problems with the stub axles bending if you looked at it wrong, but I think they fixed that. I have also heard the Outerwears cover for it makes a big difference and overall it's pretty durable otherwise. I did hate the way it drove though, kind of like a real fast school bus when the set-up was good that is, when bad, it was like that rocket car you read about in the Darwin awards.
The Losi is basically an 8th scale (see 810 buggy with a SC body on it), once they get the diff pin thing figured out which it sounds like they already have, it should be a rock.
The SC10 4x4 well it's not out yet but generally belt drive, two transmissions, and a complicated layout would not be looking good for bashing. But then again the 2wd SC-10 (with rpm bumper and arms) is a great basher and racer, so.... Overall though at the track the Durango and Assoc. look like they'll be the quickest. I got 2nd in the A-main 2 out of 2 races the first of which was my first time running it at all, with mine to another Durango, in a field full of Slash 4x4s, but... on average, every race, half the Durangos DNF'd or DNS'd while still fixing problems from the previous race (mine included). Honestly though I would say an 8th scale truggy or buggy would be the overall best thing if you can pull of the $$
07-02-2011, 02:20 AM
#15
Want to bump this thread since the SC10 4x4 came out and the others have been out for a while.