Originally Posted by
jubilee
Good points.
I race at a largely AE dominated track (Scott Brown owns it), and have loved all the AE chassis I've run. But I'm buying the 22 to support positive evolution in the buggy class. The R&D seems to have come from a unique angle; one that embraces the fact that brushless/lipo is the new standard. Even if this platform doesn't totally dominate I can see other manufacturers taking cues from the fresh design to improve the class as a whole. And as Martha Stewart says, "It's a good thing."
It's already happening. All the diehard AE guys at my local track have put truck chassis on their buggies.
I also noticed that even the old Losi platform handles the jumps better than the AE car. I don't know if it's shock design or part of the car design but everything AE chassis slapped off the triple while the Losi landed on a pillow. This was at Outback Raceway in Chico, CA
Originally Posted by
hopsing
He still wheels once in a awhile. I know he was out at WCRC club racing recently and he is signed up to race in the Open class at the upcoming Reedy Race there as well.
Open??? Man....that's like seeing Matt Francis in 17.5.....
Good luck to him.