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E-Eight at my track! - 9/3/2008 5:33:27 AM   
djangomangalam


 

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Status: offline 		I just saw a guy at my local track with it! It was awesome! He was running it on these huge 4 cell lipos (obviously) and it ripped!! It seem to handle pretty well and it looks really sleek. Is anyone else seeing them pop up at their track?
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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/3/2008 5:43:44 AM   
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Status: online 		A guy I run into regularly at a bashing spot just finished building one, very impressive vehicle. The 8ight itself is an excellent platform, and coupled with brushless power its hard to beat.

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/5/2008 2:15:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		A-Main all electric 1/8 buggy here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq7xInqfpWo

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/5/2008 4:24:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		I haven't seen the factory E-8ight yet, but there are several custom converted 1/8th scale buggies at my track, including one or two 8ights, a GS Storm(I think?), and an RC8. To my knowledge, all are using either Mamba Max ESCs(not the new MMM) and Neu motors on 4S or Novak HV systems on 4S. All are very impressive and make me want to ditch my nitro cars the way I ditched most of my nitro planes......*sigh* if only it weren't for the upfront costs.

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/5/2008 12:25:04 PM   
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All are very impressive and make me want to ditch my nitro cars the way I ditched most of my nitro planes......*sigh* if only it weren't for the upfront costs.


Yes, it is shocking, but once you get past the initial investment, you make up for it and then some. I've been running conversions for a couple of years. The longer I run them, the cheaper it gets compared to nitro. Now that I have everything, I can go months without spending ANY money...other than entry fees.

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/5/2008 3:44:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		^I'm sure I'll be making the switch soon. I am building a 6' wingspan J-3 cub which is being converted from a .40 nitro to an AXI outrunner. The same 2x 2S lipos in series I'd use for a 1/8 conversion would be just right to power that AXI, so once I get the plane built, I can talk my wife into letting me buy the packs. "Gee Honey, I'll save money if I buy new batteries - look I can use them in my plane, my 1/10 cars, and my 1/8 car " wink, nudge.

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/6/2008 12:59:25 AM   
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ORIGINAL: djangomangalam

I just saw a guy at my local track with it! It was awesome! He was running it on these huge 4 cell lipos (obviously) and it ripped!! It seem to handle pretty well and it looks really sleek. Is anyone else seeing them pop up at their track?


it was a ocrc right? if so, i saw it, pretty cool. it had some serious power too

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/6/2008 2:29:23 AM   
djangomangalam


 

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Status: offline 		Yeah it was, I was the kid with the aluminum rustler who sucked on the track
Yeah it was the white one. What were you driving?

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/6/2008 6:55:27 PM   
deanR


 

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Status: offline 		well i was driving a brand new B4Rs. i was there 8/22 and 8/23. idk if you were there those days

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/6/2008 7:13:00 PM   
djangomangalam


 

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Status: offline 		nice, I'm going then today.

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/7/2008 1:25:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		lucky, its 5+ hours away for me. but i go to my grandmas and its only about 25 min traffic depeding. so i just stay with my grandma for a couple days at a time and go to there

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/7/2008 2:25:34 AM   
djangomangalam


 

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Status: offline 		Just got back, I marshalled for awhile because my ESC kept over heating, I saw another E-8ight, nearly took my head off!

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/9/2008 1:02:22 AM   
deanR


 

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Status: offline 		yea, there cool but i dont think i would want one to run at ocrc. i love my b4 for that

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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/9/2008 1:08:06 AM   
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Status: online 		I seen that 8ight over there. It was getting lapped by people with stock trucks and buggies because it was soo big and it couldnt turn.


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RE: E-Eight at my track! - 9/9/2008 1:48:10 AM   
deanR


 

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Status: offline 		oh yea i know. too big. the one i saw was green...... but it cleared the triple a couple times.

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