Originally Posted by Bortzilla

I also got to run my NB48 for the first time this past weekend, at the beautiful LCRC Raceway in central PA. Somehow I managed to qualify 6 out of 22, and finish 3rd, right behind 2 fully sponsored team drivers for Losi and AE, not bad for my 1st time running nitro anything. The NB48 was amazing! Built it to the stock setup and it drove like a dream. The only thing I was tinkering with was trying to get more brake strength out of it. Coming from eBuggy and 4x4 SCT I was accustom to having a lot of brakes, and nitro's are simply a different beast. I got it to a point where I could hit the brakes hard in air and get the nose to come down, but I think I still have some work to do with it. Could the brake posts back out slightly when they are first run-in?

The only downside was that I broke 2 tanks in the 1st 2 qualifiers. I followed all the tips on how to strengthen them to no avail but it's all good, I know new and improved ones are on the way and Thomas at Tekno took care of me for next weekend. In order to finish my race day I glued some foam between the tank n chassis to get me thru round 3 and the 20 min. main, and it held together fine. I'm sure the 45 degree temps and a MONSTER big air triple played a big part in claiming the lives of my 2 tanks.

Anyway, I'm very, very happy with how the buggy performed Saturday. I'm going to run our ROAR regional series this season, which kicks off next Saturday, and hopefully I'll have a full day of practice Friday to play around with this bad boy.

Can't wait to run some more Nitro!!!