Tekno RC introduces the new MT48 2.0 monster truck

[WoodiE]

https://www.rctalk.com/tekno-rc-lau...8th-scale-monster-truck-for-hardcore-bashers/

 

[9x19]

Thanks!

 

[Chubaka]

There goes my second boat and trailer. Glad to see an 8th scale monster again.

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

 

[WoodiE]

I don't need another RC, but I want this RC!

 

[Warby]

I don't need another RC, but I want this RC!

Same

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

I don't need another RC, but I want this RC!

Not with that attitude

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

i find it interesting that MT's are going back to low slung almost buggy based platforms.

 

[WickedFog]

i find it interesting that MT's are going back to low slung almost buggy based platforms.

Truggy

 

[WickedFog]

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https://www.rctalk.com/tekno-rc-lau...8th-scale-monster-truck-for-hardcore-bashers/

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Truggy

pretty much yeah. but iv been around long enough to remember guys building monster trucks out of buggies which is where the truggy came from.

 

[WickedFog]

pretty much yeah. but iv been around long enough to remember guys building monster trucks out of buggies which is where the truggy came from.

Yeah, I gotcha. I don't particularly care for them calling these things Monster Trucks at all. I grew up a fan of Monster Trucks, and that's not at all what this is. But I still want one

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

Yeah, I gotcha. I don't particularly care for them calling these things Monster Trucks at all. I grew up a fan of Monster Trucks, and that's not at all what this is. But I still want one

idk, nitro USA-1, MRC Thunder King, Monster Pirate. flat chassis, 4wd (typically), oversized tires. that's what a monster truck was back in the day.
by todays standards yeah, truggy.
whatever you call it, big tires and low CG always make for a good performing truck.

 

[Littlemotor]

pretty much yeah. but iv been around long enough to remember guys building monster trucks out of buggies which is where the truggy came from.

You’ve got that the wrong way around dude. People kept looking for way to make MT’s more durable, capable, and easier to work on. They gave the 1/8 MT a 1/8 buggy driveline, suspension, and chassis layout to birth the truggy… 1/8 monsterTRUCK+Buggy=Truggy. Lots of us have “been around long enough to remember”, and that’s how it went.. GS Racing, OFNA, and my buddy Rob Bender (RIP) with our very own (and my longtime friend) @SoCalTazer with their Titanium Chassis Tazer PRT (which I owned as well)…

Monster trucks have been around since the early days of surface RC once it went to off-road. Truggies came in 2004ish.

Titanium Chassis Tazer PRT:

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

You’ve got that the wrong way around dude. People kept looking for way to make MT’s more durable, capable, and easier to work on. They gave the 1/8 MT a 1/8 buggy driveline, suspension, and chassis layout to birth the truggy… 1/8 monsterTRUCK+Buggy=Truggy. Lots of us have “been around long enough to remember”, and that’s how it went.. GS Racing, OFNA, and my buddy Rob Bender (RIP) with our very own (and my longtime friend) @SoCalTazer with their Titanium Chassis Tazer PRT (which I owned as well)…

Monster trucks have been around since the early days of surface RC once it went to off-road. Truggies came in 2004ish.

Titanium Chassis Tazer PRT:

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that may predate what I'm talking about. the way i remember it, late 90's, pictures on the internet were rare and video didn't really exist. lots of forum talk about converting 1/8 buggies into trucks. what bodies fit, how to widen the suspension, what shocks to use, how to get more travel, what wheels/tires fit. i remember lots of lower tier basher buggies being converted into trucks. then the tmaxx happened, racing MT's became a thing, chaos ensued, forum arguments about running the converted trucks against the factory made monster trucks. next thing i remember truggys were factory made. then the Losi Muggy happened. and racing MT's seemed to loose favor. that was about the point i stopped paying attention.

 

[Doom!]

i find it interesting that MT's are going back to low slung almost buggy based platforms.

I imagine they have gotten lower, to compensate for the fact they have gotten faster. Less roll overs that way.

 

[KnowAir]

Glad to see Tekno came to their senses and brought the 1/8 MT back! The MT410 2.0 is a great rig, but this is much more stout. I lost interest in the MT’s myself, I converted my OG 410 with an ET48 chassis and never looked back.
The whole stunting thing costs too much for me, so I just spend my rc days ripping around my backyard track now.
I do however have to say that the Xmaxx is surprisingly capable on my track with +10mm hexes and a set of Rovan D5 wheels/tires on it, or the Gravix tires from an XRT. Still kinda clumsy compared to a truggy like a K8 but fun, and more true to MT form I feel.

 

[9x19]

I think my EMaxx and Summit cover the Monster Truck category pretty well (although I could be lusting after a Losi LMT or Kyosho USA-1 pretty easily).

If anything I think today's MT models are more appropriately called Stunt Trucks. That's how I think of them at least, and we all know how brilliant and logical I am!

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

I think my EMaxx and Summit cover the Monster Truck category pretty well (although I could be lusting after a Losi LMT or Kyosho USA-1 pretty easily).

If anything I think today's MT models are more appropriately called Stunt Trucks. That's how I think of them at least, and we all know how brilliant and logical I am!

doesn't the Arrma Outcast claim the "stunt truck" title?
with all the backflips and skate park stuff we do with them now calling them stunt monsters is accurate.

 

[9x19]

Not really an Arrma follower, but they may have been spying on me while I sleep.