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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/4/2007 4:28:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		im wondering, is there anywhere i can see the buggy and the truggy side by side with the bodies off...

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/4/2007 5:13:06 AM   
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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/4/2007 5:04:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		yeah, looks like 2 inches of space near the back there... i guess theyre just waiting for people to fill it up somehow... like that pipe doesnt stick over the edge yet like it does in the buggy, for instance...

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/5/2007 2:44:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dave, do you have the Eight Buggy? If so, how does it handle compared to other buggies you've owned? I've seen several 8ight's at our track, and they seem to handle a lot better. They don't get bucked around as much on the whoops sections.

But note: A guy at our track tried running all aluminum shoes on the 8ight, but he was having trouble with it. So if you were pondering an all-aluminum clutch, you might want to reconsider. It may have just been him, but I doubt it.

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/5/2007 2:50:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		if he was running the losi al clutch shoes that more than likely was the problem. pick up some kingheadz 7075 shoes and you're good to go

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/5/2007 3:29:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		Will those even work with the losi 4-shoe setup?

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/5/2007 7:20:09 AM   
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Status: offline 		I know one or two other companies already make clutch shoes for the Losi. I think kingheadz is one of them. What kind of trouble was he having? If you over tighten the screws it could make the clutchs fit to tight... just rely on the thread lock. As far as spring setup goes I'm gunna try some things. First, I'll probably try the medium/soft springs.

The 8ight deffinatly has a lot of steering but unlike most other buggies you don't need to slide the rear end around to get the steering out of it. You can keep the rear end planted a bit better so you don't scrub speed (and time) by sliding. Of course were only talking a few tenths of a second or less but I've already lost races and TQ spots by about that much time . For the amount of steering it has the buggy still feels very stable when its setup right. Its not that great at high speed handling. High speed bumps will make it bounce a little bit which might have something to do with the CVDs all the way around instead of universal drive shafts sense they try to straighten out at high RPMs. I'll be trying to fix that next season. The buggies specialty is low to mid speed tracks because of its steering and it takes bumps very well at those speeds as well. Another thing is I've gotten it on two wheels and had it bobbling all over the place a few times and its a bit easier to recover then my MP777 was. Small adjustments have a pretty big effect on the buggies handling as well (in a good way) but it can also make it easier to seriously screw up your setup which I've already done very easily. Its handling doesn't change much as the conditions change either. One day it was muddy and tacky in the morning and was bone dry by the end of the day and I only needed to make minor adjustments. A simple turn downward of the droop screws cured the traction rolling when it was tacky and moving the rear upper shock position inward helped regain some rear bite when it got dry and slick. You do need to keep the rear end straight out of the corners when traction gets low otherwise it will fishtail a lot so it takes a bit more throttle control then some other buggies. Like I said before if the 8ight truggy handles anything like the buggy its going to be a top contender.

Our track is now more of a high speed and flowing track and the Hyper 8s kick ass at high speed handling and there are quite a few of them out here. Its going to take quite a bit of tinkering to get the high speed handling out of this 8ight but I know I can still win with it. Its still mostly about the driver of course but a fast buggy never hurt as long as you can handle it.

The 8ight does seem to be having its problems. Some people are starting to say heat could be causing the throttle servos to fail. Its is pretty close to the engine so I could belive it. I use analog servos (sense digitals don't drop your lap times anyway ) so using aluminum tape on the servo will fix that problem. People with digital servos that have the heat sink built into the servo case couldn't do that sense it will hold more of the heat in so they might have some trouble. I did borrow a digital servo before and man those things get hot by plain usage alone. People are complaining about weak hinge pin covers and leaky shocks but I think those are operator error.

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/6/2007 1:01:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		maybe we could buy some 1/18 cooling fans originally designed for motors, such as http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=144_529_866&products_id=17418 , to cool those overheating servos

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/6/2007 5:26:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dave, I'll ask him. What was happening was that it would die when he was giving it too much throttle, or something along those lines

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/6/2007 8:24:46 AM   
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maybe we could buy some 1/18 cooling fans originally designed for motors, such as http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=144_529_866&products_id=17418 , to cool those overheating servos


Nope, some insulated tape works just fine.

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/6/2007 3:53:33 PM   
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maybe we could buy some 1/18 cooling fans originally designed for motors, such as http://www.rcmart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=144_529_866&products_id=17418 , to cool those overheating servos


Nope, some insulated tape works just fine.


I think he was commenting on that about what I said for digital servos. I don't use digital servos but I know most of them have a heat sink on the case. Wouldn't putting aluminum tape over that heat sink completly defeat the purpse of the heat sink and also overheat the servo? It might not sense the tape is only insilated on one side though .

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/7/2007 4:24:39 AM   
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Status: offline 		Im new to truggies and buggies. I have a buggy but it isnt nothing special. I ussually race a t maxx at our track but anyways how much ouces of torque do you think you would need to get a good throw farely qiuckly. And would a Hyper .21 8 port be a good engine for the truggy with a good pipe?
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RE: 8ight Truggy - 1/10/2007 5:29:20 AM   
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Status: offline 		Okay, forget it. I'm buying a MBX5T prospec within a few weeks. I'm keeping it. End of story

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RE: 8ight Truggy - 5/11/2007 9:59:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just dropped in to say the Losi truggy is sweet at the track. Takes the jump, bumps and flies like no other truggy. Just an awesome setup from Losi. It's a very very tough truggy. Never broke a part yet. This sure beats the heck out of my Jammin X1CRT I had. Total