RE: Why buy a mbx5t or 8ight
Well, for what its worth, I think its in the details. Very very very very fine details. I mean, who are we kidding? All truggies are probably within 95% of being the same. It doesnt take an engineering degree to look at a Mugen truggy compared to a ST-1 and see the similarites. Lets see, 3 difs, engine mounted inline with drivetrain on the left of the chassis, fuel tank in front, 4 shocks, etc. If I build a Jay247200 brand truggy, and it weighs the same as, has all the same adjustments, etc as a Mugen, then in theory they should go exactly the same. I am still with the its more the driver than anything theory ASSUMING you arent using parts made from tissue paper that break when you look at them. Honestly I have watched about 4 or 5 truggy races so far, and ALL of them are built like tanks, I have yet to see one break. I saw one guys losi 8 lose some of the motor mount screws, and another lose a wheel nut but the way some of you guys talk you are just happy to finish with less than a $400 repair bill. Id be willing to be Saxton in his ST-1 could probably spank all of us with any truggy we had.
Edit : Mightymouse, I looked at the ST-1 website [link]http://www.thundertiger.com/product/6233.html[/link] and the Mugen [link]http://www.mugenracing.com/index_mbx5t.html[/link] the similarites are quite suprising.