I am an electric guy and always have been but things at my track are so crazy with this truggy class I am considering picking one up.
The open MT class is super fun and competative. My big issues are price and from my limited racing experience (just this season). I do see one thing.....A GOOD DRIVER WILL BEAT YOU IN A PEACE OF CRAP 200.00 TRUCK JUST AS EASILY AS HE/SHE WILL BEAT YOU IN A 1000.00 TRUCK. I run a totally done up E-maxx brushless race truck and run the open class at my track and I have been in enough mains to have seen my fair share of truggy's, MT's of all kind and have actually ahead of both in my electric Maxx. I have watched good racers with MT's run away from the truggy guys (Yes the Jammin truggy). Sooooooooooooo With all that said and the idea that I will never be a PRO racer (just a weekend warrior at the local track) I am thinking that I can get into this new HPI, and be a bit more competative, mainly becuase of wheelbase and suspension. I also don't have to go out and spend a ton of money to get into the gas truck scene. I love my E-maxx and it is definately a novelty on the track but lets face it. No matter how fast it is, it is still old school in the suspension department and wheelbase. I have driven a new Jammin truck and was extremely impressed with it's handling, forgiveness on the bumps and jumps and it's stability compared to my maxx. I believe I can and was turning faster lap times with it also but for me to get into one I am well over 1K with not only a moter, radio gear, servos but also starter box and such since I don't have gas RC's at this time.

All the talk about the Jammin truggy and all it's hype is great but in the real world (my weekend warrior world), a Jammin truggy in my hands is no more a world class truggy than any other truggy, and that holds true for most of us. All the titles and hype about it are all becuase it is in the hands of some of the best Pro's on the scene today. My take is that if you put a Hellfire in the hands of some of the same guys, the Hellfire would receive all the same hype and win all the same big races.

It's always nice to have the latest greatest "best" product but I am going to definitely look at the Hellfire before I make my decision to step into the truggy scene. At this point I see it (considering all the others on the market) as the best bang for the buck. I would like to here from anyone who has one and see some of the first reviews of it before I purchase.

Thanks fro listening: n2dwild