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05-08-2008 | 10:37 AM
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RE: new buggy pics
Im new to things but it looks nice. I think the best thing about it is that it dosnt have any names on it so some of the people on here that bash things can give a less biased opinion and just say what they think.
05-08-2008 | 12:43 PM
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From: Johnston,
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RE: new buggy pics
It is a factory built buggy. It is not a conversion. I just started a new post as it seemed that there were only a few people looking at a different thread and it was the same people over and over again. I was hoping to get a fresh perspective from the other 8000 people who frequent this forum. You are right about the name....
05-08-2008 | 01:00 PM
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RE: new buggy pics
I like it. Although it seems to be unnecessarily wide. Why do the rock guards extend out so far? Can we get some pics with a painted body on it?
What will it weigh in at with batterys and a ESC?
What will it weigh in at with batterys and a ESC?
05-12-2008 | 10:43 AM
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We are using as many parts as possible to make life easier for our hobby store customers. I do not want them to have $$$ in extra inventory, so the goal was to use as many parts that we could off the nitro. We also want it to look like any other Caster also. We are also trying to help develop the electric class and there are many places that are just accepting the idea of combining electric with nitro. This will be hard enough with the performance differences, let alone, if it visually looked different from other 1/8 scale designs and looked more like a 1/10 scale. I'll get pics with a body as soon as I get them in.
Mike Mazza
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05-12-2008 | 03:23 PM
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The front of the car reminds me Mugen. And the wheels remind me kyosho 
I never seen before an electric buggy made by factory. Where is that thing come from?
I never seen before an electric buggy made by factory. Where is that thing come from?
05-12-2008 | 08:03 PM
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Where does it come from? It is being made at the Caster Racing manufacturing facilities over in Taiwan. It was designed by Dustin Peckham and Cameron Martin in Des Moines, Iowa, USA at Caster Racing USA. The prototype was made here and was sent over to be replicated and mass produced. It was designed around the ZX-1R nitro buggy that was designed late last year. Hopefully that answers your questions. If you have any more, please feel free to ask.
05-12-2008 | 08:18 PM
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ORIGINAL: hakmazter
Where does it come from? It is being made at the Caster Racing manufacturing facilities over in Taiwan. It was designed by Dustin Peckham and Cameron Martin in Des Moines, Iowa, USA at Caster Racing USA. The prototype was made here and was sent over to be replicated and mass produced. It was designed around the ZX-1R nitro buggy that was designed late last year. Hopefully that answers your questions. If you have any more, please feel free to ask.
Where does it come from? It is being made at the Caster Racing manufacturing facilities over in Taiwan. It was designed by Dustin Peckham and Cameron Martin in Des Moines, Iowa, USA at Caster Racing USA. The prototype was made here and was sent over to be replicated and mass produced. It was designed around the ZX-1R nitro buggy that was designed late last year. Hopefully that answers your questions. If you have any more, please feel free to ask.
05-12-2008 | 09:13 PM
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RE: new buggy pics
ORIGINAL: hakmazter
We are using as many parts as possible to make life easier for our hobby store customers. I do not want them to have $$$ in extra inventory, so the goal was to use as many parts that we could off the nitro. We also want it to look like any other Caster also. We are also trying to help develop the electric class and there are many places that are just accepting the idea of combining electric with nitro. This will be hard enough with the performance differences, let alone, if it visually looked different from other 1/8 scale designs and looked more like a 1/10 scale. I'll get pics with a body as soon as I get them in.
Mike Mazza
We are using as many parts as possible to make life easier for our hobby store customers. I do not want them to have $$$ in extra inventory, so the goal was to use as many parts that we could off the nitro. We also want it to look like any other Caster also. We are also trying to help develop the electric class and there are many places that are just accepting the idea of combining electric with nitro. This will be hard enough with the performance differences, let alone, if it visually looked different from other 1/8 scale designs and looked more like a 1/10 scale. I'll get pics with a body as soon as I get them in.
Mike Mazza
Is that in response to my question about it being so wide? A narrow 8 scale doesn't look like a 10 scale... It just looks better IMO. Look at the 8ight or the Hyper 9, the new trend is narrow.. It would be silly for caster to design a buggy and make it wide on purpose.
05-12-2008 | 09:21 PM
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RE: new buggy pics
They just used a existing platform and did there own conversion in house. It was alot easier that way instead of making a whole new design when the current ZX1-R is pretty new and handles awesome as it is. I personally do not care for the newer narrow design. Once the body is on it will not look so wide. It is not wider than your normal buggy now.
05-13-2008 | 07:36 AM
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RE: new buggy pics
Looks very clean and light..... but IMO why go with electric when nitro (or gas) gives you so much more run time and feal. Not that it's a bad thing but it reminds me of the 80's when we had the 7.2V Tamiya Frog, Grass Hoppers.... very cool then but also very limited unless you had $$ for 5-6 batteries.
But it's just my opinion.
But it's just my opinion.
05-14-2008 | 09:31 AM
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I do not want to promote another forum, but over at RCtech.net, there is a thread talking about 1/8 scale conversions and it is over 6000 posts long. Yes, that is 6000. One thread. Obviously, there is an interest in it. You have to look at it from a different perspective. With the new lipo technology, you can get increased run times and ease of use. Just imagine no more discharging packs, and all the stuff we had to put up with a few years back. We have done testing and if you load it up with 2 of the big packs, you can get a 45 minute main done with 1 set. However, the weight of the packs creates a balance problem and we do not recommend it. There is a smaller cell pack that we do recommend and at that point, you would have to come in and pit one time. This creates a huge advantage in racing where the typical tank lasts 6-10 minutes. The electrics actually accelerate faster, there is no weight change (fuel loss) through the run time, and therein no complications of setting up the braking systems or tuning issues that some nitro motors have. That being said, there is nothing like Nitro and we have no intention of getting away from our nitro truggy and buggy. The other consideration is that, yes there is more of an up front cost by buying some batteries and a charger, but with fuel at over $20 per gallon and gas motors ranging from $100-500 dollars, is there that much of a difference? The biggest thing we see is that, yes it is expensive to get in it at first, but almost anyone can run and maintain an electric version as they are much more durable than the 1/10 scale products and much easier to run and maintain compared to Nitro. We will have a complete RTR coming soon also. You just need a charger! What this hopefully means is that it will bring a new group of customers into the hobby. That is what we want, as should everyone else.
Mike Mazza
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05-14-2008 | 12:55 PM
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RE: new buggy pics
ORIGINAL: hakmazter
I do not want to promote another forum, but over at RCtech.net, there is a thread talking about 1/8 scale conversions and it is over 6000 posts long. Yes, that is 6000. One thread. Obviously, there is an interest in it. You have to look at it from a different perspective. With the new lipo technology, you can get increased run times and ease of use. Just imagine no more discharging packs, and all the stuff we had to put up with a few years back. We have done testing and if you load it up with 2 of the big packs, you can get a 45 minute main done with 1 set. However, the weight of the packs creates a balance problem and we do not recommend it. There is a smaller cell pack that we do recommend and at that point, you would have to come in and pit one time. This creates a huge advantage in racing where the typical tank lasts 6-10 minutes. The electrics actually accelerate faster, there is no weight change (fuel loss) through the run time, and therein no complications of setting up the braking systems or tuning issues that some nitro motors have. That being said, there is nothing like Nitro and we have no intention of getting away from our nitro truggy and buggy. The other consideration is that, yes there is more of an up front cost by buying some batteries and a charger, but with fuel at over $20 per gallon and gas motors ranging from $100-500 dollars, is there that much of a difference? The biggest thing we see is that, yes it is expensive to get in it at first, but almost anyone can run and maintain an electric version as they are much more durable than the 1/10 scale products and much easier to run and maintain compared to Nitro. We will have a complete RTR coming soon also. You just need a charger! What this hopefully means is that it will bring a new group of customers into the hobby. That is what we want, as should everyone else.
Mike Mazza
www.casterracingusa.com
I do not want to promote another forum, but over at RCtech.net, there is a thread talking about 1/8 scale conversions and it is over 6000 posts long. Yes, that is 6000. One thread. Obviously, there is an interest in it. You have to look at it from a different perspective. With the new lipo technology, you can get increased run times and ease of use. Just imagine no more discharging packs, and all the stuff we had to put up with a few years back. We have done testing and if you load it up with 2 of the big packs, you can get a 45 minute main done with 1 set. However, the weight of the packs creates a balance problem and we do not recommend it. There is a smaller cell pack that we do recommend and at that point, you would have to come in and pit one time. This creates a huge advantage in racing where the typical tank lasts 6-10 minutes. The electrics actually accelerate faster, there is no weight change (fuel loss) through the run time, and therein no complications of setting up the braking systems or tuning issues that some nitro motors have. That being said, there is nothing like Nitro and we have no intention of getting away from our nitro truggy and buggy. The other consideration is that, yes there is more of an up front cost by buying some batteries and a charger, but with fuel at over $20 per gallon and gas motors ranging from $100-500 dollars, is there that much of a difference? The biggest thing we see is that, yes it is expensive to get in it at first, but almost anyone can run and maintain an electric version as they are much more durable than the 1/10 scale products and much easier to run and maintain compared to Nitro. We will have a complete RTR coming soon also. You just need a charger! What this hopefully means is that it will bring a new group of customers into the hobby. That is what we want, as should everyone else.
Mike Mazza
www.casterracingusa.com
I hear you and I agree. It's another alternative to the RC 1/8 hobby and the more the better. Although I rather have the WAANG WAANG rather than the BBBZZZ BBBZZZ, at time I wish I had a quieter car so I could use it around my building and not be worried about bothering neighbors.
So a good battery how many volts is it and how long (approximately) do you get from it?
05-14-2008 | 06:53 PM
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I actually hate the idea of electric 1/8 4wd buggies. Nitro brought abit of realism to RC, and has really brought 1/8 nitro buggies to a really competitive class where its actually quite exciting to just WATCH a top level amain race of nitro's going around. I think adding electrics into that mix just brings it down a level in excitement.
05-18-2008 | 02:46 PM
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You would have to ask the guys on the engineering team. I know that we were testing with a few of the popular name brand brushless setups and they worked remarkably well.
I understand what you are saying about the Nitro, but with the price of fuel going up, the rumors that Nitro won't be available, the sound police complaints about noise, etc....might change your opinion in the future. Our other big push is that here in the upper midwest, there are several indoor tracks that people frequent when it is too cold to race outside and the buildings are not ventilated properly for Nitro exhaust. Caster Racing cars and conversions out there will make it so that 1/8 scale will be able to be run all year. For us, that is a big deal.
I understand what you are saying about the Nitro, but with the price of fuel going up, the rumors that Nitro won't be available, the sound police complaints about noise, etc....might change your opinion in the future. Our other big push is that here in the upper midwest, there are several indoor tracks that people frequent when it is too cold to race outside and the buildings are not ventilated properly for Nitro exhaust. Caster Racing cars and conversions out there will make it so that 1/8 scale will be able to be run all year. For us, that is a big deal.
