Truggy or Buggy?

[zeropointbug]

Hey guys, coming up to the start of the new season and I am finally shelving the Revo that has got me to 3rd place finish for out Club points series race season.

I am undecided whether I want to go the truggy route, which might be better for me considering I have never driven buggy, or to get either the durango dnx408 or THE CAR yellow edition. If I am going to go truggy, hands down it will be the DNX408T, and I see the DNX408 and THE CAR as two very good options for buggy. the batteries I have are 6s/2200mah G3 packs, good for 10 mins in the Revo, so maybe less in a truggy, and more runtime in a buggy, but hard to say. I still have quite a few tires sitting around for a truggy, so that is a plus.

I could ask Mike if nobody here knows, but does the RCMonster BL conversion for the DNX408 buggy work with the truggy 408T?

Let me know what you guys think and if you have any experience with these cars.

[Kcaz25]

Great job with the Revo.

I don't have experience with either. Nor do I know about the kit. But have you noticed that Losi has unveiled their Losi 3.0. Pretty cool. New suspension. It would have better parts availability certainly than THE CAR.

[FG101C]

A friend used the 408 kit for his 408t. I had a dnx408b with the rcm kit for a little while. The car was good, tough and handled well, but I only had for a little while. I got the serpent buggy and sold the Durango, but it is a good buggy. I drove the truggy and it's pretty fun, buggy like in handling but it is a heavier truggy so keep that in mind. My friend is selling his truggy if your interested I can ask him how much he's looking to get, it's only been driven a few times, he prefers his Serpent and xray truggies over it.

[zeropointbug]

I see that the 408T is heavier, 250 grams more than a Serpent say. That's not good considering I have 6s 2200 packs, I would likely have to go larger if I want to make 30 min main.

FG, thanks on the truggy offer, but I prefer to buy new, that's just me. Does your friend race his Serpent and xray truggies? In what way does he prefer them, like handling, or parts availability? One of the best drivers (1st place for truggies this year) at our track just got the Serpent buggy and truggy this last year, but he was having problems with the axle bearings giving up after only a month or two after he got them. Maybe a minor issue. Both the serpent and the durango truggies are so new that very few people have anything to say about them, and these are the only two i prefer. I guess I just don't want to be another losi or RC8T or D8T etc... the durango just looks dead sexy if nothing else, and looks like it could take a serious beating.

I am starting to think that most truggies handle pretty damn near the same, at least for amateur racing, so really all that's left is durability and looks. What options are there.

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

I see that the 408T is heavier, 250 grams more than a Serpent say. That's not good considering I have 6s 2200 packs, I would likely have to go larger if I want to make 30 min main.

FG, thanks on the truggy offer, but I prefer to buy new, that's just me. Does your friend race his Serpent and xray truggies? In what way does he prefer them, like handling, or parts availability? One of the best drivers (1st place for truggies this year) at our track just got the Serpent buggy and truggy this last year, but he was having problems with the axle bearings giving up after only a month or two after he got them. Maybe a minor issue. Both the serpent and the durango truggies are so new that very few people have anything to say about them, and these are the only two i prefer. I guess I just don't want to be another losi or RC8T or D8T etc... the durango just looks dead sexy if nothing else, and looks like it could take a serious beating.

I am starting to think that most truggies handle pretty damn near the same, at least for amateur racing, so really all that's left is durability and looks. What options are there.

You want a car that has good product support locally, including at the track.

[nativepaul]

I would go with a buggy for racing, I had a relatively cheap old buggy (hot bodies Lightning 2 Pro) and a more modern and expensive truggy (Xray XT8), while the truggy's bigger and wider wheels and tyres mean it can go places things the buggy can't (long grass, thick mud) that means nothing for racing as a buggy will easily cope with the worst tracks I have seen, the buggy out handled it massively with its lower CoG, I really don't like the truggy handling with its excessive weight transfer giving oversteer going into corners under breaking and understeer coming out under acceleration. My truggy felt like a point an squirt machine good grip, acceleration and brakes, but poor handling like a Mustang, whereas my buggy was pretty quick everywhere and faster into and out of corners like a Lotus.





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