1/8 SCT racing

[space truckin]

Is this a thing?

The TLDR.... is there a building interest in racing Max Slash and Mojave as a 1/8 SCT class

I heard about it on a YT

No racing where I live but one can dream.

 

[RustyUs]

There is a lot of people building 1/8 truggy chassis/buggy arm SCT rides over on the Tekno side of things. I don't know that a new class will emerge or not. I really don't care. I just like the more realistic look of SCT in general when playing with toys in the dirt.
Tekno RC SCT48

 

[ahr43]

Believe a 1/8 SCT as a racing class will be a fad not a future for RC. All is not lost in building one as a basher, though. My fear is that by the time one spends enough money or time to adapt a chassis to 1/8 SCT racing, those that come up with these ideas may have moved on to something else leaving the aspiring 1/8 SCT racer holding the bag for a truck without a class.

Another factor is that RC racing seems to embrace indoor carpet and blue-groove clay over outdoor dirt these days. For the most part, indoor tracks are 1/10-sized thereby effectively limiting the availability of racing locations for a 1/8 SCT.

Anyway, my immediate thoughts on the subject. Cheers. -AC

 

[DavidB1126]

Believe a 1/8 SCT as a racing class will be a fad not a future for RC. All is not lost in building one as a basher, though. My fear is that by the time one spends enough money or time to adapt a chassis to 1/8 SCT racing, those that come up with these ideas may have moved on to something else leaving the aspiring 1/8 SCT racer holding the bag for a truck without a class.

Another factor is that RC racing seems to embrace indoor carpet and blue-groove clay over outdoor dirt these days. For the most part, indoor tracks are 1/10-sized thereby effectively limiting the availability of racing locations for a 1/8 SCT.

Anyway, my immediate thoughts on the subject. Cheers. -AC

Also adding on to this, SCT in general in racing, especially bigger events is dying out IMO. So with that I think 1/8 SCT really won't be a thing in racing unless multiple brands like Tekno, AE or Losi come out with a true 1/8 SCT kit. Also in OPs linked video, Roach RC does explain well 1/10 SCT was more than enough / popular enough so.

 

[space truckin]

Ok so its a dont hold your breath situation.

if we can just get team associated to stop re releasing and rerereleasing RC10 kits and lets move forward in innovative ways.


Edit; just saw the PR racing sct announcement!

 

[Racer 1966]

1/8 SCT was experimented with many years ago. Team Associated came out with their SC8 trucks. But nobody followed and it fizzled quickly.
I still have my nitro SC8, one of my all time favorite rigs! I need a fuel tank for it if anybody knows where I can find one.

 

[TeknoJ]

1/8 SCT was experimented with many years ago. Team Associated came out with their SC8 trucks. But nobody followed and it fizzled quickly.
I still have my nitro SC8, one of my all time favorite rigs! I need a fuel tank for it if anybody knows where I can find one.

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Theres a place here in the US that can possibly reverse engineer that tank. It's called Flambeau plastics or something. I had a very small radiator coolant tank made by them and it was fairly cheap. All I had to do was send it to them.
Edit: it was called Flambeau Fluids.

 

[9x19]

I decided to go off in a weird direction and convert my Corally Asuga XLR into a SCT... something to run against my middle son's Traxxas UDR.

 

[space truckin]

1/8 SCT was experimented with many years ago. Team Associated came out with their SC8 trucks. But nobody followed and it fizzled quickly.
I still have my nitro SC8, one of my all time favorite rigs! I need a fuel tank for it if anybody knows where I can find one.

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This thing is a beast!
So awesome!