Originally Posted by
D3MON
that buggy is beautiful!!! it is so strange how the hobby has changed so much where the newer guys at the LHS don't even know what after run oil is used for, the guy asked when i was ordering if its something i put in my brushless motor to clean it out. caught me off guard.
That's too funny... It makes sense though in a way... in my early teens, when I was most interested in R/C, nitro was finicky but continued to provide some big advantages over electric power that continued all the way up until the 1-2 punch of LiPo batteries & brushless motors. It's kinda like a manual transmission on a full-sized car these days... still fun for the enthusiast, but most will choose the convenience of modern automatics. This car (the Vanning) was the one I drooled over every time that Tower Hobbies catalog showed up, but it was far too expensive, loud, messy, and just plain out of reach for me back then. I was really impressed once I grew up & got one myself & hit the trigger though.... despite the chain drive & 1986 tech, the thing is fast as hell.
a long time ago...quality is terrible, but you can sorta get a sense of how cool the thing is once in motion. That's it, now I have to get that thing running again!