11-08-2005, 10:05 PM
Hi guys,
I was out at the Berwyn Bash and loved seeing everyone's cars. In the Berwyn thread, I said I was interested in getting a Nitro after years of shying away.
Let me start by saying I have been in the hobby about 16 years off and on. I have only owned electric, and until 2 years ago never really raced. I picked up a T3 and started racing a bit (stock class) and like it, but with my job, I have never been able to get to the track consistently. So I mostly end up bashing.
With that said, I'm interested in a nitro MT, mostly for bashing, but maybe racing too on occasion. I have no aspirations of winning races, just participating and having fun. Since I own a 1/10 electric stadium, I was leaning away from a 1/10 nitro stadium, and more towards MT. Specifically 4WD nitro MT.
Now, this is where you all come in. I'm confused as to a) what's out there, and b) what people race vs. bash with.
My specific questions are...
1) Are all MT's 1/8 scale? (HPI Savage, AE MGT, XTM Mammoth, etc.) I do not want such a big truck. My wife is already upset at how much space my RC's take up as it is. Are there any 1/10 scale nitro MT's?
2) What the heck is a truggy? I used to subscribe to RCCA until maybe March of this year. I never heard of a truggy until this past month. All the threads I searched had pics of trucks. I assumed a Truggy was a buggy (ofna hyper or mugen or such) with truck tires. Am I wrong?
3) Do people race 2WD nitro MT or 4WD? (Sport Maxx vs T Maxx.) I mean, do you race 2wd against 4wd, or are there separate classes for each? And do you race 1/8 vs 1/10, or are there separate classes for each of those? I ask because where I raced there where classes for electric 2WD buggy, electric 4WD buggy, nitro 2WD buggy, Nitro 4WD buggy, then the same breakdown for stadium trucks, and then an open class for all MT's no matter how big or small.
Anyway, I think the HPI NRS4 MT2 looks like what I am looking for, 4WD 1/10 scale nitro. BUT... thats like the ONLY truck I've found to fit that description. Everything else is 1/8 scale or stadium truck class or 2WD MT. Heck, the HPI looks more stadium than MT to me, and the stadium Maxx looks more MT. Maybe I am looking at this all wrong?
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. And before anyone gets upset, I did a search for " nitro truck" and already looked at other links. I heard the recommendations for the Savage (don't really want 1/8th scale) and the Revo (I'm not even sure what scale it is, and I have the Traxxas catalog sitting in front of me! It doesn't have a scale written anywhere, but it looks big.) Maybe the TMaxx is also what I am looking for, but I am worried its past its time now that the Revo is on the scene.
Well, thanks again for reading this all. And even more thanks if you care enough to respond!
I was out at the Berwyn Bash and loved seeing everyone's cars. In the Berwyn thread, I said I was interested in getting a Nitro after years of shying away.
Let me start by saying I have been in the hobby about 16 years off and on. I have only owned electric, and until 2 years ago never really raced. I picked up a T3 and started racing a bit (stock class) and like it, but with my job, I have never been able to get to the track consistently. So I mostly end up bashing.
With that said, I'm interested in a nitro MT, mostly for bashing, but maybe racing too on occasion. I have no aspirations of winning races, just participating and having fun. Since I own a 1/10 electric stadium, I was leaning away from a 1/10 nitro stadium, and more towards MT. Specifically 4WD nitro MT.
Now, this is where you all come in. I'm confused as to a) what's out there, and b) what people race vs. bash with.
My specific questions are...
1) Are all MT's 1/8 scale? (HPI Savage, AE MGT, XTM Mammoth, etc.) I do not want such a big truck. My wife is already upset at how much space my RC's take up as it is. Are there any 1/10 scale nitro MT's?
2) What the heck is a truggy? I used to subscribe to RCCA until maybe March of this year. I never heard of a truggy until this past month. All the threads I searched had pics of trucks. I assumed a Truggy was a buggy (ofna hyper or mugen or such) with truck tires. Am I wrong?
3) Do people race 2WD nitro MT or 4WD? (Sport Maxx vs T Maxx.) I mean, do you race 2wd against 4wd, or are there separate classes for each? And do you race 1/8 vs 1/10, or are there separate classes for each of those? I ask because where I raced there where classes for electric 2WD buggy, electric 4WD buggy, nitro 2WD buggy, Nitro 4WD buggy, then the same breakdown for stadium trucks, and then an open class for all MT's no matter how big or small.
Anyway, I think the HPI NRS4 MT2 looks like what I am looking for, 4WD 1/10 scale nitro. BUT... thats like the ONLY truck I've found to fit that description. Everything else is 1/8 scale or stadium truck class or 2WD MT. Heck, the HPI looks more stadium than MT to me, and the stadium Maxx looks more MT. Maybe I am looking at this all wrong?
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. And before anyone gets upset, I did a search for " nitro truck" and already looked at other links. I heard the recommendations for the Savage (don't really want 1/8th scale) and the Revo (I'm not even sure what scale it is, and I have the Traxxas catalog sitting in front of me! It doesn't have a scale written anywhere, but it looks big.) Maybe the TMaxx is also what I am looking for, but I am worried its past its time now that the Revo is on the scene.
Well, thanks again for reading this all. And even more thanks if you care enough to respond!