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Good beginner buggies? - 6/22/2003 10:36:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		champ is right. the gt requires a large turning radius. if you turn to tight the car with the stock suspension will cause t eh car to roll. that is not good. so if you go with the gt buy some really stiff sway bars or stiff suspension. i would do both.


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Good beginner buggies? - 6/22/2003 11:14:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I would get stiff swaybars if I was to buy a GT. I should have with my nitro rs4 3, i flipped it at 55 and it's never run the same

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Good beginner buggies? - 6/23/2003 3:35:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		i hope it isnt the same for my rs4 3. full throttle, tight turn,rock, lotsa body roll, and the extra burst of speed you get at the end of the tank all combined. about 55 mph and flipped and kept goin for about 35 feet. then hit curb and went 4 ft in air end over end and landed in a bush. the only damage was the dog bone poped out and i had to put the turbuckle back on. oh, and i didnt have the body on because i was tunin and scraped the top of the heat sink. put it away for the day and went and broke my savage....


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Re: Good beginner buggies? - 6/23/2003 3:49:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Warewolf
I'm new to RC cars, and I want to get an electric buggy to start with. I want a quality buggy, though, primarily for off road use. I also want something that I can tinker around with for a while and upgrade to learn how it all works.

Thanks! [/QUOTE]

Wait a month or so, b/c at the end of July the B4 comes out rtr, w/ a mod motor.


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Good beginner buggies? - 6/23/2003 8:01:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		no actually I hit 55 and this lady came around the corner talking on her cellhpone I hit the brake all the way and the egnige but out, I turned a hard right and it slid then cartwheeled 7 times broke the right steering turnbuckle and front shock tower then skid across the street after hitting a curb upside down with no body. My heatsink is all scratched and bent now. Then I got out my micro and broke the front bumper on it but fixed it.

I wouldn't suggest the B4 as a beginner buggy just because of the articles I read. It says that it's more of a moderate to expert handaling car. I would start with a b3 or b2. Maybe a t3 but not a gt because the turing radius is so big, a beginner might get loose on the control and it would go flying into a curb at 30 mph. That would be a bad thing to happen to such a nice car. Maybe a Rush, but that is also kind of hard to steer, but it is a good car.

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Good beginner buggies? - 6/23/2003 6:50:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		if you are completly new to rc four wheel drive is best because it gives you more traction and goes slower. this way it is harder to lose control and when you do it isnt as costly.

i didnt look too carefully at the car, just a quick scan to make sur nothing major happened. i had it perfectly tuned also, it had never run better. the shock tower on my savage broke but made it to my lhs 10 min b4 closin time. got some sway bars for the rs4 3 while i was at it.


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Good beginner buggies? - 6/25/2003 8:32:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		That's true. I've noticed my losi is easier to lose control than my friends savage. Maybe it's just because it's bigger

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Good beginner buggies? - 6/26/2003 6:30:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		that helps to. the only time i lose control is when i do a power slide and end up on my roof. that thing has a powerful engine too.


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Good beginner buggies? - 6/26/2003 1:49:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey,

I just bought a Kyosho Ultima RB Sports. Check out my thread here:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=899404&s=#899404

It's a great buggy and I'd definetly recommend it. Can't beat the price!!


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Good beginner buggies? - 7/2/2003 10:13:55 PM   
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Good beginner buggies? - 7/2/2003 10:30:48 PM   
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Good beginner buggies? - 7/2/2003 10:39:16 PM   
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Good beginner buggies? - 7/3/2003 4:04:07 AM   
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Good beginner buggies? - 7/19/2003 8:34:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		actually gmac, my one batttery which is a 3000, lasts much longer than a tank of a losi;s xxx-nt gas.

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hey mtrchamp! - 7/20/2003 6:40:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		i know this is kinda out of the way, but are m-tronik's esc products good? which esc do u have?

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Good beginner buggies? - 7/20/2003 8:25:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		just a recomendation: i have no experiance with the car but there is much praise for the kyosho inferno 7.5 in HI-Tourque's R/C CAR magazine

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