Brushless 1/8 Buggy

[Batfish]

Hello All,

I'm new to this forum and not quite new to RC; only a couple years in the hobby-grade vehicles, though.

I plan to have a 1/8 scale brushless buggy ready in the next couple months, and would like any feedback and/or advice.

The plan is to put together an electric that can compete with nitro at my LHS. As usual, run time will be the big factor, but I'm hoping I can do well with the new lipo that FMA is coming out with (Scorpion). I would expect the weight savings and efficiency of two 3200 7.4v packs will get me around 15 minutes, or cut it very close.

I plan to start with the Ofna 1/8 Hyper 7 TQ Sport Kit, add in a 9L or 10L, UBEC, and use the MGM 120. I've also got to decide on the right servo. Considering a couple of these items aren't available yet, I've got a couple months to put this together. I've got plenty of 6-cell GP 3300 packs to get going even if I don't have the lipos ready, so I'm really just waiting on the controller.

Any thoughts/advice?