I personally like the HPI Savage, tough little bastard, check out the vids on you tube, they're beasts.
http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/867/
I personally like the HPI Savage, tough little bastard, check out the vids on you tube, they're beasts.
http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/867/
Savage or Associated Monster GT... I would avoid Traxxas. (based on my own research, they're not as strong or durable).
I have an Assoc. RC8 buggy, and I'm waiting for delivery of my MGT 8.0 (monday)
Here's the buggy with a fresh RJ Speed body painted by me...
Nitro is much more entertaining than electric, in my opinion. The maintanence is a bit more complicated, but if you enjoy tinkering, it's no problem.
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~ Col. Sanders ~
"I guess all we need to do now is give a shit what you think. I'll work on that."
~ ashauler ~
Very nice looking buggy, I realy like the paint job you did.
I do like to tinker with things, and, that is why I was thinking of nitro.
I was actually loking at the Savage, and I really like the looks of it. Is the Savage a fairly upgradable truck? I mean, are upgrades pretty accessible?
Live each day like it's your last, one day you'll get it right.
Thanks, It's my first paint job....
There are a shitload of hopup parts for the Savage, look around at integy.com, they make some nice CNC parts for a lot of vehicles. Especially the Savage.
http://www.integy.com/st_main.html?p_catid=59
I went with Associated because of my great experience with the RC8 buggy. Tower Hobbies also has an easy-pay plan where they will charge your card over three months... Makes these big boy toys a bit more accessible to me.
From what I've read, once you get into a certain price range, high or low, there's not really much difference between manufacturers within that range... A $400.00 truck is a $400.00 truck. Just scope out parts availability.
Haven't broken anything yet... Wish I could say the same thing about my helicopters! THOSE things are ALWAYS on the workbench!
"We're at NOW now... everything that's hapening now... is happening NOW!"
~ Col. Sanders ~
"I guess all we need to do now is give a shit what you think. I'll work on that."
~ ashauler ~
I think in the HPI site they have an extensive list of upgrades, from alloy parts to kits for reverse. I'm running an HPI rs4 right now, seems like i break it more often than I play with it (hitting shit at 40+mph breaks alot of shit) and replacement parts are always readily available.
My whip
Nice car!
RS4 is my next car... HPI makes some awesome bodies.
"We're at NOW now... everything that's hapening now... is happening NOW!"
~ Col. Sanders ~
"I guess all we need to do now is give a shit what you think. I'll work on that."
~ ashauler ~
New Truck is in the house!
Two tanks into the break-in process... This beast has some POWER!
"We're at NOW now... everything that's hapening now... is happening NOW!"
~ Col. Sanders ~
"I guess all we need to do now is give a shit what you think. I'll work on that."
~ ashauler ~
Well, I just put in an order through Tower Hobbies for the new Savage X 4.6 with the new 2.4GHZ remote.
They are on back order, but should be out in a 1 to 1 1/2 weeks...I can't wait.
The rtr kit from HPI comes with an extra kit ie. fuel fill bottle glow starter, batteries and charger, and four way wrench...hopefully, all I will need is some fuel, and to charge the batteries, then I can start the break in...as soon as it comes in.
Live each day like it's your last, one day you'll get it right.
Does it come preassembled? Or do you have the joy of assembling it yourself?
Mine came as a build it yourself kit - and am actually glad it came that way. I was able to see how everything fit together - and (most importantly) how to take it apart and repair it when I ran it into a concrete wall...
Be careful - the problem with buying a nitro car/truck is you'll always find yourself wanting to go bigger and better.
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