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vbgagnon
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You first have to decide what you want to do.....race/bash? Do you want a stadium truck/monster truck/buggy? Then you go from there.
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Welcome to RCNT!
This site is a good place to get started.
vbgagnon has offered up some good questions that can help steer you in the right direction.
Here are some others:
1. Do you have a local hobby store nearby?
2. If so, what kind of stuff do they stock regularly? That will help you decide what you can get your hands on the quickest.
3. Do you have any issues shopping on line? If not, then your options just got larger in variety.
4. If you want to become a racer, is there a track nearby? Is it a ROAR only track? You will need info from the LHS on this one.
5. Are you financially free or limited?
6. If a basher is what you want to be, all terrain, off road, or a mix of on road and off...you'll have to decide. Monster Trucks are the king kong of bashing. They can go almost anywhere and handle almost anything...and can move pretty quickly. Buggies are the off road rockets combined with the strength of a tank; however their ride height limits their all terrain capability. Stadium trucks and on roads are not much fun in the all terrain/off road environment, but can be enjoyable.
7. Are you mechanically inclined or inept? If you can't turn a wrench to save your life, either now is a good time to learn or you will want to stick with Ready to run models or electrics which are a little easier to maintain than nitro RCs.
This site is a good place to get started.
vbgagnon has offered up some good questions that can help steer you in the right direction.
Here are some others:
1. Do you have a local hobby store nearby?
2. If so, what kind of stuff do they stock regularly? That will help you decide what you can get your hands on the quickest.
3. Do you have any issues shopping on line? If not, then your options just got larger in variety.
4. If you want to become a racer, is there a track nearby? Is it a ROAR only track? You will need info from the LHS on this one.
5. Are you financially free or limited?
6. If a basher is what you want to be, all terrain, off road, or a mix of on road and off...you'll have to decide. Monster Trucks are the king kong of bashing. They can go almost anywhere and handle almost anything...and can move pretty quickly. Buggies are the off road rockets combined with the strength of a tank; however their ride height limits their all terrain capability. Stadium trucks and on roads are not much fun in the all terrain/off road environment, but can be enjoyable.
7. Are you mechanically inclined or inept? If you can't turn a wrench to save your life, either now is a good time to learn or you will want to stick with Ready to run models or electrics which are a little easier to maintain than nitro RCs.
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Welcome to the forum bro. This place is great! you'll love it
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Well, I used to have a hobby shop nearby, but they went out of business, So I am turning to shopping online, there are MANY choices :idea: . I'm not really sure if there are any tracks nearby, And I am thinking of getting a buggy, (are they faster?) for a little of on road and off road racing. And finally I am willing to throw some money at this new hobby :smoke:
AC48
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Good, you're going to be throwing money at this hobby and being willing to do so is a good thing. And yes, there are A LOT of choices if you shop on-line. Buggies don't have the most capability off raod but can do alright on-raod aswell. Stadium trucks are smaller and usually slower, Monster Trucks are HUGE and pretty fast but can't turn all that well. Touring cars can hit very high speeds and turn extremely well, but have a half inch af ground clearance so they have NO capability off raod. Buggies are a good mix which is why i recently pruchased my first one after having a MT and a touring car. Anything you choose you will love but really it is what kind of places you have to run and what you can get parts for. Good luck and have fun!
Depending on where you have to run whatever you get, just remember that buggies and stadium trucks sit low to the ground. Medium grass will make either overheat due to excess drag.
An monster truck on the other hand, can normally handle 3-6 inch tall grass with minimal overheating. Well, if you get one that has a 21 or larger engine in it. The t-maxx is a good basher, but it has many many weakness's. One being the engine, two being the drivetrain, 3 being the suspension... this list kind of goes on and on.
If your a power hungry individual and you need or want good off-road compatibility, I'd suggest the savage 25. It's a good, solid and completely proven basher. It starts with a big-block engine in it that you can replace with a better one down the line. The good part is, that with minimal modifications (4 gear spider diff mod), it can handle pretty much whatever engine you shove in it.
I had the losi xxx-nt (stadium truck). It was a fun truck, but since most of my places to play are parks, it just sat to low for where I can go. I then bought a t-maxx 2.5. I wasn't impressed with the power, so I upgraded it with a 21 conversion. After doing that, I had to dump a ton of cash into it to get it to make it through a weekend without something blowing apart. I just recently aquired a savage. I haven't run it much yet, but just by looking at it and reading about it, I'm pretty certain that it will out bash my 21 maxx.
Good luck with whatever you do.
An monster truck on the other hand, can normally handle 3-6 inch tall grass with minimal overheating. Well, if you get one that has a 21 or larger engine in it. The t-maxx is a good basher, but it has many many weakness's. One being the engine, two being the drivetrain, 3 being the suspension... this list kind of goes on and on.
If your a power hungry individual and you need or want good off-road compatibility, I'd suggest the savage 25. It's a good, solid and completely proven basher. It starts with a big-block engine in it that you can replace with a better one down the line. The good part is, that with minimal modifications (4 gear spider diff mod), it can handle pretty much whatever engine you shove in it.
I had the losi xxx-nt (stadium truck). It was a fun truck, but since most of my places to play are parks, it just sat to low for where I can go. I then bought a t-maxx 2.5. I wasn't impressed with the power, so I upgraded it with a 21 conversion. After doing that, I had to dump a ton of cash into it to get it to make it through a weekend without something blowing apart. I just recently aquired a savage. I haven't run it much yet, but just by looking at it and reading about it, I'm pretty certain that it will out bash my 21 maxx.
Good luck with whatever you do.
If you have a track near by i would say a buggy, and a buggy can go off road a bit but not to much, with spacers in the shocks you can get maybe a 1" to 1.75" ground clearance. i say a buggy cause when i first got into the hobby i bought a savage 25 and now i am racing a Kanai 3, so i could have saved alot if i would not have bought 5 other trucks just to turn around and get a buggy. if there is not a track near by get a savage 25. and as someone mentioned you can get a bigger engine and spider gears down the line on your savage.
