10th Scale 4WD Truggies, Coming!?
#16
That's a huge problem in Houston. Everywhere you go it's 1/8 scale. Every track is setup for 1/8 scale and are for the most part unfriendly to 1/10. We get a track that is 1/10 friendly and all of the 1/8 scale guys moan and cry that it's no fun to them even though they have tons of other options. The fact that most tracks here are oriented for 1/8 scale means that 1/8 is what most people buy only furthering the gap. We have a good track for 1/10 where people show up with them but it is very far north out of town. I'm not seeing a 1/10 revival just for 4wd stadium trucks. Not here at least. I'm depressed about things as is since I'm exclusively 1/10, mostly 2wd, and not finding rc all that fun here anymore. 1/8 is too expensive and way too heavy for me to want to get into. I've actually never been a fan of stadium trucks with their goofy balloon tires but I've got to admit that the sound of a 4wd version actually sounds kind of fun.
#17
fredswain is seeing the opposite around Houston so that indicates that land is easy to get access to. Here in Wisconsin, there are now as many indoor 1/10 tracks within a 3hr driving radius of where I am as there are outdoor 1/8 tracks. Even 5 years ago it was very different though (many 1/8 tracks, few 1/10 tracks).
#18
I'd like to. I'm just so busy with family and work. I also live in Clear Lake which is opposite side of the world. I'm always right near MM but no one likes racing 1/10 there. The current track is great for it but the 1/8 scale guys, their primary users, are crying about it. Racing may not be in the cards for me for a while. It'll stay a side hobby.
#19
in my case 1/8 4wd buggy was cheaper to run than 1/10 4wd buggy
yes, I said it
with a 1/8 you need no upgrade, you can be 1st with cheap electronics, cars are way more durable, easier to maintain..
everyone keeps saying 1/8 ebuggy is expensive while in the long run it must be one of the cheapest category to run & race.. only cheaper category would be any 1/10 2wd
bigger isn't always more expensive, especially when you race
you can drop 800$ in a 1/12 pan car for practice and be ready to win with a 400$ 1/8 buggy so the scale isn't the only factor
yes, I said it
with a 1/8 you need no upgrade, you can be 1st with cheap electronics, cars are way more durable, easier to maintain..
everyone keeps saying 1/8 ebuggy is expensive while in the long run it must be one of the cheapest category to run & race.. only cheaper category would be any 1/10 2wd
bigger isn't always more expensive, especially when you race
you can drop 800$ in a 1/12 pan car for practice and be ready to win with a 400$ 1/8 buggy so the scale isn't the only factor
#21
#22
They also need to be fast enough to clear triples.
#25
I wouldn't count that. It's kind of like the Backslash conversion. It's making a 1/8 scale buggy out of a 1/10 truck. I actually would have thought that idea would have taken off but neither did outside of the basher community.
#28
TBG repro of the Losi Heavy Metal body. Losi offered a truck body conversion for the XX4 in hopes that a heavy metal, as they called it, class would develop. It never did. This was before SCT took off.
#29
Tech Master
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You don't need to upgrade anything to run 1/10. Most people just enjoy spending money. They wouldn't be unreliable if people would stop building huge tracks with massive jumps that are catered to the fastest motors. 1/10 was always about finesse. Everyone wants brute force today.
In the end as it should be the cars are designed for thier end user!
#30
You don't need to upgrade anything to run 1/10. Most people just enjoy spending money. They wouldn't be unreliable if people would stop building huge tracks with massive jumps that are catered to the fastest motors. 1/10 was always about finesse. Everyone wants brute force today.
again this has nothing to do with the scale