My faith in humanity is lost
 

Me to...:005:

My faith is lost too, just not for the same reasons...

i dont think any american rc will ever be as good as a mugen seiki.

dont get me wrong, they have there good brands aswell, its just not most of them.

losi and team associated are decent, everything else is junk.

now if they would of compared a mini inferno to a inferno,:005:

as long as the people who are driving them enjoy their rides, i guess it's okay?

It's nice to see someone who's loyal to a certain brand, but there are others that make nice stuff too. Don't be too blind to see. calling other brands junk doesn't sound right to me. To be honest i am not too hot for the mbx5 standard edition either. it's got quite some Tupperware on it as well. Mugen is an okay brand but nothing super fancy/special either.

If you see a brand that uses Hudy stuff; Serpent, xray; these are the brands that are using topnotch stuff. if you ever felt the tight fit of Hudy parts, you would realize that mugen isn't all that either.

well, i didnt mean it that way, out of american manufacture's losi and asso are the 2 that make nice cars. other american cars that i know of are pretty much junk. like that duratrax, yeah it has good points but it's not worth using imo.

i know of xray and serpent a bit, they are very nice aswell.
so is kyosho, some italian and german vehicle makers are very nice aswell.

didnt say those where junk.

just happen to love the mugen, and stuff like plastic chassis braces doesnt bother me, i dont care enough anymore.
1/10th electric off-road are pretty much entirly plastic and they are fine with it.

the standard is a killer truck.

this is just my humble opinion.

Yeah, and my only point was that there are more good brands than mugen; I had the impression (based on your other posts, username, signature, avatar and the words written underneath your username) that you where not aware. So I jumped the opportunity to make my point.

ok, i understand.

my opinion is biased on jollyjumper's experience with lots of vehicles.

losi asso traxxas kyosho xray yokomo, ...

he has to wait on stuff from all of those long times.

i picked wich was really fast to deliver: mid-mugen is pretty fast as far as we know.

it took 3 weeks or 4 for jolly to get his losi truggy, its takin xray a month and half longer then told first for his xt8 that he wants.

thats why he talked me into the mugen seiki.

If you see a brand that uses Hudy stuff; Serpent, xray; these are the brands that are using topnotch stuff. if you ever felt the tight fit of Hudy parts, you would realize that mugen isn't all that either.[/QUOTE]

Sorry to disagree with you on the XRay. Even if the whole forum agrees on what you say, I think that X-Rray is nothing special at all. I've built the T2'007 touring car and I faced some trouble while building it. When I built the Cyclone from hot bodies, it went together like a dream. Really, I'm not trying to make an argument, but for the last few weeks, I've got both of the cars and built all of them myself and I can surely say that the HB is much precise than X-Ray.

that's okay, you may have got your 1/10th experiences with HB and x-ray, i only know the 1/8th stuff, and based on that i can only say that Hudy makes the best stuff available with no compromises.

What was it that was off on your x-ray? and did you contaced xray about it?

captian, i bet on your t2'007 your front cvd chatters.

i know jolly's t2'007 has that problem. actually both of them have that.

yeah, the cvd's on the t2 line are bad.
you have to modify them with a lathe so they wouldnt chatter at full steering.

or dail out the epa's but then you lose steering.

Hudy = X-Ray - X-Ray = Hudy. All of X-Ray's vehicles and parts are made and designed by Juraj Hudy. Hudy's stuff is top notch and that's unquestionable, but the damn shock absorbers include plastic bodies and they are a PITA to assemble. The suspension holders are also plastic and they tend to bend if you over tighten them. It's the way it is designed that caught my attention. And no, Jolly and Moogen, I haven't broken the car yet, since I haven't run it at all. It's built for my friend..:)

captian, my cars have chattering driveshaft from the start.:005:

Also, just an FYI...Duratrax is not the manufacturer for their 18th scale vehicles. The Vendetta ST is sold in Europe by LRP. I'm not sure if they manufacture it, but it is certainly not manufactured by Duratrax.

For starters. He was simply making an observation. Him like most 1/18th feel they have no place in the "racing" world of RC's. Which we all know is dominated by 1/8th scale nitro's Now for him to make the comparison, he was comparing looks and wantign some acceptance for his micro........

Then Supra you jump in saying bad things about DTX. Well I know for a fact you had issues with your Detta. Biased opinion? I currently own three. NOT ONE has giving me any issues. I can not grasp how you had such problems? HACK? Lack of experience? But seriously the car must be complex enough that "you " could not figure it out. So now you deem it junk. Shallow IMO.

Correct DTX has their 1/18th vehicles made by anderson and they are sold the world over under various brands. DTX is the N.A. distributor.

It goes by the name; DTX Vendetta ST, Blaze, LRP Shark-18 Monster Truck, Anderson/Yokomo MB-4.

Yes. Jaejw is a little enthusastic about his Detta and Detta ST, but he has owned other Minis and for him these two have given him what he wants in a 1/18 scale.

Wow, I never said it was junk, I said it was junk compared to a Mugen.

Anderson is the company you guys meant.

well nicad is the only one that sees my point,, I was dhowing similarities with the same shaped parts,,,, which lead me to believe that a creator of the mb4 st must have liked the mbx5 enough to replicate parts and have them shruken down and used for the st

dont be surprised if the mugen and the anderson are made in the same factory.......:D

Wow, looks like half the one18th forum folks have migrated over here.

Welcome to the forums Berm!

To be honest the Mugen in the vid didn't handle very well compared to my CRT on the same track at Hotrod hobbies it needs some work on the suspension set up I dont see the point of posting the vid.:032:

There is a common design between the vendetta and mugen but that has nothing to do with quality just someone copying another truck to save R&D and development cost.

Everyone is intitled to there own opinion though and when people say there car is the best there will always be someone saying the oposit WHO CARES as long as you are happy with what you have dont worry about what others think or say.:027:

Leave the kiddy games and flame wars on 1/18th and dont bring them here.:007:

thanks for the welcome......

Im just glad we have the freedom of choice and can run so many different vehicles........

Bah, a good car is one that fits together properly and does what it is designed to do without falling apart. :)

Skellyo, Berm and Supra, all the important people from 1/18th are here LOL. The thing that made me lose faith in humanity was the constant b**ching :031: that goes on over there, thank goodness that doesn't occur here :027:

The only thing we complain about here is how empty our wallets are after buying all the good stuff. :D

I agree with this. Enjoy what you run and appreciate the other brands even if you choose not to on one.

This forum is comprised of many intelligent & respectful members. Keep the flame wars out!


@ BERM....Welcome to the forums!

Thank you and AMEN! That' why i lov eit here, ther is absolutely NO bullshit!

Geesh you know how to make a person feel welcome. :025: btw I am trying to be funny as with 90% of my post. The other 10% is usually a waste of space. :007:

Oops sorry nicad, didn't know you were here too, all the usual rc addict suspects here :027:

:043: I could hump your leg.............:005:

Now you're scaring me nicad! We don't allow that behaviour here! :005:

Come on, you know darn well that Serum tends toward things like when he gets excited. :D

No comment! LOL!

Yeah, we don't want to go there!

it is truly amazing how a sinpe comment could be misunderstood as something totally different.. i think that is what destroyed that thread.. someone took my comment the wrong way..

either way glad to see you guys enjoying yourselves over here.. i pplan to visit more often once i get a crt.5

Yes, we like to "play", and most of the members here can take as good as they give, so it's all fun.

At least I am not humping anyones leg when i get excited?


Destroying threads? useless off-topic comments? i am sure you are violating some ®© patents signed by me..

lmao

Haha, I still don't see the boat, waterfall, OR the tower! LMAO!