Looking for a buggy project

[glassdoctor]

Looks good... you can tell it's fast! They usually don't look as fast in a vid clip as it does in person.

Nice drift :0

[BrianG]

I couldn't really get on the throttle in the street on takeoff because the tires would just break loose. Once I get to about 10-15mph, then I can gun it and it goes good. Unfortunately, I didn't get any shot of that because the camera-woman was shooting me, not the car. And that close, my body covers half the street. :) The drift actually ended better, but again, I got in the way. Poo. These tires are NOT meant for street use!

I also flipped over once (the end of my d-way has a lump) and slid along the street enough to wear the shock ends so they pop out kinda easily. Now I need to go to HH again and hope they have something in stock.

BTW: At the end of the run (about 15-20 min) the batts were still hardly warm to the touch, as well as the motor/ESC. SO, that's promising since it was warm out today.

[jhautz]

She's only 12.... Maybe shes just a late bloomer..:rolleyes:

[BrianG]

Yeaaahhh. You'd have to know her really. She personifies the word "blonde". She's not dumb because she does OK in school as long as she's not staring off in la-la land...

Originally Posted by BrianG

Yeaaahhh. You'd have to know her really. She personifies the word "blonde". She's not dumb because she does OK in school as long as she's not staring off in la-la land...

or she has someone staring at her, which she starts back at them lol... jk

but how fast would u say it goes?

[BrianG]

Well, I know my Jato has done 47mph (police radar), and this buggy seems at least as fast as the Jato. But the Hyper 8 is bigger so the fear factor of driving a larger vehicle might be skewing my perspective. Just put it this way; the vids did not show top speed.

[jnev]

Cool video's. If the vid's didn't show top speed, that thing sure has got to be quick and fast. From the movie, it looked to be rippping down the street.:027:

Happy B-day!!

[BrianG]

Yeah, the buggy hits top speed about 75-100ft past me in the vid, but I was in the way of the cam. I think it's actually too fast for the track I plan to use it at, but oh well.

I took a video of the slow speed performance. It's a little better since I was able to prop the camera somewhere stable. Don't mind the hanging sheets in the background - It's a ball net so my son can practice hitting tee-ball in the house without breaking anything. :)

Vid 3

That's as slow as I can go without it stopping. Notice no cogging? :)

[glassdoctor]

NICE.... gotta love that...

[MetalMan]

Slower than a nitro :).

[glassdoctor]

yeah.. try that with a nitro... run it in the basement for a while....

[BrianG]

Lol, yeah, that would be "bad".

[Patrick]

I have deffinatly seen worse camera work in rc vids, and like everything practice makes perfect.

Your car is so slow....but in the good way.:027:

[BrianG]

lol. Well, the point of the last vid was to show how smooth the Neu can be with the Quark. Going fast is relatively easy to do. It's going slow that tends to get the motor to cog, especially when using high kv motors.

[coolhandcountry]

That looks real smooth brian. I like that. I use my quark 80b and 1512 2.5d for some slow going some time. How do you like the 2d version?