Short Course
 

Who's got Short Course trucks?

Mark and I have just got a couple, so we'll get em built up and give them a spin at TORCH sometime.

Wondering if we could get enough for a heat?

Looked into getting one, i think RobW was on about it too iirc ??

Me to but not for a few months

was thinking about it..... a heat for them would sway me to a definate....

What short course truck to get
 

What short course truck would be the one to get

Which truck is the million dollar question... There's so many now, loads of 2wd and an increasing number of 4wd.

Personally I'm going 4wd, they seem a lot more stable on track, the 2wd's look a right handful.

The 4wd choices are:

Durango DESC410R
Losi TEN-SCTE
Associated SC10 4x4
Ansmann X4SC Pro
Hong Nor SCRT10

Mmm................ more money needed
Losi ten SCTE Floats my boat with Durango a close second.
Would you recommend a 550 or 540 size motor and what about the ESC would the 1/8 size be better or is there a lack of space?

Probably stumping for the ansmann as my other three cars are all ansmann too, just ease of parts etc.

Usual 1/10th ESC combo seems right, 6.5 ot 5.5T for the 4WD also seems the choice weapon.

The Tekin RX8 fits in the Desc410r: http://lutzinator.com/wp-content/upl...2/P1030580.jpg

I do like the look of the sc10 4X4

Sounds good guys, we've got a demo Losi and a demo Durango kit waiting to be built and we'll soon have a demo Associated too.

We'll get these up and running for ourselves to race and for people to have a go too.

Durango DESC410R £280
Losi TEN-SCTE £280
Associated SC10 4x4 £280
Ansmann X4SC Pro £180 !!

Re the Ansmann X4SC Pro - *very* limited availability , snap one up if you want one!

Re electrics, I hear that 'normal' 1/10th stuff works okay in short course, as long as you run fans on motor and speedo, and expect the motors to take a pounding!

I think that's the easier option to get people up and running.

1/8th setups are safer of course! But big, heavy, pricey, and you can't use them in your 10th cars!

edging towards the Durango now...... although i like all the US accesories and extra bits for the SC10 4x4.... its a pimping paradise! (sure they are all useless tho)

hummm power coated roll cage (red).....for adding weight and rasie the centre of gravity :woot: head-lights :woot: spot-lights....

so forgetting all the silly stuff to go with, I am definately interesting in a SC10 4x4, spent most the night watch U tube vids on the thing... looks great fun....

how many ppl do you need to have a heat? 4 or 5 ???

4 should be enough for a heat?

Can we have committee input on this?

Spoke to Steve about SC today and we are both very supportive of running a heat. Would need to be at least 4 though as otherwise marshalling the next heat starts to become a problem.

Would be good if you could get the cars down for a demo as I am sure that would be the best way to entice a couple of others to get one.

If you need a test driver, I'm available:thumbsup:

Rob

What about making it a one brand class? maybe even rtr?

My opinion only...
I am allways put off by RTR as i have never seen a stick version (I may be mistaken here), and also think its fun building them.... therefore being forced for RTR would put me off a little, and would end up stripping it down to re-build it anyway... brands in my opinion maybe too restrictive, and may also loose some personality... also this I would expect would restirct the class further too a smaller number of people, than being simply short course 1/10th.

short course
 

I was seriously thinking about getting a short course truck, but i really don't know what one to get!
Associated SC10 looks good but i think that is 2WD, (me and 2WD don't get on too well), Any ideas?

:confused:

Associated SC10 d a 4 wd drive version

Sold an SC10 4x4 to a club member today.

And we'll have 3 shop demonstrators: Durango, Losi, Associated

The Durango is obviously gonna be mine, and it's lurvely!

I'm excited!