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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Land Models / July 2008Moving to Columbus Georgia Area..looking for help (newbie)
Hey there how you doin'.... Looking for tips, advice.... general help and smart assed comments. Just got rid of the last of my R/C planes stuff (flew on and off for thirty years or so) and am trying to make the jump to cars. I stopped by the Columbus Hobby Town USA track last weekend, there were a few guys running some nitro REVO type stuff.. looking to start out a bit smaller. I have recently received a Losi Mini-monster Baja as a gift (just add batteries and cash... I have now officially broken EVERYTHING.) are there any mini or 1/10th guys/gals around the Columbus area that would be willing to share the knowledge? 'priciate the help and stuff AJ - I feel your pain the Losi Mini trucks SUCK. I have the Mini-LST and it had many many faults front to back. Im not totally up-to-speed on current mini's but in the past week have regained interest (lost interest due to the horrible m-lst) and reviewed my back issues of RCCA. Im going to address NITRO OFNA looks to have a nice mini NITRO TRUGGY but it costs a bit. Its in the same price range as a very good 1/10 MONSTER TRUCK Associated Electronics MGT 3.0 oh $330 or so Im favoring the MGT right now. Ive owned a number of AE vehicles all have been excellent. CEN RACING has MG16 in the $200 spot but I have not read up on the good/bad points to it yet. They also have a 1/10 4wd nitro MT in the $220 range that scoots like 40mph. Lately have been hearing good things overall about them . I saw them demo at a hobby show and the BIG trucks took quite a few hard hits with no harm. How that translates to their mini stuff I dont know. If my HobbyTown stocked Cen products I wouldnt mind trying one out. I read up on SPORTWERKS CHAOS a mini but it seems to have gear issues, I want no part of that again. There are other less know brands out there that seem interesting but getting parts say a year, two years from now could be difficult. I keep my vehicles a while so this is important to me. Ray http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_235/tt.htm The above is a place to go read about mini vehicles > I feel your pain the Losi Mini trucks SUCK. I have the Mini-LST and it > had many many faults front to back. My little Losi breaks a lot of parts, but for the price and the radio/ battery/performance combo I cant really complain. O.hh.. Every breakage has happened on some super sticky asphalt with mine.. no issues off-road The Losi folks have been VERY responsive to my newbie emails with regard to "Dude.... I need to upgrade this thing-a-ma- jiggey" and so forth. I like to tweak stuff and am really enjoying mine... Parts are cheap. At 1/18th it's just a gateway drug to the heavy stuff.... Anyone driven the E-Revo yet?? 'Preciate the responses. AJ - You warranty ends here. E-revo Is awesome, handles great decent power, Just put a nova brushless in mine -- bperev |
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