Bashing a race buggy?

[bill_delong]

If you want to bash a race grade buggy, then you want to go with a 1/8 buggy, arguably the best deal I know as a RTR is from Caster:

• Caster Racing ETO821

 

[Greywolf74]

When I decided to get back into RC with my friend back in 2011, I got a Team Associated RC10B4.1 mainly because when I was a kid in the 90's I had a much older RC10 and I still had a lot of nostalgia about that driving my purchase. It turns out that it wasn't a very great basher. It was fragile, didn't do great on very rough surfaces, etc. I ended up getting a Traxxas Stampede 4x4 Monster Truck, which was really what I should have got in the first place. It is/was perfect for bashing.

I still however did my best to harden and improve the B4.1 to make it a better basher. The RPM bumper on the front helped protect things nicely and helped keep the front end down. Other parts were replaced with RPM parts if available otherwise aluminum. I got a set of tires that can actually go more than one day of bashing without wearing down bald like most track tires, but I also keep a set of track tires in my bag for if/when I do go to the track. It's still not a great basher compared to the Monster Trucks but at least it doesn't break every 5 minutes anymore!

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I miss Jang!

 

[9x19]

I miss Jang!

I mister Rob... happy to meet you.

 

[bill_delong]

For those who want to know more about TheJANG he's got a writeup here:
https://www.thejang.net/rc/

My all time favorite series of his was the Shapeshifter where TheJANG was the first to create new classes long before Traxxas who would later capitalize on TheJANG's creations:

*** SIDENOTE***
JANG is an acronym... "just a nice guy"

JANGified would become adopted for folks who significantly modify their RC's

I would be honored to adopt Project 21 at one point and made my own JANGification:

• Project 21 - OFNA (Hong Nor) Ravager + Mutilator to MT conversion

 

[Greywolf74]

For those who want to know more about TheJANG he's got a writeup here:
https://www.thejang.net/rc/

My all time favorite series of his was the Shapeshifter where TheJANG was the first to create new classes long before Traxxas who would later capitalize on TheJANG's creations:

*** SIDENOTE***
JANG is an acronym... "just a nice guy"

JANGified would become adopted for folks who significantly modify their RC's

I would be honored to adopt Project 21 at one point and made my own JANGification:

• Project 21 - OFNA (Hong Nor) Ravager + Mutilator to MT conversion

I remember when he was doing this. Great content. He was one of my favorite YTers. I was sad when he stopped.

 

[bill_delong]

I remember when he was doing this. Great content. He was one of my favorite YTers. I was sad when he stopped.

yeah it really sucked when he was forced out of RC by MaxAmps, more info here:

• MaxAmps

 

[Greywolf74]

yeah it really sucked when he was forced out of RC by MaxAmps, more info here:

• MaxAmps

Right! I rememeber that too and it just makes me want to put more Max Amps batteries in my tests! LOL