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    venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/23/2010 7:41 AM   
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    Status: offline     		Hi peps i have not ben in the rc comunity for very long and need some help. i have ownd a traxxis bandit for about 3 months now and have beatten it hard, but find that i mostlly use it on-road against my friends tamiyas. it keeps up on the straights, but we race in a driveway, (my friends got a big one) so i get smoked in the corners. thus i have decided to move into the on-road side of the hobby. i have been looking at tamiya tt01's and exceeds, but stumbled upon the gpv1 i thought wow cool im gonna get one, but then slept on it wondering if theirs more skill needed to drive one of these well then a few months of buggie bashing. or if i should stick to the four contact point side of the hobby, untill i learn to drive. (the bandit has had some epic crashes it was to fast when i started out so it went up the side of a tree and got stuck there for a day then fell and broke all four shocks and the aluminum shock towers, hope i wont drive my next one up a tree)




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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/23/2010 7:56 AM   
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    Status: offline     		Need some time to get use to but a very good bike. Kyosho is easier to drive for beginner but the performance is no match to the venom.

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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/23/2010 7:59 AM   
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    Status: offline     		ok do you know anything about how one would compare to a tamiya m-05 or a tt-01



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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/24/2010 7:21 AM   
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    Status: offline     		compare to 4 wheels, bikes need to be more gentle to the throttle and steering. It is quite similar to driving a 1/12 pan car. But after you get used to the driving they are lot of fun as you can drift the bike under braking and slide it out of the corner. Sure you need the right mod and lot of practice.

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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/25/2010 10:36 PM   
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    Status: offline     		on a tight track how would one of these compare to a 1/10 or 1/12 like carisma or tamiya



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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/26/2010 6:19 AM   
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    Status: offline     		We run on very tight tracks. the steering response is much slow than 4 wheels. Think on very tight tracks kyosho should be easier to drive.

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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/26/2010 7:56 AM   
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    Status: offline     		ok thanks for your help do you have a store you would buy the venom at or should i see if mt lhs has one


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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/26/2010 7:58 AM   
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    Status: offline     		oh and just curios what mods do i need to drift the venom?


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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/27/2010 7:50 AM   
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    Status: offline     		To drift the venom (unlike offroad bikes with gyro) is more on driving skill than mod's. Get some sticky tires like venom or ZH. For corner exit use the throttle to control the power slide. It is not easy but it is fun. sliding the rear end entering corner is same thing. Use the brake to control the rear end slide entering corner.

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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/28/2010 3:01 AM   
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    Status: offline     		o thanks i will see what my lhs has and see where i go from there


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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 8/30/2010 5:43 AM   
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    RE: venom gpv1 is it good for beginers? - 9/2/2010 2:25 AM   
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    Status: offline     		i live in a city and don,t really have a large parking lot to learn in i also thought of putting street tiers on my bandit, i will tell you how that works.


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