-DOZER-

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Im new to RC but why the hatred toward 1:8 scale at 1:10 scale tracks??!!

I have a 1:8 scale buggy but have found that tracking it is very difficult. I’m not looking to race but just have a fun track day. Most of the tracks in my area are 1:10 and although small for a 1:8 Bug its fine if I dial down my throttle Dual Rate to 75-80%. But this is what I hear:

1. It’s too big
2. 1:8 scale tears up the track
3. It’s too fast and could hurt someone
4. The track is too small and it wouldn’t be fun
5. The motor is too powerful
6. You’ll land on a SCT and break it

Here are my replies to these statements…

1. With the bodies off my 1:8 bug has the same footprint as a 4WD 1:10 SCT. It’s obvious and can’t be argued when both are side by side. With the bodies on the SCT looks bigger.
2. This may be true but adjusting the throttle DR down easily solves this.
3. This is ridiculous. All of these vehicles could hurt someone at top speed. Why single out 1:8 scale?
4. This is more of a PR reply. Like they’re looking out for my best interest. Let me, the customer, decide if it’s not fun. I’m not stupid so don’t spin-mill your answer as if you're doing me a favor.
5. Once again, dialing down the throttle DR solves this.
6. Really? Given the size of a SCT body –vs- a 1:8 Buggy body I’d say the SCT body provides way more protection. As a matter of fact If the SCT lands on the 1:8 Buggy I’m sure it would do more harm to the Buggy than the other way around (This is not the case regarding 1:10 Buggies. I get that. Although, I’m sure a SCT landing on a 1:10 Buggy happens all the time and they run together).

So what’s the deal here? Is there a legitimate reason for excluding 1:8 buggies on a 1:10 track? I don't understand what’s the big deal?

mydudrevo

iTrader: (1)

Haha try a truggy on a 1/10 track they will go nuts or better yet an mt

fq06

iTrader: (12)

1/8 does beat up the track more, that's why Westcoast doesn't allow 1/8 when they have big races in town like the Reedy race.
The 1/8 buggies can thrash a B4 though so it is a common courtesy of 1/8 drivers to not bash and drive clean lines without stomping on the fly weights.

Other than a couple times a year though they do allow 1/8 and there are enough to run a class on race days every so often.

Check them out, WCRC. Great track and great people that run there.

iThinman

it's pretty simple. when you hit a 1/10, the 1/10 breaks and when a 1/10 hits you, the 1/10 breaks.

tc5 man

To be honest me i much rather race a 1/8 scale on a 1/8 scale track just way more room to drive on .

But yea they do tear up 1/10 scale tracks 4wd SC ways less than a fully weight 1/8 scale Buggy or Truggy.

turbo4age

iTrader: (13)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWv40frbyao

here i am just goofing off, driving horribly. i dont blame anyone at a 1/10th track for not wanting any 1/8th stuff on it. they weigh more and transfer energy more violently to the track surface and other, more fragile, vehicles. plus, as you can see with my truggy, there is just no room for anything else. though when i was driving well the track "pros" applauded my ability to turn laps with such a large vehicle on such a tiny track.

theblitzkidd

iTrader: (11)

At both the tracks I go to they run them and let me tell u, if u are marshaling, it's scary, one hit from those things and look out it's lights out for u haha, I mean after all every thing about them is bigger than a sc truck, I mean they may be the same size but the batts are twice the size and the motor is also, and the parts are basically indestructible, u can sit an 1/8 buggy in the straight and hit it one after another with sc4x4 and I bett that 100 hits won't even break it, the body maybe and the spoiler....maybe....but the chassis, naaa, and I have driven two of my buddy's 1/8 on the tracks and they are a blast, granted they are small tracks but I don't like the fact that they put holes...I reapet HOLES not scraps or nicks lol, and then the next clas will be the associated b4s lol, and they have to try and dodge the pits all over the place cause if they hit one they will get flipped haha, so basically these are my reasons I don't like 1/8 but I can't make the track owners not run them, because it's there track and they pay the maintenance men to fix it haha

Scrubb

the difference is the same as getting hit with a 4lbs. piece of plastic or getting hit with an 8 lbs. piece of aluminum, you pick the body part that gets hit.

Why does every 1/8th scale owner think an 1/8th scale buggy should get to run on every track, no matter what scale the track is?

turbo4age

iTrader: (13)

they dont.

iThinman

I've taken plenty of 1/8 buggies off the shoulders and back before...no head shots yet thankfully.



worth it imo.

robertsmustang

iTrader: (79)

Plus half the people that run 8th scale electric don't know how to turn down the throttle end point and they think that if they hold it wide open when they flip over and crash that it will right it self.

aloksatoor

iTrader: (43)

My LHS grooms the 1/10 track a lot. These days they dont even allow watering the track and running cars on it while wet. It rips up the track surface. A 1/8 with way more power will make it just worse plus the danger to the marshals and audience.

-DOZER-

iTrader: (1)

Losi, Ofna, and Durango are just a few SCT's that have a aluminum chassis. These trucks only differ in weight by 2-3lbs.

aloksatoor

iTrader: (43)

Yep but are half as powerfull. A 1/8 can clear a quad from almost a standing start but the trucks need some runup.

-DOZER-

iTrader: (1)

There's a lot of variables on a track that can break a RC. Do you blame the wall that broke your SCT after you hit it?