dclintonh

its really cheap.
my uncle wants one after seeing my tornado.
do they have the same parts and do they have
a great help network like this?
thanks


http://cgi.ebay.com/Smartech-Vanguar...QQcmdZViewItem

nitrospeed33

i dont think they're too much alike. and you can get a tornado cheaper on ebay. that one has a nicer, faster engine, but only a 1 speed trans and the layout is different. i dont think its really much alike. but it does look cool though.

dclintonh

its an 1/8th though

ewaddell82

just to let you know i bought my first car from him and everything went ok but then i ordered parts from him and he tried to keep my money the only reason i got it back was because i looked him up and got his number and called him it took me two months to get my money back....just a warning dclinton...

mozzzy_2000

that smartech is actually very similar hey. In terms of quality, who knows? I know here in Australia, parts for smartech are far easier t get hold of than redcat/himoto.

dclintonh

what about this?
it looks better than above
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...B:WNASIF:US:12

ehroof

why not just get the hurrican xp, its the same money and very good and you have this forum for support.

dclintonh

its 45 bucks cheaper.
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-in-Box-Nitro...QQcmdZViewItem

Kemo

the smartech vanguard is the duratrax raze in america. since i cant say they are junk as per rules of rcu (manufacture bashing), its not a good vehicle by any means.

ehroof

ofna is a pretty good name too, i must say i do like my hurricane xp, its a real great rc. try it out if money is and issue or check the forums and see if anyone has use or owns one and what they say about it, i have really never heard anyone say anything bad about the hurricane

Kemo

come surf the 1/8 buggy forums. people bash it all the time about whoever put the buggies together (how colors don't go together), the king pin suspension, and the dealers.

ehroof

bash the ofna? i like the mutilator

dclintonh

what about this these??
http://www.teamvtx.com/v3/default.asp
thanks,

ewaddell82

i have a question and i dont know why i thought of this and its kind of dumb but if you were two throw another set of shocks and the truck body on the tsunami wouldnt it be the same as the volcano it just popped in my head i dont have a point im just wondering....

dclintonh

this looks pretty good too.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...=++&search3=Go

mikeniccy

I Have the Hurricane XP. I would Highly recomend it to anyone. Good luck in your choice.

ehroof

i second that, lol, i am very happy with my hurricane

Team Knowitall

The Mutilator is arguably the WORST truggy on the market. I'd rather have the Team VTX truggy, and i'm not a huge fan of that either. the Mutilator is based on the Hong Nor/Ofna 9.5, which is a design that's almost as old as my Mitsubishi Montero (it's a '91), and not to mention the fact that it's a truggy that's still using buggy-length suspension arms, and that .32 is a DOG. you'd be far better off getting the Team VTX truck, getting an STS .28, and you'd wind up only about another $40 in the hole compared to the mutilator and you'd have a far superior truggy.

ehroof

thats your opinion bro, i like the mutilator, i have seen it run and driven it and i like it alot. Has alot of power with the .32 in it and it handles real nice.

Team Knowitall

The .32 makes a lot of torque...it's just not much on the big end of the RPM range.

I've driven one, and I just really didn't particularly like it. I honestly believe that my .21 powered Revo handles better.

aviator2007

Here's my 2 cents

I'm new to the rc world. I like my tornado, for the price it seems like a really good rc. THey have their problems (a-arms breaking and spur gears) which you can read about on the forum, but all in all it's a really good car. Here's my problem,

DARIN I HOPE YOU READ THIS:

There is absolutely no factory support for the product. This forum is what they consider factory support; which is just costumers figuring out how to fix the problems their cars have, and fix factory flaws. If you e-mail/call redcat which I've done many times you will NOT get ANY customer support. DARIN DOESN'T GIVE TWO ****S ABOUT ANY PROBLEMS YOU HAVE.

Again I like the product but honestly, the company sucks, and I'll never buy anything from redcatracing.com again.

***Read the Spur gear post***

ehroof

they are moving right now and there support should be much better in the next month, they are out of the atv business and just concetrating on the rc cars now or i should say soon, plus we are more fun than an email or company support, no?? LOL

aviator2007

This forum is awesome, without out it I would never have gotten my car runnning. It's just hard to get direct answers from redcat. I wrote them about getting a green and purple car body (simple question) never got a reply.

Ehroof I hope your right, like I said I like the product but hate the company. It seems like it's a sort of franchise himoto/redcat, and Darin just invested in the franchise, and either doesn't have the knowledge or resources to run the company properly. He'll make money now seeling the product for super cheap but if there is no consumer backing, he's screwed in the long run.

Again my 2cents

ehroof

Hey bro, i understand, hopefully things will be different, but at least i have fun on the forum and i help people out from time to time. there are alot of cool guys here

bluecaka69

ya like me im the coolest one here right ehroof LOL