Did Traxxas do it again?
#2
Tech Elite
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I think it's real neat and all, but I dont think it'll form into a new class or anything. It will be a great car to take out and zip up and down the road as fast as you can. However, I dont see much of a racing future for them im afraid. And that's not really a bad thing if you ask me... It always seems like as soon as a new car/class comes out, we immediately want to race it. The problem is, some things are just not meant to race, it's not their target market so to say.
#3
I think it's real neat and all, but I dont think it'll form into a new class or anything. It will be a great car to take out and zip up and down the road as fast as you can. However, I dont see much of a racing future for them im afraid. And that's not really a bad thing if you ask me... It always seems like as soon as a new car/class comes out, we immediately want to race it. The problem is, some things are just not meant to race, it's not their target market so to say.
From the site:
Traxxas Rally VXL
1/16th Scale Brushless Rally Racer!
Experience Rally Driving Excitement, Gymkhana Style!
* 30+mph Out Of The Box…50+mph All-Out!
* Velineon® Brushless Power with VXL-3m speed control
* Powerful Velineon 380 motor—largest in class
* Ready-To-Race® With Included Traxxas Power Cell NiMH Battery
From Wikipedia:
Gymkhana is a type of motorsport practiced in Canada, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and South Africa. Similar to autocross, gymkhana courses are often very complex and memorizing the course is a significant part of achieving a fast time.
Gymkhana events are time and/or speed events in an automobile. These can feature obstacles such as cones, tires, and barrels. The driver must maneuver through a predetermined "track" performing many different driving techniques. What separates gymkhana from traditional autocross events is that the gymkhana requires drivers to perform reversals, 180 degree spins, 360 degree spins, parking boxes, figure 8s and other advanced skills. Drifting is also encouraged where helpful or necessary. Essentially, a gymkhana is any event featuring a starting point, a finish line and some sort of "obstacle" to get through, around, or by, all within a time limit.
#5
It would be cool to see a European-style rally track set-up for these things. I remember seeing in magazines back in the late 90's (over in Europe) they used to set-up tracks with dirt, gravel, asphalt, and any other surface smooth enough to race on. Imagine trying to figure out your set-up when the terrain changes from one end of the track to the other.
#9
Tech Apprentice
id prefer if it was a 1/10th scale, however, i do hope that traxxas does well with it
no doubt it will get raced, its human nature to race anything that has wheels on it it, be it a shopping trolley in your local car park or an r/c
no doubt it will get raced, its human nature to race anything that has wheels on it it, be it a shopping trolley in your local car park or an r/c
#10
#12
Tech Adept
I think it would be nice to see a class of 1/16th and 1/18th SCT and the new rally come together. On road and off road tracks together like a real rally track, that would be interesting.