Originally Posted by Lon_L

Just wanted top add to my previous post without it showing it was edited.


The SCTE is a VERY good driver and My only faults lie in materials. It should have been priced more around the 200.00 price range. That I think would be a value.

Or charge the higher price and give us a complete car with built with better parts.

Originally Posted by b121774

Here's a pic of my scte from my Hotel room from the Nat's warmup race going on right now in Union City, California. I'm qualified second right now. I put on the BCE chassis and it is so on rails now. I made some shock fluid and spring changes at the same time as the chassis but think it is mostly the chassis.

And yes, those are street fighters, to bad they aren't ROAR legal or I'd run them at the Nats.

Originally Posted by Mr.juarez

about time you get one salad. what took you so long

Originally Posted by SaladFork

I finally collected enough aluminum cans and sent them to Bill at BCE, I told my wife drinking all those deuce deuces was going to pay off.

Originally Posted by cyclone x

whats the motor system everybody uses in this truck

Originally Posted by Lon_L

Just my 2 cents on that, I have been in this hobby since the very first AE Gold tub RC10s. So I have seen and built many different kits since then. Very seldom were you even short a screw or washer,then 90's came.

Th 90s brought more competition for profit amongst the industry, likely because so many new brands becoming available due to easing of import restrictions. Still though, tolerances tight, materials were good. Price was competitive and Americans were in control of our companies.

Some time passes, we as greedy Americans wanted more profit, after all it is the American way. So laywers and bean counters (typically even more greedy) offered solutions to this equation, some of which resulted in large investmentments in our companies. For a while things didnt chage a whole lot. But, the foreign investments grew, gaining ownerships in many companies. Our dollar fell, Toyota was no longer a dirty word and Korean cars were becoming accepted as just as good as a lot of other cars. America was sold, maybe not literally, but the result is the same. Our economy is nolonger controlled by America.

The bulk of manufacturing is in other countries; and in factorys that OSHA or health depts etc would close down. To keep production costs even lower , resouces that are local are becoming used for production even though the are inferior.

End result: Product is concieved and designed by someone with a good education and practical knowledge in the field, some Handbuilt prototypes, clay models,computers etc confirm the designs validity. Resouces are selected by price because of the beancounters, instead of quality or design specs. Pieces of the product are manufacted by before mentioned factory types. then they are gathered in an assembly plant where the people are making a laughable wage and working in conditons that may even be unsafe, begin assembly and packaging etc..



Brings us to a great many products today. I feel this is the case with the Losi SCTE.



Im sorry, I didnt mean to make this post so long; but I am a person who believes in what America used to be when you got what you deserved for your money. So, i take this to heart.

Originally Posted by hacker07

All I can say to this is that you assume and presume to know what you are talking about when I have been to the factories and am on the prod design side. I know what they are paid and what it costs to make our products. No one is unsafe or kept in a corner or anything silly like that. Before you say information as if its fact, you should have your facts. And the parts and materials that we use are some of th ebest out there for the intended purpose.

Originally Posted by Ridley

Got my A$$ handed to me by Ryan Lutz yesterday, lol, but came in second at the Ohio Rc Pro Series race. BCE chassis handled great, Tenshock motor ran very well once again.

But I have to say that new Tekin 4-pole motor is absolutely redunkulous!!! After talking with Ryan at dinner, and him saying he has the motor turned down 25%.......I think that motor will be insane in any truck. He could easily clear a quad section and big double that nobody else could clear. Awesome driving and awesome motor for the Lutzinator!!!!