Foxy

Two things to say...

1) Sorry to those who don't agree, but a truggy rapes an MT in every conceivable way. Hard bashing, soft bashing, speed, stability, durability, jumps, speed runs, everything. Period. The ONE THING that an MT does better is flips off jumps (air control) due to the weight of the tires.

2) Thunder Tiger MT4 G3 - Best of both worlds.

HerrSavage

"rapes", Foxy?.. Really? One, is that really appropriate and necessary?.. Two, it's simply not true.

TheKennyKiller

If the revo doesn't "fit in" you can call me a proud pariah.

The_Shark

i call my old T-Maxx "Mr.Frumpy" its very fun to pop wheelies, turn then roll up on two side tires and then plant all 4 and then pop another wheelie.

in my opinion you havent had fun untill you drivin a monster truck.

but they are less durable compaired to truggy/buggy, mostly due to the gemotry of everything.

cummins driver

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1- Please show me a truggy in a field like i posted my MGT in. Please. They simply wont handle that terrain as well as an MT. Or thick grass either for that matter. Or pulling, or mud. Show me a truggy doing any of those.

2- I agree it could be the best of both worlds, but its not nitro, and therefore does not apply to this conversation

supertib

If your into crawling a MT is better....but once your over 10 MPH a Truggy does everything better........blasting wide open over rough terrain there is no contest...

Truggy is the single most versatile RC of them all...racing or bashing !

A truggy is a high performance machine. a MT is a low perfomance machine...truggies are designed with purpose in mind...Mt's are designed to look like a MT with no care for performance they just have to look cool !

378

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On the race track it will get absolutely mutilated by every proper truggy on the market. There's only so much they can do, they're heavy, bulky, and underpowered for this. In the mudpit they have ground clearance issues and they lug the engine far too much, not to mention the suspension tends to let them scrape an awful lot.


Revos don't do either well. Jack of all trades, master of none.

cummins driver

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I think the revo is a pretty good all around rc.

You can sit it high or low, it handles well, it is light weight, and especially with the 3.3 has no power issues. It wont handle as well as a truggy, but its about as close as you'll get.

378

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Oh, sure, they're good RCs. I'm just saying they're not the best at either. There's better pure-bred monster trucks and there's better pure-bred truggies out there for the same money. I suppose if you could only buy one and wanting something that could do both okay it'd be a decent buy.

HerrSavage

My toy-truck can beat up your toy truck...

There's a kid in the other thread talking about his friends making fun of him for being into RC, and people are basically telling him to do what he wants to do. Which is right. But if his friends knew that people actually argued about toy trucks, they'd be justified in making fun of RC.

cummins driver

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I didnt really think anyone much was arguing? Just expressing opinions?

yakfish

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LOL! so true! But truggies are better!

lez1troubles

LOL fight, fight fight fight.














Truggies do kick ass though. WWW.INFERNOSONLY.COM KYOSHO TRUGGY RTR=419bucks.
By the way, to the O.P, KYOSHO ROCKS with all, buggies, truggies, Monster trucks, on road-off road the full werks. Take your pick and be happy.[8D]

Now where were we???
Ah, fight fight fight.

yakfish

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I think we may have scared off the OP. He hasn't post back yet.[:@]

1ne8ighty2wo

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Hah no no I'm still here. Just letting the discussion go where it may. A lot of very interesting points made in here. I'm still not fully taken either way yet, but I know it's down to either a truggy or an MT.

Yakfish, you're picture of the lifted truggy with big tires is making me lean somewhat more towards truggies. If Iget a trugggy, I'd be able to have it low and fast if Iwant to, or do some modifications and have it higher up. With larger tires, I'd be able to alter the gearing to have it quicker off the line at a loss of top end, right? If I'm offroading Idon't thing I'll need as much of top speed as if I'm just going to town in a parking lot.

On the other hand, I'm not really in the game for something that has supreme handling capabilities. But on the other side of this, I know that handling is always important to some degree because it dictates how the actually driving goes.

Right now, I've narrowed it down to the Savage X 4.6, the Kyosho Inferno NEO St, and the Thunder Tiger ST-1. How is parts support for the kyosho and the TT? They don't seem to be the biggest models out there so I'm wondering if replacement parts would be an issue, either now or a year or two down the line.

yakfish

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If your LHS doesn't support Kyosho or Thunder Tiger you can find everything you will need for them on ebay. Tons of parts available on there. I had an ST-1 and a couple years ago it was one of the best bang for you buck RC's and still is. If it were me I would go for the Kyosho. The ST-1 was great too!

With a truggy you have to option to tune it however you want it. you can lock the center diff and get wheelies out of it. the ST-1 has a 2 speed kit available for it if you want that (I would assume it would fit other models as well, but I haven't tried it as I really don't care for 2 speeds espeacially for off road applications). you can easily change the ride height. there are lot of tire options. you can make a truggy do whatever you want it to. A monster truck will always be just a monster truck. Most of the option parts for monster truck are for show. you are quite limited as to how much you can tune a monster truck.

lez1troubles

Hate to tell you this but KYOSHO IS the biggest name out there.
parts for ANY KYOSHO can be found world wide and if need be just check out INFERNOSONLY.COM.
THE RED SAMURI.[8D]

1ne8ighty2wo

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I do like the looks of the Kyosho over the ST-1, especially with the wing. I know I've heard a lot of good things about the toughness of the ST-1, but it seems that the Kyosho and the ST1 are around the same level in that department. For now, the Kyosho is at the top of my list, but I plan to wait a little to buy to make sure it's what I'm looking for.

lez1troubles

have you checked out your local hobby store yet??? What do they have and do they carry spare parts???Thats where I would start.

lez1troubles

349bucks for the Kyosho RTR truggy. Now you really cannt beat that.

HerrSavage

Generally apeaking, you cannot run huge tires on a nitro truggy. You will fry your clutch. I had a Muggy - and the clutch issues the Muggy had from the too big and heavy wheels/tires and excessive chassis flex were the main drawback to an otherwise awesome bashing truggy-based machine.. The Muggy WAS a great truggy for bashing. It just ate clutches with those huge wheels and tires.

lez1troubles

should have swapped out the clutch for something that could take it then.
i.e Reckwood Racing clutch.

lez1troubles

sorry, brain fart, I meant Reckward or Fioroni for that matter.

lez1troubles

A-Main hobbies carry alot of Kyosho parts and at a good price, why is it that there are so many people over there in the U.S.A that have trouble getting parts (or so THEY say). I live in the smallest country on earth and can still get hold of every thing I need.

1ne8ighty2wo

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My LHS mostly carries XTM, Traxxas and HPI parts. But I'm hoping that I will get a truck that doesn't need parts too often (key word is hoping [&:]). Where can the Kyosho be had for $349? I've only seen it for $420