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Originally Posted by racingdwarf
Stay with the mugen mate, all the way. just look around the national scene to see how many durango are being run.
I loved my mugen, only moved away when we lost the uk importer (stuart  )I did take a good look at durango, but was advised to steer clear as I run a very tight budget so I now use a losi, that I'm more than happy with so sticking with it 
The Durango is like a mistress, sweet on the eye, but costs a fortune to keep 
Edit sorry, I am talking the nitro national scene, not sure on car popularity electric |
Its Stewart's fault that I like Mugen lol. I find it hard to move away from them, very easy to work on and maintain, if they go wrong that is
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Originally Posted by Pulse
Many guys talk to much about Durango without owning it.
I got a MBX5R, two 808, a JQ, and a Durango. All converted to brushless.
The Durango is by far the easiest and fastest car on high grip tracks, especially on astro. It might "not be big" internationaly, who cares. It's just about the driver anyway, biggest company has the best drivers and that's it. Hobao could be world champion too.
This said the eco is hard to beat for a simple reason: its quality. It's on par with Xray but Durango is not as qualitative. It's very well made but a tad under Mugen. The other thing: most guys are still running the eco on tracks so you will have a massive support. IMO it's a better solution to have one single lipo too (DEX uses two). Unless you already have 2S lipos because you run an other class, it's just more convenient. So once again, the eco is the best choice.
So all in all I would pick the Mugen BUT the Durango -especially the converted DNX408- is one of the most underrated car there is. My girlfriend is running the buggy and had a 808 before and she improved massively with the Durango. I did my best laps with her car the first time I drove it on astro. The car is precise, very easy on the jumps. It's just too easy to drive. This said the weight repartition between the DEX and converted DNX isn't the same  |
I have noticed the DEX being very quick on Astro, or the guys at my winter club look to be very quick with it, having said hat I like the look of it....a lot
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I think it will be the Mugen, I have an absurd amount of spare for it and my nitro, so I think it the right choice to make.
How ever you never know I may wake up tomorrow and decided different
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Thanks
Ross