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Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-21-2009, 01:39 AM

Replies: 40

nitro -> electric ?

Views: 1,738

Posted By Sonolin

RE: nitro -> electric ?

Holy crap that is cheap! $100 for 2 5000 mah 30c 2s lipos... WTH? What are the quality of those?? I am very interested. I mean I am sure they are crap compared to like Orions, but how does the...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-21-2009, 01:33 AM

Replies: 77

Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

Views: 4,648

Posted By Sonolin

RE: Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

Caseyddr, I do not see your point at all if you even have one, other than discouraging somebody new to the hobby (me) to try out different brands of RCs to see which one he likes better himself...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-20-2009, 10:28 PM

Replies: 77

Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

Views: 4,648

Posted By Sonolin

RE: Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

I am pretty sure that I did not infer anything about my RC experience by saying that. I meant that they are good for entry level hobbyists. And, anyway, even if I was not that experienced in RC...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-20-2009, 05:31 PM

Replies: 40

nitro -> electric ?

Views: 1,738

Posted By Sonolin

RE: nitro -> electric ?

Oh and I meant onyx not ice. Its a charger by duratrax like mentioned. The ICE is the higher-end charger, but is DC only and $130. Onyx is the sports model for $80

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-20-2009, 05:13 PM

Replies: 77

Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

Views: 4,648

Posted By Sonolin

RE: Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

Wow, some of you guys let one little post get you riled up way too easily. I understand that I can't judge an entire company based on just one of their RCs... this is more of a just for fun test to...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-20-2009, 02:14 AM

Replies: 77

Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

Views: 4,648

Posted By Sonolin

Traxxas or Crapxas (lol?)

NOTE BEFORE READING: The point of this thread/project is to prove some degree of quality in the Traxxas products. I believe that there are much better options than Traxxas out there, but for the...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-19-2009, 09:52 PM

Replies: 40

nitro -> electric ?

Views: 1,738

Posted By Sonolin

RE: nitro -> electric ?

I'm not sure if you could pull wheelies off the rustler stock.. I'd say theres a chance, but not really sure. You'd probably have to gear it down (pinion) a notch or two with nimhs. If you get a 3s...

Forum: RC Car General Discussions

01-18-2009, 05:30 PM

Replies: 14

i want a gas truck

Views: 871

Posted By Sonolin

RE: i want a gas truck

I know, not saying that it shouldn't be stopped, but I have seen many tracks near me label nitro classes as gas.

This is an interesting thread, we are all going on about something and the OP...

Forum: RC Car General Discussions

01-18-2009, 03:32 PM

Replies: 14

i want a gas truck

Views: 871

Posted By Sonolin

RE: i want a gas truck

Read the bolded text guys ;)

Forum: RC Nitro Stadium Trucks

01-18-2009, 03:28 PM

Replies: 9

Team Associated SC10

Views: 2,655

Posted By Sonolin

RE: Team Associated SC10

Yea it most definitely will be electric, I doubt they will make a nitro version. Good to hear of somebody else jumping on the CORR bandwagon, though. They interest me a bit.

Oh and if it is...

Forum: RC Nitro Stadium Trucks

01-18-2009, 03:25 PM

Replies: 6

1/10 scale Bigblock st choices

Views: 777

Posted By Sonolin

RE: 1/10 scale Bigblock st choices

Yea you may just want to go with a Jato if you want an ST... I mean, the Jato is the only nitro car on the market really insane enough to put speed above everything else, so I don't see why a big...

Forum: RC Nitro Stadium Trucks

01-18-2009, 03:23 PM

Replies: 23

........Traxxas or Cen Racing?

Views: 1,225

Posted By Sonolin

RE: ........Traxxas or Cen Racing?

Can't go wrong with a savage :D

Oh and does anybody know why Cen Racing's website alerts my phishing filter in Firefox LOL? I'm assuming it is something as simple as they got attacked recently,...

Forum: RC Nitro Stadium Trucks

01-18-2009, 03:11 PM

Replies: 6

1/10 scale Bigblock st choices

Views: 777

Posted By Sonolin

RE: 1/10 scale Bigblock st choices

I saw a thread devoted to big blocks in 1/10 on-road cars on one of the forums I frequent.. not sure which one, I think it was rcnitrotalk.com not sure (it might even be this one lol). Anyway, a lot...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-17-2009, 11:26 PM

Replies: 23

"I am addicted to nitro...help me convert!"

Views: 1,146

Posted By Sonolin

RE: "I am addicted to nitro...help me convert!"

Thanks for the correction, fusebmx. I was just mainly pointing out the misconception that full integy aluminum > full stock plastic. I understand it has its uses.

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-17-2009, 08:09 PM

Replies: 23

"I am addicted to nitro...help me convert!"

Views: 1,146

Posted By Sonolin

RE: "I am addicted to nitro...help me convert!"

SRG - okay, well just get a firestorm flux and when you want to race, you can get it ready. And.. it is pretty widely known that aluminum is not good at all to put in an RC. Not only is it very...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-17-2009, 07:08 PM

Replies: 23

"I am addicted to nitro...help me convert!"

Views: 1,146

Posted By Sonolin

RE: "I am addicted to nitro...help me convert!"

Hmm well you say you want a racing RC for under $400. If you are racing with no roar regulations, etc. then this should be ok. But if you are looking to compete in a regulated class, I doubt you...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-17-2009, 01:42 PM

Replies: 7

Orion 3800 Lipo Runtime

Views: 1,873

Posted By Sonolin

RE: Orion 3800 Lipo Runtime

Hey, actually I'm not exactly sure if I can charge between qualifiers. I'm sure I can.. I'm completely new to racing, so I may have misunderstood that. But if so that would make it much easier!
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Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-17-2009, 12:14 PM

Replies: 7

Orion 3800 Lipo Runtime

Views: 1,873

Posted By Sonolin

Orion 3800 Lipo Runtime

Hey, just wondering the general runtime of a Orion 3800 2s lipo 30c. I was thinking in the range of 20-30 mins. Is this an accurate assumption?

Mainly I'm wondering if I would need more MAH if...

Forum: RC Car General Discussions

01-15-2009, 05:58 PM

Replies: 24

Getting into RC, need advice

Views: 1,071

Posted By Sonolin

RE: Getting into RC, need advice

The MGT and GT2 are completely different vehicles. The MGT is a monster truck, 4wd, big, 1/8 scale. The GT2 is a stadium truck, 2wd, small-er, 1/10 scale. If you want to get into racing, both 1/8...

Forum: RC Nitro Stadium Trucks

01-14-2009, 10:40 PM

Replies: 3

Problem with Jato 3.3

Views: 586

Posted By Sonolin

RE: Problem with Jato 3.3

That does not sound good LOL. Rx = reciever (the thingy on your RC that the batts and servos plug into, that gets response from the transmitter (or tx)).

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-14-2009, 09:38 PM

Replies: 40

nitro -> electric ?

Views: 1,738

Posted By Sonolin

RE: nitro -> electric ?

Hey just a quick pointer that it would not be a stretch to find a brushless rig + batts used for around $300 on classifieds. Just keep checking! I saw a used rc10t4 for $225 with brushless and...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-14-2009, 09:18 PM

Replies: 12

New to racing, a few questions

Views: 587

Posted By Sonolin

RE: New to racing, a few questions

Ah thank you.. just hit me about the team kit. I love forums.. this seems much better price-wise than I was originally thinking!

Can't wait to race [8D]

And I think I'll actually learn how...

Forum: 1/16th, 1/18th, Mini & Micro RC Cars

01-14-2009, 09:14 PM

Replies: 4

Question question.. "room bashing"

Views: 491

Posted By Sonolin

Question question.. "room bashing"

Hello everybody, I was browsing the forums today, and it hit me that it would be nice to get an RC that I could drive.. anywhere. So I started thinking about minis (1/18).. I used to own one (a...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-14-2009, 05:13 PM

Replies: 12

New to racing, a few questions

Views: 587

Posted By Sonolin

RE: New to racing, a few questions

Hey thank you very much for your replies, seems much more budget friendly - especially when I factor the havok in.. I didn't even think of that!

Anyway, where in the world can I get a new b4 ft...

Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more

01-13-2009, 11:33 PM

Replies: 12

New to racing, a few questions

Views: 587

Posted By Sonolin

RE: New to racing, a few questions

Hey thanks for the quick reply.. I am also thinking about just going for the spec slash class and moving up to 13.5 when I feel a bit more experienced/more confident I want to shell out a bit more...

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