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31-05-2011
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The rat has to be the newbie car of choice.
I started racing this year as a friend of mine had got another rat and needed the money back for it, so I took it off him to relive my childhood or something. It was the RTR brushless set and cost me 80 pounds so off to torch rc and my I was rubbish but the car seemed ok. Anyway 4 month I had the car turning in a fast nine laps and in the last summer all dayer I qualified 14 out of about 28 drivers so middle of the pack. I have changed the motor and the esc and moved to stick but let's be honest I beat cars worth 4 to 5 times as much and they all change the internals. I don't care what anyone says if you want to learn and see if your interested in the sport you can't go wrong yes you can spend all you want on the motor servo etc but these can go on the next car as you out grow it. Love the rat and going to miss the little underdog as I'm moving to the cougar next week.
The 50 pound mad rat can be competative at any club 
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31-05-2011
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as with any "racing" sport, the car itself can only do so much; the driver is what makes the difference; not saying that rubbish car driven by the best driver will rank 1st, but does mean that any decent car with a top notch driver will be able to run respectable laps around any circuit, be it RC or real
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31-05-2011
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i love my little rat, i've learn't so much already and still love it when i can't get the set up right
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01-06-2011
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01-06-2011
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i know there is still a lot of brand snobbery when the Ansmann name is mentioned some of the people who favour the Schumacher's & Losi's etc tend to snigger or say they are only good enough for bashing & not proper race cars etc but i do believe the current line up of Ansmann cars are good enough to compete at the top level & the best is, i'm actually paying less for my 10th off-road cars these days than i was paying back in the latter half of the 80's when i was running Grasshoppers & Hornets which at the time were the budget 2WD car to own.
Of course, the other bonus is it's cheaper these days to buy & race/run a mad-rat than it is to use a Mardave which for donkeys years has been the class you can race for pennies rather than £'s & you have the advantage of taking it anywhere. RC for me has always been seen as one of these hobbies the more you put in, the more you get out of it, but some of the prices are just stupid & make RC expensive so only the top racers can get anywhere - even at a club level, thankfully Ansmann have come along & are bucking the trend to make it affordable for everyone & so for around £200 you buy the car & a few basic hop-ups & can grid up at a national or regional & be just as competitive as anyone with a car 10x the price.
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01-06-2011
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Really I agree with that the madrat if you spend 200 on it, it will be better the the 200 ppounds you spend on say a B4 as you will be abe to get more bang for the bucks yes my rat is carrying and extra 200 grams to make it stable but it is out doing cars that cost a lot more. I'm moving to the cougar as I got a good deabut who's to say in a month I won't be back as it might not fit my driving style.
Love the rat and will keep her racing in the long term.
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02-06-2011
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i started racing a xpro (madrat upgraded) just to get back into rc cheap for something to do and after a few hop ups (that arent really needed as i broke bits) it seriously flies and now in 1st position in F2 league at my local club. ive spent about 350 in total with all spares, car, brushless setup, alloy + carbon bits,servo, battery's and charger.
and i aint got complete rubbish it really flies and plenty quick enough for me gotta love your rat 
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02-06-2011
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Had an x-pro, kids got Mad Monkeys, and to be honest, I wouldn't have one myself, they just aren't as well engineered as a Losi/AE/Tamiya etc. This isn't brand snobbery for me, just basic principles of racing. I need a car to be reliable and strong, which those two things the Ansmann are not.
It is a good base car, but they would make a killing if they made things like stiffer wishbones, and still the gearbox is it's Achilles heal!
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