anyone here race buggies too?

[gram]

hi chaps and chapesses,
I've recently started messing around with r/c cars, bought a traxxas buggy thing which is pretty darn quick, and i'm having immense fun with it, more so than with helis as being fairly new to it i tend to end up a nervous wreck after a flight lol. just wondering if anyone else has any or is it just a phase we go through?
been looking at a couple of 1/8 scale, a bl cage or a trophy buggy flux, what would you recommend?
cheers,
gram.

[sacko]

Got a Losi 8igjt Truggy, who I converted to Brushless :)

It's quality, but ive lost interest in it already.

[Guest]

Currently trying to debug my girl's 1/10th Mad Monkey 2WD. Slipper clutch seems to slip more and more and then just gives up after a few minutes. I'd rather set up a flybar head, I don't understand this gearbox. It keeps stripping idler gears. Maybe the diff needs adjustment?

Argh I thought these things were simple..

(It was good fun while it worked, got the garden for it).

[hedge]

[QUOTE=gram;823019]hi chaps and chapesses,
I've recently started messing around with r/c cars, bought a traxxas buggy thing which is pretty darn quick, and i'm having immense fun with it, more so than with helis as being fairly new to it i tend to end up a nervous wreck after a flight lol. just wondering if anyone else has any or is it just a phase we go through?
been looking at a couple of 1/8 scale, a bl cage or a trophy buggy flux, what would you recommend?
cheers,
gram.[/QUOTE]

Came to helis from 1/10th touring cars. Love helis but miss the racing so bought a 1/8 Losi 8ight to scratch that itch. It's really nice to crash and only spend like £8 to get it running again :-)

[gram]

[QUOTE=hedge;823228]Came to helis from 1/10th touring cars. Love helis but miss the racing so bought a 1/8 Losi 8ight to scratch that itch. It's really nice to crash and only spend like £8 to get it running again :-)[/QUOTE]
at least they bounce haha!

[Dave Rand]

I raced 10th touring cars for years, helis are much more fun.
Went back 10th off road racing last year, spent a lot of money with a really good set up, I made a few A finals but the driving standard was proper sh*t some guy drove down the straight the wrong way :( smashed the living crap out of it, sod that I thought!! At least with Helis it's only me crashing it lol

[animal47]

I have raced 1/8 buggies and currently race 1/5 petrol off road.

[monsul]

I race 1/8 buggies, that's how originally I got into RC. Although recently missed a couple of races because I just prefer go to the field and just mock around with the heli :). Also the problem with 1/8 buggy racing is that you need a mechanic to assist in refueling and stuff...

If anyone races at Herts Nitro model club give me a shout though, I go there quite often