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- From: goo@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Michael Goo)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 22:28:37 GMT
- Subject: Re: R/C Monster Trucks!
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- sbixby@cup.portal.com (Steven W Bixby) writes...
-
- >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".
-
- I haven't seen the models you refer to, but if they're anything like
- the other monster truck kits (e.g. Tamiya Blackfoot [Bigfoot?]) then
- my comments would be...
-
- - They're probably fine for running around on smooth surfaces and
- not-to-bumpy dirt surfaces.
-
- - The center-of-mass on the monster trucks is too high for high
- speed racing on dirt tracks with jumps/mogels. You'll flip over
- a lot.
-
- - Monster trucks seem IMO to be more "closed-architecture" the
- availability of after-market add-ons may be limited.
-
- I would suggest looking into one of the "stadium" type trucks like...
-
- Associated RC-10T
- Team Losi (don't know model name/number)
- Futaba ?x-1 (This is a new entry-level truck)
-
- These perform better on uneven dirt surfaces, and are more open-architecture
- and have many after-market modifications available.
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