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Old 09-19-2018, 03:08 PM
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New mp9 style front caster blocks and knuckles. Don't seem to have any inclination or trailing... Still to be seen if they corrected the front driveshaft angle.
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Old 09-20-2018, 02:10 AM
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Wonder why they have changed this since the first video they had?
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Originally Posted by am
Wonder why they have changed this since the first video they had?
If it worked good it wouldn't get changed
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Kyosho like old-school front works the best, or rather seems to procure the most stable behavior
but one still has to have the good geometry..hope it wasn't a rush decision

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Not quite, the usual setup on the mp9 with short and angled upper arm is easy to drive because it has less grip than long parallel upper and lower arm. The best front end geometry out there seems to be the serpent one but not 100% sure because I haven't measured all the pivot points.
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Originally Posted by 30Tooth
If it worked good it wouldn't get changed
Pretty obvious...

To ask the question another way, What a the difference in the two designs if the geometry is the same? What is the reassons and the physics behind the two designfeatures that make them work differntly?
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If geometry is the same then flex or clearance or options for tuning become the difference.

My bad, shouldn't be sarcastic. Accept my apologies Gigi.
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Old 09-20-2018, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Evoking1230
that's all fine and good if they make a e-Truggy off the new X platform...as long as they make one!!!
They have said they do not plan on making a new e-truggy. Market won't support it.
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Old 09-21-2018, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Evoking1230
This is sad if true. Tons of e-truggies down here in TX too.
It's a healthy class at RCHQ (San Antonio, TX) and Thornhill Raceway (Hutto,Tx).
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Originally Posted by TlrLosi210
It's a healthy class at RCHQ (San Antonio, TX) and Thornhill Raceway (Hutto,Tx).
Every track that I have run this summer had a very "healthy' showing of buggy and e truggy. Hell there are more E platforms that show up to club racing than nitro. Thats a business decision I clearly don't understand. It has hurt my recruiting efforts here.
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Same deal in my area (St Louis). They always ran a etruggy class at club races. Never a Nitro. Of course, TLR can look at the metrics and easily see they sold more nitros. I just wonder to who because I always saw more ebuggy and etruggy than anything else.

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Any news on release date
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Originally Posted by Soyer
Any news on release date
TLR website says mid October.
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Old 09-22-2018, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mickey_B
Same deal in my area (St Louis). They always ran a etruggy class at club races. Never a Nitro. Of course, TLR can look at the metrics and easily see they sold more nitros. I just wonder to who because I always saw more ebuggy and etruggy than anything else.
same thing in north east, there's always a decent amount of etruggy. At my track most run it. I guess cause TLR is a global brand and very popular not just for racing. When you look at European and other countries and brands some don't really have drivers driving truggy at all or very rarely in some Europe countries. It's mainly Buggy dominated. I think they will make a nitro truggy then either change there mind and make a etruggy or maybe they will just make a e conversion for the nitro truggy. I think since there working hard to get the nitro Buggy finished and then EBuggy, truggy is probably not there main focus at all right now so there probably not putting thought into it yet. Maybe if we see evo truggy springs coming out that would be a indication that a new truggy is on the way. The evo springs came out around December if I'm not mistaken, new x Buggy announced like June. Buggy is out in October. So that kinda shows you it takes a while to get things right tested and produced. Takes time so time will tell.
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