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Which 4wd platforms make sense today? - 04-20-2007, 07:28 AM

When I started RC in 1992, I got a Schumacher Cougar 2. Someone on a newsgroup (rec.models.rc back then) had one, so I got one. Many months later, someone let me try their RC10, and I thought it was so much better that I switched over and had a good time thereafter. Until I quit rc in 1994.

Now I am back in. I have some preferences that I want to stick with -- LiPo (or better), brushless, electric, off-road, and probably 1/10th scale. Just to get the ball rolling, I bought a used xxx4 off eBay and have been running that for a couple months every other week or so. I am still quite rusty, but I notice that many people have very little good to say about the xxx4, and I have found that my setup (pretty much stock setup) will allow the car to land on the face of a jump and kick its butt up over the top and land on its roof unless I apply power on landing to let the front wheels pull it out of its sommersault. So I am debating should I learn more about the set-up and stick with this car to get it competitive at a local level. Or is it really all in vain because the BJ4, xx4, x5 are all vastly superior. I wasn't racing during the times when the xx4 or the xxx4 was popular, so I don't know how well they perform or how much different is a BJ4. I have read every forum I can find, and the xxx4 is generally in a negative light. Will I be 1) robbing myself of a better experience by sticking with the xxx4, or 2) will I be giving up to early by not learning its inner secrets of setup and driving style? So I am not really asking so much which platform is better (like so many threads do), but which platforms make sense today for someone to be re-learning on.
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04-20-2007, 09:45 AM

Chris Arnold, you out there? this guy needs your help

I wish I had more knowledge on the xxx4 Bob but I never owned one.


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05-12-2007, 09:52 PM

Do you still need help? (I never seen this thread)


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05-12-2007, 10:59 PM

Sure. Still open to suggestions/ideas.
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05-13-2007, 11:19 AM

hey bob, instead of typing what i want to say cuz its alot just give me call one day during the day this next week or come down to leisure for the elctric finals and we can have a good sitdown chat on the subject. you are qualified to race at the finals because you ran at trackside. chris arnold.


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Chris,

I will be at the finals on Sunday.

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