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- From: amg@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (alan.m.gopin)
- Subject: Re: R/C Monster Trucks!
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 13:24:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.132425.28887@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- References: <72864@cup.portal.com>
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- From article <72864@cup.portal.com>, by sbixby@cup.portal.com (Steven W Bixby):
- > I good friend of mine and I were talking around the idea of both
- > of us acquiring R/C monster trucks; namely, Tamiya "Clodbuster" or
- > Kyosho "USA-1".
- >
- > My friend hasn't had experience with either of them, just a not-too-close
- > inspection of the kits - and he suggested that the Clodbuster has
- > better quality.
- >
- > Anyone out there with experience with one or both of these kits have
- > any comments? I'm interested in comments on kit quality, performance
- > differences and any other sordid tales... :-)
- >
- > Whaddya think????
- >
- > -swb- (Steve Bixby, sbixby@cup.portal.com)
-
- The Clodbuster certainly appears to have more aftermarket
- support. Any issue of Tower Talk or R/C Car Action will have
- several ads for Clod upgrades.
-
- The real question you have to ask yourself before you buy a truck
- is "What do I want to do with it?"
- If the answer is run it around the back yard/street, you should do
- fine with either truck. If the answer is to go truck pulling or do
- car crushing style monster truck races, you are probably better
- off with the Clod. This is because you will invariably want to
- upgrade the basic kit to improve the performance and there appear
- to be more ways to do this with the Clod. If the answer is to go
- off-road racing, what you really want is either a Losi LX-T or an
- Associated RC-10T. Either one of those trucks makes an excellent
- racing vehicle.
-
- Alan Gopin
- gopin@ttauri.att.com
-
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- AT&T Bell Laboratories
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