With an $800 budget , what would you get?

[TeknoJ]

Nice….. now go terrorize the earth

 

[Cheetah928]

Depends what you want to do. Here’s some criteria:
What scale do you want?
What type of car do you want?
What do you want to do with that car?
Can you use it in your area?
What would make this car stand out from your others?

My personal example is my Losi rock crawler. I got it thinking it would be nice to have a crawler. 2 crawlers and a slash later, I am selling it because it didn’t do what I wanted to do. Now I want a new car:
A 1/10 scale
A buggy
I want it to perform well at the track since the slash isn’t that great for it.
Yes, when I’m not at the track, it can go on trails and bomb down the street.
I want something fast that performs. I have 3 rock crawlers, they’re slow, and I don’t need a fourth one. The slash just doesn’t get the performance I need at a track.

That’s an example of using my criteria. My local track is selling a lightly used Losi buggy for 150. I have the electronics now, and am going to sell them the crawler for the same-ish price. Maybe even trade. Just because you have 800 doesn’t mean you need an 800 car.
hope you find this useful! Happy shopping!

 

[Doom!]

I would buy icecream for the whole forum!

 

[paytonimusrex]

Depends what you want to do. Here’s some criteria:
What scale do you want?
What type of car do you want?
What do you want to do with that car?
Can you use it in your area?
What would make this car stand out from your others?

My personal example is my Losi rock crawler. I got it thinking it would be nice to have a crawler. 2 crawlers and a slash later, I am selling it because it didn’t do what I wanted to do. Now I want a new car:
A 1/10 scale
A buggy
I want it to perform well at the track since the slash isn’t that great for it.
Yes, when I’m not at the track, it can go on trails and bomb down the street.
I want something fast that performs. I have 3 rock crawlers, they’re slow, and I don’t need a fourth one. The slash just doesn’t get the performance I need at a track.

That’s an example of using my criteria. My local track is selling a lightly used Losi buggy for 150. I have the electronics now, and am going to sell them the crawler for the same-ish price. Maybe even trade. Just because you have 800 doesn’t mean you need an 800 car.
hope you find this useful! Happy shopping!

I mean depends on what he’s using the car for too, if he’s buying an 8th scale racer then yeah he’s spending $800 before electronics in some cases

 

[Littlemotor]

I mean depends on what he’s using the car for too, if he’s buying an 8th scale racer then yeah he’s spending $800 before electronics in some cases

You rang?

 

[paytonimusrex]

You rang?

i’m totally not eyeing the truggy

 

[PainKiller]

Depends what you want to do. Here’s some criteria:
What scale do you want?
What type of car do you want?
What do you want to do with that car?
Can you use it in your area?
What would make this car stand out from your others?

My personal example is my Losi rock crawler. I got it thinking it would be nice to have a crawler. 2 crawlers and a slash later, I am selling it because it didn’t do what I wanted to do. Now I want a new car:
A 1/10 scale
A buggy
I want it to perform well at the track since the slash isn’t that great for it.
Yes, when I’m not at the track, it can go on trails and bomb down the street.
I want something fast that performs. I have 3 rock crawlers, they’re slow, and I don’t need a fourth one. The slash just doesn’t get the performance I need at a track.

That’s an example of using my criteria. My local track is selling a lightly used Losi buggy for 150. I have the electronics now, and am going to sell them the crawler for the same-ish price. Maybe even trade. Just because you have 800 doesn’t mean you need an 800 car.
hope you find this useful! Happy shopping!

Good stuff. I think I want a 1/8 scale buggy next. I’m planning on buying a Tekno for me and the kids to build over the next month or two.

But for now , I went with a Team Associated MT10.

 

[PainKiller]

Question : Did I get the wrong batteries? What’s this little wire? And where do I plug it into the HOTA?

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Question : Did I get the wrong batteries? What’s this little wire? And where do I plug it into the HOTA?

View attachment 206812

That’s the balance lead. Plug your balance adapters in your pic into the charger then connect the battery balance lead to that

I use a different balance adapter but it will be similar

 

[PainKiller]

Am I missing an adapter? Here’s all my stuff. Please walk me through how to connect and charge.

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Am I missing an adapter? Here’s all my stuff. Please walk me through how to connect and charge. View attachment 206814

Hope this helps

Plug the balance adapter in the port next to the xt60 port. Plug your balance lead on battery into the balance adapter all the way to the right side (away from that one red wire on the left side) then plug your xt60 adapter in and connect your big battery lead to that

 

[PainKiller]

Hope this helps

Ah! I see now. Thank you That big orange plug threw me for a loop.

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

Ah! I see now. Thank you That big orange plug threw me for a loop.

I accidentally hit reply before I added my Mickey Mouse drawing

 

[PainKiller]

I accidentally hit reply before I added my Mickey Mouse drawing

It helps a great deal. Thanks.

 

[Lostinthewoods86]

No problem! Can’t wait to see what you think of that MT10

 

[PainKiller]

No problem! Can’t wait to see what you think of that MT10

Is this right? Put it at 6.2A for a 6200mah?

 

[RustyUs]

Good stuff. I think I want a 1/8 scale buggy next. I’m planning on buying a Tekno for me and the kids to build over the next month or two.

But for now , I went with a Team Associated MT10. Great truck

After the past few weeks of pushing my RCs hard, I've discovered I need/want another eBuggy to round out collection. Most likely in a RCCA mag from years past, but I've always remembered 1/8 scale buggies being referred to as "the tanks of the RC world", and used that phrase over, and over again in many forums. Situation, and having running environment/surface area being in cahoots, everyone's RC collection should have at least one 1/8 scale buggy in it. So many MT/MB/SCT/Speedrun projects have stemmed from 1/8 scale buggy chassis. Even though I've said I'm done buying RCs, I've been looking into my next RC that may or may not happen. So many late nights exploring the corners of www.

As you know, things in life change day to day. Funny thing is; after getting your new toy, you're already climbing into bed with thoughts to fuel REM... tossing and turning over what next toy to get.

 

[332_RC]

Is this right? Put it at 6.2A for a 6200mah? View attachment 206820View attachment 206821

Yep

 

[RustyUs]

Depends what you want to do. Here’s some criteria:
What scale do you want?
What type of car do you want?
What do you want to do with that car?
Can you use it in your area?
What would make this car stand out from your others?

My personal example is my Losi rock crawler. I got it thinking it would be nice to have a crawler. 2 crawlers and a slash later, I am selling it because it didn’t do what I wanted to do. Now I want a new car:
A 1/10 scale
A buggy
I want it to perform well at the track since the slash isn’t that great for it.
Yes, when I’m not at the track, it can go on trails and bomb down the street.
I want something fast that performs. I have 3 rock crawlers, they’re slow, and I don’t need a fourth one. The slash just doesn’t get the performance I need at a track.

That’s an example of using my criteria. My local track is selling a lightly used Losi buggy for 150. I have the electronics now, and am going to sell them the crawler for the same-ish price. Maybe even trade. Just because you have 800 doesn’t mean you need an 800 car.
hope you find this useful! Happy shopping!

Getting back to OP's OP (original poster's original post)... Sweet!

 

[PainKiller]

Yep

And when I’m done , I just set to “storage”?