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Originally Posted by wacattack
Stupid and ridiculous comes to mind
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strongly disagree
since last summer they have regenerated our club from a dwindling 1/8th nitro membership to a growing 1/10th offroad club and are the best way into r/c off-road racing at present.
They are cheap, raceable straight out of the box and for beginners can take a lot of abuse...
for experienced drivers they are great fun as you can rub bodyshells and take each other out without causing damage or getting penalised and have an unusual handling experience.
Because its light hearted and more fun based, some of the serious hardcore buggy drivers have snubbed them.
Their recent press is only due to them being ran as a spectacle at some higher profile meetings, some clubs have been running them for getting on 2 years.
Its here to stay, at least for a couple more years, all the large manufacturers are in on it, so more sponsored drivers will be encouraged to race them, eventually it will be covered with rules and become more serious.... i hope not as its great to see laughter at any r/c meeting.