A budget rear motor class would be cool. Sort of like vintage racing, but with vehicles you can actually get parts for! My old JRX2 sits on the shelf. Lol!
Too bad there aren't that many options for those these days. ARRMA's pretty much gotten rid of all their rear-motor RWD cars in favor of the "BOOST 4x2" system, so it's really just Traxxas, Associated, HPI, a few Tamiya kits and one Kyosho. And honestly, it might as well just be Traxxas and Associated at this point, people don't really race Tamiya kits outside of spec classes, Kyosho's kinda fallen from a major player to an obscure niche brand, and for some reason just mentioning HPI these days causes people to go into an irrational hate-induced rage. Well, there's also ECX but they're barely around anymore either.
It was very interesting to watch the two cars on the track. The Bandit handled well. You definitely had an issue with the table top corner. How much heavier is the Bandit? I am an old man. A lot older than you. When I started r/c racing the cars had mechanical speed controls. One thing I found that when I drive practice sessions for longer than five or six minutes my concentration is not as good. It is as if my brain is trained to stay focused for a certain amount of time.
I’m actually the opposite. At the beginning of a race I make lots of mistakes and around halfway through I get focused, but by then it’s usually too late 😂
Mate I have been enjoying the Bandito series, I have been trying to get a HSP 4wd buggy to get around a track as fast as it can and having a great old time tinkering with it! I would look into what is making all that noise from your car, Noise is friction and friction is the enemy of speed.
Idk about that. He took a lot of material out of that chassis and transmission. Mine is under 1500 grams with an lcg shorty pack. With a full size shorty pack it weighs 1588. I race mine on carpet in the winter
I’m surprised how noisy these beauties are 😮 (I have zero knowledge on competition buggies) Motor? Transmission? Love your work on your prototype that’s very cool Big salut 🫡 mate
