homershoots

Oh I know Brandon I have them in my e car all the way around. Was just wishing on what the new car should be/come with. My car was dialed Saturday and my driving was just as good. I had some really great runs in qualifying but I couldn't finish a darn qualifier due to electronics gremlins.

MX304

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From Red RC's coverage of the ROAR Nats:

wombat

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Bwah - what a joke - its a shame, that proto WAS a major re-design

They really may as well give up on the 1/8 program and stick to 1/10

That proto did show some pace

pickle311

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Did it really? When was the last time you saw Maifield have to bump up from the B Main like he did at the Nitro Challenge? Go back and watch some video, you could clearly see the car had handling issues which kept him off pace.

The question on the redesign is are they going do it based off the current platform, or make changes to the prototype we saw to get it up to speed?

30Tooth

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My view, if they are falling back to 8.2 status then it's weird the 8.2 got discontinued. I can't figure out what is AE trying to do, hires Josh A. to design a new car, the proto car is deemed as "subpar" which is kind off supposed to be or it wouldn't be called a prototype car, the team seems to concentrate on 1/10th and the new car is dumped

wombat

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Remember it wasn't just the 2 x ryans running the proto, Yannick also drove the car at Montpellier GP for its pretty much 1st large outing and it looked pretty good considering it only just started public testing earlier this year

http://www.neobuggy.net/2014/02/14/n...ontpellier-gp/

A prototype is exactly that - its not going to be perfect straight up. Yannick ended up in 10th place overall in the Amain final - to me, that shows that the former prototype has some pace

EDIT - just saw the practice results from the nats and it looks like the ryan's are doing ok with the OLD car - go figure

1evo RRR Driver

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It was absolutely nothing wrong with that car If you believe that whole deal fell thru because of the "CAR" please! Yannick did just fine with it...1st race out I believe he TQ'd a round and stayed on pace the entire event! It seems as tho Associated was looking for more of a Dramatic Debut from there "prototype" and when the Ryans couldn't make that happen it made the 8.3 look like crap!! Personally I don't think Either 1 of them runs Nitro enough to take a "NEW" buggy and win a BIG event against this new crop of youngsters!! there just not that good anymore..........and it seemed Mayfield had more ENGINE TROUBLE than handling issues the last few times out Quick question: What company sends (2) RAW prototypes to DNC and puts them both in the A! then says the car was no good? Prob has never been a prototype that has done that in History!

rider313

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What company sent a brand new never before raced buggy to the worlds and won?

Herrsavage

They definitely set the bar very high by doing it...

1evo RRR Driver

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Yeeeeeaaahhhh, but Not really the same at all..................Battle had been running the MBX7 and it was a small change from mbx6 to 7 compared to 8.2 to 8.3 90% different I believe battle ran 2 or 3 big events with the 7 before anybody knew

maxflo777

Just in case this is what you are refering to... Going from mbx6 to mbx7 is by far not as experimental as goong from rc8 to "rx8". Associated went to a totally new platform philosofy with the new car, more losi style than convensional ae/kyosho etc. their drivers, other that yannick had no experience with a platform like that. 1rrr evo may be right. I believe though that ae team drivers are a+ and they need a car that suits them too, instead of changing their Whole Team. But to me, and I can definetely be wrong, 2 races is just too little Testing.

Compared to what ae did, mbx6 to mbx7 is like a new body paint job. Haha

pdmustgt

So you're expert on what prototype was doing. You have no clue what was going on or what they're looking for

Shawner85

Its a prototype, i imagine its just back in development changing this or that. No point in having your team drivers learning to drive a car that your changing. My guess is that the drivers are back on the 8.2 until AE works out whatever bug they are trying to work out and then after the race season i'll bet the drivers will be back practicing with the prototype.

frewster

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I see that the armchair experts have come out of the woodwork. I'm pretty sure AE knows more about what they're doing than any of us here.

1evo RRR Driver

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Yeah im a expert on "TOY" car design And I work for AE that's why in my post it said "SEEMS" MEANING: (seems to me)......read before you speak You are right about one thing tho, I don't know whats going on at AE....nor do I care....But do you have a thought on the matter? (RX8) Or do you just care about what I think?