Originally Posted by
HarryLeach
At the risk of coming off harsh and being proven wrong, I bet you don't have a 1/12 scale, haven't raced the class and haven't built a kit before.
1/12 is growing in a lot of places, leave it alone, it doesn't need the instant gratification RTR junk mucking it up. Plenty of newer guys local have put in the research, asked lots of questions, and then laid down their money on a new kit and electronics, and they've all been having a total blast in the class. RTRs can stay in the dirt, don't take away my onroad kits.
Desert Rat does have a 1/12Th and he wheels it pretty well.
Originally Posted by
nf_ekt
12th has always been cheaper for me to run than TC. The thing I really like about the class is the people it attracts, by far the best group of racers I've run across.
Totally agree
Originally Posted by
CypressMidWest
The need for nearly unobtainable, finicky and expensive batteries killed 12th scale. Now that you can buy fairly competitive lipos starting around $40 and you only need 2, instead of six to make it through a race day, the class is once again growing.
RTR won't help 12th scale, but it's been necessary to keep the hobby going overall. The microwave mentality has hurt our hobby greatly. It's way easier to hit the reset button on the playstation than it is to rebuild a front-end.
You should have been racing when we were running Sanyo 1200s. Those were battery wars. And I know a couple of ex racers who gave up RC to go virtual racing on line,
Originally Posted by
RedBullFiXX
One more for Lonny
I ran one leg of the Mains at the Norcal Nats with this last year, as a result of winning concourse with it, I had to.
It really was fine for 17.5, no difference in lap times.
But this body always did excel outdoors, or on high speed tracks, I guarantee it has less drag than any of the modern doorstops out there.
Grab your vintage 12th scale bodies, and or realistic paint schemes and rock em fellas
Love the Marlboro colors, Thanks.