NitroMED
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Hello All,
I am new to the community and have a couple of posts. This post is somewhat related to a previous one, but I don't think it's received as much viewing/attention as I had hoped because of the thread positioning and slight favoritism on a particular model when I first started looking. Further, as I received much information from community members Olds97_lss and RC_Addict and have nothing but respect for them both, I obviously welcome their opinions here as well.
When I first starting looking for my first Nitro MT, I was relatively convinced/sold on the T-Maxx 3.3 and REVO 3.3 and probably more so on the Revo as I thought top speed WITH DECENT handling were more important. Although speed and handling are still EXTREMELY high on my hit list, I read another post that essentially stated that first the Nitro Newbie is interested in speed, but not bashing, then you want to bash and so on and so on. So, if I have to be honest with myself, I think I'll be floating between both, but I am POSITIVE I won't be doing killer bashing. I don't anticipate or expect launching my Nitro truck 8' in the air or off a dirt cliff and all the kind of stuff. Grass fields/parks, baseball fields, dirt/gravel roads and of course concrete/asphalt are the conditions I will be hitting.
So, with that said, I prefer 1/8th scale over 1/10th and I essentially narrowed the field down to (3). Savage XL, Losi LST XXL and Team Associated MGT 8.0. Between the (3), I have read numerous threads and heard so many different opinions, it's amazing. As one community member put it, some love it, some hate it, some prefer to go elsewhere. For my purposes, I really do think the answer is one of these (3) rides.
The Savage seems to be the slightly better basher with the B/B 5.9cc/.36 Cu in, while the Losi LST XXL with the B/B 454 is probably slightly faster than the bunch and decent basher and then the Associated MGT 8.0 w/ the B/B 8.0cc/05 Cu in is probably the better balanced truck between speed and basher durability.
So, what do I want to do with these things. As I mentioned above...don't mind maintenance, but won't enjoy spending hours a week in the basement workshop. Speed is A MUST. Low end torque/get up and go is a big factor. Semi-bashing is likely in non concrete/asphalt conditions. Rolling wheelies for a couple of hundred feet seems like fun too.
My apologies for the long post, but I am very close to pulling the trigger and I want to make a solid first choice. Although I would love to have a garage of NITRO's, it's not gonna happen. Maybe a 2nd ride in a year or two, but probably not much more than that.
Thank you for reading my ludicrously long post and I appreciate your feedback.
Thank you.
I am new to the community and have a couple of posts. This post is somewhat related to a previous one, but I don't think it's received as much viewing/attention as I had hoped because of the thread positioning and slight favoritism on a particular model when I first started looking. Further, as I received much information from community members Olds97_lss and RC_Addict and have nothing but respect for them both, I obviously welcome their opinions here as well.
When I first starting looking for my first Nitro MT, I was relatively convinced/sold on the T-Maxx 3.3 and REVO 3.3 and probably more so on the Revo as I thought top speed WITH DECENT handling were more important. Although speed and handling are still EXTREMELY high on my hit list, I read another post that essentially stated that first the Nitro Newbie is interested in speed, but not bashing, then you want to bash and so on and so on. So, if I have to be honest with myself, I think I'll be floating between both, but I am POSITIVE I won't be doing killer bashing. I don't anticipate or expect launching my Nitro truck 8' in the air or off a dirt cliff and all the kind of stuff. Grass fields/parks, baseball fields, dirt/gravel roads and of course concrete/asphalt are the conditions I will be hitting.
So, with that said, I prefer 1/8th scale over 1/10th and I essentially narrowed the field down to (3). Savage XL, Losi LST XXL and Team Associated MGT 8.0. Between the (3), I have read numerous threads and heard so many different opinions, it's amazing. As one community member put it, some love it, some hate it, some prefer to go elsewhere. For my purposes, I really do think the answer is one of these (3) rides.
The Savage seems to be the slightly better basher with the B/B 5.9cc/.36 Cu in, while the Losi LST XXL with the B/B 454 is probably slightly faster than the bunch and decent basher and then the Associated MGT 8.0 w/ the B/B 8.0cc/05 Cu in is probably the better balanced truck between speed and basher durability.
So, what do I want to do with these things. As I mentioned above...don't mind maintenance, but won't enjoy spending hours a week in the basement workshop. Speed is A MUST. Low end torque/get up and go is a big factor. Semi-bashing is likely in non concrete/asphalt conditions. Rolling wheelies for a couple of hundred feet seems like fun too.
My apologies for the long post, but I am very close to pulling the trigger and I want to make a solid first choice. Although I would love to have a garage of NITRO's, it's not gonna happen. Maybe a 2nd ride in a year or two, but probably not much more than that.
Thank you for reading my ludicrously long post and I appreciate your feedback.
Thank you.
